Gender and staff information
Dear University of Strathclyde,
1. How many individual members of staff were employed at your institution (as of 1st November 2018)?
2. During your recruitment process, how do you ask candidates about their title? Does your online application system have default title choices, e.g Mr/Mrs/Ms? If yes, what is the list available? Do you offer a free-form box to enter title? Is title a required field on your online application form?
3.1. During your recruitment process, how do you ask candidates about their gender identity outside of your Equal Opportunity Monitoring form? If so, does your online application system have default gender options, e.g Female/Male? If yes, what is the list available? Do you offer a free form box to enter gender? Is gender a required field on your online application form?
3.2 On your equal opportunities monitoring form for recruitment do you ask for candidates to state their gender? If yes, what questions are asked and what options are provided? Are candidates able to select an option which is not provided?
3.3 Do you ask candidates about the sex/gender they were assigned at birth? Do you ask if candidates if they are transgender? If so, what are the questions you ask and what are the options provided?
3.4 Do you ask candidates any other questions about their gender identity? If yes, what are they and what options do you provide?
4. If such information is available, what is the breakdown (in percentages) of sex or gender/gender identity of employed staff at your institution? What is the percentage of employed staff at your institution who do not identify as the sex assigned at birth? Please provide this information as 1st November 2018
5. Do you have a transgender equality policy? If so, please attach and return with your response. If not – is there a transgender section in your wider equality policy? If yes, please attach and return with your response.
6. What is the procedure to support staff who transition whilst in role at the university?
- How would they change their name, title and gender marker?
- What would you do if a member of staff at the university wanted to use a gender that was not currently listed on your system?
- Do you have a central point of contact for administering changes across all IT systems?
- How is the policy made available to managers and staff? Do you provide specific training?
7. Do any of your policies and procedures specifically include non-binary people (those who do not identify as male or as female), and if so, in what ways? Please attach any policies that specifically mention non-binary people.
8. Across university systems (such as HR, name badges, IT accounts etc) what title choices are available for members of staff at your institution? (e.g Ms, Mrs, Mr etc). Are titles compulsory for people to state?
9. What provisions have you put in place for transgender (including non-binary) members of staff at your institution to ensure that these staff members feel comfortable and included at your organisation?
Yours faithfully,
LJ Potter and Jens Bakewell
Dear LJ Potter and Jens Bakewell,
FOI Request Reference – 2018/319
Thank you for your email below requesting information under the Freedom of
Information (Scotland) Act 2002.
The University acknowledges receipt of this request and will respond as
soon as possible and within 20 working days of the day your request was
received. You will hear back from us by 10 January 2019 at the latest.
The Information Governance Unit will contact you if we require any further
information.
Yours sincerely,
Information Governance Unit
University of Strathclyde
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The University of Strathclyde is a charitable body, registered in
Scotland, number SC015263
Dear University of Strathclyde,
1. How many individual members of staff were employed at your institution
(as of 1st November 2018)?
2. During your recruitment process, how do you ask candidates about their
title? Does your online application system have default title choices,
e.g Mr/Mrs/Ms? If yes, what is the list available? Do you offer a
free-form box to enter title? Is title a required field on your online
application form?
3.1. During your recruitment process, how do you ask candidates about
their gender identity outside of your Equal Opportunity Monitoring form?
If so, does your online application system have default gender options,
e.g Female/Male? If yes, what is the list available? Do you offer a free
form box to enter gender? Is gender a required field on your online
application form?
3.2 On your equal opportunities monitoring form for recruitment do you ask
for candidates to state their gender? If yes, what questions are asked
and what options are provided? Are candidates able to select an option
which is not provided?
3.3 Do you ask candidates about the sex/gender they were assigned at
birth? Do you ask if candidates if they are transgender? If so, what are
the questions you ask and what are the options provided?
3.4 Do you ask candidates any other questions about their gender
identity? If yes, what are they and what options do you provide?
4. If such information is available, what is the breakdown (in
percentages) of sex or gender/gender identity of employed staff at your
institution? What is the percentage of employed staff at your institution
who do not identify as the sex assigned at birth? Please provide this
information as 1st November 2018
5. Do you have a transgender equality policy? If so, please attach and
return with your response. If not – is there a transgender section in
your wider equality policy? If yes, please attach and return with your
response.
6. What is the procedure to support staff who transition whilst in role at
the university?
- How would they change their name, title and gender marker?
- What would you do if a member of staff at the university wanted to use a
gender that was not currently listed on your system?
- Do you have a central point of contact for administering changes across
all IT systems?
- How is the policy made available to managers and staff? Do you provide
specific training?
7. Do any of your policies and procedures specifically include non-binary
people (those who do not identify as male or as female), and if so, in
what ways? Please attach any policies that specifically mention non-binary
people.
8. Across university systems (such as HR, name badges, IT accounts etc)
what title choices are available for members of staff at your institution?
(e.g Ms, Mrs, Mr etc). Are titles compulsory for people to state?
9. What provisions have you put in place for transgender (including
non-binary) members of staff at your institution to ensure that these
staff members feel comfortable and included at your organisation?
Yours faithfully,
LJ Potter and Jens Bakewell
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Dear LJ Potter & Jens Bakewell,
FOI Request Reference – 2018/319
Thank you for your email of 10 December 2018 requesting information under
the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002.
Please find the University’s response attached.
Yours sincerely,
Information Governance Unit
University of Strathclyde
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The University of Strathclyde is a charitable body, registered in
Scotland, number SC015263
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