Gender equality at Scottish further education institutions

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Dear The Glasgow School of Art,

This is a Freedom of Information Request.

In November 2015 The First Minister made a commitment to work towards gender balance on all public boards in Scotland.

Please could you supply me with the following information?

1. At November 12 2015, how many men and and how many women were on the board of your organisation?
2. At November 12 2015, was the Chairperson (or person with an equivalent role) a man or a woman?
3. How many men and how many women are now on the board of your organisation?
4. Is the current Chairperson (or person with an equivalent role) a man or a woman?
5. Does the board have a formal strategy or policy commitment to achieving gender balance?

If so please supply a copy of the document where the policy is laid out. Please also confirm the date that this policy was adopted.

6. What is the current median annual FTE pay for men and and the current median annual FTE pay for women in the organisation?

Please do not send the requested information in pdf format files. I would prefer to receive the requested information by email in a machine readable format such as MS Excel.

I look forward to hearing from you in due course.

Yours faithfully,

Ally Tibbitt

Dear Ally

Thank you for your Freedom of Information request, which was received by the Glasgow School of Art on 31 January 2018

We will respond to your request as soon as possible, and no later than 28 February 2018 pending any clarification we may need to seek from you.

Kind regards,

Vee

Virginia Toyi
Policy and Governance Officer
[email address]
Phone: 0141 353 4429 (ext.4429)

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Dear Ally,

Thank you for your Freedom of Information request, which was received by
the Glasgow School of Art on 31 January 2018

Your request

Please could you supply me with the following information?
1. At November 12 2015, how many men and and how many women were on the
board of your organisation?
2. At November 12 2015, was the Chairperson (or person with an equivalent
role) a man or a woman?
3. How many men and how many women are now on the board of your
organisation?
4. Is the current Chairperson (or person with an equivalent role) a man or
a woman?
5. Does the board have a formal strategy or policy commitment to achieving
gender balance?
If so please supply a copy of the document where the policy is laid out.
Please also confirm the date that this policy was adopted.
6. What is the current median annual FTE pay for men and and the current
median annual FTE pay for women in the organisation?n and how many women
are now on the board of your organisation?

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The following responses have been received from the GSA Registrar and
Secretary.

1. At November 12 2015, how many men and how many women were on the board
of your organisation?

Please see the table below in relation to questions 1 to 3.

Date Lay Governors Elected/Nominated Staff Ex Officio Total
Governors Governors
Men Women Men Women Men Women Men Women
12 November 4 8 1 2 2 0 7 10
2015
1 February 5 6 1 2 2 1 8 9
2018

Lay Governors are those appointed by the Board of Governors through a
recruitment process. The recruitment process enables the appointment of
members with a view to ensuring that a good gender balance is maintained.

Staff Governors are elected (or nominated) internally from amongst the
staff of GSA and Ex Officio Governors are those who are Governors by
virtue of their position at GSA.

On 12 November 2015, GSA’s Board of Governors was comprised of a total of
seventeen members: twelve Lay Governors; three Elected/Nominated Staff
Governors; and two Ex-Officio Governors. Of the seventeen members, seven
were men and ten were women.

In terms of the Lay Governors, on 12 November 2015, four Lay Governors
were men and eight Lay Governors were women.

2. At November 12 2015, was the Chairperson (or person with an equivalent
role) a man or a woman?

On 12 November 2015, GSA’s Chair of the Board of Governors was a woman.

3. How many men and how many women are now on the board of your
organisation?

On 1 February 2018, GSA’s Board of Governors was comprised of a total of
seventeen members: eleven Lay Governors (i.e. those appointed through a
recruitment process); three Elected/Nominated Staff Governors; and three
Ex-Officio Governors. Of the seventeen members, eight were men and nine
were women.

In terms of the Lay Governors, on 1 February 2018, five Lay Governors were
men and six Lay Governors were women.

4. Is the current Chairperson (or person with an equivalent role) a man or
a woman?

On 1 February 2018, GSA’s Chair of the Board of Governors was a woman.

5. Does the board have a formal strategy or policy commitment to achieving
gender balance?

Information regarding this is contained in the following documents:

· GSA's Mainstreaming Equality Progress Report (March 2017)

Please see page 10 of the document: see link
[1]www.gsa.ac.uk/media/1378628/mainstreaming-equality-progress-report-march-2017.pdf

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· GSA’s Statement of Corporate Governance 2017/18 e.g. page
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· Statement included in [6]GSA’s Guidelines on the Criteria for
Appointment and Renewal of Lay Governors (published on[7]GSA’s website).

· Statement included in the recent recruitment pack for [8]Lay
Governors and published on [9]GSA’s website in the recent recruitment
round.

6. What is the current median annual FTE pay for men and the current
median annual FTE pay for women in the organisation?

This is found in GSA's 2017 Equal Pay Review. Please see page
16. [10]http://www.gsa.ac.uk/media/1378622/equal...

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Yours sincerely,

Virginia Toyi

Policy and Governance Officer

Glasgow School of Art | 167 Renfrew Street | Glasgow G3 6RQ

T: +44 (0)141 353 4429 (ext.4429)

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