Dear Rajai,

Re: Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 – Request for Information

Thank you for your enquiry, which has been logged and passed to the relevant department within the University for processing. Please quote reference number FOI 118 should you need to contact the University regarding this request.

A response will be sent to you promptly and in any case not later than 20 working days after the date we received your email. The University will make every effort to provide you with the information requested; if any clarification is required, the University will contact you as soon as possible.

In some circumstances, it may not be possible to provide you with an answer to your enquiry. Where the University believes this is the case, you will be informed in writing, stating the reason(s).

If the information you are seeking is already published by the University, or is otherwise available to members of the public, you will be sent details outlining how to access the information.

You will be advised if it is necessary for the University to charge a fee to cover the costs of processing your request. Should this be the case, please note the information cannot be released until such payment is received.

If you have any questions regarding your request for information then please do not hesitate to contact me.

Yours sincerely,

Christine Shaw
Corporate Governance Officer
Oifigear Riaghlaidh Corporra
DDI / Fòn: +44 (0) 1847 889380

University of the Highlands and Islands, Ness Walk, Inverness IV3 5SQ Oilthigh na Gàidhealtachd agus nan Eilean, Slighe Nis, Inbhir Nis IV3 5SQ
Web: www.uhi.ac.uk

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Dear Rajai

I refer to your request for information received on 26th November 2020 relating to senior management and executive director equalities (request number 118).

Your request

Please provide me with the following equalities information under Freedom of Information Scotland Act about members of your senior management team and executive directors from 2015-2020:
Sex
Gender identity
Age (range)
Ethnicity
Nationality

Our response

Please be advised that we do not hold all of the information that you have requested. The information that we do hold is provided below in an anonymised format.
The data provided relates to individuals appointed to the role of Principal and Vice Chancellor between 2015 and 2020. This role is an ex officio member of the University Court and a director of the University as registered with Companies House - an executive director.
In addition we have provided data for members of the University's senior management who are "in attendance" at meetings of the University Court and including the University Secretary.

We do not hold the requested data for individuals who have been seconded into senior management roles from other bodies/academic partners.

Seconded senior managers include:
Vice Principal - Further Education (2016-17) - secondment from Shetland College UHI
Vice Principal - Further Education (2020) - secondment from Scottish Funding Council
Vice Principal - Tertiary - secondment from West Highland College UHI
Vice Principal - International - secondment from North Highland College UHI
Vice Principal - Strategic Harmonisation & Operational Efficiencies (2017-18) - secondment from Lews Castle College UHI

Accordingly the data set that we do hold is very small and it is necessary for us to anonymise the information requested in accordance with our data protection obligations.
Data provided relates to six individuals employed by the University in the years 2015 - 2019 and five in 2020.
Please note that we do not hold any gender identity data that is relevant to your request.

Sex Gender identity Age range Ethnicity Nationality
Male Female 51-60 61-70 White British British
2015 5 1 n/a 5 1 6 6
2016 5 1 n/a 5 1 6 6
2017 4 2 n/a 5 1 6 6
2018 4 2 n/a 5 1 6 6
2019 4 2 n/a 5 1 6 6
2020 3 2 n/a 4 1 5 5


Please note that the University of the Highlands and Islands operates as a collegiate federal partnership comprising of thirteen independent further and higher education colleges, specialist colleges and research institutions. A list of contact details for our partner organisations is available at http://www.uhi.ac.uk/en/campuses and further information about the University is available online at http://www.uhi.ac.uk/en

Copyright

Please note that copyright in the information you have been given belongs to the university. Copyright material must not be copied, distributed, modified, reproduced, transmitted, published (including published on the Internet or an intranet), or otherwise made available in whole or in part without the prior written consent of the copyright holder or as expressly permitted under the terms of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1998. Should the university agree to give consent to the use of the information, then the university must be credited as having done so.
Your right to seek a review of our decision
If you are not satisfied with our response or our reasoning set-out above, you have forty working days in which to request a review of our decision. Any request should be put in writing and should be sent to me at the address detailed at the bottom of this email. Your request should:
(a) describe the nature of your original request; and
(b) explain the reasons why you are not satisfied with our response.

If you remain dissatisfied with how your request for information has been dealt with, you also have the right to apply to the Scottish Information Commissioner for a decision as to whether we have handled your request properly.
Information relating to your right to seek review is available from the Scottish Information Commissioner's web page at: http://www.itspublicknowledge.info/faqs.... or by contacting the Scottish Information Commissioner's Office at the following address:

Scottish Information Commissioner,
Kinburn Castle,
Doubledykes Road, St Andrews,
Fife
KY16 9DS
Telephone: 01334 464610
Fax: 01334 464611
E-mail: [email address]
Website: www.itspublicknowledge.info
www.itspublicknowledge.info/Appeal

Yours sincerely

Roger Sendall MSc ACIS MAUA

Director of Corporate Governance |  Stiùiriche Riaghlaidh
University of the Highlands and Islands, Executive Office, Ness Walk, Inverness  IV3 5SQ

Oilthigh na Gàidhealtachd agus nan Eilean, Oifis Stiùridh,Slighe a Nis, Inbhir Nis IV3 5SQ
 
DDI: +44 (0) 1463 279371  |  Switchboard: +44 (0) 1463 279000  |  Fax: +44 (0) 1463 279001
Email: [email address]  |  Web: www.uhi.ac.uk

 
 
A Millennium Commission lottery project. A limited company registered in Scotland No 148203.  Recognised Scottish Charity No. SC022228.
Registered office: 12b Ness Walk, Inverness  IV3 5SQ

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