13.3 Student Profile The table below shows a three year trend in terms of the student profile, for College’s comparison against the community and staff profiles. It is evident that the profile has changed very little since the last period of monitoring. Figure 30 Equality and Gender Ethnicity LD&D EMA Postcode Diversity Summary Current 49% male 25% minority 24% with n/a 33.0% from Student Cohort 51% female ethnic disclosed postcode 2012/13 learning areas (October 2012) difficulties or described as disabilities deprived Student Cohort 49% male 26% minority 24% with n/a 33.0% from Overall 2011/12 51% female ethnic disclosed postcode learning areas difficulties or described as disabilities deprived Student Cohort 49% male 22% minority 21% with 52% 33.0% from Overall 2010/11 51% female ethnic disclosed postcode learning areas difficulties or described as disabilities deprived 14.0 Plans for 2012/13 The action plan attached to the Single Equality Scheme has now been College’s completed and we are currently drafting a new action plan in order to fulfil our legal obligations in terms of publishing equality objectives. This section provides a brief summary of planned initiatives and events related to equality and diversity, for the 2011/12 academic year, which will form the basis of a new action plan. Notable dates, e.g. religious and cultural celebrations, international days of celebration etc. will be promoted through use of the TV screens in College. The Diversity Group has decided to invest more time and resources into hosting a lesser number of events but to ensure those events are better organised, publicised and have more meaningful and long-lasting impact. It has also been
13.3 Student Profile The table below shows a three year trend in terms of the College’s student profile, for comparison against the community and staff profiles. It is evident that the profile has changed very little since the last period of monitoring. Figure 30 Equality and Diversity Summary Gender Ethnicity LD&D EMA Postcode Current Student Cohort 2012/13 (October 2012) 49% male 51% female 25% minority ethnic 24% with disclosed learning difficulties or disabilities n/a 33.0% from postcode areas described as deprived Student Cohort Overall 2011/12 49% male 51% female 26% minority ethnic 24% with disclosed learning difficulties or disabilities n/a 33.0% from postcode areas described as deprived Student Cohort Overall 2010/11 49% male 51% female 22% minority ethnic 21% with disclosed learning difficulties or disabilities 52% 33.0% from postcode areas described as deprived 14.0 Plans for 2012/13 The action plan attached to the College’s Single Equality Scheme has now been completed and we are currently drafting a new action plan in order to fulfil our legal obligations in terms of publishing equality objectives. This section provides a brief summary of planned initiatives and events related to equality and diversity, for the 2011/12 academic year, which will form the basis of a new action plan. Notable dates, e.g. religious and cultural celebrations, international days of celebration etc. will be promoted through use of the TV screens in College. The Diversity Group has decided to invest more time and resources into hosting a lesser number of events but to ensure those events are better organised, publicised and have more meaningful and long-lasting impact. It has also been