decreased in 2013/14 and the percentage of applicants in certain minority groups increased, which is a positive indication that we are attracting applicants from a wide pool of ethnic groups. The ethnicity of those appointed is reflected in Figure 8 below. Figure 8 Number of Appointed Ethnicity Applicants Asian/Asian British – 1 Indian Asian/Asian British – 1 Pakistani Black/Black British – 1 African Black/Black British any – 1 other Black/Black British – 3 Caribbean Not known/not provided 4 White any other 1 – White British 42 – White Irish 1 – White other European 4 – Overall, White applicants in the 2013/14 period constitute 73% of the total, which represents a 9% decrease on the previous monitoring period. Applications from members of Black and Minority Ethnic groups constitute 17% of the whole, which is a significant increase from applications received in 2012/13 (+8%). In 2013/14 we extended our approach to advertising vacancies, making better use of social media and internal communication channels with students in particular. The 2011 census data for Kirklees shows that the locality comprises 16.5% of people from Black and Ethnic Minority groups therefore our monitoring data for applicants reflects that at present we are in line with the census data, which is encouraging. 7.5 Sexual Orientation Applicants’
decreased in 2013/14 and the percentage of applicants in certain minority groups increased, which is a positive indication that we are attracting applicants from a wide pool of ethnic groups. The ethnicity of those appointed is reflected in Figure 8 below. Figure 8 Ethnicity Number of Appointed Applicants Asian/Asian British – Indian 1 Asian/Asian British – Pakistani 1 Black/Black British – African 1 Black/Black British – any other 1 Black/Black British – Caribbean 3 Not known/not provided 4 White – any other 1 White – British 42 White – Irish 1 White – other European 4 Overall, White applicants in the 2013/14 period constitute 73% of the total, which represents a 9% decrease on the previous monitoring period. Applications from members of Black and Minority Ethnic groups constitute 17% of the whole, which is a significant increase from applications received in 2012/13 (+8%). In 2013/14 we extended our approach to advertising vacancies, making better use of social media and internal communication channels with students in particular. The 2011 census data for Kirklees shows that the locality comprises 16.5% of people from Black and Ethnic Minority groups therefore our monitoring data for applicants reflects that at present we are in line with the census data, which is encouraging. 7.5 Applicants’ Sexual Orientation
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