South West College Equality Improvement Plan Action Timescale Responsible person Outcome/ measure Source Equality Category Update on progress at 15.02.2017 Continue implementation and review of the College Outreach Action Plan with particular regard to impact of College’s Equal Opportunities Statement on all advertisements for employment Annually Head of Human Resources Equality Officer Heightened awareness of College’s all embracing ethos FE Returns Article 55 Religious Belief College’s application for employment statistics continue to reflect breakdown of College catchment area in terms of community background as indicated in FER analysis May 2016.In addition, an analysis of the number of applicants for employment with the College for the 3 yearly Article 55 Review has revealed that 29% of applicants came from the Protestant
community. To encourage further involvement of disabled people at committee level and in their contribution in College life Ongoing Senior Management Team Equality Officer Increased representation of people with disabilities at committee level Minutes of meetings Evidence of disabled people in promotional literature Disability Students with disabilities have continued to participate in meetings of College Equality Working Group and Health, Safety and Well Being committees. Visit by the College’s Good Relations Team to Parliament Buildings, Stormont in Sept15. Members of the team have delivered talks to approximately 950
promote equality of opportunity. Disability / Equality Awareness Training for staff Annually Equality Officer Improved general equality and disability awareness among staff Complaints / Surveys Evaluations Staff Development Report All 100 members of staff attended sessions on Disability Awareness in Enniskillen campus on 03.11.2016.Further sessions are planned for the Dungannon and Omagh campuses later in the academic year and in next academic year. Awareness raising in relation to members of staff presenting with a disability Ongoing HR Department More detailed monitoring of provision of reasonable adjustments in terms of requests made Evaluations Disability Work on this action will commence in near future Training on disability awareness for all 1st year Annually Equality Officer Increased awareness in relation to disability and promotion of positive Complaints / Surveys All 450 students in Training for Success programme
Monitor existing student data against courses (Action linked to measure within College’s Outreach Action Plan) Annually EU Programmes Officer To determine trends: identify areas for participation in non traditional career / skill paths: underrepresentation Management Information System All Statistical analysis produced and presented to College’s Statutory Risk and Compliance Committee in March 2016 on FE enrolments for 2015/2016. Any areas of perceived under representation given consideration by College Management. An analysis of FE enrolments for 2016-2017 is due to be undertaken shortly. Development of materials (online Student Academy) Ongoing e-Content Design Development Team Development of a series of online courses/modules for students which can act as an additionality to main courses of study. Examples include: Understanding Plagiarism, E-Safety and Cyber Bullying,Harvard Monthly updates by members of Virtual Services Team and Curriculum Staff. All Seven courses/modules developed with more in-house and external courses/modules to come. Modules designed with voice overs and are self
Referencing Assignment and Report Writing pacing. Assessment content designed to meet needs of all learners. Disability Access Review for new Erne site Ongoing Project Sponsor(Erne Head of Services Estates Officers Reasonable adjustments implemented. Documentation related to project development Minutes of Estates Department meetings Disability The new build for the Erne site is now in the planning application system. A Design Accessibility Statement for the whole build has been prepared.