UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK
Equality and Diversity Committee
There will be a meeting of the Equality and Diversity Committee on Monday 2
February 2009 at 2.00 pm in the Council Chamber, first floor University House.
Please note that Professor Susan Bassnett will be chairing this meeting.
J F Baldwin
Registrar
Note: Questions on agenda items or apologies for this meeting should be
directed to the Secretary of the Committee, Lora Morris, ext 72900 or
lora.morris@warwick.ac.uk
AGENDA
1.
Minutes
TO CONSIDER:
The minutes of the meeting held on 7 November 2009 (copy attached).
2.
Matters Arising
(a)
Terms of Reference and Membership (Minute 01/08-09 refers)
TO REPORT:
(i)
That following the meeting held on 7 November 2009 two
additional members of the Committee have been appointed, Dr
Ruth Nicol (Postgraduate student appointed by the Students’
Union) and Dr Margaret Shewring (Arts Faculty Representative).
(ii)
That there are currently two vacancies on the Committee, (one
member of the academic-related staff, and one member of
manual staff) which will be advertised shortly.
(b)
Single Equality Scheme (Minute 04/08-09 refers)
TO REPORT:
That the Single Equality Scheme and Action Plan have been approved by
the Senate and the Council at their respective meetings in December
2008. Both will be widely publicised during the year.
(c)
Staff Statistics Report: Equality Monitoring 2007/08 (Minute
05/08-09 refers)
TO REPORT:
That a data cleansing exercise has been conducted with staff to reduce
the percentage of unknown data. The response rate has been
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approximately 65% to date and reminders will be issued shortly to collect
the remainder. Results will be input into relevant personnel databases
and reported to the Equality and Diversity Committee meeting in May
2009.
(d)
Structure, terms of reference and membership of Equality and
Diversity Network and Committee (Minute 07/08-09 refers)
TO REPORT:
That further consideration of the structure, terms of reference and
membership of the Equality and Diversity Network and Committee will be
deferred pending the outcome of a review of Governance being
undertaken by the Deputy Registrar.
3.
Dignity at Work and Study
TO CONSIDER:
4.
(a)
The consultation report on the draft Dignity at Work and Study
policy (EDC Paper 08/08-09).
(b)
The final draft of the draft Dignity at Work and Study policy (EDC
Paper 09/08-09).
Equality and Diversity Issues Relating to Students
TO CONSIDER:
5.
(a)
A report from Ms G Frigerio (Acting Director, Careers and
Employability) on graduate destination data and equality and
diversity practices in careers and employability work (EDC
Paper 10/08-09, copy attached).
(b)
A report from the Assistant Registrar (UG Admissions) and
Assistant Registrar (PG Admissions) outlining statistics relating
to students (EDC Paper 11/08-09, copy to follow).
Athena SWAN Charter
TO CONSIDER:
A paper on the Athena SWAN Charter (EDC Paper 12/08-09, copy
attached).
6.
Equality and Diversity Network
TO RECEIVE:
A copy of the minutes of the meeting of the Equality and Diversity
Network held on 19 January 2008 (copy attached).
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7.
Disability Interest Group
TO RECEIVE:
A copy of the minutes of the meeting of the Disability Interest Group held
on 26 November 2008 (copy attached).
8.
Any Other Business
TO REPORT:
(a)
That the PULSE: Staff Survey 2009 was launched on 26
January 2009. It has incorporated additional questions on
harassment and bullying, and stress. Results are expected in
March.
(b)
Stress Management Initiative Update
At the end of last year the HSE stress surveys were carried out
in a further seven departments, the results analysed and
provided to the departments. Following on from this the focus
groups were carried out by an external facilitator in 6
departments and the reports from these will be issued to the
departments shortly. This means that Warwick Medical
School, Biological Sciences, Engineering, Warwick
Manufacturing Group, Statistics and the Institute for
Employment Research are being completed in line with the
schedule. There is one further focus group in Education to be
carried out at the beginning of February. The English
department had, prior to this group of surveys, developed their
own positive approach to identifying and managing work
related stressors and are moving forward with this. Following
this, the results of the Pulse: Staff Survey 2009 will be used to
provide further information on progress on stress management
in all departments.
9.
Date of Next Meeting
TO REPORT:
That the next meeting of the Equality and Diversity Committee will be held
on 18 May 2009 at 2.00 pm in the Council Chamber, and will be chaired
by Professor Richard Higgott.
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