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University of Leicester Equality Information Report 2022

University of Leicester Equality Information

Student Data- Participation of students at the University of Leicester 2020/21

Introduction

The University of Leicester is clear in its commitment to developing a culture of dignity,

respect and inclusion, and creating an environment where difference is valued and

respected. The University seeks to provide a positive working and learning environment,

free from discrimination, harassment, or victimisation.

Under the Equality Act 2010 we are legally required to produce and publish diversity

monitoring information annually. For students at the University, we collect data related to

age, disability, gender, race, religion or belief and sexual orientation.

The Specific duties of the Equality Act 2010 require public bodies to:

 Publish information relating to employees who share protected characteristics

 Publish information relating to people who are affected by the public body’s policies

and practices (e.g. students)

Collecting diversity data from students allows us to:

 Further understand our student demographic, and support all students. It will allow

us to identify specific issues and barriers, and take targeted action.

 Assess the impact of proposed policies and initiatives on different student groups to

support decision making.

The data is used to inform the University's actions to create a more inclusive environment,

based on statistical evidence. Diversity monitoring information has previously helped us to

identify and make positive changes to improve the experiences of some student groups.

Examples include facilities on campus such as prayer spaces and events for particular

student groups.

Our Commitments to Access and Participation: https://le.ac.uk/about/making-a-

difference/equality/access-participation

Access and participation plans set out how higher education providers will improve equality

of opportunity for underrepresented groups to access, succeed in and progress from higher

education. The plans include: the provider’s ambition for change, what it plans to do to

achieve that change, the targets it has set, the investment it will make to deliver the plan.

Our Access and Participation Plan (PDF, 1.3MB), Impact Report (PDF, 307KB) and the Office

for Students fee summary (PDF, 116KB) details our expected fee income from Home/EU

students and our ambition and strategy to widen participation for the 2020/21-2024/25

academic years.

Please note that where figures are given for UK HEI’s (Higher Education Institutions), these

are for the Academic Year 2019/20 which are the latest available. The UK HEI figures are based

on data by Advance HE which provides representations of the protected characteristics for all

students at UK HEI’s. To see complete data from 2019/20, please see Advance HE’s 2021

statistical report on students in Higher Education.

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University of Leicester Equality Information

Student Data- Participation of students at the University of Leicester 2020/

Introduction

The University of Leicester is clear in its commitment to developing a culture of dignity,

respect and inclusion, and creating an environment where difference is valued and

respected. The University seeks to provide a positive working and learning environment,

free from discrimination, harassment, or victimisation.

Under the Equality Act 2010 we are legally required to produce and publish diversity

monitoring information annually. For students at the University, we collect data related to

age, disability, gender, race, religion or belief and sexual orientation.

The Specific duties of the Equality Act 2010 require public bodies to:

 Publish information relating to employees who share protected characteristics

 Publish information relating to people who are affected by the public body’s policies

and practices (e.g. students)

Collecting diversity data from students allows us to:

 Further understand our student demographic, and support all students. It will allow

us to identify specific issues and barriers, and take targeted action.

 Assess the impact of proposed policies and initiatives on different student groups to

support decision making.

The data is used to inform the University's actions to create a more inclusive environment,

based on statistical evidence. Diversity monitoring information has previously helped us to

identify and make positive changes to improve the experiences of some student groups.

Examples include facilities on campus such as prayer spaces and events for particular

student groups.

Our Commitments to Access and Participation: https://le.ac.uk/about/making-a-

difference/equality/access-participation

Access and participation plans set out how higher education providers will improve equality

of opportunity for underrepresented groups to access, succeed in and progress from higher

education. The plans include: the provider’s ambition for change, what it plans to do to

achieve that change, the targets it has set, the investment it will make to deliver the plan.

Our Access and Participation Plan (PDF, 1.3MB), Impact Report (PDF, 307KB) and the Office

for Students fee summary (PDF, 116KB) details our expected fee income from Home/EU

students and our ambition and strategy to widen participation for the 2020/21-2024/

academic years.

Please note that where figures are given for UK HEI’s (Higher Education Institutions), these

are for the Academic Year 2019/20 which are the latest available. The UK HEI figures are based

on data by Advance HE which provides representations of the protected characteristics for all

students at UK HEI’s. To see complete data from 2019/20, please see Advance HE’s 2021

statistical report on students in Higher Education.

Key

BAME- Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic

PGT- Postgraduate Taught

PGR- Postgraduate Research

UG- Undergraduate

UoL- University of Leicester

Data Note

 Data for 2020/21 academic year.

 Note: the population of this dataset excludes students that are suspended, dormant or

withdrawn on 1st December 2020.

 Dalian students studying at Dalian (China) for all 4 years of their course have been

excluded. These students were included in the previous year (2019/20) shown in this

report (341 students)

Table 1.2 All UG by age group, 2015/16 to 2020/ *Young is defined as ≤ 21. Numbers provided for years were for all students recorded as UG course group and included new entrants and returners.

 The proportion of students over 21 at UG level steadily declined from 17.5% (2015/16)

to 10.8% (2018/19), in 2019/20 and 2020/21 there was a slight increase in the

proportion to 11.1% (2019/20) and 12.1% (2020/21). In the UK (2019/20), 82.3% of first

degree UG students were ≤21, this is lower than the proportion at UoL in 2019/

(88.9%) and 2020/21 (87.9%).

Table 1.3 All UG new entrants by age group, 2020/ UoL UG New Entrants by Age Group, 2020/ No. % Young 3394 87.7% Mature 475 12.3% Total 3869 100%

 The proportion of new entrant mature students in 2020/21 is 12.3%.

UoL First Degree UG by Age Group, 2015/16 to 2020/ 2015/16 2016/17 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/ No. % No. % No. % No. % No. % No. % Young

9557

Matur e 2034

Total

2. Disability

Table 2.1 All UoL students by disability, 2015/16 to 2020/ Year All UoL Students by Disability 2015/16 to 2020/ Disability No disability disclosed Unknown Total No. % No. % No. % 2015/16 1853 9.5% 17270 88.8% 315 1.6% 19438 2016/17 1942 9.6% 17872 88.1% 478 2.4% 20292 2017/18 1830 9.6% 17137 89.5% 182 1.0% 19149 2018/19 1679 9.2% 16358 90.0% 137 0.8% 18174 2019/20 1761 9.7% 16283 89.4% 168 0.9% 18212 2020/21 1713 10.5% 14373 88.4% 174 1.1% 16260

 Disability disclosure rates have steadily increased among students in UK higher

education, rising from 5.4% in 2003/04 to 14.6% in 2019/20 (Advance HE, 2021).

 In 2019/20, 10.5% of UoL’s student body were known to have a disability, this

proportion has increased from 9.7% in 2019/20 (see Table 2.1). UoL’s figure is lower

than the national picture, where in the UK 14.6% of students disclosed as disabled in

Table 3.2 Breakdown of UoL BAME Students 2020/ Table 3.3 Breakdown of UoL Students by ethnicity 2020/ Ethnicity No. % Asian or Asian British 5069 31.2% Black or Black British 2073 12.7% White 7237 44.5% Other and Mixed 1327 8.2% Not declared 554 3.4% Total 16260 100.0%

 Of total BAME students (8469), the large majority were Indian (27.5%); 8.3% were

Pakistani and 2.7% were Bangladeshi.

 31.2% of UoL students were Asian or Asian British.

 12.7% of all UoL students were Black or Black British, most of whom were from a Black

African background (19.0%). Black Caribbean students were less represented,

constituting 3.8% of BAME students overall.

 Nationally, 42.6% of Black, Asian and minority ethnic UK domiciled students were Asian,

of which the large majority were Indian (13.6%) and Pakistani (13.9%); 6.3% of Black,

Asian and minority ethnic students were Bangladeshi. A further 30.2% were Black, most

of whom were from a Black African background (22.9% of Black, Asian and minority

ethnic UK domiciled students). Black Caribbean students were much less represented,

constituting 5.7% of Black, Asian and minority ethnic UK domiciled students overall.

16.7% of Black, Asian and minority ethnic UK domiciled students were from a mixed

background, 3.3% were Chinese, and 7.2% identified as an ethnic group other than those

listed (Advance HE, 2021).

All UoL Students by detailed Ethnicity- 2020/ Ethnicity No. % Mixed - White and Black Caribbean 146 1.7% Mixed - White and Black African 80 0.9% Mixed - White and Asian 227 2.7% Other mixed background 233 2.8% Asian or Asian British - Indian 2329 27.5% Asian or Asian British - Pakistani 699 8.3% Asian or Asian British - Bangladeshi 230 2.7% Chinese 1150 13.6% Other Asian background 661 7.8% Black or Black British - African 1610 19.0% Black or Black British - Caribbean 322 3.8% Other Black background 141 1.7% Arab 473 5.6% Other ethnic background 168 2.0% BAME Only 8469 100.0%

4. Gender

Table 4.1 All UoL students by gender, 2015/16 to 2020/ Year All UoL Students by Gender 2015/16 to 2020/ Female Male Total F% 2015/16 10196 9323 19519 52.2% 2016/17 10453 9839 20292 51.5% 2017/18 9964 9185 19149 52.0% 2018/19 9657 8517 18174 53.1% 2019/20 9728 8484 18212 53.4% 2020/21 8739 7521 16260 53.7%

 The proportion of female students at UoL has steadily increased since 2015/16 (52.2%).

In 2020/21, 53.7% of students were female, however the total number of students does

fluctuate. The higher proportion of female students aligns with UK figures, in 2019/20,

57 % of all students studying in UK higher education were female.

Figure 1 All Students by Religion or Belief 2020- 2021

Figure 1 shows all students by religion or belief in 2020/21. 0.9% of students are Buddhist,

27.8% Christian, 7.6% Hindu, 0.3% Jewish, 14.4% Muslim, 3.5% Sikh, 0.9% Spiritual, 0.8%

identified another religion or belief, 37.6% no religion or belief, 5.9% did not declare and

0.4% did not respond.

6. Sexual Orientation

Table 6.1 All UoL students by sexual orientation, 2015/16 to 2020/ *LGB includes: Bisexual, Gay man, Gay woman/Lesbian, Other

 The University first started recording sexual orientation in 2015/16 and the proportion

of students choosing to disclose sexual orientation has increased each year.

All UoL Students by Sexual Orientation

No. % No. % No. % No. % No. % No. % LGB* 486

Heterosexual

Information refused 952

Not known

Total UoL

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University of Leicester Equality Information

Student Data- Participation of students at the University of Leicester 2020/

Introduction

The University of Leicester is clear in its commitment to developing a culture of dignity,

respect and inclusion, and creating an environment where difference is valued and

respected. The University seeks to provide a positive working and learning environment,

free from discrimination, harassment, or victimisation.

Under the Equality Act 2010 we are legally required to produce and publish diversity

monitoring information annually. For students at the University, we collect data related to

age, disability, gender, race, religion or belief and sexual orientation.

The Specific duties of the Equality Act 2010 require public bodies to:

 Publish information relating to employees who share protected characteristics

 Publish information relating to people who are affected by the public body’s policies

and practices (e.g. students)

Collecting diversity data from students allows us to:

 Further understand our student demographic, and support all students. It will allow

us to identify specific issues and barriers, and take targeted action.

 Assess the impact of proposed policies and initiatives on different student groups to

support decision making.

The data is used to inform the University's actions to create a more inclusive environment,

based on statistical evidence. Diversity monitoring information has previously helped us to

identify and make positive changes to improve the experiences of some student groups.

Examples include facilities on campus such as prayer spaces and events for particular

student groups.

Our Commitments to Access and Participation: https://le.ac.uk/about/making-a-

difference/equality/access-participation

Access and participation plans set out how higher education providers will improve equality

of opportunity for underrepresented groups to access, succeed in and progress from higher

education. The plans include: the provider’s ambition for change, what it plans to do to

achieve that change, the targets it has set, the investment it will make to deliver the plan.

Our Access and Participation Plan (PDF, 1.3MB), Impact Report (PDF, 307KB) and the Office

for Students fee summary (PDF, 116KB) details our expected fee income from Home/EU

students and our ambition and strategy to widen participation for the 2020/21-2024/

academic years.

Please note that where figures are given for UK HEI’s (Higher Education Institutions), these

are for the Academic Year 2019/20 which are the latest available. The UK HEI figures are based

on data by Advance HE which provides representations of the protected characteristics for all

students at UK HEI’s. To see complete data from 2019/20, please see Advance HE’s 2021

statistical report on students in Higher Education.

Key

BAME- Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic

PGT- Postgraduate Taught

PGR- Postgraduate Research

UG- Undergraduate

UoL- University of Leicester

Data Note

 Data for 2020/21 academic year.

 Note: the population of this dataset excludes students that are suspended, dormant or

withdrawn on 1st December 2020.

 Dalian students studying at Dalian (China) for all 4 years of their course have been

excluded. These students were included in the previous year (2019/20) shown in this

report (341 students)

 The proportion of students over 21 at UG level steadily declined from 17.5% (2015/16)

to 10.8% (2018/19), in 2019/20 and 2020/21 there was a slight increase in the

proportion to 11.1% (2019/20) and 12.1% (2020/21). In the UK (2019/20), 82.3% of first

degree UG students were ≤21, this is lower than the proportion at UoL in 2019/

(88.9%) and 2020/21 (87.9%).

 The proportion of new entrant mature students in 2020/21 is 12.3%.

2. Disability

 Disability disclosure rates have steadily increased among students in UK higher

education, rising from 5.4% in 2003/04 to 14.6% in 2019/20 (Advance HE, 2021).

 In 2019/20, 10.5% of UoL’s student body were known to have a disability, this

proportion has increased from 9.7% in 2019/20 (see Table 2.1). UoL’s figure is lower

than the national picture, where in the UK 14.6% of students disclosed as disabled in

 Of total BAME students (8469), the large majority were Indian (27.5%); 8.3% were

Pakistani and 2.7% were Bangladeshi.

 31.2% of UoL students were Asian or Asian British.

 12.7% of all UoL students were Black or Black British, most of whom were from a Black

African background (19.0%). Black Caribbean students were less represented,

constituting 3.8% of BAME students overall.

 Nationally, 42.6% of Black, Asian and minority ethnic UK domiciled students were Asian,

of which the large majority were Indian (13.6%) and Pakistani (13.9%); 6.3% of Black,

Asian and minority ethnic students were Bangladeshi. A further 30.2% were Black, most

of whom were from a Black African background (22.9% of Black, Asian and minority

ethnic UK domiciled students). Black Caribbean students were much less represented,

constituting 5.7% of Black, Asian and minority ethnic UK domiciled students overall.