Gender Equality Scheme - University of Winchester

decision to impact assess on all equality areas in recognition that no one
equality area stands alone and a duty to assess on other equality areas was likely
to be introduced at a later date.
The process was agreed through the University committee structure in
2004/05, finally being endorsed at the Planning & Resources Committee in July
2005 (PR121/04-05). This allowed for consultation on the process by a wide
range of staff and students.
The impact assessment management process:
• Screens formal policies, regulations, guidelines & strategies and informal
policies & practices/procedures
• Set a timetable for initial screening and identification of requirements for
full impact assessment
• Acknowledges that impact assessment is not a one-off undertaking and
requires screening forms to be completed for all new policies and a review
of screening of all formal polices etc to be included in the 3 year policy
reviews.
• Acknowledges that policy impact is not the responsibility of one individual
but of all members of staff and thus requires policy owners to undertake the
screening and full impact assessment (where necessary).
By April 2007 the University has undertaken initial equality impact assessment
screenings but has yet to complete the full impact assessments where required.
This includes a full impact assessment of our Car Parking Policy, where
concerns have been raised that part-time members of staff are disadvantaged,
where the majority of part-time staff are female. The other policies identified
for a full impact assessment were the Staff Development & Review Scheme
and the Customer Service Policy.
?.4 Benchmarking the University of Winchester against other institutions
The University will benchmark itself via data provided by HESA.
? What we are currently doing
?.1 Policies in place to tackle gender inequality