Recruitment

New College Lanarkshire (NCL) collects information from applicants on all protected characteristics via an online equality and diversity monitoring form which is used as part of our recruitment process.

The total number of job applications, inclusive of internal and external applications, received during 2022-23 was 623 and in 2023-24 we received 607 applications.

For both 2022-23 and 2023-24 the majority of applications received were from external applicants:

68% in 2022-23
67% in 2023-24

In this 2-year cycle, the majority of our applications >94% have come from individuals who told us their gender was the same as assigned at birth.
Applications from individuals who stated their gender was not the same as the gender assigned at birth remains low. We will continue to raise awareness of the issues affecting the trans+ community through our Trans+ Inclusion Working Group and work with our external partners, including Terrence Higgins Trust and LGBT Youth Scotland, to encourage applications from the trans+ community.
Over the 2-year period approximately 5% of applicants preferred not to disclose whether their gender was the same as the gender they were assigned at birth.

The majority of applications have either come from applicants who are married or never married and never registered a same-sex civil partnership.
>40% of applicants over the 2-period stated they had never been married or never registered a same sex civil partnership.
Consistently >10% applicants preferred not to disclose this data.

9% of applications came from minority ethnic applicants in 2022-23 which was a slight decrease to when we last reported. However, this increased to 16% in 2023-24.
It should be noted that this data has been aggregated due to numbers being extremely low in each of the categories. Having said this, we are cognisant of the individual experiences of different ethnic groups and are committed to understanding these experiences to ensure we encourage applications from diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds to achieve wider representation.
The largest category of applications received from applicants state they have no religion - 42% in 2023-24 and 43% in 2023-24.
The majority of our applications also continue to come from applicants who are Christian. Although in 2023-24 we did see a decrease in that from 41% to 34%.
We have witnessed an increase in the number of applications from Muslim applicants - 4% in 2022-23 and 9% in 2023-24.
Consistent with our current staff profile and previous data, the majority of applications have been received by females:
- - 50% from females and 45% from males in 2022-23.
  - 52% from females and 43% from males in 2023-24.
Applications from Heterosexual/ Straight individuals remains the highest, 82% for the 2 previous years.
Approximately 9% of applicants for each year preferred not to disclose their sexual orientation.
Applications from bisexual applicants was 3% over this 2 year period.

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