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Annex D Results of Survey of Lay Composition of Scotland's Incorporated colleges, July 2006 1
Return: 39 incorporated colleges (100%)
Age
Age Range | Colleges | Pre-92 UKHEIs 2 | Post-92 UKHEIs | All UKHEIs |
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Over 70 | 5 (1%) | 56 (7%) | 8 (2%) | 64 (5%) |
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60 to 70 | 93 (22%) | 365 (45%) | 154 (31%) | 519 (40%) |
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50 to 60 | 175 (40%) | 268 (33%) | 201 (41%) | 469 (36%) |
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40 to 50 | 128 (30%) | 106 (13%) | 103 (21%) | 209 (16%) |
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Under 40 | 29 (7%) | 16 (2%) | 25 (5%) | 41 (3%) |
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Total | 430 | 811 | 491 | 1302 |
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According to the Scottish Councillors 2003 3 Report :
- less than 1% were under 30 years old;
- 2% were under 50 years old;
- 50% were aged between 45-59 years;
- 30% were over 60 years old.
Ethnicity
Six colleges each have one member of the board from an ethnic minority.
According to the Scottish Councillors 2003 Report just over 1% of councillors were from ethnic minorities, compared to 2% of the Scottish population in 2003.
Disability
Six colleges each have one member of the board with a disability.
According to the Scottish Councillors 2003 Report almost 9% of councillors had a disability or long-term illness.
Gender
Gender 6 | Male | Female | Total |
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Scotland's Colleges | 74% | 26% | 430 |
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Scottish Executive Public Appointments (October 2006) 7 | 64% | 36% | 644 |
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FTSE 100 (November 2004) 8 | 91% | 9% | 983 |
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FTSE 250 (November 2004) 9 | 94% | 6% | 1917 |
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Scottish Councillors (December 2003) 10 | 78% | 22% | 1222 |
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1 The survey did not include college principals, staff members or student members
2 HEI figures from Committee Of University Chairmen ( CUC) Report on Governance Questionnaire issued in January 2006
http://www.shef.ac.uk/cuc/pubs.html
3 Scottish Councillors 2003 Report - http://www.scotland.gov.uk/News/Releases/2003/12/4697
6 Comparable figures for HEIs are not available. CUC report from January 2006 states "more than 25% of HEIs have a lay membership which is more than 80% male".
7 http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Government/public-bodies/public-appointments
8 DTI Building better boards ( http://www.dti.gov.uk/files/file19615.pdf)
9 DTI Building better boards ( http://www.dti.gov.uk/files/file19615.pdf)
10 http://www.scotland.gov.uk/News/Releases/2003/12/4697
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