Organisation & Learner
Development
MERGER PROPOSAL DOCUMENT CONTENT
1. OVERVIEW: LEARNER PROFILE
Each of the partner colleges has, in line with Scottish Government priorities,
focused over many years on widening access to educational opportunity to all
socio economic groups and to ensuring that we support the realization of
individual aspirations and goals. The merged college will continue to provide a
wide variety of access points to all curriculum areas and will ensure that
progression pathways are clear both within the college and with respect to
articulation with other Further and Higher education institutions. Bringing
together the three organizations creates an institution with a balanced profile with
respect to age; gender; race and disability (see detailed statistics on page ##).
The support structures which underpin high quality standards will be further
enhanced and integrated through merger and all aspects of the new organization
will be carefully considered to ensure that Equality, Diversity and Inclusion are at
the centre of the new college's culture and ethos.
2. EQUALITY & DIVERSITY
As a critical aspect of merger planning, the Merger Steering Group, Shadow
and individual Boards of Management will undertake to routinely impact
assess all key aspects of the process to ensure that no single group is
disadvantaged in relation to their age, gender, disability, race or sexual
orientation.
2.1 Equality and Diversity Statement
2.1.1 The importance of treating learners as individuals, with their own
strengths and challenges, is critical to their success. Education for
2010 and beyond is anything but "one size fits all" and we will develop
programmes and support which meet the need of our individual
learners. Equality, diversity and inclusiveness are not just slogans -
they are at the cornerstone of what we believe in and how we will
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