staffing level

Summary

The request sought data on staff departures and complaints against the University College Isle of Man (UCM) since September 2016. The Department of Education, Sport and Culture disclosed that no staff were dismissed, while providing specific counts of resignations and complaints received by both UCM and the Department.

Key Facts

• No staff members were dismissed from UCM between the 2016/17 and 2019/20 academic years.
• Staff resignations from UCM ranged from 6 to 10 per year during the period from 2016 to 2020.
• UCM received a total of 42 complaints via letters and emails between 2017 and 2020.
• The Department of Education, Sport and Culture received 3 complaints regarding UCM in the 2019/20 academic year.
• Some complaints held by the Department may have been forwarded to UCM and are included in UCM's figures.

Data Disclosed

• September 2016
• 2016/17
• 2017/18
• 2018/19
• 2019/20
• 6
• 10
• 0
• 3
• 4
• 5
• 17
• 10
• 6
• 29 January 2020
• 24 February 2020
• 1155625

Original Request

can you tell me how many staff have left the UCM since the new principle has been in situ how many letter of complaints against the UCM

Data Tables (3)

Full Response Text

Corporate Services Division Department of Education, Sport and Culture Hamilton House Peel Road, Douglas IM1 5EZ Telephone: (01624) 685808 Website: www.gov.im/dec Email: dec@foi.gov.im Our ref: 1155625 24 February 2020

Dear ###,

We write further to your request which was received on 29 January 2020 and which states:

"Can you tell me how many staff have left the University College Isle of Man (UCM) since the new principal has been in situ and how many letter of complaints have been received against the UCM" In order to identify and locate the information that you asked for, we needed to clarify if the information that requested in the first part of your freedom of information request relates to a specific reason why staff have left UCM e.g. retirement, resignation, dismissal, etc. You advised: “How many people have resigned and how many have been dismissed” Our response to your request is as follows: Number of staff who have left UCM since September 2016 16/17 17/18 18/19 19/20 Resigned 6 10 10 6 Dismissed 0 0 0 0 Number of complaints received about UCM since September 2016 Information held by UCM: 17/18 18/19 19/20 Letters 3 3 4 Emails 5 17 10 Please note that 6 of these emails all relate to the same issue.

Information held by the Department of Education, Sport and Culture: 17/18 18/19 19/20 Number of complaints 0 0 3 Please note some of these complaints may have been forwarded to UCM for information and be included in the table of information held by UCM. Please quote the reference number 1155625 in any future communications.

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