UCM (University College Isle of Man) staff & students

Summary

A Freedom of Information request was made to the Department of Education, Sport and Culture regarding University College Isle of Man staff employment types, zero-hour contract costs, and student enrollment figures. The authority upheld the request in full, disclosing student enrollment statistics for five academic years and staffing breakdowns by department for December 2019, May 2020, and May 2021.

Key Facts

• Student enrollment data was provided for academic years 2017/18 through 2021/22, with a note that 2017 figures may be inaccurate due to a system transition.
• Staffing reports were released for December 2019, May 2020, and May 2021, detailing full-time, part-time, and sessional lecturers across various departments.
• The response included specific counts of Further Education and Higher Education students, distinguishing between total enrollments and active students.
• Sessional lecturers (zero-hour basis) were the largest category of staff in several departments, such as General Education and Adult Community Education.
• The request outcome was 'Upheld - full' on 2022-10-05 following an internal review.

Data Disclosed

• 2017-2018 Total Enrolments: 3520
• 2021-2022 Total Enrolments: 3050
• 2021-2022 FE Active: 610
• 2021-2022 HE Active: 290
• December 2019 Adult Community Education Sessional Lecturers: 41
• May 2021 General Education Sessional Lecturers: 94
• May 2021 Adult Community Education Sessional Lecturers: 89
• Date received: 2022-04-25
• Outcome date: 2022-10-05

Original Request

1. The total number of lecturers engaged/employed at University College Isle of Man (UCM). 2. The number of lecturers at UCM currently employed full-time. 3. The number of lecturers at UCM currently employed part-time. 4. The number of lecturers at UCM currently engaged on a zero hour basis. (Current meaning they have been engaged in work in the academic year 2021/22). 5. The total expenditure (wages paid) for lecturers at UCM engaged on a zero hour basis in the academic year 2021/22. 6. The total number of students that enrolled at UCM in the academic years 2021/22, 2020/2021, 2019/2020, 2018/2019, and 2017/2018. 7. Breakdown of total number of students that enrolled (question 6) to show further education (FE), higher education (HE) and reasons for any discrepancy between the number of students and the total that enrolled. 8. ​​UCM Monitoring documents, for the academic years 2021/22, 2020/2021, 2019/2020, 2018/2019, and 2017/2018, illustrating: (a) allocations of full-time and fractional staff (i.e. associate lecturers) and part-time hours to programme areas, departments and courses; (b) allocations of hours of pedagogic work to programme areas, departments and courses; (c) numbers of students and staff/student ratios attributed to programme areas, departments and courses. 9. University of Chester Student Contract 10. UCM Study Agreement Internal review received - See documents titled:  FOI Review REF 2404186 2596193 2022.09.01 Structure Chart Short Version

Data Tables (5)

Full Response Text

Appendix one – FOI Ref: 2404186

Academic Year Total Enrolments Further Education Higher Education

FT Total FT Active (less withdrawals) HE Total HE Active 2017 – 2018* 3520 178 148 136 108 2018 – 2019 3636 747 594 247 219 2019 – 2020 2979 721 556 282 242 2020 – 2021 2974 780 544 332 289 2021 - 2022 3050 828 610 333 290

• Please note the figures for the academic year 2017 may not be accurate. This is because UCM has transitioned to use a new EBS system and the previous system did not allow for breakdown of figures.

Appendix two – FOI Ref: 2404186

UCM Staffing Report December 2019 Reporting Unit Basis Adult Community Education Full Time - 1 Sessional Lecturers - 41

Art Design & Multimedia Full Time - 5 Part Time - 6 Sessional Lecturers - 17

Construction Full Time - 14 Part Time - 2 Sessional Lecturers - 8

Digital Enterprise Full Time - 23 Part Time - 12 Sessional Lecturers - 16

Education& Staff Development

Sessional Lecturers - 5 Engineering Full Time - 11 Part Time - 2 Sessional Lecturers - 1

Foundation Learning
Full Time - 5 Sessional Lecturers - 4

General Education
Full Time - 9 Part Time - 3 Sessional Lecturers - 36

Hair, Beauty & Sport
Full Time - 9 Sessional Lecturers - 7

Higher Education & Library
Full Time - 1 Hospitality and Catering
Full Time - 4 Part Time - 2

Health and Social Care Full Time - 9 Part Time – 3 Sessional Lecturers - 3

Prison Education
Sessional Lecturers - 11

Senior Management
Full Time - 4

Student Services
Full Time - 1

Appendix two – FOI Ref: 2404186

UCM Staffing Report May 2020 Reporting Unit Basis Administration UCM Full Time- 24 Part Time- 6 Adult Community Education Full Time- 1 Sessional Lecturers- 60 Art Design & Multimedia Full Time- 5 Part Time- 9 Sessional Lecturers- 17 Construction Full Time- 20 Part Time- 2 Sessional Lecturers- 10 Digital Enterprise Full Time - 20 Part Time- 12 Sessional Lecturers 21 Education, Health and Social Care Full Time - 9 Part Time - 3 Sessional Lecturers - 20 Engineering Full Time- 16 Part Time - 6 Sessional Lecturers- 5 Facilities – UCM
Full Time- 4 Part Time- 11 Foundation Learning
Full Time- 6 Part Time- 8 Sessional Lecturers - 6
General Education
Full Time- 12 Part Time - 3 Sessional Lecturer- 21
Hair, Beauty & Sport
Full Time- 10 Sessional Lecturers- 8 Higher Education & Library
Full Time- 14 Part Time- 3 Hospitality and Catering
Full Time - 11 Part Time - 3 Sessional Lecturers- 3
Library
Full Time - 3 Part Time - 1 Media Services
Full Time - 2
Part Time - 2 Prison Education

Sessional Lecturers - 6
Senior Management

Full Time - 4
Student Services
Full Time- 5 Part Time- 1

Appendix two – FOI Ref: 2404186

UCM Staffing Report May 2021 Reporting Unit Basis Administration UCM Full Time - 23 Part Time - 6 Adult Community Education Full Time - 1 Sessional Lecturers - 89 Art Design & Multimedia Full Time - 3 Part Time - 8 Sessional Lecturers - 43 Construction Full Time - 20 Part Time - 2 Sessional Lecturers - 19
Digital Enterprise Full Time - 22 Part Time - 9 Sessional Lecturers - 30
Education, Health and Social Care Full Time - 9 Part Time - 3 Sessional Lecturers - 25
Engineering Full Time - 14 Part Time - 7 Sessional Lecturers - 5
Facilities – UCM
Full Time - 5 Part Time - 10 Foundation Learning
Full Time - 5 Part Time - 9 Sessional Lecturers - 6
General Education
Full Time - 12 Part Time - 4 Sessional Lecturers - 94 Hair, Beauty & Sport
Full Time - 9 Part Time - 1
Sessional Lecturers - 7 Higher Education & Library
Full Time - 14 Part Time - 2 Hospitality and Catering
Full Time - 6 Part Time - 7 Sessional Lecturers - 4
Library
Full Time - 3 Part Time - 1 Media Services
Full Time - 2 Part Time - 2 Prison Education
Full Time - 1
Sessional Lecturers - 6 Senior Management
Full Time - 7 Student Services
Full Time - 4 Part Time - 3

Appendix two – FOI Ref: 2404186

UCM Staffing Report May 2022 Reporting Unit Basis Administration UCM Full Time - 20 Part Time - 4 Adult Community Education Full Time - 1 Sessional Lecturer - 104 Art Design & Multimedia Full Time - 2 Part Time - 8 Sessional Lecturers - 51 Construction Full Time - 17 Part Time - 3 Sessional Lecturers - 21 Digital Enterprise Full Time - 24 Part Time - 9 Sessional Lecturers - 41 Education, Health and Social Care Full Time - 8 Part Time - 5 Sessional Lecturers - 26 Engineering Full Time - 13 Part Time - 8 Sessional Lecturers - 7 Facilities – UCM
Full Time - 5 Part Time - 10 Foundation Learning
Full Time - 5 Part Time - 8 Sessional Lecturers - 10 General Education
Full Time - 11 Part Time - 5 Sessional Lecturers - 93 Hair, Beauty & Sport
Full Time - 10 Part Time - 1
Sessional Lecturers - 21 Higher Education & Library
Full Time - 1 Part Time - 1 Hospitality and Catering
Full Time - 8 Part Time - 4 Sessional Lecturers - 7 Library
Full Time - 2 Part Time - 2 Sessional Lecturers 2 Media Services
Full Time - 3

Prison Education
Full Time - 1 Sessional Lecturers - 7 Senior Management
Full Time - 7

Student Services
Full Time - 4 Part Time - 3

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