Scottish Government

Footnotes

1. Figure numbers and footnotes have been changed for this and other Annexes.
2. Labour Force Survey, winter 04-05
3. 76.9% of disabled people (of working age) with no qualifications were unemployed in 2005, compared to 38.3% of non-disabled people with no qualifications (Labour Force Survey Spring 1998-2005, not seasonally adjusted)
4. The Beattie Committee was set up in 1998 to take forward the Executive's commitment to promote the participation
   attainment of young people in learning post-school and to improve their employability. Its report, Implementing Inclusiveness, Realising Potential was published in 1999. A copy of the report can be found on the Scottish Executive's website at
   http://www.scotland.gov.uk/library2/doc04/bere00.htm.
5. The strategy was subsequently published in March 2007.
6. Non-teaching staff are staff categorised as research only; not applicable; and not teaching and/or research
7. Teaching staff are staff who are categorised as either teaching only or teaching and research
8. Go to: http://www.sfc.ac.uk/statistics/fe_information/facts_figures/0405/students/students_0405.htm
9. Source - Scottish Funding Council
10. Association of Scotland's Colleges - Factsheet 2006
11. Labour Force Survey, winter 04-05
12. 76.9% of disabled people (of working age) with no qualifications were unemployed in 2005, compared to 38.3% of non-disabled people with no qualifications (Labour Force Survey Spring 1998,2005, not seasonally adjusted)
13. Gender in Scottish Higher Education - What's the issue?, July 2006: http://www.sfc.ac.uk/publications/SFC_Gender_Report_July_2006.pdf
14. Go to: http://www.eoc.org.uk/PDF/occ_seg_scotland_final_report_feb_2005.pdf
15. The survey did not include college principals, staff members or student members
16. Scottish Councillors 2003 Report - http://www.scotland.gov.uk/News/Releases/2003/12/4697
17. HEI figures from Committee Of University Chairmen ( CUC) Report on Governance Questionnaire issued in January 2006
    http://www.shef.ac.uk/cuc/pubs.html
18. 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".
19. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Government/public-bodies/public-appointments
20. DTI Building better boards ( http://www.dti.gov.uk/files/file19615.pdf)
21. DTI Building better boards ( http://www.dti.gov.uk/files/file19615.pdf)
22. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/News/Releases/2003/12/4697