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What is your career stage?

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What is your current availability?

Where do you fit in the screen industries?

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We collect this data to better understand the industry and provide services for underrepresented groups. By completing this form you help us create a culture of diversity and inclusivity, however if you prefer not to share your information then please select that option when filling in your form.

ScreenSkills works to meet the aims and commitments set in our diversity and equal opportunities policy – including not discriminating under the Equality Act of 2010. All of the information we collect about you will be processed in accordance with General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) and any other applicable data protection legislation in the UK. No third parties will be given access to the personal information you provide here unless we are required by law to do so. For more information explaining how we use your data please see our privacy policy, cookies policy and website terms and conditions.

What is your date of birth?

Why do we ask this question?

According to a Parliamentary Report, the UK’s youth unemployment rate of 11% in 2018 compared to a rate of 15.1% for the European Union as a whole. To monitor and improve employment opportunities by age group, Office of National Statistics recommends requesting date of birth and assessing in age brackets according to standard census classifications (with lower end < 16 removed and higher end > 65 merged).

Disability

The Equality Act 2010 defines disability as a physical or mental impairment which has a substantial and long-term effect on a person’s ability to carry out normal day to day activities. Do you consider yourself to have a disability, impairment, learning difference or long-term condition?

What best describes your disability, impairment, learning difference or long-term condition? Please tick all that apply

Why do we ask this question?

According to a Parliamentary report, the employment rate is only 50.7% people of working age (16-64) with disabilities in 2018 compared to 81.1% for people without disabilities. To monitor and improve employment opportunities for disabled talent, this question was devised in consultation with the Business Disability Forum and drafted from guidance given by their Information and Advice Service.

What best describes your ethnic group?

Asian/Asian British

Black/African/Caribbean/Black British

Mixed/multiple ethnic groups

White

Other ethnic group

Prefer not to say my ethnicity

Why do we ask this question?

According to a Parliamentary report, the UK unemployment rate was 6.3% for people from BAME (Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic) backgrounds compared to 3.6% for people from a White background. To monitor and improve employment opportunities for people from BAME backgrounds, this question was devised in consultation with ACAS and categories are established by Office of National Statistics.

What best describes your gender?

Why do we ask this question?

According to a Parliamentary report, the female employment rate was 70.8% compared to 79.7% for men in 2017. This question was devised in consultation with ACAS and the categories are taken from the ACAS Equality and Diversity Monitoring Form.

Do you identify as trans?

Why do we ask this question?

This question was devised in consultation with Stonewall and taken from their guidance Do Ask, Do Tell: Capturing data on sexual orientation and gender identity globally.

What best describes your religion or belief?

Why do we ask this question?

According to a Parliamentary report I 2016, Muslims have the lowest employment rate at 47.2% of all religious groups and the highest pay gap compared with those of no religion, earning 22.5% less. Only 16% are in managerial and professional roles, against an average of 30% per cent of the general population. To monitor and improve employment opportunities, this question was devised using Office of National Statistics categories.

What best describes your sexual orientation?

Why do we ask this question?

This question was devised in consultation with Stonewall and taken from their guidance Do Ask, Do Tell: Capturing data on sexual orientation and gender identity globally.

What type of school did you mainly attend between the ages of 11 and 16?

Why do we ask this question?

This question was devised in consultation with Bridge Group and taken from their guidance in 2018 Ofcom report Diversity and Equal Opportunities in Television.

What work did your parent/caregiver do?

Please think about your parent(s) or other primary caregiver when you were around 14 years old. What kind of work did this parent/caregiver do? If this question does not apply to you (because for example, you were in care at this time), you can indicate this below.

Why do we ask this question?

This question was devised in consultation with Bridge Group and taken from their guidance in 2018 Ofcom report Diversity and Equal Opportunities in Television.

What is your current UK postcode?

In which area of the UK did you predominantly grow up?

Please choose region in England

Do you have caring responsibilities?

If yes, please tick all that apply

Why do we ask this question?

This question was devised in consultation with ACAS and taken from the ACAS Equality and Diversity Monitoring Form.

Employment

In the past 12 months, what has been your employment status for the majority of that time?

Return to work

Are you returning to work following an extended period (12 months or more) of absence?

If yes, select one of the following

Why do we ask this question?

This question was devised in consultation with Carers UK.

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ScreenSkills Privacy Notice

ScreenSkills ('we', 'us') complies with General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) and any other applicable data protection legislation in the UK. We take your privacy very seriously and will only use your personal information to administer your record and to provide services you have requested from us.

We will use this personal information you provide us to create your account on the ScreenSkills website, deliver relevant services, maintain your records and, if you agree and subscribe, to send you marketing information in the form of newsletters and e-mailshots containing details and information about ScreenSkills programmes, events and other relevant activity.

ScreenSkills will sometimes share your information with our partner companies, with whom we are jointly delivering specific project or a scheme (e.g. BFI). No other third parties will be given access to your personal data unless required by law to do so.

We have appropriate security measures in place allowing only relevant staff to access and process your personal information via secure IT systems and internal processes. We will only retain your information for appropriate amount of time which is in line with our Records Retention Policy (as a way of an example, HRMC related records for six years + one current year).

We may transfer your personal information outside of UK and European Economic Area (EEA) countries. We meet our obligations under GDPR by ensuring that the information has equivalent protection as if it were being held within the EEA (e.g. EU-US Privacy Shield Framework).

For more information explaining how we use your information please see ScreenSkills' Privacy Policy, Cookies Policy and Terms and Conditions.

If you have any questions relating to our data protection practices, please get in touch with ScreenSkills Data Protection Officer(s): data.protection@screenskills.com

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