All Diversity articles – Page 77
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NewsBanking more ethnically diverse than media
A study of the top 10,000 executives across British industry reveals a deep “diversity deficit”– and reveals the banking and finance sector is more ethnically diverse than the media.
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CommentNews needs to reflect the audience to stay relevant
Advertisers realise the importance of diversity, and so should we
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NewsCDN puts diversity pledges to test
The Creative Diversity Network (CDN) is on the brink of unveiling a monitoring service that will assess how the major broadcasters’ are performing against their diversity targets – and compared with each other – for the first time.
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NewsTV admits diversity failures
Baroness Floella Benjamin made an impassioned plea in her opening address at Ed Vaizey’s diversity roundtable last week: “Don’t let our children down,” she said, “especially our young black men. They don’t feel part of this.”
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NewsLenny Henry: diversity needs dedicated funding
Actor and writer Lenny Henry has called for broadcasters to ring-fence money to increase BAME representation in the TV industry.
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CommentBAME: this time we must act
Ed Vaizey must not miss the opportunity to boost minority employment, says Simon Albury
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NewsEd Vaizey to probe diversity stats
Ed Vaizey, UK Minister for UK Culture, Communications and Creative Industries is calling on senior figures in TV, film and arts to explain the lack of diversity in their industries at a ministerial roundtable next week.
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CommentChange must come
Former RTS chief executive Simon Albury says the BBC must become the cornerstone of diversity
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CommentDoes TV suffer from covert racism?
Sarah Smith asks why she is finding it so tough to progress to become a head of production
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NewsForum split over benefit of recruitment quotas
The topic of quotas for BAME staff was a volatile talking point at Diversify, generating mixed views from experts.
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NewsSkills can redress imbalance
Creative Skillset executive director Kate O’Connor has vowed the organisation will help to improve diversity across the creative industries following Broadcast and Screen International’s Diversify event last week.
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NewsKing pushes for action plan
Training issues, quotas, access and on-screen portrayal were among the hotly debated topics at Diversify, with race, class, gender, sexuality, geography and age all still having a disproportionate bearing on employment in the film and TV industries, both in front of and behind the camera.
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NewsDiversify: gallery
All the pictures from yesterday’s event, organised by Broadcast and Screen International
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NewsDiversify: practical steps forward
Speakers at the Diversify forum have outlined a number of practical measures and action points designed to help the industry improve its level of diversity.
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NewsLenny Henry calls for racial quotas
Television and film stars including Lenny Henry and Kwame Kwei-Armah have called for broadcasters to implement quotas to increase racial diversity on UK screens.
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NewsTV and film fail on diversity
BBC commissioning editor for religion Aaqil Ahmed has said the UK TV and film industries should be “ashamed” of the decline in BAME representation across the creative media.
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NewsCohen calls for more diverse workforce
BBC director of television Danny Cohen has called for the TV industry to become more diverse in a number of areas.