Caroline Thomson, chief operating officer at the BBC, on diversity

A short video where the Chief Operating Officer at the BBC talks about diversity.  The BBC’s Equal Opportunities and Diversity policies include details of workforce schemes (disability, gender and race) and equality targets.

Breaking into the publishing world

Pearson Diversity Summer Internship: Open Evening on 8th February 2011 offers you a chance to find out more about this programme and see if it’s for you.  The scheme has been running for several years now and you can get further information and feedback from previous interns by visiting the website http://summerinternships.pearson.com

Ethnic minorities perceive professions as closed off

Careers in professions including banking, politics, law and journalism are perceived to be closed off to ethnic minorities living and working in Britain, according to a report from Race for Opportunity, Business in the Community’s race diversity campaign.

The report, which surveyed of the attitudes of 1,500 people from all the main ethnic groups living in the UK, including white Britons, reveals that 60% of white respondents saw no barriers to careers in the professions.

See the full report