A SCOTTISH Government announcement issued yesterday begins: “Ministers from Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have united in a pledge to ensure the interests of all three devolved administrations are central to the UK Government’s work to determine the future of the BBC.
“At a meeting held [yesterday, Tuesday] in Glasgow on public service broadcasting and the future of the BBC, culture ministers from the three devolved administrations vowed to work together to ensure the process of BBC Charter renewal reflects and prioritises their shared interests.”
Read more, here.
And a Guardian newspaper report of the move, here.
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STAYING with broadcasting, and another Scottish Government announcement begins today: “STV has become the first broadcaster and digital content business to make the Scottish Business Pledge.
“Deputy First Minister, John Swinney, visited the company [today], meeting with staff as he congratulated the company on joining the initiative.
“Launched in May, the Pledge is a partnership between Government and business which works to boost productivity, enshrine fairness and generate inclusive growth across the private sector and beyond.
“STV is the 70th company to make the Pledge – roughly one firm every day since launch.
“Pledge companies commit to paying their staff the Living Wage – the hourly rate of pay which is set independently by the Living Wage Foundation.”
Read more, here.
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A SURVEY seeking to gauge the extent of gender equality in marketing is being showcased by the Scots division of the Marketing Society.
Says Marketing Society Scotland – about the online survey, here: “The Marketing Society Scotland would like to establish our potential role in promoting gender equality in the marketing industry. We have created a working party of women who work in marketing, advertising and digital who are going to consider this.
“In advance of our first meeting, we would like to do some research. One of our graduate members is doing a dissertation on gender equality in marketing as part of her Masters and has developed a short questionnaire.”
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JOURNALISTS can “boost their grasp of science and complex numbers” through two, free online training courses launched by the Royal Statistical Society.
Says the Society: “The journalism eLearning modules, funded by the Department of Business and Innovation, takes journalists through a range of real-life scenarios related to statistics, surveys, scientific research and uncertainty.
“They highlight questions to ask, pitfalls to look out for, and how to communicate clearly to an audience.”
Read more more, here.
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CHIEF correspondent at Channel 4 News, Alex Thomson, begins his latest blog: “So we return to the unhappy state of affairs across English and Scottish football, where some clubs feel it is perfectly normal to ban any journalist guilty of perpetrating journalism the club disapproves of.”
Read more, here.
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