Nicholas Serota

... The BBC Board s senior independent director, Sir Nicholas Serota, said recently that new allegations continue to emerge and that there may have been times when the corporation should have done more to investigate the complaints...

... The BBC told The Guardian on 25 July its internal investigation was being carried out by its corporate investigations and internal audit teams and would report directly to the BBC board s director, Sir Nicholas Serota...

... The " key actions" from the BBC s impartiality plan include: " Thematic reviews" covering output in key areas of public debate to ensure a breadth of voices and viewpoints are reflected, with the first to cover UK public spending and taxationIncreased responsibility for the BBC s Editorial Policy team, with reviews to content by internal management to assess how much it meets the corporation s editorial standardsA simple set of procedures for dealing with internal investigations" Clarifications" to how the BBC handles accelerated editorial complaints about broadcast or published contentMonitoring of such " impartiality metrics" as editorial complaints, staff training, audience perception and demographic dataMaking the BBC s editorial guidelines " more prominent and easy to use" for all BBC staffPutting two experts with non-BBC experience on its Editorial Guidelines and Standards CommitteeExtending the BBC s impartiality training to freelances and new joiners at all levelsAdopting new measures to improve transparency both internally and externallyAdopting a new editorial policy on whistleblowing policyTasking managers with ensuring that audiences from all parts of the UK are represented both on and off screenSir Nicholas Serota s review, found that " much has changed" over the past 25 years but said there was " still potential for significant improvement"...