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Former BBC boss Lord Grade emerges as favourite for Ofcom chair – reports

Conservative peer Lord Grade of Yarmouth has emerged as the favourite to become the next chair of Ofcom, according to reports. Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries is expected to make a final decision this week on who will oversee the media regulator, ...

23 Mar 2022 at 11:25

Lord Grade: Veteran executive has held top-level posts across broadcast media

The new Ofcom chief Michael Grade has held a number of senior positions at UK broadcasters after starting his career with a brief stint in sports journalism. Since the mid-1980s, the 79-year-old has served as controller of BBC One, chief ...

24 Mar 2022 at 18:55

New Ofcom chair Lord Michael Grade to appear before DCMS select committee

Newly announced Ofcom chair Lord Michael Grade is due to appear in front of a Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) committee for a “pre-appointment scrutiny”. Lord Grade will receive a grilling from MPs which may include questions ...

31 Mar 2022 at 03:55

New Ofcom chief Lord Grade defends branding BBC licence fee ‘regressive’

Newly-announced Ofcom chairman Lord Michael Grade has said he believes describing the BBC licence fee as “regressive” is not an opinion but a “statement of fact”. The 79-year-old Conservative peer, who has held senior positions at ...

31 Mar 2022 at 11:55

New Ofcom chief Lord Grade admits he does not use social media

Newly-announced Ofcom chairman Lord Michael Grade has admitted he does not use social media but said he does “understand the dynamics”. The 79-year-old Conservative peer, who has held senior positions at all three of the UK’s ...

31 Mar 2022 at 13:25

New Ofcom chair Lord Grade may need support tackling social media, MPs conclude

Incoming Ofcom chairman Lord Michael Grade will bring “considerable experience and knowledge of the media sector” but may need support when tackling social media and online safety, according to MPs. The Conservative peer and ...

01 Apr 2022 at 13:25

Channel 4 privatisation ‘ends restriction on producing and selling own content’

The privatisation of Channel 4 will remove restrictions which “effectively prohibit” the broadcaster from producing and selling its own content, the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has said. The ...

28 Apr 2022 at 08:55

Augar loan plan ‘may halt prospect of university for poorer pupils’

Plans to block pupils from taking out student loans if they fail maths and English GCSEs could shut down poorer children’s chances of going to university from the age of three, a social mobility expert has warned. ...

23 Feb 2022 at 12:25

Tory peers call for delay and changes to new junk food advertising restrictions

The Health Secretary will get the power to delay the introduction of new junk food advertising curbs, amid Tory backbench opposition to the policy. Conservative whip Baroness Penn said changes to the Health and ...

04 Feb 2022 at 16:55

Private school GCSE grades more generous than expected amid pandemic – analysis

Private schools gave out more generous GCSE grades than expected during the pandemic, new analysis suggests. The analysis by FFT Education Datalab found that during 2020 and 2021, when full public exams were ...

29 Jun 2022 at 11:37

Unconscious bias in marking sees lower grades for poor students, study suggests

Unconscious bias in marking could be contributing to the underperformance of children from poorer backgrounds, researchers have suggested. Teachers were more harsh in their grading of students from a lower ...

26 Aug 2022 at 14:26

Almost a quarter of a million fewer top GCSE grades predicted as exams return

Top grades awarded to this year’s GCSE students will fall, with more pupils failing and a slight narrowing of the girls’ lead over boys, an education expert has suggested. In line with the move back ...

22 Aug 2022 at 01:01

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