© Ian West/PA WireThe BBC wants to ensure ‘diversity’ of thought across its workforce following recent impartiality rows
Senior figures hosted talks on changes which could be made to the recruitment process to make sure the BBC hires staff with a differing range of views.
The move is seen as unusual because it stretches beyond a previous focus on the views of on-screen presenters.
According to The Telegraph, the minutes of the meeting, attended by the BBC's director general Tim Davie and their chief operating officer Leigh Tavaziva, said: 'The Committee discussed analysis on ways in which the BBC was ensuring diversity of thought across the workforce.
'The analysis was noted and it was agreed that the issue was critical for the BBC, though specific monitoring and measurement in this area was not possible.
'Ongoing work to revise the interview process was noted.'
They added that more analysis of approaches taken in other organisations would be examined. The meeting took place on February 22 and was chaired by BBC board member Robbie Gibb.
A review of of the BBC's Royal Charter is currently looking at the extent to which the corporation is 'representing audiences from working class backgrounds'.
The decision to examine the diversity at the BBC comes after criticism of an alleged homogeneity of views among employees.
The corporation's former chairman Richard Sharp said 'the BBC does have a liberal bias', suggesting the BBC became too London-centric last year.
A review by the BBC Trust in 2014 said that some people thought its coverage of rural issues had 'a metropolitan bias'.
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My opinions are very "diverse", and not "liberal". If not diversive ...