BBC BBC's Panorama has come under fire for rejecting white applicants for open researcher position

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The taxpayer-funded corporation has been accused of “absolute discrimination” after it posted the advertisement for an internship role researching for Panorama – but only available to “UK nationals from a black, Asian or non-white ethnic minority”. The role is for a paid placement with a bursary of £20,000. It appears the corporation hasn’t learnt its lesson after it faced an angry backlash for advertising another internship, which white people couldn’t apply for, just a few months ago. Antonia Stuart, who is campaigning to eliminate discrimination in job advertisements in Britain, told Express.co.uk: “This BBC job advertisement is absolute discrimination and simply abhorrent. What does it matter what race you are to do this job? “The job role should be open to everyone regardless of race, age or sex or social status. Currently there are no legal guidelines in place for advertising jobs therefore the job advert can discriminate, which is a growing issue.”

Working for an MP The job role targets people from BAME backgrounds

Express.co.uk previously reported how jobseeker Miss Stuart, 41, was "offended” when Channel 4 asked her questions about her social class on an application form for a job. She say she has raised the issue of job discrimination with former employment minister Priti Patel and now with current work and pensions secretary Damien Green. Miss Stuart added: “The number of occurrences of job adverts discriminating against race, sex, age and social status is now at a rather worrying level and becoming a common problem which must be addressed in Parliament.” The Panorama role, as well as two intern positions for junior script writers, was placed on website Working for an MP by agency Creative Access, which was founded in 2012 to provide opportunities for paid internships for people of black, Asian and other non-white ethnic backgrounds (BAME). The most recent role is looking for a trainee researcher to work for BBC Panorama and digital current affairs. Offering a bursary of £20,381 for just a year's work, it writes: “All roles advertised through Creative Access are only open to UK nationals from a black, Asian or non-white ethnic minority.

GETTY The BBC has sparked fury

I would have thought that kind of racial discrimination would have gone out in the 1980s Philip Davies, Shipley MP

“This 12 month internship will see the successful applicant spending six-months within Panorama’s Development team and six-months within the Digital Current Affairs team." Ukip’s employment spokesperson Jane Collins accused the BBC of "snubbing white people" in its latest job advertisement following the angry backlash back in May. She said: "We saw during the EU referendum how out of touch the BBC were with the mood of the voters and the BBC as the state broadcaster, funded by the license fee. "The BBC current affairs team should be the pinnacle of unbiased, meritocratic journalism, unafraid to ask questions and break down establishment secrets. "Picking people based on the colour of their skin shows the BBC has no desire to be anything other than a politically correct box ticking quango backing up the current political structures "Panorama has been a groundbreaking programme in the past and to keep doing that it needs to be unbiased and untainted by accusations of cronyism or as a means of meeting HR targets."

GETTY Jane Collins has accused the BBC of 'snubbing' white people