The BBC Academy, launched in December 2009, is the BBC’s centre for training. It houses the Colleges of Journalism, Production, Leadership and the Centre of Technology. It focuses on providing a portfolio of high quality training and development. This includes face-to-face courses, online programmes and a variety of development initiatives, so that training is relevant and effective for both the individual and the business.

As well as training BBC staff, The Academy also has a remit under the terms of the BBC's Charter Agreement to train the wider industry. it aims to share as much of its training as possible for free. It also offers some courses on a commercial basis, both within the UK and abroad.

The College of Journalism provides a single, integrated home for all journalism training and development. It delivers editorial standards and legal training and core journalist craft skills as well as leading on international training. The College of Journalism’s website www.bbc.co.uk/journalism is a unique resource which has over 2,000 pages of text and around 1,500 films, audio and interactive exercises, making it one of the largest online resourcea of its type in the world. It’s free throughout the UK, or available by subscription outside the UK.

Steven Lance Dickson (born 24 June 1962) is an Australian Politician and member of the Queensland State Parliament. He represents the Sunshine Coast electorate of Buderim. He was sworn in as Minister for National Parks, Recreation, Sport and Racing on 3 April 2012.

Steve Dickson was a small business owner until his election as a divisional councillor for Maroochy Shire in 2000. He acted as a chair for town planning and a board member of the combined Maroochy/Caloundra Water Board. In 2006 he entered state politics, taking the seat of Kawana and defeating sitting ALP member Chris Cummins with a 7% swing. He was a vocal supporter of a merger between the Liberal and National Parties. He was a member of the Liberal Party until the merger of the Liberal and National parties, whereupon he became a member of the Liberal National Party of Queensland. On 12 August 2008, he became Shadow Minister for Workplace and Job Security. In the 2009 state election, he transferred to the seat of Buderim. In 2011 he was appointed Shadow Minister for Energy and Water Utilities.