13th August 2014
Brasilia, Brazil
“They seek them here, they seek them there Those Brits they seek them everywhere, Be they in Manaus, Recife or Sao Paulo Those Chevening scholars are the key to tomorrow” *Inspired by the Scarlet Pimpernel – click here to discover this gem of British Culture Funding for Chevening in Brazil will triple from 2015. As […]
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12th August 2014
Brasilia, Brazil
“Today BRICs is a force to reckon with and is perhaps the future” – Tarun Singhal, Chevening Alumni and Director of Enterprise, Business and Strategic Alliances at Steri, India. With events in Gaza and the shooting down of flight MH17, the BRICS Summit might seem a long time ago now. However, our posts from Chevening […]
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24th July 2014
Brasilia, Brazil
As the third and last part of our Chevening BRICS conversation, I am delighted to share a piece by Mr Tarun Singhal, currently Director Enterprise, Business and Strategic Alliance and Partnerships at Steria and who was in the Chevening Advanced Management Programme for Young Indian IT Professionals in 2000-2001 at the Manchester Business School. The […]
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22nd July 2014
Brasilia, Brazil
After our first guest post by Floriano Filho (2001, MA Communications, Westminster), I am pleased to share comments from our Chevening China network. Mr Wang Xin studied Business at Edinburgh University in 1997/98, Mr Peng Xiang was at Westminster in 2006/7 where he did Law, Mr Chen Hanlin is a 1999-00 Cambridge alumni in Education. […]
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18th July 2014
Brasilia, Brazil
This week we are reaching across our Chevening alumni network in the BRICS countries, to understand a little more about what they think the future of BRICS is. We hope to be able to share opinions from some of our alumni in these countries over the week. This first piece is from Brazil where the […]
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10th July 2014
Brasilia, Brazil
When you think of the work of diplomatic missions, you might think it is all political and consular work. You would be wrong. The largest amount of work is supporting British business connections and partnerships with Brazil. The Creative Industries sector is one of the most successful of the UK’s economy , having exported more […]
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8th June 2014
Brasilia, Brazil
Rape and sexual violence has been a part of war as far back as we know. It occurs both as a consequence of conflict but is also used as a weapon in itself. It is civilians (all sexes and ages) who suffer the most . We do not think this is inevitable. It’s time to […]
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16th October 2013
Brasilia, Brazil
Today is Blog Action Day, an annual worldwide event where bloggers write about a single topic since 2007. Earlier this year over 800 Blog Action Day participants took part in a poll to help identify what the theme should be for 2013. The most popular votes and suggestions all fell under the banner of human rights, making […]
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10th October 2013
Brasilia, Brazil
One of the first slang expressions I learnt in Portuguese was abacaxi (pineapple in English) used to describe a difficult issue. Iran’s relations with the international community could be described as an abacaxi. But are we at a moment of change in those relations with the arrival of President Rouhani? Since 2005, I have been […]
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3rd October 2013
Brasilia, Brazil
Like most Londoners, I do not generally talk to strangers – especially on public transport. However, if I want to speak to them I can go to Speakers ‘ Corner in Hyde Park. It is an area where anyone can speak on any subject they want whilst others listen, debate or just heckle. I remember […]
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