9th December 2016 Science and Innovation Network
Once a year, the global scientific community is honoured and celebrated during the Nobel Prize Award ceremony in the Swedish capital of Stockholm. Sweden has been the birthplace of some of the world’s leading researchers, including the Nobel Prize founder and inventor of dynamite, Alfred Nobel. Sweden also boasts some of the world’s leading research […]
17th April 2014 London, UK
As Ambassador to the Holy See, I am often asked to speak about my work. The requests have tripled, though, since Pope Francis was elected in March 2013, such is the global interest in his Pontificate. I was delighted to receive a request to give one of the traditional evening Lent 2014 Gonzaga lectures at […]
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17th April 2014 London, UK
We are all inhabitants of this planet. No matter what language we speak, colour we are, or background we are from, we all have a duty, for the sake of mankind, to lend a hand to make a change for the better. The power to make a change lies within each and every one of […]
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11th April 2014 London, UK
EU Staffing Unit EU CAREERS MONTH : by Charlotte Sanderson If you follow @FCOcareers on Twitter, read the Guardian Careers website online, or even cut across the King Charles Street FCO Quad on your way to work, chances are you will have come across the words EU Careers, especially over the last month. I work […]
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1st April 2014 London, UK
The perks of being a diplomat Nikesh Mehta (middle) whilst in Uganda by Imran Choudhury BUILDING relationships between different countries and diffusing tensions may sound like quite a demanding job, but it does have it perks – just ask British diplomat Nikesh Mehta. The 36-year-old has worked in Iraq, Uganda and Malaysia and mingled with […]
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11th March 2014 London, UK
On 11 February, 2014, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office hosted students from the BCU School of Law and the FCO Youth Inspiration Group for a Model United Nations Security Council Session. The event provided invaluable experience in Security Council member state presentations, the political intricacies of alliance building at the multilateral level for session voting, […]
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7th March 2014 London, UK
Oonagh Lewis, Project Task Force In January, I visited Anthony Gell School in Derbyshire to give students from Years 9 to 13 a taste of what it is like to work for the FCO. My visit was an extension of the FCO’s outreach to schools programme, which follows hot on the heels of last year’s […]
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