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Remembrance in Arkhangelsk, North West Russia
I visited Arkhangelsk in late November as part of our annual visits to the cemeteries in North West Russia where British and Allied servicemen died during World War One, World War Two and the Allied Intervention period of 1918-19. Please see my recent blog about the visit to Murmansk by the Ambassadors of the UK, Australia, […]
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8th December 2015 Berlin, Germany
Antimicrobial Resistance: the complexity of transmission
Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) is a topic that is difficult to escape at the moment, but that’s a good thing because it means it is getting the attention that it really does need. The news recently of bacteria being found in China that were resistant to the drug of last resort – colistin – in a way which […]
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7th December 2015 Montreal, Canada
Canadian students experience education in the fast lane
Like a supersonic race car, sometimes time really flies.
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7th December 2015 Chevening, UKSkopje, North Macedonia
A rollercoaster experience
“Everyone is different and it is exactly that “being different” that becomes our similarity”as a group of international students in my class concluded. Studying my Masters in the UK was part of my vision board for many years. This finally came true when I became a Chevening scholar. Arriving and settling in a foreign country, […]
7th December 2015 Khartoum
16 days of Activism
25th November marked International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women and the start of 16 days of activism against gender based violence. Globally one in three women are subject to violence. That represents one billion women worldwide-which is where the global campaign ‘One Billion Rising’, to address violence against women, gets its name. […]
7th December 2015 London, UK
How a small group of committed citizens are changing the Democratic Republic of Congo
“I didn’t realise the harm I was doing by abandoning and ignoring these young mothers, now I know. I want to help these girls. I will start today” One in three women worldwide have experienced physical or sexual violence – mostly by an intimate partner. One in three. This statistic shocks and saddens me every […]
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7th December 2015
Soft Skills in Hard Times videoblog series(III): Chris Barton, BIS
My guest blogger for this post is Chris Barton, who works as Director of International Trade and Export Control, within the British Department for Business, Innovation and Skills. In this video, he shares his views on using soft skills in the context of trade negotiations.
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7th December 2015 Beijing, China
Newton Fund Accelerates South China collaboration with the UK in Science and Innovation
Guest blogger, Stella Wei, Newton Fund South China Lead An initial idea of just me meeting a Newton International Exchanges recipient was upgraded to an official visit led the Consul General of the British Consulate in Guangzhou to the Newton awardee’s host university –South China University of Technology (SCUT), one of the top universities in […]
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4th December 2015 Paris, France
COP21: the first week
When I woke up (at a not very nice time) on 1 December, it was Day 2 of COP21. Little did I know that by the time I next shut my eyes I would have discussed the chances of success of the climate conference with His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, shook President Hollande’s […]
4th December 2015 London, UK
Assessments, users needs and the design of everyday things
I’ve recently been through an assessment for the legalisation service. Preparing for an assessment is no trivial task, and it’s fair to say at times you spend all day thinking about it, you go to bed thinking about it, you wake up in the night thinking about it, and when you wake up in the […]
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