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28th September 2015
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Postcard from Warsaw: A Very Human Dimension
Since I first saw a local Polish emigre folk dance group as a child, Poland has held great sense of romance for me. More recently, cycling and skiing along mountain border paths through fairy tale forests added to the magic. Warsaw though has always been for me a city of buildings. Buildings stretching along broad avenues as […]
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27th September 2015 Bern, Switzerland
Switzerland Innovation Nation
The Global Innovation Index 2015 (GII) was published in September. Switzerland was voted the most innovative country in the world and the UK reaffirmed its position in second place. The GII measures 141 economies around the world, based on its definition of the 79 criteria which constitute effective innovation policy. The index is calculated based […]
25th September 2015 Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei
Global Goals for a better world
Later today (25 September), the United Nations will adopt 17 Global Goals to end extreme poverty and build a better world by 2030. Earlier this week, I took part in an event hosted by Standard Chartered Bank in Brunei to publicise the Global Goals – also called the Sustainable Development Goals. Visiting humanitarian advocate d’Arcy […]
24th September 2015 Bangalore, India
Manufacturing of the future
When we think of printing most of us think about a printer and paper. However in the last couple of weeks I learnt more about a different kind of printing called 3D Printing or Additive Manufacturing, that produces complex 3D geometric parts which cannot be made by traditional manufacturing. In 3D printing successive layers of […]
23rd September 2015
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Of Bison Men
One of the many great NGOs in Romania with which the Embassy has a long-established relationship is the Romanian branch of the World Wild Fund for Nature (WWF). We provided support to the WWF for example in helping to bring the Earth Hour initiative to Romania. I was therefore delighted to accept this month an […]
23rd September 2015 Canberra, Australia
What can Australia learn from UK innovation?
As the Australian representative for the UK Science and Innovation Network one of my responsibilities is to promote the UK’s scientific excellence in Australia. Fortunately for me, both countries have a long history of collaboration and an excellent pedigree in science. I am proud to promote the achievements of both my native and (professionally) adopted […]
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22nd September 2015 Khartoum
The positive power of sport
Eid Mubarak to everyone. I hope you all have a wonderful Eid with your families and friends. Eid is a time for people to come together in peace and I hope that this Eid will have a positive impact on the political climate here in Sudan, leading to reconciliation and a successful national dialogue. However, […]
22nd September 2015 Colombo, Sri Lanka
Teaming up to transform the world with Chevening
The application window opens this week for the Chevening Rolls-Royce Science and Innovation Leadership Fellowship Program (CRISP). The programme aims to build collaborations between the UK and Sri Lanka in business, science and innovation. It connects leading Sri Lankans with the best British academicians and practitioners. The 11 week programme at the University of Oxford’s […]
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21st September 2015 Geneva, Switzerland
Baked Goods
So Bob asked me to guest blog for him this week. There were two ways I could approach this; try and write like Bob, with jokes about cats and the trials of combining domesticity with working at the Human Rights Council. Or, cut my own path. So here goes: I’m now in my 5th year […]
21st September 2015 Geneva, Switzerland
Are Human Rights Universal?
In December 1948, the UN General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Referring to a covenant that was by then already well over 700 years old, Eleanor Roosevelt welcomed the Declaration by saying she hoped it would become a Magna Carta for the world. Many today still argue that these fundamental rights enshrined […]