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30th January 2015 London, UK
Consular appointments – our approach to development and training
How the appointments service was developed, the teams involved, and the first training iteration While developing our consular appointments service through alpha to beta, we’ve worked closely with our partner BookingBug to customise their Software-as-a-Service offering to our needs – both user needs and organisational needs. As the development was not in-house good communication was […]
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29th January 2015 Vancouver, Canada
Churchill’s Scientists
This year marks the 50th anniversary of Churchill’s death. Whilst he is rightly remembered as a war time leader, artist and historian; did you know that he also had a passion for science?
28th January 2015 Bucharest, Romania
On Invisible Slaves and Involuntary Slave Masters
Today’s blog post is written by Cora Motoc, my colleague in the political section. It deals with a topic which is often much closer to our everyday lives than we might initially think. What would you say or do if you knew that behind your most beautiful vacations or most perfect evenings out, there are […]
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27th January 2015 Washington DC, USA
Falklands Symposium: Q&A with Dr Carlos Andrade – Amaya (Colombia)
Following in the footsteps of Charles Darwin, the first ever Pan–American Science Delegation to the Falkland Islands is participating in a week-long mission to showcase the beauty of the UK South Atlantic Overseas Territories and immense opportunities for scientific research and collaboration in the Falkland Islands and South Georgia. Scientists from the US, Canada, Chile, […]
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27th January 2015 Toronto, Canada
Canadian science news: 19-25 January 2015
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27th January 2015
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Never Again
International #HolocaustRemembranceDay (#HRD) is observed on 27 January to commemorate the victims of the Holocaust. On this day we remember the genocide that resulted in the death of an estimated six million Jews; one million Roma; 250,000 mentally and physically disabled people; and 9000 homosexual men by the Nazi regime and its collaborators. When the […]
27th January 2015
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Remembering the Holocaust
In November 2005, the United Nations General Assembly declared 27 January as International Holocaust Remembrance Day. The date recognises the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau slave labour and extermination camps in 1945. As well as being an occasion to remember the millions who suffered and died under Nazi policies, Holocaust Memorial Day gives us a chance […]
27th January 2015
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The Birds Don’t Sing
Guest blog by Sara Pickering, Deputy Head of Mission I read this sentence in my guidebook before visiting Auschwitz-Birkenau in 1992 and found it hard to believe. But once there, you can almost touch the memories and echoes of the evil that happened. It was, indeed, silent. I have been reading recently about two British heroes […]
27th January 2015
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Farewell to Adelaide
Adelaide is the largest city in Australia that we don’t have a British Consulate in. It’s a significant population centre and an important economic hub, with some prominent national politicians. It has also produced my last two opposite numbers as Australian High Commissioner in London – former Premier Mike Rann, and former Foreign Minister Alexander […]
26th January 2015 Washington DC, USA
Falklands Symposium: Q&A with Dr Kate Sherren (Canada)
Following in the footsteps of Charles Darwin, the first ever Pan–American Science Delegation to the Falkland Islands is participating in a week-long mission to showcase the beauty of the UK South Atlantic Overseas Territories and immense opportunities for scientific research and collaboration in the Falkland Islands and South Georgia. Scientists from the US, Canada, Chile, […]
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