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25th July 2014 Toronto, Canada
Canadian science news: 7-13 July 2014
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25th July 2014 Paris, France
Have a wonderful holiday in France!
Now we’re in the summer season, millions of British people, literally, come to France every year, and almost everyone has a wonderful holiday. That’s obviously what we want in the Embassy as well.
25th July 2014
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Consular Responsibility
A major area of work for any British Embassy or High Commission is consular responsibility: looking after British nationals when they’re abroad. This is one of the three priority aims of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office – together with protecting national security and building prosperity (our foreign policy as a whole is geared towards strengthening […]
24th July 2014 Brasilia, Brazil
BRICS Week Part 03 – Guest blog by Chevening India network
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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23rd July 2014
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Making a reality of the common good
There are many definitions of “the common good”. It is an idea born from early Christian thought, especially the writing of St Augustine, and a key concept of Catholic Social Teaching. As a phrase, it is used regularly by successive Popes, including Pope Francis, to describe a worthy objective of man’s strivings in society. A […]
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23rd July 2014 Los Angeles, USA
Dreams, Discovery, and Space Missions
Earlier this month I had the chance to fulfill a dream I’d had since I was a kid: seeing an actual rocket launch into space. Specifically, the launch of NASA’s Orbiting Carbon Observatory 2 (OCO-2) aboard a Delta II rocket at the U.S. Vandenberg Air Force Station in California. Following the 2009 failure of OCO-1, the high […]
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23rd July 2014
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Girls: Reaching their Full Potential
by Peter Millett and Robert Jenkins As parents we all want the best for our children. To reach full potential, girls need a loving and secure home environment, a good education and support that encourages their talents so that they can enjoy happy, satisfying and fulfilling lives. Early marriage prevents that from happening. Girls who […]
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22nd July 2014
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La Cumbre de la Niña
Cuando Hugo Swire, el Ministro de Estado para América Latina, estuvo aquí recientemente habló con muchas personas sobre derechos de niños (lea más de esto aquí). Esto es un tema tan global que todos podemos compartir nuestras experiencias y conocimientos para hacer mejoras a las maneras en que apoyamos a los niños. Es por eso […]
22nd July 2014
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Girl Summit
When Hugo Swire, the Minister for Latin America, was here recently he talked with a lot of people about children’s rights (read more about this here). It is such a global issue we can all share our experiences and expertise in order to make improvements to the ways we support children. That is why the […]
22nd July 2014 Brasilia, Brazil
BRICS Week Part 02- Guest blog by Chevening China network
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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