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15th July 2014
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Securing TCI Borders: A Labour of Love
A guest blog from Simon Excell, an immigration adviser to the Ministry of Border Control. During a recent meeting with The Governor, he asked if I would be a “guest blogger” on his site, to talk about my work over the past two years with the Ministry of Border Control and Labour. Needless to say, […]
15th July 2014 Athens, Greece
Wales: A country of castles, dragons, natural beauty…and a summit
In early September, the UK will host the next NATO Summit at Newport. The Summit will be an important event in itself, but it’s also an opportunity for us to promote one of the less known countries of the United Kingdom: Wales! Most of the Anglophone Greeks I know are in love with London. More […]
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14th July 2014 Washington DC, USA
Testing new technologies for the battlefield
The following is a guest post from Captain Graham Henderson, Plans Staff Officer within the Headquarters of the UK’s 1st Mechanized Brigade who participated in the Network Integration Evaluation (NIE). Heavy wind gusts and unforgiving terrain set ideal conditions for testing new equipment in a joint exercise known as the NIE. The Network Integration Evaluation […]
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14th July 2014 London, UK
A digital Summit like no other: Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict
This is the second in a series of 3 blog posts about the Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict. See blog 1 and blog 3. Having done the groundwork (see blog posting) the FCO’s digital team role during the Summit was twofold: To take the summit and fringe to those outside. To bring […]
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14th July 2014 London, UK
A digital campaign like no other: supporting the Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative
This is the first in a series of 3 blog posts about the Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict. See blog 2 and blog 3. In June the former Foreign Secretary and Angelina Jolie, Special Envoy for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, co-chaired a 4 day Global Summit to End Sexual Violence […]
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14th July 2014 London, UK
Digital switchover – why the FCO Press Office is now the Media Office
Six months ago the Foreign Office had a digital news manager responsible for publishing Foreign Office press releases and speeches on gov.uk, tweeting out our news announcements, live tweeting Ministerial speeches and statements to Parliament and commissioning multimedia like vines, video and pictures to support our messaging. Sitting in another room was the Press Office, […]
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14th July 2014 Mumbai, India
UK’s capabilities in additive manufacturing and 3D printing
Last week (July 7-10), I led a 7-member Indian delegation of manufacturing experts from the academia and industry to the UK for meetings and site visits in Nottingham, London, and Coventry. I collaborated with my colleague, Leena Arora, to deliver this event, which was the third in the series of manufacturing-themed workshops that I’ll be […]
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14th July 2014
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NATO WALES SUMMIT
A Guest Blog by Chargé d’Affaires Greg Quinn On 4 and 5 September 2014 the NATO Wales Summit will take place in Newport, Wales. This will be the largest ever gathering of international leaders to take place in the UK. Leaders, senior Ministers and Defence Chiefs from around 60 countries are expected to attend, along […]
14th July 2014
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Turkey: Cradle of Civilisation(s)
The sculptures are exquisite. Graceful birds and pouncing animals reminiscent of ancient Egypt are carved onto Stonehenge-sized stone monoliths. But this artwork dates from 6,000 years before the pyramids – or Stonehenge. Welcome to Göbekli Tepe, a Neolithic site about 15 km from Şanlıurfa in south-eastern Turkey. I’ve blogged before about the astonishing history and archaeology […]
13th July 2014
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THE 30th ANNIVERSARY OF CHEVENING SCHOLARSHIPS
This week I hosted former Ethiopian scholars at the British Residence to mark the 30th Anniversary of the #British Government’s flagship #Chevening Scholarship programme. The Chevening Scholarships are the #UK government’s global scholarship programme, funded by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (#FCO) and partner organisations. The programme targets outstanding scholars with leadership potential from around […]
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