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17th July 2013 Montreal, Canada
Life Cycle Assessment: from cold water washing to cotton bags (by guest blogger Roland Clift)
This post is written by Roland Clift , Emeritus Professor of Environmental Technology in the Centre for Environmental Strategy at the University of Surrey, who was keynote speaker at the Montreal conference on Social – Life Cycle Assessment held in Montreal last May . . .
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17th July 2013
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Justice for all
Working at the UK mission to the UN in New York often meant late nights. But only once was I in the office until three in the morning. It was the morning after the night before, the night the Security Council had voted, around midnight, to refer the crisis in Darfur to the International Criminal […]
17th July 2013 Chevening, UK
My year as a Chevening scholar
I’m lucky enough to be studying at Imperial College London, reading a Masters in Petroleum Engineering, something the Chevening Scholarship has made possible.
17th July 2013 Toronto, Canada
Canadian science news: 8-14 July 2013
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16th July 2013
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Innovation
The 2013 Global Innovation Index lists Sweden and the UK as two of the world’s top three countries for performance in innovation, based on a survey of 84 different measures in 142 countries. The British Olympics team had the motto “better never stops”. Similarly with innovation, I think: it’s when you’re at or near the […]
15th July 2013 Kingston, Jamaica
Myths vs facts: Deportation
Deportation is a topic that evokes a great deal of emotion particularly in Jamaica. A common perception amongst the Jamaican population is that the UK deports large numbers back to the island. Many feel their deportation was not fair or justified. Although Jamaicans constitute the second highest number of foreign national offenders, Jamaicans do not feature in our […]
15th July 2013 Vientiane, Laos
Laos through my eyes – Kate Hall
I moved to Laos from the UK 6 months ago with my partner James. We both work in the travel industry and Laos offered us the opportunity to work in a location where tourism is still very much developing and arguably in its infancy.
15th July 2013 Budapest, Hungary
A once in a generation chance for jobs and growth
Guest blog by Senior Economic Officer Vilmos Frigyes Nagy Last week was indeed a special week. On Monday in Washington the EU and US started to negotiate the details of an extraordinary trade initiative. The short name is TTIP which stands for the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership. It has the potential to be the […]
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15th July 2013 Budapest, Hungary
Gay Pride Parade 5 July 2013
Guest blog by Director of British Council Hungary Simon Ingram-Hill Last Saturday was Gay Pride Parade, and the third I have now been on in Budapest. Quite why it is called a parade I am not sure, more of a stop-start amble but a lot of fun all the same. I was there to represent […]
15th July 2013 London, UK
EU enlargement – now for the next steps
It is now a fortnight since Croatia was officially welcomed into the European Union. The cafes are back to normal in Ban Jelacic Square, the firework smoke is long gone, and from now on I will be sitting down alongside twenty-seven, not twenty-six, other member states at the General Affairs Council.
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