Tag: excellence

10th August 2012 Warsaw, Poland

Martin Oxley, Head, UKTI Poland

by Martin Oxley

Director of UKTI Warsaw

What a GREAT Show – There’s much more to come!

London 2012 will stand out as a shining example of British Excellence for a long time to come. It’s a Great show – our best medal performance since 1908; our Gold medal rankings; Great British cycling; superb dressage – the Great athletics show which has glued me to the TV each night for the last […]

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27th May 2011 Toronto, Canada

Excellence in UK research

This is John Preece guestblogging about another question we at SIN get asked quite often – excellence in UK research. British universities consistently undertake world-class science, receiving over 12 % of all citations to published papers and 10 % of internationally-recognised prizes each year with just 1 % of the world’s population. This assiduous output […]

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18th May 2011

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by Greg Dorey

Diplomat

Recognising Journalistic Excellence

This year’s Excellence in Journalism Foundation awards ceremony is underway at the British Embassy in Budapest as I write. I felt rather honoured to be asked to act as Patron for these awards and to open tonight’s event. The Foundation honours quality journalism and champions press freedom, which are both issues that concern us – […]

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18th May 2011 Bucharest, Romania

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by Raluca Bragarea

Head of Communications, Bucharest

The vision for excellence in the Foreign Office

An exhilarating week for me, with plenty of networking during and on the margins of the Leadership Conference and opportunities to interact with other colleagues, locally-employed by the Foreign Office, from all around the world. I was impressed with the support that the Foreign Office received from the Prime Minister who gave recognition to the […]

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18th April 2011 Bucharest, Romania

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by Raluca Bragarea

Head of Communications, Bucharest

Diplomatic excellence in the Foreign Office

The Foreign Office’s annual gathering of heads of mission, called the FCO Leadership Conference, will be dedicated this year to diplomatic excellence. I am privileged to attend this key event in May and to have a first-hand account of what the Foreign Secretary, top British diplomats from missions all across the world, and other colleagues think about […]

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15th March 2011 Ottawa, Canada

Knowledge to Action: Exploring Opportunities for UK-Canada HIV/AIDS Research Collaboration

Amy Day, our Media, Policy & Public Affairs Officer from the British Consulate General in Vancouver, was kind enough to put together a note for us on the UK/Canada HIV/AIDS workshop that Paolo was working on with University College London and University of British Columbia (UBC).  From all accounts the event ran smoothly and everyone seemed happy […]

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