Tag: glasgow

8th April 2020 Belgrade, Serbia

Former UK Ambassador to Serbia

A Tale of Two Hospitals

Since the world became aware of the new deadly coronavirus (COVID19) spreading rapidly among the population of a Chinese province, governments around the world have been planning and preparing to deal with its expected effects. But few people can have anticipated the scale of devastation and disruption that this virus would soon be bringing to […]

8th May 2014 Bangalore, India

by Sunil Kumar

Senior Science & Innovation Adviser

On a Space Journey – Part 2

I’ve already told you about the Rutherford Appleton Lab, part two of my UK space odyssey was the Strathclyde Space Institute (SSI), University of Strathclyde in Glasgow. As I walked through the institute I saw a photograph of a strange looking air vehicle called the Skylon Spaceplane. This spaceplane, which is still in experimental stage, […]

15th November 2012 Warsaw, Poland

by Martin Oxley

Director of UKTI Warsaw

From Glasgow to Guildford – Great British Exporters grapple to go to EMERGING EUROPE

A superb EMERGING EUROPE South West UK event in Guildford. We have seen a massive 600 companies and reached out to 1000s more in the space of 7 days; a journey of over 1000 miles taking the EMERGING EUROPE message across the UK. A non-stop, high performance roadshow aimed at taking our great message to […]

14th November 2012 Warsaw, Poland

by Martin Oxley

Director of UKTI Warsaw

Glasgow’s Great – Emerging Europe Scotland

Just left Glasgow heading south on the M74. A great event and huge opportunity for Scottish companies to engage in Emerging Europe. We were very pleased to be able to team up with Scottish Development International for this event which took place right in the heart of Glasgow. Emerging Europe Smart Exporter – please remember […]

22nd June 2011

by Peter Beckingham

Former governor in Turks and Caicos Islands

This post was published when the author was in a previous role

Student exchanges on the increase to and from India to Britain

For two consecutive Fridays I have had an opportunity to get a glimpse of how British universities are making their mark in India. On the first occasion I attended the launch of an initiative by Glasgow Caledonian University with the Deccan Education Society at Fergusson College, part of Pune University. Held at the College’s […]