29th October 2014 Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei
Siti Nurfateha, better known as Teah, is the recipient of the 2014/15 Chevening Scholarship in Brunei. She is currently studying a Masters in Anthropology in Development and Rights at Goldsmiths, University of London. Read her guest blog about her time so far in London as a Chevening Scholar & why you should also take this opportunity to apply […]
29th August 2014 Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei
Our guest blogger this week is Izzah Jomari from the Brunei Economic Dvelopment Board who was nominated for the 33Fifty programme. Read her blog about her unique Commonwealth youth leaders experience. As part of the 2014 Commonwealth Games legacy, a leadership programme was organized for Commonwealth youth leaders aged between 18 to 25. The programme was […]
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5th August 2014 Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei
Our guest blogger for this week is Khairunnisa Ash’ari who is the Community Engagement Director for Green Brunei. With the support of the British High Commission, Khairunnisa attended the Singapore Power Shift, a kickstarter workshop to build up climate change knowledge and learn how to run successful campaigns. “The biggest threat to climate change is inaction.” […]
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24th March 2014 Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei
We have another guest blogger this month. Dr Paryono is the Deputy Director for Professional Affairs cum Research Specialist at the Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organisation Regional Centre For Vocational and Technical Education and Training (SEAMEO VOCTECH) based in Brunei. Its workshop on the Integration of Transferable Skills in TVET Curriculum, Teaching-Learning, and Assessment […]
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19th March 2014 Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei
This is a guest blog by Dr Saiful Azmi bin Hj Husain, a senior lecturer at the Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, Universiti Brunei Darussalam (UBD). He has been taking part in the Southeast Asia Climate Analysis and Modelling (SEACAM) framework initiated by the Centre for Climate Research Singapore (CCRS) in collaboration with the […]
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10th March 2014 Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei
This is a guest blog by Datin Paduka Hjh Adina Othman, Deputy Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports, to commemorate International Women’s Day 2014. As we celebrate International Women’s Day 2014, I wish all women of the world a great year ahead of us. In the past decades, we have seen great advances in women’s […]
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20th February 2014 Brasilia, Brazil
On 5-7 February I had the opportunity to participate in an international seminar on good legislative practice in Brasília. The seminar was organized by the British Embassy, Brazil’s Federal Senate, ALESFE (the association of lawyers and consultants of the Brazilian Senate), the Brazilian Legislative Institute (ILB), and Interlegis, the ILB’s programme for the professional training […]
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11th February 2014 Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei
This is a guest blog by Deputy British High Commissioner to Brunei Sunny Ahmed about “The Promotion of Access to Justice for Female Victims of Violence in Trafficking Cases” workshop held from 3 to 5 February that resulted in the production of gender sensitive guidelines on comprehensive support for women who are trafficked. Last week […]
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29th November 2013 Ottawa, Canada
Last week we had the pleasure of welcoming Dr. Andrée Carter, Director of the UK Collaboration for Development Science (UKCDS) to Canada. She came at our invitation, to participate in a panel entitled: The world in 2020: Three questions for internationalised science, at the Canadian Science Policy Conference (CSPC), held in Toronto. She preceded her visit with a short […]
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25th November 2013 Ottawa, Canada
In the lead-up to the G8 Dementia Research Summit in London next month, we have invited the Canadian Institutes of Health Research Institute of Aging Scientific Director Dr. Yves Joanette to share his thoughts on current dementia research taking place in Canada…
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