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  • Bangladeshi Chevening Scholars head for UK, applications due for 2014/15

    British High Commissioner Robert Gibson welcomes this year’s Chevening Scholars to his residence before they leave to study in the UK.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • British Embassy Manila hosts Senate Forum

    The British Embassy Manila recently hosted a forum on: The UK Parliament, Committees & Devolution: Parallels with the Philippine Legislature

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • How does the minimum wage impact you? Low Pay Commission visits Middlesbrough and Redcar

    Low Pay Commissioners will visit Middlesbrough and Redcar on 16 and 17 September on a fact-finding visit about the National Minimum Wage.

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  • Low Carbon Technology Commercialisation

    Speech by Gregory Barker, Minister of State, on the role of measurement in the acceleration of green technologies.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • HMS Westminster tests sub-hunting skills

    A Royal Navy warship deployed in the Mediterranean has been testing her skills in an anti-submarine warfare exercise with the Italian Navy.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • E-learning for civil servants in Macedonia promoted

    British Embassy launches e-learning for the Macedonian public administration tailored within British project assistance.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Universal Credit: the first 100 days

    It’s been 100 days since I took on the challenge of delivering the biggest reform of the welfare system in a generation Universal Credit.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • G8 Deauville Partnership: SME Mentoring Scheme

    The UK launched a new mentoring initiative called Forsa in June 2013 to support SME development in the Arab Countries in Transition

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Two Zambians scoop British scholarships for 2013/14

    The British High Commission announced today that two talented Zambians have been awarded scholarships to undertake post-graduate studies in the UK.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Young people taught to be creators of technology and not just consumers

    Youth programmes join forces at the O2 to promote digital skills in young people.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • New school year sees number of free schools double

    Prime Minister David Cameron and Education Secretary Michael Gove announce the opening of 93 new free schools.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Science, evidence and data in government

    Speech by Sir Mark Walport at the 2013 Royal Statistical Society annual conference.

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  • Creating memories in the oblivion

    IPE, with support of the British Embassy, carried out research in schools in Lima and Ayacucho on how the internal armed conflict is taught.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • UK aid contributes to the conservation of the Maya Biosphere Reserve in Guatemala

    The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) of the United Kingdom, through its Darwin Initiative programme, has granted £269,681 for a 3 year project aimed at protecting forests in the Mayan Biosphere Rese…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Burma: Chevening Scholarship applications for 2014/15 now open

    British Embassy Rangoon invites Chevening Scholarship applications for 2014/15

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Special Session III of the Arab Forum on Asset Recovery

    As part of the G8 Presidency, the UK hosted the Arab Forum on Asset Recovery

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Knowledge is GREAT

    Cambridge English Language Assessment celebrated 74 years in Greece with an event at the British Ambassador's Residence

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Making Britain fit for modern families: speech by Nick Clegg

    The Deputy Prime Minister gave a speech on helping Britain’s working families on 2 September 2013.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Senior Kyrgyz Parliamentary Delegation visits UK

    Developing inter-parliamentary relations between the UK and Kyrgyzstan

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Ambassador Philip Malone leads Lone Buffalos in ‘One Day of Sport’ Event

    The British Embassy Vientiane is currently celebrating the legacy of the 2012 London Olympic and Paralympic Games with sporting events around Laos to mark the one year anniversary of the Games.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government