Tag Archives: fco
More EU Careers stuff
I said I would blog about the event last week that launched the FCO’s EU Careers month, but time sort of got away with me and with the meeting of all Representation Press Officers in Brussels last week, I didn’t … Continue reading
Filed under EU Careers, European Year of Volunteering
The David and Maros show
One of the things we do a lot of in this office, and more so since the new government came into power, is talking to people about what they could expect from a career working for an EU organisation. I’ve … Continue reading
Filed under EC in UK, EU Careers
What about working for the EU?
I was part of an event at the Foreign Office yesterday which brought University Vice-Chancellors, department heads and career advisers together to talk to them about the EU as a potential career for their students. It was heartening, if surreal, … Continue reading
Filed under EC in UK, EU Careers, Languages
Est-ce qu’il faut parler les langues?
There have been a lot of pieces in the news the last few days, prompted by the GSCE results and the fact that, apart from Spanish, numbers taking GCSEs in modern languages have dropped. The Independent leader criticises the decision … Continue reading
Filed under Languages
News the new way
I got given an iPad for my birthday and it is every bit as wonderful as I thought it would be. I use it in ways I never expected – it is fabulous for recipes, which I would never have … Continue reading
Filed under Digital/social media
