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, to sit a foot or two away from William Hague as he said “the EUContinue reading “What about working for the EU?”
Monthly Archives: October 2010
Coming Week beginning 18 October
Monday 18 October Anti-trafficking Day FCO event on getting more British graduates interested in EU careers. Jonathan Scheele and I will be taking part in the panel discussion. Wednesday 20 October EU Sport Summit being held at the Oval, organised by CCPR Commissioner for Humanitarian Affairs and Crisis Management, Kristalina Georgieva meeting Baroness Amos, MemberContinue reading “Coming Week beginning 18 October”
New tools
We’ll be launching the new premises of the European Commission and European Parliament in December with a number of conferences and cultural events. One slot will be reserved for a social-media-generated event. So if you are an eligible organisation andhave an idea for an event, leave details on the website and you’ll be in withContinue reading “New tools”
Coming week beginning 11 October
11 October Environment Commissioner Janez Potocnik meets Barry Gardiner MP & Chair of Globe International. Competitiveness Council in Luxembourg 13 October Justice Commissioner Vivianne Reding meets John Cridland Deputy Director-General of the Confederation of British Industry in Brussels Energy Commissioner Gunther Oettinger launches a policy document on the safety of offshore oil and gas activities withContinue reading “Coming week beginning 11 October”
Moving
We’ve been moving office this week, which has meant things have been very up in the air. Hopefully normal service will resume next week, and the Coming Week post will be up shortly.
Coming Week beginning 4 October
I suppose it’s because of the party conference season, coupled with our office move to new premises, but there are no events of UK interest in terms of the activities of European Commissioners this week. Normal service will resume very soon, I suspect!