What a fun diplomatic read Vivien Life. Could be subtitled 'I did it my way' Mariot Leslie

Want to help us? At a time of great pressure Cara is recruiting 3 extra Trustees to support & guide Cara's staff. Fundraising, marketing, international or finance experience an advantage, but not essential. Deadline to register interest 21 Nov. Details at cara.ngo/news/want-to-b…

Remembering Rebecca Dykes Rebecca Dykes Foundation from my old Dept FCDO Research Analysts and Charles Morpeth who served in #Bosnia #BiH 1997. RIP

Farm Hall Oxford Playhouse - recommended if you're interested in scientific responsibility, WMD, WW2 or just good theatre. Based on secret recordings of German nuclear scientists interned in England, on tour, next Richmond Theatre
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'Increasing visa costs so substantially will not help... At the Conservative Party conference last week science minister George Freeman put it even more starkly, saying the UK will not become a science and research superpower “behind a visa wall.”'

Thanks The Royal Society for hosting. Moving speeches by at-risk Afghan, Syrian, Myanmar and Ukrainian scholars supported by Cara - the Council for At-Risk Academics. Thanks also to Julian Lewis MP for leading tomorrow's Westminster Hall Debate on UK support for at-risk academics commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-brief…

Some personal news: After far longer than originally anticipated I have left Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office. Thanks to all the brilliant folk I've worked with over the years. Sad to go but delighted to be Hon. Prof. of Practice @UCL and trustee Cara - the Council for At-Risk Academics and British Scholarship Trust

Open now: opportunity to develop a Network Plus to enhance understanding of polarities and regions in Eastern Europe and Eurasia, and East and Pacific Asia. This opportunity is led by ESRC, Arts and Humanities Research Council, Natural Environment Research Council and Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
Find out more: orlo.uk/aQLUX

See these one year fellowships Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office FCDO Research Analysts FCDO Historians on serious organised crime, Iran, South Asia/India and the history of development policy. Deadline 1 Nov. Thank you The British Academy thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/innova…

Researchers at Risk Support Grants of up to £10,000 are available to postdoc (and equivalent) researchers through the British Academy in partnership with The Leverhulme Trust and Cara - the Council for At-Risk Academics.

Find out more and apply here: thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/britis…

British Academy Innovation fellowships at the
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office are now open for applications, with a deadline of 1 November 2023. For details see thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/innova…

Today is #Srebrenica Memorial Day which marks the 28th anniversary of the Bosnian genocide in which over 8,000 Muslim men and boys were murdered in the space of just a few days, and dumped in mass graves. In 2023, a significant number of the victims remains are still missing

We’re grateful FCDO Research Analysts to The British Academy for our fellows Joe Devanny Russell Buchan Lee Jones Marc DeVore and it was good to hear at today’s event what other Innovation Fellows are up to with the NHS, parks, chatbots and more.

Do you have a passion for science and technology?

Want to contribute to making a real difference for the UK and its citizens? If so, then we want to hear from you.

We are recruiting 15 interns. Closing date Monday 3 July 2023.

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Really enjoyed this conference and learning how wide the Trade field is. Thanks for the invitation Gregory Messenger Emily Jones and all TaPP Network

Are you an expert on Southeast Asia? FCDO Research Analysts are hiring! If you have in-depth knowledge of Myanmar and/or Thailand, as well as broader regional political dynamics, and want to work at the heart of UK policy, apply here by 17 July ow.ly/g7uW50OSVCK

A year ago we worked with The British Academy The Royal Society and others to launch the 'Researchers at Risk' scheme, a rescue mission for academics in Ukraine forced to flee by Russia's attack. A year on, 177 academics and 200 dependants are safe. Read more at thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news/177-ukrai…

(1/4) Today marks one year since the launch of an innovative Researchers at Risk Fellowships programme. In that time the scheme has supported 177 Ukrainian academics and 200 dependents to relocate to the UK. Read more: thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news/177-ukrai…

'..the risks of continuing without proper governance are too high ... these solutions are going to require an extraordinary amount of coordination between labs and nations' ft.com/content/03895d…