Do you know which was the first legislative body to have equal numbers of male and female members? Find out this and other fascinating facts thrown up by Devolution Learning Week.
...Commonwealth Office in 1968), but many ideas recommended by multiple reviews have not been implemented. Every review has recommended more foreign, less office (yet only a third of our UK-based...
...that, or at least to demonstrate that what we may lack in prowess we make up for in enthusiasm. It’s also a chance to use up some adrenalin – because...
You might not associate foreign policy with devolution, but as FCO's Tim Hemmings shows, devolution is part of the context in which all government departments operate.
...learning for a wide and diverse audience. Created in response to the identified need for a focal point for knowledge and skills for staff working on international issues, currently, an...
Ashley Prime, who has been working on the GREAT campaign at the FCO, remembers inspirational mentor Professor Aidan Halligan, a former Deputy Chief Medical Officer for England, and what he learned from him about leadership.
FCO staff do more than support our Ambassadors, they're there to help all British citizens abroad. Joanna Roper lifts the lid on their frontline role.
Civil Service Diversity Champion Sir Simon Fraser looks at three new reports into barriers faced by civil servants from under-represented groups, and introduces a refreshed Talent Action Plan to ensure that talented civil servants can progress regardless of who they are or their background.
...good things to offer to people interested in working abroad. In the FCO last year we opened a new Language School to train our diplomats. This is available to people...
...those in particularly tough posts, we provide a travel package to allow staff to escape the pressures they face in their daily lives, and to enable regular family reunions. Some...
