British Council Country Director Scotland. Previously worked in Western Balkans, Africa and LatAm. RTs not endorsements. Views my own.
Edinburgh, Scotland
Joined June 2013
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Peter Brown retweeted
#90YouthVoices | 3 days in #Edinburgh| Many global connections!🌍
🌟Young global leaders explore art, sustainability, & innovation in Scotland. A big thanks to our friends & partners who helped make this happen.
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Peter Brown retweeted
Amazing to see these connections develop with Đàn Đó! 🌍 🎶
Exquisite music from hand crafted instruments from #Vietnam. See them performing with Scottish jazz & folk talent at Resolis Hall Black Isle, @macphailmusic Ullapool & Mackintosh Church Glasgow with @GlasgowJazzFest 👇
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It was an absolute pleasure to welcome Spanish colleagues and partners to #Scotland to explore further collaboration with #UK #HigherEducation institutions
Great to welcome 26 Spanish Unis to #Scotland and have UK institutions join us at Fostering Collaborations today @EdinburghUni hosted by @esBritish Insightful discussions about internationalisation, mobility & fostering more #HigherEducation collaborations between Spain & UK
Peter Brown retweeted
Great to welcome 26 Spanish Unis to #Scotland and have UK institutions join us at Fostering Collaborations today @EdinburghUni hosted by @esBritish Insightful discussions about internationalisation, mobility & fostering more #HigherEducation collaborations between Spain & UK
Pleasure to give a talk at Belgrade’s University of the Arts for cultural policy and management Masters students. We talked about notions of cultural relations, the British Council’s vision and purpose and how we translate that into action @BritishCouncil @ukinserbia @rsBritish
Accepting a prize on behalf of @rsBritish from Novi Sad’s wonderful Matica Srpska gallery on the occasion of its 175th anniversary. The prize was for long-standing friendship and collaboration. That’s what we do. @ukinserbia @BritishCouncil @TPalkovljevic @galmaticesrpske
Super performance of @ZeldinAlexander ‘s Love at @Biteffestival last night. Great writing, great acting, very moving. And a privilege to meet him along with BITEF Artistic Director Ivan Medenica and @SianCMacLeod @rsBritish #CreativeProducersWB
Sinoć se #Beograd sa premijernim izvođenjem predstave LJUBAV @Biteffestival pridružio svetskim pozorišnim centrima.
Ambasadorka 🇬🇧@SianCMacLeod sa autorom @ZeldinAlexander umetničkim direktorom BITEF Ivanom Medenicom i direktorom @rsBritish Piterom Braunom.
#CreativeProducersWB
Peter Brown retweeted
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II was a lifelong friend of the United Nations, present in 1946 at the first meetings of the UN in London, and twice visiting New York HQ.
Today, the UN paid its respects: 193 flags lowered and 🇺🇳 flag at half-mast.
Peter Brown retweeted
A very sad occasion for a visit to the British Embassy, as the whole world mourns for Her Majesty.
William Shakespeare said that some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.
Peter Brown retweeted
We are deeply saddened to hear about the passing of our Patron, Her Majesty The Queen.
We extend our heartfelt condolences to His Majesty The King and all of the Royal Family at this time of grief.
Peter Brown retweeted
Tomorrow, 26th August, is The @CultureSummit opening. It aims to inspire positive change in cultural policy and investment.
The general public can tune into a panel discussion on Culture and Freedom with a focus on Ukraine on Friday 26 August at 17:30 BST #CultureSummitLive. ...
Peter Brown retweeted
Humbling & invigorating to support teachers from #Ukraine️ & Central Europe at our #Warsaw summer school ‘Teaching and learning in difficult times’. “This course gave us techniques, yes, and it also gave us hope’ one teacher told me. Their determination and commitment is strong – at Warsaw, Poland
Peter Brown retweeted
Has language learning in England's schools recovered from the #pandemic? The British Council’s annual #LanguageTrends Report examines teachers' views of language teaching and learning in more than 1600 schools in England.
britishcouncil.org/voices-ma…
And I should have said we met Mrđan at the super @msub_mocab along with the Museum of Contemporary Arts Director Maja Kolarić
Pleasure to welcome @BritishCouncil Deputy CEO Kate @EwartBiggs to Serbia and Montenegro. We talked about cooperation in education, English, arts and culture including with wonderful Serbian sculptor Mrđan Bajic. @ProsvjetaCG @rsBritish @ukinserbia @UKinMontenegro @lucicmilan
Pleasure to welcome @BritishCouncil Deputy CEO Kate @EwartBiggs to Serbia and Montenegro. We talked about cooperation in education, English, arts and culture including with wonderful Serbian sculptor Mrđan Bajic. @ProsvjetaCG @rsBritish @ukinserbia @UKinMontenegro @lucicmilan
Hard to disagree 😊
My adopted hometown as best city in the world? I’ll take that. #edinburgh timeout.com/things-to-do/bes…
Peter Brown retweeted
Our visiting cross-party group of 🇬🇧 MPs today visited the Srebrenica Memorial Centre, talking to survivors, family members and younger generations about the dangers of hate, and the vital lessons that still need to be learned around the world. #UKinBiH
It was an absolute pleasure to meet again Montenegro’s Minister of Education, Miomir Vojinović, this time in his office. Together with @VanjaMadzgalj, we discussed current and future cooperation in education @ProsvjetaCG @UKinMontenegro
