European Fast Stream life so far - 23 February 2011
Having just reached the four-month mark of my first posting in the European Fast Stream, I think it’s as good a time as any to take stock of just how far I’ve come. Those first few weeks of information overload, and if I’m honest, more than a little cluelessness, thankfully seem like a world away. Having finally got to grips with my role as an international policy advisor in the Border Agency, I am finding it challenging, interesting, sometimes ...Read More
In the thick of it - 07 December 2010
What most compelled me to apply to the European Fast Stream was the promise of not only an exciting range of posts which would most certainly throw me right into the thick of UK government business, but the guarantee of an EU facing role, wherever that might be. Last week was spent gathering a briefing for my manager to attend the High Level Working Group on Migration and Asylum (the Council meeting where policy leads on immigration discuss and ...Read More