Member's day will be held on Wednesday 28th June 2023.
There will be an activity organised for the morning with a range of speakers plus:
Tour of the Houses of Parliament
Tea party at the House of Lords, Cholmondeley Room & Terrace 15h30.
Previous Member's Days:
2007 – Embassy of the United States of America, guests of HE the Ambassador Robert Tuttle. Briefing on the student’s response to the Ambassadors visits to schools in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
Tea party at the House of Lords, Cholmondeley Room & Terrace hosted by our President, The Lord Watson of Richmond CBE.
2008 – Embassy of France, guests of HE the Ambassador of the Republic of France, Maurice Gourdault-Montagne at his official residence in Kensington Palace Gardens.
Briefing on “The French Presidency of the European Union”.
Tea party at the House of Lords, Cholmondeley Room & Terrace hosted by our President, The Lord Watson of Richmond CBE.
2009 – High Commission of Canada, guests of HE the High Commissioner of Canada, James R Wright at Canada House, Trafalgar Square.
Briefing on Canada’s Northern Strategy in the Arctic, Climate Change, Engagement with the new US Administration and Canada’s global role/peace keeping.
Tea party at the House of Lords, Cholmondeley Room & Terrace hosted by our President, The Lord Watson of Richmond CBE.
2010 – Event cancelled due to a security alert.
2011 – Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany, guests of the Deputy Ambassador, Dr Eckhard Lübkemeier.
Briefing on German Domestic and EU Foreign Policy and the Future Direction of the EU and its relationship with the UK
Tea party at the House of Lords, Cholmondeley Room & Terrace hosted by our President, The Lord Watson of Richmond CBE.
2012 – Turkish Embassy in London, guests of HE the Ambassador Mr. Ünal Çeviköz.
Briefing by the Ambassador and his staff on “Turkish Foreign Policy in a Changing World” followed by a buffet lunch at the Residence of the Turkish Ambassador.
Visit to the UK Supreme Court and briefing by Lady Hale, Vice President of the Supreme Court, President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom from 2017 until her retirement in 2020.
Tea party at the House of Lords, Cholmondeley Room & Terrace hosted by our President, The Lord Watson of Richmond CBE.
2013 – Visit to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
Tour and briefing on the UK’s work internationally and tackling global challenges.
Tea party at the House of Lords, Cholmondeley Room & Terrace hosted by our President, Lord Watson of Richmond CBE.
2014 – Mary Sumner House, Westminster.
Briefing “Britain’s future relationship with Europe following the EU Parliamentary Elections”. Speakers:
Nick Hopkinson, European Movement.
Dominic Brett, Office of the European Parliament in London.
Robert Oxley, Business for Britain.
Prof Stephen Haseler, Director of the Global Policy Institute.
Tea party at the House of Lords, Cholmondeley Room & Terrace hosted by our President, The Lord Watson of Richmond CBE.
Tour of the Houses of Parliament and a visit to the public galleries.
2015 – Westminster Cathedral Hall.
Briefing "Europe's Future: A British and a German View".
Bernd Heinze, First Counsellor, Deputy Head of Political Department at the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany.
Dr Martyn Bond, Visiting Professor of European Politics and Policy at Royal Holloway, University of London.
Dr Bond was presented with the scroll registering his appointment to the Fellowship of TEAMGlobal.
Tea party at the House of Lords, Cholmondeley Room & Terrace hosted by The Rt Hon The Baroness Ludford member of the House of Lords and a Member of the European Parliament for London from 1999 until 2014.
Tour of the Houses of Parliament and a visit to the public galleries.
2016 – Regent’s University
Briefing: The UK and the EU: Where Now?”
Brendan Donnelly, Director of the Federal Trust
Professor Yossi Mekelberg, Director of International Relations, Regent’s University.
Professor Yossi Mekelberg and Brendan Donnelly were presented with the scroll registering their appointments to the Fellowship of TEAMGlobal.
Tea party at the House of Lords, Cholmondeley Room & Terrace hosted by The Rt Hon The Lord Kinnock, Leader of Her Majesty's Official Opposition (1983 to 1992), Shadow Secretary of State (1979 to 1983)
Tour of the Houses of Parliament and a visit to the public galleries.
2017 - Embassy of the United States of America, guests of Anneliese Reinemeyer Head of Cultural Affairs.
Briefing “US Foreign & Domestic Policy”.
Mount Street Jesuit Centre: Briefing “President Trump’s election and Foreign Policy towards Europe” by Dr Ashley Cox, BA, MA (Leicester) PhD, Centre for International Studies & Diplomacy, School of Oriental & African Studies.
Tea party at the House of Lords, Cholmondeley Room & Terrace hosted by The Rt Hon The Baroness Featherstone of Highgate PC
Tour of the Houses of Parliament and a visit to the public galleries.
2018 – Embassy of the Kingdom of Spain, guests of HE the Ambassador Carlos Bastarreche Sagües.
Briefing on “How significant for Spain is its Membership of the EU?”
Embassy of Ireland, guests of HE the Ambassador Adrian O’Neill.
Briefing on: “Matters of current import to Ireland and the EU”, by Embassy Staff.
Tea party at the House of Lords, Cholmondeley Room & Terrace hosted by The Rt Hon The Lord Teverson of Tregony, Member of the European Parliament for Cornwall and West Plymouth June 1994-June 1999.
Tour of the Houses of Parliament and a visit to the public galleries.
2019 –The Catholic Church of Our Lady of the Rosary, Marylebone.
Briefings on “American Politics in the Age of Donald Trump”, John Wilson from The American School in London.
Briefing on "The International Court of Justice and the Chagos Islanders Fight for Human Rights “, Ambassador David Snoxell, coordinator of the Chagos Islands All-Party Parliamentary Group and former British High Commissioner to Mauritius.
Briefing on “This is an emergency, the time to act in now”, Jayne Forbes spokesperson for the Extinction Rebellion movement.
Tea party at the House of Lords, Cholmondeley Room & Terrace hosted by The Rt Hon The Lord Kennedy of Southwark and attended by Lady Angela Smith, leader of the Labour group in the Lords and Gareth Williams MP
Tour of the Houses of Parliament and a visit to the public galleries.
2022 – Visit to the UK Supreme Court of the United Kingdom set up on October 1st 2009 for a briefing on the workings of the Supreme Court. Students were able to sit in on a case.
Tour of the Houses of Parliament and a visit to the public galleries.
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