Economics for Foreign Policy

Led by Professor Parama Chaudhury, UCL’s Centre for Teaching and Learning in Economics (CTaLE) has won the flagship contract to train staff at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO).

Synopsis

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In July 2017, the FCDO published a re-tender for their Economics for Foreign Policy Course for which UCL won the contract. The bespoke course, which is aimed at FCDO staff who are not generally economists, was devised by UCL’s Centre for Teaching and Learning in Economics (CTaLE).

 

'We are giving FCDO staff the capability to operationalise knowledge in a way that is useful in their posts,’ said Prof Parama Chaudhury, academic director of the programme. ‘We’re introducing learners to cutting edge research and they will be equipped with the knowledge of the most reliable and current analysis on pressing issues, and what experts in the field are presently recommending in terms of policy.’

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