*** Toussaint Reminders ***

October 30, 2008

As All Saints approaches on the ‘trick or treat’ night, we shall remind you of the following upcoming SciencesPo Alumni UK and other events:

  • 6 November: Conference with Xavier Bertrand, French Employment Minister, at the Institut at 7pm. Bookings: click here.

Dinner with Professor Gilles Kepel – 8 December 2008

October 25, 2008

We will host a dinner in London with SciencesPo Professor Gilles Kepel, expert in Middle-Eastern affairs, on Monday 8 December.

If you would like to find out more about this dinner, please email Stéphane Rambosson SRambosson@venipartners.com.


SciencesPo Alumni UK in the News – 5 minutes with Pascal Cagni

October 24, 2008

The magazine of the French Chamber of Commerce in the UK published an article about SciencesPo Alumni UK Pascal Cagni, Head of Apple Europe: 5 minutes with Pascal Cagni (PDF).


Can France Seduce the New European Union?

October 23, 2008

SciencesPo Professor Christian Lequesne will discuss whether France can recover its historical leadership role in a Union of 27 at the London School of Economics, on 26 November 2008.

Can France Seduce the New European Union?

To find out more about this event and to register, click here.

Picture: Flickr.


SciencesPo Wednesday – Covent Garden – 5 November

October 22, 2008

The SciencesPo Alumni UK would like to invite you to the first SciencesPo Wednesday on 5 November.

Come and join us for a drink (or two) from 7.00pm at the Crusting Pipe in Covent Garden. This will be a great opportunity to meet and network with recent and more senior SciencesPo Alumni.

The Crusting Pipe is easy to find and close to Covent Garden, Charing Cross and Leicester Square tube stations.


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Don’t hesitate to join and meet us for this first SciencesPo Wednesday in London!

Picture: Flickr


Conference with Jean Peyrelevade

October 22, 2008

Thank you to those of you who participated to the conference with Jean Peyrelevade on 9 October. That was a timely event to discuss the current financial turmoil with French experts.

From left to right:
Guilhem Nègre, head of MoDem UK, Jean Peyrelevade, and Stéphane Rambosson, President of the Sciences Po Alumni UK.

The newly born London-based Le Petit Journal also interviewed Jean Peyrelevade. You can find the interview here.


Meet the SciencesPo Alumni UK – Wednesday 5 November

October 12, 2008

We receive more and more requests from alumni who just arrived in the UK (or have been based here for a long time already) and would like to meet and network with other former SciencesPo students.

So we are now launching SciencesPo Wednesday: every first Wednesday of each month, we welcome you to join us for unformal and friendly drinks.

Current SciencesPo / London School of Economics students are most welcome to come and join us at SciencesPo Wednesday.

The first one will be on Wednesday 5 November in Covent Garden. Save the date!

We will soon let you know about the exact location…


Ici Londres…

October 12, 2008

Our first Gala Dinner is mentionned by our President, Jean-Emmanuel Combes, in the latest issue of the SciencesPo Alumni Newsletter.


Join us on LinkedIn!

October 5, 2008

So far you could find us on Facebook where we started a group, now you can also join the SciencesPo Alumni UK network on the professionnal networking tool Linkedin.

Again, this is a new group which is still very small and we need your help to grow it.

Click here to join us on Linkedin.


Gala 2008: Thank you to all who supported!

October 5, 2008

The SciencesPo Alumni UK team would like to thank once again, all of those who participated to the first Charity Gala Dinner, on 25 September 2008 and contributed to make it a pleasant and successful event. Also, many thanks to our sponsors and supporters : Gide Loyrette Nouel, International SOS, Media Tree, Veni Partners, and Apple.

Have a look at the pictures of this first SciencesPo Alumni UK Gala:

SciencesPo Alumni UK Gala Dinner 2008