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Events

Our course provides a wealth of opportunities and events for members to enhance their learning. This section provides details of events and activity at the college beyond the normal lecture programme.

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UK Study Visits - 23-27 January 2012

In week 19 the RCDS 2011/12 cohort divided into seven study groups to visit and assess different parts of the United Kingdom. Our strategic analysis of the UK itself is the point of departure for term 3 in which we engage critically with the contemporary challenges facing the different regions of the world. Members are encouraged to look objectively at what is presented, to assess the trends rather than take a snapshot and to draw conclusions about the prospects for the country going forward.
9 Feb 12

The End of Year RCDS Prizes

The RCDS 2011-12 course concluded with the Prize-Giving ceremony on the 22 July, with the prizes presented by the Commandant RCDS Charles Style and representatives of the sponsors from Deloitte, BAe, Fujitsu and Mrs Langford. This year saw a new prize the AFCEA Academic Trust Prize for Strategic Leadership to be awarded annually to the course member who has: “Demonstrated outstanding strategic leadership potential and the qualities to realise this potential on the international stage in the grea
8 Sep 11

Secretary of State for Defence delivers the final address to RCDS

On Wednesday 20th July, the Secretary of State for Defence, the Rt Hon Dr Liam Fox MP visited RCDS to deliver the final address to the RCDS Members of the current course.
25 Aug 11

UNSC in Seaford House

The week of the 4th July saw Seaford House take on a mantle of intense diplomatic negotiations, culminating in a meeting of the United Nations Security Council as they dealt with a range of international incidents that broke out across the world.
8 Jul 11

Term 4 Leadership in the Strategic Environment

The formal academic component of the course was completed on the 1st of July bringing to close an intense three week period of lecture and debate for the RCDS Members.
1 Jul 11

President Pervez Musharraf returns to RCDS

The College was fortunate to hear from President Pervez Musharraf, himself an alumni of the 1990 course at RCDS, on his personal perspective on leadership.
24 Jun 11

Singaporean Parliamentarian, Indranee Rajah MP, speaks at RCDS

As part of the programme on the Asia-Pacific region, Indranee Rajah, currently a Deputy Speaker in the Singaporean Parliament, addressed the current course on the challenges and opportunities facing Singapore.
10 Mar 11

Sudan Roundtable with Experts 11 March 2011

On Friday 11 March RCDS hosted a roundtable on Sudan. This had been organised by the College in preparation for the study visit in May by an international group of RCDS Members to Khartoum and Juba. But it also continued a series of successful Defence Academy seminars on sub-Saharan Africa.
10 Mar 11

Annual conference between RCDS And CHEM

The College was buzzing during our new Strategy Exercise. Developed entirely in-house, the event (run towards the end of the Second Term at the beginning of December 2010) was designed to develop members’ understanding of the practical implementation of strategy.
10 Mar 11

RCDS Visit to Brussels 08-10 February 2011

An integral part of the RCDS course is a visit to Brussels to hear at first-hand from representatives of the European Union and NATO in order to improve Members understanding of the different nature of those two organisations, their role and the future challenges they face.
10 Mar 11

RCDS Delegation visit Centre Des Hautes Etudes Militaires May 2010

From the 25 to the 28th of May a delegation of UK Members travelled from London to Paris for a series of bilateral discussions with French Members of the Centre Des Hautes Etudes Militaries (CHEM).
9 Jun 10

Keynote address by Mr F W De Klerk on South Africa’s Transformation Process - 12th May 2010

The RCDS 2010 course received a keynote address from Mr F W De Klerk, the former State President of South Africa, on Wednesday 12 May, where he addressed the lessons from South Africa’s Transformation Process.
27 May 10

RCDS visit to Brussels, 23-25 March 2010

An integral part of the RCDS UK and Europe studies phase is a visit to Brussels to hear at first-hand from representatives of the European Union and NATO in order to improve Members’ understanding of the different nature of those two organisations, their role and the future challenges they face.
30 Mar 10

Commandant marks retirement as Britannia Association trustee, 9 March 2010.

On 9 March 2010 Captain Charlie King, a Royal Navy RCDS Member for 2010, presented an etching of Britannia Royal Naval College to Vice Admiral Charles Style CBE, Commandant RCDS, to mark his retirement as a Britannia Association trustee
29 Mar 10