UNESCO Chair on Refugee Integration through Education, Language and Arts

Language sanctuaries: why language is integral to the arts of integration

Wed, 22 Apr 2020 08:16:00 BST

22/04/20: Webinar Monday 27 April 2020 hosted by the UEA University of Sanctuary  

Refugee Voices Scotland podcast

Tue, 17 Mar 2020 16:11:00 GMT

17/03/20: Recordings have been moved online due to coronavirus effective immediately

UNESCO RILA Spring School 2020: MayDay

Fri, 28 Feb 2020 14:21:00 GMT

28/02/20: Join us for our third annual Spring School - Registration now open!

Conference: On the border of art and language learning and teaching in the multilingual world.

Thu, 06 Feb 2020 10:07:00 GMT

06/02/20: Dates of the conference: 24 – 25 April 2020 Location: University of Aberdeen

JOIN OUR TEAM! Funded Phd Studentship

Wed, 12 Feb 2020 15:24:00 GMT

12/02/20: Evaluating The Human And Social Impact Of Art For Migratory And Marginalized People: An Intercultural, Mutlilingual Approach To Equity. Deadline 25 March 2020

International Project Administrator

Wed, 12 Feb 2020 15:01:00 GMT

12/02/20: The deadline for this position has now passed - this post is for information only

Live podcast recording on 19 February!

Tue, 11 Feb 2020 12:18:00 GMT

11/02/20: the 19th of February 2020 Refugee Voices Scotland will be recording a live podcast in the Refuweegee headquarters on Byres Road. Doors open at 12noon. Speaker: Olivia Ndoti, student at Glasgow University, School of Education and Community Activist in Glasgow. This session is free and open to all!

Behrouz Boochani and Alison Phipps in conversation

Tue, 10 Mar 2020 12:41:00 GMT

Listen to the conversation from 7 February 2020 in Dunedin, City of Literature.

Visiting Researcher: Sean P. Smith

Tue, 10 Mar 2020 08:38:00 GMT

International scholar visits UNESCO RILA March - April 2020

Refugee Cycle 2020 available online

Wed, 27 May 2020 17:39:00 BST

The UNESCO RILA team and partners Sustrans and Bike for Good are launching a game-style virtual cycle experience.

Alison Phipps annual UNESCO RILA lecture 2020

Wed, 10 Jun 2020 12:17:00 BST

On the 18th of June, Prof Alison Phipps will be holding her 4th annual UNESCO RILA lecture, to mark World Refugee Day. Free registration through Eventbrite.

Noyam launch MIDEQ

Wed, 22 Jul 2020 10:39:00 BST

Watch as Noyam perform their dance piece at the launch of the largest research project on human migration

National value of UNESCO report published

Thu, 23 Jul 2020 10:47:00 BST

UNESCO projects can help build a greener, more equal and more peaceful world

UNESCO RILA Chair statement on Behrouz Boochani

Mon, 27 Jul 2020 17:29:00 BST

27 July 2020 - The Kurdish Iranian exile and journalist recognised as a refugee in Aotearoa New Zealand.

September Update!

Thu, 17 Sep 2020 11:37:00 BST

There has been a lot going on over the summer and much still to come. See our update for info...

National Poetry Day 2020: Vision

Wed, 30 Sep 2020 07:00:00 BST

1 Oct 2020 - UNESCO RILA friends and colleagues share our vision for 2020 and beyond

Tuesday 27 October 2020: Peace-making in a world of conflict

Mon, 28 Sep 2020 10:03:00 BST

Cyrenians CEO Ewan Aitken and UNESCO Chair Alison Phipps will be in discussion drawing us into a rich world of lived experience so we can better learn from those with long experience of living with conflict.

UNESCO RILA Sofa Cafés

Fri, 30 Oct 2020 11:42:00 GMT

Our first Sofa Cafe was such a great welcoming multilingual chit-chat. Hope you can join us for the next one...

UNESCO turns 75!

Mon, 23 Nov 2020 11:59:00 GMT

We celebrated the 75th anniversary of the founding of UNESCO with our free online sensory event - Spotlight Eritrea!

RSE Scotland’s Young Academy Welcomes New Members

Thu, 26 Nov 2020 13:14:00 GMT

UNESCO PhD Candidate Hyab Yohannes and Affiliate Artist Iman Tajik are named in 2020 cohort.

Hannah Rose Thomas: Online exhibition for UN 75th Anniversary

Thu, 26 Nov 2020 15:36:00 GMT

The UNESCO-MIDEQ PhD Student is profiled in Artlyst and featured in an online exhibition with Google Arts & Culture to mark the UN’s 75th Anniversary 'The Future is Unwritten: Artists for Tomorrow’

16 Dec 2020: UNESCO RILA Sofa Café #3 - Access to education for refugee students

Tue, 08 Dec 2020 23:38:00 GMT

Our panel discuss differing approaches to widening access to education for students seeking sanctuary and from refugee backgrounds.