UNESCO Chair Refugee Integration through Languages and the Arts (RILA)

Internship Opportunity with the UNESCO RILA Team

Thu, 05 Nov 2020 12:09:00 GMT

WE're looking for someone to work with us to evaluate and develop our UNESCO RILA Affiliate and Ambassador programmes. Deadline 1 Feb.

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

Tue, 08 Dec 2020 23:38:35 GMT

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

Art-Lab "The imperative of cultural justice: Arts for inclusion, equity and human rights"

Mon, 07 Dec 2020 12:53:00 GMT

On 10 December 2020 to mark Human Rights Day, Art-Lab Platform members will present the findings and recommendations of recent work which seeks to mainstream the arts across humanitarian and development programmes.

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’

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.

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!

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...

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.

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

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...

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.

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

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

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.

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.

Visiting Researcher: Sean P. Smith

Tue, 10 Mar 2020 08:38:00 GMT

International scholar visits UNESCO RILA March - April 2020

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.