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Nottingham UNESCO City of Literature – Director
#CitiesofLit @readwithsandy @nottmcityoflit
Passionate about equality, inclusion and empowering young people to build a better world with words, Sandeep is responsible for providing creative and strategic leadership and effective management of Nottingham’s UNESCO designation and charitable company. She drives the city’s vision where everyone is reading and writing their way to a better life. She is also Chair of the UNESCO Cities of Literature Network.
Sandeep previously spent ten years in public libraries in Sandwell, in various roles, working as Race Equality Librarian, and later as Outreach Services Librarian. In addition to libraries, she has many years of experience in the UK publishing environment, transforming the way UK publishers collaborated with the UK public library network. She has staged all kinds of events with authors from Zadie Smith and Jarvis Cocker to Adele Parks and Neil Gaiman. In 2013, Sandeep was seconded as a Clore Fellow to The Space – a commissioning agency supporting greater digital access to the arts, co-funded by Arts Council England and the BBC. Sandeep is a trustee of Spread the Word and the Women’s Prize Trust.
Sandeep has positioned Nottingham’s UNESCO designation as crucial to the local cultural ecology. She has developed a strong reputation for cultural collaboration, provided an infrastructure that has leveraged new investment into the city and embedded the UNESCO designation into the capital development plans for the new Central Library. She worked with the National Literary Trust to establish the Read On Nottingham Literacy Hub and sits on Nottingham’s new Board for Culture and Creativity.
#Institution
Nottingham UNESCO City of Literature, Registered Charity. Director
#Alma-Matter
Clore Leadership Programme
Fellow
#Role at UNESCO
Director of Nottingham UNESCO City of Literature
Sandy Mahal, Speaking of the need for UNESCO Cities of Literature.
Institutions
The Space – Est. by the BBC and Arts Council England
Director
The Reading Agency
Programme Manager – Partnerships
University of Birmingham
BA(Hons), Librarianship
Role at UNESCO
Director of Nottingham UNESCO City of Literature
UNESCO Creative Cities Network (UCCN) – City of Literature
The UNESCO Creative Cities Network (UCCN) aims to strengthen cooperation amongst cities recognising creativity, as a strategic factor for sustainable development, with economic, social, cultural and environmental impacts.
This is an exciting new programme of live digital events taking place throughout June and July 2020. Each event will invite different authors, introduce a new theme and see collaboration with another international UNESCO City of Literature as authors discuss their favourite books and deconstruct how they have been providing solace in these uncertain times.
Sandy and her team held an ambitious event to encourage everyone in Nottingham to get reading. Turning the city into one massive, interactive book group, books would appear in the most unusual and wonderful of places around the city, with clues shared via social media to encourage the hunt!
‘Young Voices’ is a series of five creative writing workshops for Year Six pupils and teachers and for Youth Justice Service teams. The team behind this project hope it will develop the confidence and writing skills of students, and celebrate their progress by publishing their best work at ‘Celebrating MyVoice’ in March 2020.
Sandy Mahal, speaking of her appointment as UNESCO City of Literature Director
#Literature #CreativeVoices
As an Expert advisor to the UKNC to UNESCO on the development of creative cities across the world, David Wilson works to drive sustainable development through culture and creativity.
We work closely with experts and professionals in the fields of education, science, culture and communication and information from across the United Kingdom. From our Non-Executive Directors who advise the UK Government.
We work closely with experts and professionals in the fields of education, science, culture and communication and information from across the United Kingdom. From our Non-Executive Directors who advise the UK Government.
We work closely with experts and professionals in the fields of education, science, culture and communication and information from across the United Kingdom. From our Non-Executive Directors who advise the UK Government.
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Our advisors are experts in their field who provide advice to the UK National Commission for UNESCO by reviewing applications for UNESCO designations, prizes and patronage, and contribute to other aspects of our work.
#Man&Biosphere #Science
#GlobalGeoparks #Science
#GlobalGeoparks #Science
#CreativeCity #Communication
#CreativeCity #Communication
#MemoryoftheWorld #Culture
#WorldHeritage #Culture
#WorldHeritage #Culture
#BlueShield #CulturalProtection
All our accredited experts are selected to advise the UK National Commission for UNESCO on policy matters related to UNESCO. They are approved by HM government to represent the UK in UNESCO committees, commissions and programmes.
#IHP #Science
#IPDC #Communication
#IHP #Science
#IOC #Science
#IOC #Science
#Bioethics #Social&HumanScience
#UnderwaterCulteralHeritage #Culture
#SESAME #Science
#AI #TuringCenter #Science
UNESCO Chairs are based within Institutes for Higher Education and specialise in specific research fields. They provide policy advice to the UK National Commission for UNESCO and HM government, as well as reviewing UNESCO applications.
Liaising with the UK’ Permanent Delegation to UNESCO and approved by HM government, our Non-Executive Directors help steer the direction of the UK National Commission for UNESCO, and are each responsible for overseeing a particular field of UNESCO’s work in the UK.
#Chair #HumanSciences
#Vice-Chair #Culture
#Communication&Information
#NaturalSciences
#HigherEducation
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