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The world-leading Scotland’s UNESCO Trail has been hailed a success, as new findings from VisitScotland reveal that it inspired two in five visitors to visit one of Scotland’s designated UNESCO sites.

A further 26 properties around the world have been inscribed on to the UNESCO World Heritage list.

We are delighted to announce that applications for the 2025 L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science UK and Ireland Young Talent Awards are open.

Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales has been awarded a transformational £12m by The National Lottery Heritage Fund for the redevelopment of the National Slate Museum…

At the start of July, UKNC Chair Anne Anderson, UKNC Chief Executive and Secretary-General James Bridge, joined UK Ambassador to Permanent Delegate to UNESCO Anna Nsubuga…

English Heritage has started work on new education facilities at Stonehenge UNESCO World Heritage Site which will be launched for the 2026/2027 school year.

The Fondation L’Oréal and UNESCO have announced the names of the five international laureates of the 2025 L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science International Awards.

Manchester is celebrating a momentous occasion as the city receives international acclaim with not one, but two prestigious UNESCO designations.

The Forth Bridge was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in July 2015. Now that the initial management plan for the site has reached the end of the first decade of inscription…

Loughborough University’s Professor Mike Wilson has been appointed as UNESCO’s first ever Chair in Storytelling Education for Sustainability.

Earlier this month, Anna Nsubuga, UK Ambassador and Permanent Delegate to UNESCO visited Gracehill in Co.

IHP-WINS is UNESCO’s new open-access platform that strengthens the sharing, integration…