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The UK National Commission for UNESCO is pleased to announce a new partnership with Nottingham Trent University to support four pilot projects exploring the relationship between built heritage and…

York Minster welcomed distinguished academic and refugee advocate Professor Alison Phipps for a powerful and timely Ebor lecture entitled “When Every Hope has Gone:

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Five remarkable collections of documentary heritage from across the United Kingdom have been inscribed onto the UNESCO Memory of the World National Register, recognising their outstanding historical…

UNESCO Together will create the first all-island network connecting UNESCO-designated sites across Northern Ireland and Ireland.

Manchester City of Literature’s Festival of Libraries returns from 10-14 June 2026, bringing together libraries across Greater Manchester for a county-wide celebration of reading, creativity…

The UK National Commission for UNESCO is pleased to be partnering with the Arts and Humanities Research Council, the British Council and the Department for Culture…

Professor Sarah A. Teichmann of the University of Cambridge has been named the 2026 L’Oréal–UNESCO For Women in Science International Laureate for Europe.

A competition is now running as part of the Explore UNESCO South West Trails initiative…

The University of Lincoln has strengthened its international profile after Professor Ananda Breed was appointed UNESCO Chair in Arts-based Methods for Peacebuilding with and for Children and Young…

Professor Harry Dixon and Joanna Savage represented the United Kingdom at a recent regional meeting of UNESCO’s Intergovernmental Hydrological Programme (IHP), held in Istanbul in May 2026.

The UK National Commission for UNESCO welcomes the publication of the Climate Change Committee’s new report, A Well-Adapted UK: The Fourth Independent Assessment of UK Climate Risk.