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23 June 2025

UK National Commission for UNESCO’s Research & Innovation Group meets to confirm research agenda and refine proposals

Members of the UKNC’s Research & Innovation Group recently met to accelerate collaborative work on a cross-cutting research strategy…

20 June 2025

Case Study: MSc Sustainability at Anglia Ruskin University and the Eden Project; integrating the UNESCO Sustainability Competencies into higher education

Introduction … This piece explores how UNESCO Sustainability competencies are embedded within the content and pedagogy of a UK university master’s course aiming to equip graduates with the…

17 June 2025

Two transnational properties supported by the UK inscribed onto the UNESCO International Memory of the World Register

In April, the UNESCO Executive Board adopted the inscription of two transnational nominations, 'Drawings and writings of children during wartime in Europe:

16 June 2025

Event Review: Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Intergovernmental Hydrological Programme (IHP) and 60 years of UNESCO Water Sciences

2025 marks the 50th anniversary of the Intergovernmental Hydrological Programme (IHP) and 60 years of UNESCO's dedication to water sciences.

13 June 2025

UK Committee for UNESCO Global Geoparks holds annual meeting in Arran Geopark

In early June, the UK Committee for UNESCO Global Geoparks (UKUGG) held its annual meeting in the recently designated Arran Geopark.

13 June 2025

UNSECO Intergovernmental Hydrological Programme (IHP) turns 50

Dr Ben Howard is an early career representative on the UK National Committee for the Intergovernmental Hydrological Programme.

12 June 2025

Five exceptional researchers win the 2025 L’Oréal–UNESCO For Women in Science International Awards

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.

11 June 2025

Dual UNESCO Designation for Manchester and Nanjing celebrated at award-winning Manchester Festival of Libraries

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

10 June 2025

UKNC Non-Executive Director (Culture) Dr Charlotte Joy joins high-level panel at Second Edition of the Naples Conference on Cultural Heritage in the 21st Century

UKNC Non-Executive Director (Culture) Dr Charlotte Joy recently represented the UK and Northern Ireland at Second Edition of the Naples Conference on Cultural Heritage in the 21st Century.

06 June 2025

UNESCO Designations celebrate success at the VisitEngland Awards for Excellence 2025

UNESCO sites in England showed that they are the 'best of the best' places to visit…

06 June 2025

New Royal Mail stamps celebrate the 350th anniversary of the Royal Observatory, part of the Maritime Greenwich UNESCO World Heritage Site

On 22 June 1675, King Charles II founded the Royal Observatory in Greenwich.

05 June 2025

Forth Bridge UNESCO World Heritage Site management plan update consultation open

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…