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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.

UNESCO is inviting new nominations for its Memory of the World International Register, which lists documentary heritage items of world and historical significance.

In early June, I was invited to travel to Windhoek, Namibia, for Digital Technologies to Empower World Heritage in Africa - a conference and workshop supported by the Government of Flanders (Belgium)…

Monthly newsletter from the UK National Commission for UNESCO.

US-based international business media organisation, FORBES, has published an in-depth article on the UNESCO Man and the Biosphere Programme…

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

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…

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

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

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