News

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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.

30 May 2025

UKNC Chief Executive and Secretary-General speaks, and joins expert panel, at Culture in Crisis event at St Margaret's Church, Westminster UNESCO World Heritage Site

James Bridge, UKNC Chief Executive and Secretary-General…

28 May 2025

UK Participation in UNESCO’s Intergovernmental Hydrological Programme (IHP) - Meeting of the IHP Bureau and upcoming Anniversary Events

Last month, Professor Harry Dixon, Jo Savage, and Max Polya-Vitry were at UNESCO HQ representing the UK at the Intergovernmental Hydrological Programme’s (IHP’s) 64th Bureau meeting.

23 May 2025

UNESCO Centre for Water Law, Policy and Science celebrates 20th anniversary with international ‘Positive Water Futures for All’ symposium, Eddleston Water Project fieldtrip and Flow exhibition

The Centre for Water Law, Policy & Science (CWLPS), the UK’s only UNESCO Category 2 Centre…

23 May 2025

Climate Change & UNESCO Heritage visits North Devon UNESCO Biosphere as project delivery moves towards completion

For the final cross-project event of the Climate Change & UNESCO Heritage (CCUH) project, colleagues from across the network convened in Barnstaple for a two-day programme of presentations…

22 May 2025

'Seeds of Hope for a Better Future' - UNESCO Associated Schools Network (ASPnet) 2025 Competition

The UNESCO UK Associated Schools Programme Network (ASPnet) Seeds of Hope for a Better Future project supports UNESCO’s Sustainable Development Goals and ASPnet’s key action areas - promoting peace…

21 May 2025

Start a new chapter this autumn with an online tutored creative writing course led by the National Centre for Writing based in Norwich UNESCO City of Literature

Whether you're working on fiction or non-fiction, genre-specific or general projects…

16 May 2025

UNESCO Chair on Refugee Integration through Education, Language and Arts (RIELA) Spring School a sell-out success!

This month's 'Spring School' organised by the UNESCO Chair on Refugee Integration through Education, Language and Arts (RIELA) at the University of Glasgow…

11 May 2025

9th Meeting of the Informal Network of European National UNESCO Commissions takes place in Dublin

Earlier this month, the 9th Meeting of the Informal Network of European National UNESCO Commissions took place in Dublin, Ireland, with over 30 National Commissions in attendance…

08 May 2025

Commemorating the 80th Anniversary of Victory in Europe (VE) Day

Thursday 8 May 2025 marks 80 years since VE (Victory in Europe) Day when the Second World War came to an end in Europe.

06 May 2025

UKNC Chair and Chief Executive and Secretary General meet with Lord Collins, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Africa, United Nations, Commonwealth and multilateral)

Last week, the UK National Commission for UNESCO Chair, Anne Anderson, and Chief Executive and Secretary-General, James Bridge, met with Lord Collins of Highbury.