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12 April 2025

Communities to nominate traditions for new Inventory of Living Heritage in the UK

Communities across the UK will soon be able to nominate their favourite traditions to be included within official inventories of our living heritage.

11 April 2025

Candidates for next Director-General of UNESCO announced

The three candidates to become the next Director-General of UNESCO were formally announced on 27 March 2025, and interviews took place in public on Wednesday 9 April…

01 April 2025

World-renowned chef and UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador for biodiversity visits Brighton and Lewes Downs (The Living Coast) Biosphere

At the end of March, Mauro Colagreco - UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador for biodiversity and Michelin-starred chef - visited the Brighton and Lewes Downs (The Living Coast)…

27 March 2025

Cultural Strategies Community of Practice – call for participants

Do you work in a place-based organisation (local authorities or cultural trusts working with local authorities) that is currently and actively involved in creating or renewing a cultural strategy?

26 March 2025

UKNC will be delivering a free touring 'Future___scapes' exhibition at six locations across the UK this coming month

Over the coming month, the UK National Commission for UNESCO will be delivering a touring Future___scapes exhibition at six locations across the UK.

16 March 2025

CoSTAR Live Lab set to turbocharge Yorkshire’s creative economy

As a leading supporter of York UNESCO City of Media Arts, the University of York has nurtured innovative research and pedagogy in media arts for over four decades.

14 March 2025

Canterbury Cathedral announces 'UNESCO Sites: Foundations of Faith' tours for the summer of 2025

Canterbury Cathedral has announced the launch of special "Foundation of Faith" tours this summer, covering all aspects of the Canterbury Cathedral, St Augustine's Abbey…

11 March 2025

Call for Proposals: Compute for Climate Fellowship 2025

The International Research Centre on Artificial Intelligence under the auspices of UNESCO (IRCAI), in collaboration with AWS…

10 March 2025

University of Birmingham to hold week of events on Glacier Preservation to mark United Nations World Water Day 2025.

Ahead of World Water Day (Saturday 22 March)…

06 March 2025

Exeter UNESCO City of Literature announces a year of themed bookshelves in the Penguin books vending machine

90 years ago, Sir Allen Lane was inspired to found Penguin Books after he couldn’t find a good book to read at Exeter St Davids station.

03 March 2025

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew UNESCO World Heritage Site announces new Carbon Garden, set to open summer 2025

This summer, Kew Gardens in London will unveil one of its most ambitious garden projects in recent years: the Carbon Garden.

03 March 2025

Nottingham UNESCO City of Literature holds their first 'Young Writers in Residency' programme

Nottingham City of Literature has successfully held their first 'Young Writers in Residency' programme in conjunction with Bromley House*…