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Privacy notice

Please read our privacy notice which covers all our in-person and online events. Should you have any questions please contact unesco-rila@glasgow.ac.uk

Download the Pdf version here: GDPR notice UNESCO RILA 2020-2024

Privacy Notice for UNESCO RIELA programme of events 2020-2024

Your Personal Data

The University of Glasgow will be what’s known as the ‘Data Controller’ of your personal data processed in relation to events organised by the UNESCO Chair in Refugee Integration through Languages and the Arts for the period 2020 - 2024. This privacy notice will explain how The University of Glasgow will process your personal data.

Why we need it

We are collecting your basic personal data such as name and email address in order to contact you in case of cancellation and in order to add you to our mailing list. We may record online events and use images from the event for marketing purposes, on our website, in our newsletter and on social media. If you wish to remain anonymous you can change or remove your name and switch off your camera and microphone for the duration of the event(s). We will only collect data that we need in order to provide and oversee this service to you.

Legal basis for processing your data

We must have a legal basis for processing all personal data. In this instance, the legal basis is

Consent – there is a consent clause on the registration form on Eventbrite
All the personal data you submit is processed by staff at the University of Glasgow in the United Kingdom.

What we do with it and who we share it with

In addition,

For online events we use Zoom. They comply with the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). You can read their privacy statement
Participants come from all over the world and may take screen grabs of the event.
For registration to our events, we use Eventbrite. Their server is based in the United States, but they comply with the European Union’s GDPR. For more information, please see their privacy statement.
The meetings will be passcode protected and only registered participants will be able to join. After the first 10 minutes, the meeting will be locked. Participants have the right to change their name and switch off their camera, if they wish to remain anonymous throughout the events.

How long we keep it for

Your data will be retained by the University for the duration of the UNESCO Chair project, which runs until 31 December 2024. After this time, data will be securely deleted.

What your rights are*

You can request access to the information we process about you at any time. If at any point you believe that the information we process relating to you is incorrect, you can request to see this information and may in some instances request to have it restricted, corrected or, erased. You may also have the right to object to the processing of data and the right to data portability.

If you wish to exercise any of these rights, please contact the data protection office on dp@gla.ac.uk.

*Please note that the ability to exercise these rights will vary and depend on the legal basis on which the processing is being carried out.

Complaints

If you wish to raise a complaint on how we have handled your personal data, you can contact the University Data Protection Officer who will investigate the matter.

Our Data Protection Officer can be contacted at dataprotectionofficer@glasgow.ac.uk

If you are not satisfied with our response or believe we are not processing your personal data in accordance with the law, you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) https://ico.org.uk/

Upcoming events

For full details of each event and to register, please visit our Eventbrite page unless another specific registration link is given.

Lots of our events are recorded and turned into podcast episodes. Why not head on over to our Podcast section to listen to some of them!

Find our team members at these upcoming events:

Date	Event Details
15 Nov 24	Our Affiliate Artist Iman Tajik's performance A to B will be screened at CinemARC: Borderzone II, among other short films from international artists that find different ways to examine what it means to be home, to be in place and to belong, at the University of Glasgow's Advanced Research Centre from 6pm-8pm. A discussion forum based around the films will follow, with Hyab Yohannes as the respondent. More information and free registration here.
18 & 21 Nov 24	Alison Phipps will give a workshop around the topic of 'Sustaining ethical commitments at the research/activism interface' on 18 Nov and a lecture titled 'Call and No Response: The impact of international conflict on refugee communities in Scotland/UK' on 21 Nov, both at the University of Otago, New Zealand.
27-30 Nov 24	Tawona Sitholé will be involved in various roles in the Harare International Literature Festival 2024: Stories - The Measure of Life in Zimbabwe.
3 Dec 24	All welcome to join this presentation by visiting Academic Dilara Özel Sen, who will be talking about her Ph.D. research. She conducted a needs analysis at a refugee-receiving school in Turkey to understand the unique challenges and educational needs of refugee students. Based on these insights, she adapted UNESCO’s Learning to Live Together peace education program specifically for fourth-grade students. This adaptation involved creating a culturally and contextually relevant 13-session program aimed at fostering empathy, mutual respect, and conflict resolution skills among refugee and local students. She then implemented this program in a pilot study, assessing its impact and potential as a supportive educational tool for promoting peaceful coexistence in diverse classroom environments. During her stay in Glasgow (November 2024 - July 2025) she will be working on an extension of this programme, aimed at younger pupils. Dilara Özel Sen, Ph.D. is a psychological counsellor and researcher specialising in refugee adaptation and peace education. She earned her degree in Guidance and Psychological Counselling from Boğaziçi University, followed by a master’s and Ph.D. in Educational Sciences at Middle East Technical University (METU), where she also served as a research assistant for almost nine years. As a TÜBİTAK postdoctoral fellow, she is adapting a peace education program for primary students in refugee-receiving schools. Dilara has been a visiting researcher at Humboldt University and Koç University’s Migration Research Center. She also advocates for researcher mental health, founding a support group in Turkey. She is currently a visiting academic with the UNESCO Chair in Refugee Integration through Education, Languages and the Arts (RIELA) at the University of Glasgow. 3:30-4:30pm in room 517a St Andrew's Building, 11 Eldon Street, Glasgow G3 6NH. No registration required, just turn up!
5 Dec 24	Book launch: Keep Telling of Gaza Join us for the online launch of Khawla Badwan and Alison Phipps' poetry book Keep Telling of Gaza, 4:00-5:00pm. This is a chance to hear the authors read from the book and talk about the process and the editing work by Sídhe Press. “We refuse to take refuge in cynicism. We refuse to settle with the commonly used sentence to refer to Gaza: there are no words left. We do not admire those who shred truth and profiteer from propaganda. We know the difference. We take it upon ourselves to find words even when our words are fatigued, repeated, exhausted and overused. We refuse to state that we ‘are so tired’ but instead to find words every day. This is our task. We are workers with words. Many of our words amplify the cries of wailing mothers and fathers, screaming children, and horrified witnesses. As we sit with these horrors, we respond in poetic cries that are stunned and stunning.” More information and free registration here.
10 Dec 24	Book launch: The Complicit Camera Join us in the Adam Smith Building room 383 at the University of Glasgow, 4:30-6:00pm, for the launch of UNESCO RIELA Affiliate Artist Pieter van der Houwen's book The Complicit Camera, a critical reflection on the role of the photographer. This beautifully illustrated publication offers the reader a unique insight into the mechanisms of the media industry. Focusing on thirty-three of his own photographs, Pieter van der Houwen provides us with a personal account of how his “African” images were often framed to fit an existing European narrative. The book presentation will be followed by a discussion on representation led by Tawona Sitholé. More information and free registration here.
11 Dec 24	Reconstructing Gaza: The Post-conflict Reconstruction of Higher Education in Gaza Conference The University of Glasgow is holding a conference to consider how through collaboration and collective action, we can support the reconstruction of the higher education sector in Gaza, providing both an immediate emergency response but also supporting the longer-term sustainability of the sector. The conference will take place in the Adam Smith PGT Hub from 9:30am to 5pm. More information and registration here.
Apr 24 - Apr 25	UNESCO RIELA Artist in Residence Tawona Ganyamatope Sitholé's much-loved Seeds of Thought series is running throughout the year with regular writing group sessions and open-mic poetry nights. Admission is free and unticketed - just turn up to the Centre of Contemporary Arts (CCA) in Glasgow! Dates and more information available here.
9-11 Sep 25	Alison Phipps will deliver a keynote speech at the BERA (British Educational Research Association) Annual Conference 2025, at the University of Sussex.