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:
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22 Feb 25 |
Forced to Flee, The Refugee Abyss Hyab Yohannes will give a talk at Perth Museum from 6:30-7:30pm as part of UNESCO RIELA's collaboration with their Waters Rising exhibit. Hyab will discuss his as yet unpublished work, The Refugee Abyss, an unflinching exploration of the “un-grievable” and the “unsayable.” In his work, Hyab doesn’t just memorialise lost lives and forgotten histories; he gives voice to those who have been silenced by systems of power and challenges us to rethink the structures that deem certain lives disposable. The Refugee Abyss confronts the harsh realities of forced displacement, raising vital questions: Whose stories are we willing to listen to? Which voices do we ignore? Hyab invites us to reflect on the traces left by those seeking refuge - wounds, scars, and silent histories that shape the global landscape of migration. |
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27 Feb 25 |
Sinking Suburbs and Waters Rising Alison Phipps will give a talk at Perth Art Gallery from 6:30-7:30pm as part of UNESCO RIELA's collaboration with the Waters Rising exhibit at Perth Museum. Alison invites us to have an intimate glimpse into the lives of the Ōtepoti, a South Dunedin community where she has spent time over the past five years as a companion and resident. South Dunedin, a low-lying suburb in New Zealand, is home to nearly 3,000 houses and lies 50cm above sea level, with rising waters being the first of many obstacles. We’ll find out how a mix of runoff, seawater erosion, inadequate drainage, and economic hardship threaten the community. Discover the actions that residents are taking to safeguard their homes and their futures, and learn about the efforts of The Seedling, a grassroots community initiative, whose small but powerful acts of resilience offer hope and a model of collective response to an uncertain future. |
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1 Mar 25 |
Creative Writing Workshop: Waters Rising Join artists and educators Jason Oliver and Tawona Sitholé in this creative writing workshop, 10:30am at Perth Museum, as they dive into the narratives inspired by the Waters Rising exhibition. In sharing their own connection to the carved Nyaminyami staff on display, a powerful symbol of protection and the strength of nature, Jason and Tawona will guide you through a range of exercises aimed at igniting creativity, improving writing skills and fostering collaboration. With a focus on the exhibition, this unique workshop will see you consider the ways in which objects and nature can connect people and inspire creativity. |
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13-15 May 25 |
UNESCO RIELA Spring School: The Arts of Integrating We are excited to announce that the theme for next year's in-person Spring School is "May peace prevail". This Spring School will focus on peacebuilding, specifically using arts, languages and education. The call for contributions is out now! For 2025, we invite proposals which explore how to build peace in the minds of people, how to live together peacefully, restoratively and interculturally, how to respond to and counteract current events worldwide that seek to divide societies, and how to ensure that peace prevails, founded on justice. The deadline for proposals is midnight on Tuesday 28 January 2025. |
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24 Jun 25 |
Displaced Arts: Creative Practices and Geographies of Asylum Esa Aldegheri will be a keynote speaker at this interdisciplinary symposium asking how creative practices have been used to inhabit, expose, navigate or contest global geographies of asylum in the twenty-first century. Taking place at the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities (IASH), University of Edinburgh, Displaced Arts will explore the potential of arts – including literature, life-writing, storytelling, poetry, community theatre, photography, and film – to illuminate geographies of asylum which have been reshaped by increasingly securitised border regimes, narratives of a ‘refugee crisis’, and a rapidly growing asylum-industrial complex. The call for papers is available here and is open until Wednesday 15 January 2025. |
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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. |
