Selection of news stories, podcasts and opinion pieces featuring the UNESCO Chair team members
News
Policy
| 12 Nov 2020 | EDM (Early Day Motion)1127 | |
| Summer 2020 | National Value of UNESCO Report | UNESCO Chair in Refugee Integration Through Languages and the Arts highlighted as a key case studies in this report. |
| 09 Nov 2017 | European Parliament: Culture and Education (CULT) Committee | Prof Alison Phipps and Artist in Residence, Naa Densua Tordzro provided evidence to the committee on the effectiveness of cultural work with refugees. You can read the full briefing here. |
| 05 July 2017 | UK Parliament: Israel and Palestinian Talks | Questions raised in Parliament about visa refusals for distinguished visiting academic collaborators |
Lectures and talks
| 1 June 2022 | India Education Diary |
University Of Glasgow: Importance Of Modern Language Highlighted By Major Symposium In Glasgow |
| 26 Aug 2021 | Reforming the UK's asylum system - Panel Discussion |
Royal Society of Edinburgh Curious Programme |
| 21 March 2021 | What do we have to do to give Hope to Refugees and Migrants? [event recording] |
Scottish Laity Network Lenten Series 5 [event details] |
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20 Jan 2021 |
Decolonising Languages in Rural Settings: Towards Equatorial Epistemologies |
Abralin ao Vivo – Linguists Online |
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27 Oct 2020 |
Peace-making in a world of conflict with Alison Phipps & Ewan Aitken |
SCCR International Conference 2020: 'Connections & Bridging the Divide' [event details] |
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5 Dec 2019 |
Victoria University of Wellington |
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24 Oct 2019 |
Hosting, Hospitality and Displacement: Opening Words by Prof Alison Phipps |
Refugee Hosts International Conference: Without Execution - the Politics and Poetics of Local Responses to Displacement, 24-25th October 2019, UCL |
| 12 Mar 2019 | Between a Border and a Breath |
Minerva Lecture: Royal Philosophical Society of Glasgow |
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08 March 2018 |
Scottish Parliament | |
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25 January 2018 |
Refugees and Migration: How National Academies Can Work Together to tackle Global Issues |
Phipps, A. Royal Society of Edinburgh, Meeting of National Academies. |
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20 Nov 2018 |
Las Casas Institute, Blackfriars | |
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28 November 2017 |
Visas, Visits and Refusals: Working in the Border zones Of Resilience, Distress and Wellbeing |
Phipps, A. The Australian Sociological Association (TASA) - UWA – Perth. |
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29 September 2017 |
Phipps, A. "Asylum Narratives Colloquium", St Patrick's College Drumcondra, Ireland. | |
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29 June 2017 |
At Home and Exiled in Language Studies: Interdisciplinarity, intersectionality and interculturality |
Phipps, A., presented by Forsdick, C. at "Language, Communities and Moving Borders: Theories and Methodologies symposium", hosted by Birkbeck, University of London and the Institute of Modern Language Research, School of Advanced Study, University of London |
TV and radio
| 21 Jul 2024 | BBC One |
Sunday Morning Live (available until Jun 2025) Sean Fletcher and Holly Hamilton debate the impact immigration has on the UK economy with a number of guests including Hannah Rose Thomas, who discusses her book Tears of Gold (starts at 49:38, content warning: discussion of sexual violence). |
| 2 Jan 2022 | BBC Radio Scotland |
Sunday Morning with Cathy Macdonald (available until Feb 2022) Cathy is joined by Alison Phipps, Professor of Languages and Intercultural Studies at the University of Glasgow, and Gurjit Singh Lalli to talk about how to build the strong connections and resilient communities we will need to see us through the pandemic and the challenges of 2022. |
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13 Jun 2021 |
BBC Radio Scotland |
Sunday Morning with Cathy Macdonald Featuring Alison Phipps. To mark UN World Oceans Day - highlighting our reliance on and the need to protect our oceans and seas. A focus on the significance of holy water in different world religions and how that can be translated into care for our environment. |
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10 Feb 2021 |
BBC Radio Scotland: Scotland Outdoors |
The Importance of Connecting to the Land for Refugees - A Conversation with Professor Alison Phipps Mark Stephen and Euan McIlwraith hear from UNESCO Chair for Integration Alison Phipps of Glasgow University. |
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29 Nov 2020 |
BBC Radio Scotland | Sunday Morning with Cathy Macdonald. With Martin Plaut discussing the political & humanitarian disaster unfolding in Tigray, and ethics of cuts to the UK aid budget. |
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22 Feb 2019 |
BBC Radio 4 | The Opportunity of Divorce |
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04 Mar 2018 |
BBC Radio Scotland | Sunday Morning with Ricky Ross (starts at 1.08, available until 3 April 2018) |
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06 Dec 2017 |
Channel 39 Southern Television | UNESCO Chair in Refugee Integration visits Dunedin |
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19 Nov 2017 |
BBC Radio Scotland | Sunday Morning with Cathy MacDonald (starts at 1.05, available until 19 Dec 2017) |
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18 June 2017 |
BBC Radio Scotland | Sunday Morning with Ricky Ross Live from the Solas Festival |
Online and other media
| 6 Sep 2024 | BBC Scotland Learning |
T. Sitholé |
| 1 Sep 2024 | The University Grapevine |
Words Of Wisdom: Advice about Multilingual Practices A. Phipps |
| 11 Jul 2024 | ArtWay |
"The invisible light that radiates from the other" - Jonathan Evans interviews Hannah Rose Thomas H. Thomas |
| 10 Jul 2024 | Scottish Government News - Press Release |
Helping New Scots settle into communities Featuring A. Phipps |
| 28 Jul 2023 | University of Oxford - Border Criminologies |
The UK's Necropolitics of Racialised (B)ordering H. Yohanens |
| 23 Jun 2023 | University of Oxford - Border Criminologies |
'Experts by Experience': What's beyond the label? T. Yemane, H. Yohannes |
| 16 Jun 2023 | University of Oxford - Border Criminologies |
The Normalisation of Migrant Deaths and Its Implications for Humanity H. Yohannes |
| 4 May 2023 | ITI Bulletin |
A. Williamson |
| 10 Mar 2023 | University of Oxford - Border Criminologies |
Reject the Summons of the "Illegal Immigration Bill" H. Yohannes |
| 15 Nov 2022 | Greater Govanhill |
What Do We Mean by Integration? Featuring A. Phipps |
| 30 Aug 2022 | The Conversation |
Haacaaluu Hundeesaa: sublime Ethiopian singer who inspired Oromo struggle protesters A. Phipps |
| 20 Jun 2022 | RSE Blog |
A. Phipps |
| 16 Dec 2021 | ReSourcE issue 68 |
Down the waters of Loch Tay (page 15) A. Phipps |
| 25 Nov 2021 | Bella Caledonia |
Bella Caledonia: An Anthology of Writing from 2007 - 2021 Featuring work by A. Phipps |
| 22 Nov 2021 | Insight magazine (Children in Scotland member publication) |
It's our responsibility to welcome refugees - and redeem their stories H. Yohannes |
| 15 Aug 2021 | Scottish Business News |
Refugee projects awarded £2.8 million to help new Scots settle Featuring A. Phipps |
| 19 Mar 2021 | Scottish Government News - Press Release |
Featuring A. Phipps |
| 5 Mar 2021 | UK Parliament Web Conference | |
| 13 Feb 2021 | UNESCO UKNC Special report for World Radio Day |
Radio: witness and guardian of our world Featuring A. Phipps, G. Tordzro, N. D. Tordzro, T. Sitholé |
| 13 Feb 2021 | UNESCO UKNC Blog |
A. Phipps |
| 25 Nov 2020 | Artlyst |
Artist Hannah Rose Thomas – Tears of Gold – Interview Revd Jonathan Evans H. Thomas |
| 13 Aug 2020 |
Podcast: Book Launch of Riders on the Storm: The Climate Crisis and the Survival of Being by Alastair McIntosh, in conversation with A. Phipps. |
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| 20 Jun 2020 | Christian Aid Facebook |
World Refugee Day Poem by Alison Phipps A. Phipps |
| 18 Jun 2020 | Susanna Wesley Foundation |
Poem readings by A. Phipps and T. Sitholé Recorded to accompany the book Mapping Faith: Theologies of Migration and Community |
| 6 Jun 2020 | Bella Caledonia |
A. Phipps |
| 7 Feb 2020 | OAR FM Dunedin | Centre for Global Migrations and Mornington Methodist Church in Dunedin: Conversation between Behrouz Boochani and Professor Alison Phipps |
| 26 Jan 2020 | PEN America |
An open letter to His Excellency Mr. Xi Jinping, President of the People’s Republic of China A. Phipps signatory |
| 06 Sept 2019 | Channel View Publications / Multilingual Matters blog |
A Manifesto for Decolonising Multilingualism A. Phipps |
| 21 Jun 2019 | Scottish Funding Council Blog |
A. Phipps |
| 14 Jun 2019 | Bella Caledonia |
A. Phipps |
| 6 Jan 2019 | Broadcasting Scotland |
Featuring A. Phipps |
| Sep 2018 | St Ninian's Episcopal Church Magazine |
Who is my neighbour? (pp. 6-7) Featuring A. Phipps |
| 05 Aug 2018 | Broadcasting Scotland |
Featuring A. Phipps |
| 20 Jun 2018 | Annual Lecture video via Independence Live |
Do you get my drift?: ‘Sankofa’ and the Arts of Integrating the old with the new A. Phipps |
| 30 May 2018 | Society & Space |
Border enforcement and the University: a conversation Featuring A. Phipps |
| 02 May 2018 | Third Force News |
New chair for Scots refugee group Featuring A. Phipps |
| 01 May 2018 | MyScience |
UofG Professor to chair Scotland’s refugee integration partnership and strategy Featuring A. Phipps |
| 11 Mar 2018 | Broadcasting Scotland |
Featuring A. Phipps |
| 04 Dec 2017 | MyGlasgow News |
Ambassador Role For Alison Phipps Featuring A. Phipps |
| 1 July 2017 | Vimeo Documentary |
Remote: A Documentary about Drones and Humans Featuring A. Phipps |
| 20 Jun 2017 | Inaugural Lecture video |
UNESCO Chair Inaugural Lecture A. Phipps |
A selection of news stories, podcasts and opinion pieces featuring the UNESCO Chair or team members.