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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
6-8 Nov 24	Tawona Sitholé is attending the launch of the UNESCO publication More than Welcome: Intercultural Integration of Migrants in and through Higher Education, hosted by the UNESCO Chair on Intercultural Competences at Stellenbosch University, South Africa, followed by the UNESCO Workshop on Driving Intercultural Outcomes through Digital Literacy and Competence.
13, 18 & 21 Nov 24	Alison Phipps will give two talks and a workshop at the University of Otago, New Zealand: '‘Lumpy Crossings’: Researching ethically in unethical times' on 13 Nov; a workshop around the topic of 'Sustaining ethical commitments at the research/activism interface' on 18 Nov; and 'Call and No Response: The impact of international conflict on refugee communities in Scotland/the UK' on 21 Nov.
14-15 Nov 24	Hyab Yohannes will be presenting on 'Epistemic Borders' at a workshop titled 'Countering Dystopia: Border, Order, and Impasse' in London.
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. 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.