Selection of news stories, podcasts and opinion pieces featuring the UNESCO Chair team members

News

3 Nov 24 The National

Attacks on cultural sites are an affront to all humankind

A. Phipps

29 Oct 24 The National

Why Israel banning UNRWA will have ramifications for decades

A. Phipps

27 Oct 24 The National

Seven words to save our sanity in the midst of the terror in Gaza

A. Phipps

1 Oct 24 The National

What can we do about 'The Situation' in Lebanon?

E. Aldegheri

8 Sep 24 The National

Using the power of song to help connect communities

A. Phipps

25 Aug 24 The National

My time at the Scottish Crannog Centre showed another world is possible

A. Phipps

19 Aug 24 The National

Glasgow University: Strategy to help refugees settle launched

Featuring A. Phipps, T. Sitholé

19 Aug 24 The Herald

Scottish university celebrates strategy helping refugees study

Featuring A. Phipps

18 Aug 24 The Times

Scotland has a plan for refugees - England should learn from it

A. Phipps

18 Aug 24 The National

The Orkney archaeological dig with memories of Scotland past

A. Phipps

8 Aug 24 The National

English riots gave me 'flashbacks' to being hunted by trafficking gang, says refugee in Scotland

Featuring H. Yohannes

16 Jun 24 The National

Alison Phipps: My mind is overseas as I journey to St Kilda

A. Phipps

20 May 24 The Herald

Glasgow University radio play gives voice to refugees' hidden stories

Featuring T. Sitholé

26 May 24 The National

Alison Phipps: There is no doubt that hell is Gaza now

A. Phipps

11 Apr 24 The National

Westminster petition is best chance for Gaza family reunion scheme

A. Phipps

10 Mar 24 The National

Why the language of South Africa's ICJ return is so impactful

A. Phipps

27 Jan 24 The National

ICJ's genocide ruling marks end of Israel's impunity

A. Phipps

28 Dec 23 The National

Alison Phipps: The slaughter of the innocents and Gaza

A. Phipps

3 Dec 23 The National

Alison Phipps: It's hard to comprehend the life of my friend in Gaza

A. Phipps

18 Jun 23  The National 

The past feels close in these times of political turmoil for refugees

A. Phipps 

14 May 23  The National 

The story of 'old' and 'new' Scots is a complex one

A. Phipps  

2 May 23  The National 

Those stuck in Sudan need help - and the UK isn't answering

A. Phipps 

19 Mar 23  The National 

BBC has taken leave of its senses and is censoring dissent

A. Phipps 

19 Mar 23 

 The National

Home Office disputes leave refugee children sleeping in cars

A. Phipps 

9 Mar 23  The National 

Alison Phipps: Three key things to know about realities of migration

A. Phipps

26 Oct 22 The Herald

Human rights campaigner in call to extend free bus travel in Scotland to asylum seekers

Featuring P. Asku

05 Oct 22 The National 

Suella Braverman picks up Priti Patel's dregs with her grotesque Rwanda 'dream'

A. Phipps 

21 Aug 22  The National 

Muster Station is an immersive, and confronting experience

A. Phipps

7 Aug 22  The National 

Trip to the Scottish Crannog centre proved to be more than a day out for group of refugees

P. Asku

31 Jul 22 The Scotsman 

A. Phipps quoted in Homesick Ukrainians in Scotland opt for online schooling to keep links with home country

3 Jul 22 The National

Why we are organising first eco-social People's Summit where nobody is left behind.

L. Roberts, B. Leysen, H. Yohannes, A. Phipps

26 Jun 22 The National

The stories of those who made Scotland their home

P. Aksu, A. Phipps

7 May 22 The National

Home Office take note: we’re all from Kenmure Street now

A. Phipps, P. Aksu

22 Mar 22 The National

Why the right to work is so important for those seeking asylum 
D. Fisher, S. Qadir, P. Aksu

20 Mar 22  The Scotsman

A. Phipps quoted in It is not the most vulnerable being brought to the UK - but those with passports and resources

15 Apr 22 The National

Why Boris Johnson's Rwanda plan for English Channel Refugees simply won't work

A. Phipps, P. Asku

13 Mar 22 The Sunday National

Axing Nationality and Borders Bill is first in long list of changes for helping refugees

A. Phipps

08 Mar 22 The National

A. Phipps quoted in Ukrainian refugees blocked from UK by Home Office chaos

15 Feb 22 The National

UK Government plans to ‘offshore asylum’ – but what will that mean?

S. Qadir, D. Fisher

25 Nov 21  The National 

Priti Patel's stance on refugees shows she has not accepted the reality

D. Fisher

21 Nov 21 The National

Special Report: ‘The asylum system is evil ... nobody cares about you’: Harnet’s 16 years of living hell

H. Yohannes, A. Phipps, G. O’Neill

19 Nov 21 Times Higher Education

A. Phipps quoted in Relief as UK’s ‘very high quality’ global research hubs saved

17 Nov 21 The National

Priti Patel is the one 'gaming the system' when it comes to asylum

A. Phipps

14 Oct 21 The National

Is the UK Government deliberately trying to torpedo talks at COP26?

K. Buse, A. Phipps

19 Sep 21  The Sunday National 

ArtLords of Afghanistan who will not be silenced in Taliban takeover

A. Phipps

12 Sep 21 The Sunday National

Alison Phipps: What can we Scots do about this unbelievably cruel Borders Bill?

A. Phipps

Referenced in relation to resolution 13, rejections of Nationality and Borders Bill, SNP Conference Sept 2021 (11.49)

22 Aug 21  The Sunday National

A new vision of the Crannog centre after fire tore through cultural landmark

A. Phipps, T. Sitholé

20 Jun 21 The Herald

Opinion: The UK's 'proud history' of welcoming refugees is disputable

A. Phipps

30 May 21  The National  

Alison Phipps: Artists' nomination prompts reflection on Scotland's links to Malawi

A. Phipps

16 May 21  The Sunday National

Crisis in Palestine: ‘Eid Mubarak. From Gaza. From Glasgow’

N. Al-Masri, A. Phipps

14 May 21 The National 

Alison Phipps: Extraordinary community action led to Kenmure Street victory

A. Phipps

19 Mar 21 The Guardian

A. Phipps quoted in 'This happens in Brazil, not Britain': academics in despair as global research funds pulled

17 Mar 21 The National 

A. Phipps quoted in Academics quit in protest over UK Government's foreign aid cuts

15 Mar 21  Research Professional 

A. Phipps quoted in Independent advisers resign over UKRI funding cuts

15 Mar 21  The National 

How the UK is engaging in the politics of death with Trident upgrade

A. Phipps

24 Jan 21 The Observer

A. Phipps quoted in Fabled ark could be among ancient treasures in danger in Ethiopia’s deadly war

18 Jan 21 The National

Ayrshire and Afghanistan meet as unique Burns event goes online

A. Phipps presenting during event with First Minister

15 Jan 21  Church Times 

Interview: Alison Phipps academic, linguist, artist. With Terence Handley MacMath.

Feautring A. Phipps

Dec 20 News from Wales 

Welsh poetry commissions announced by language Minister

15 Nov 20 The National

Eritrean culture comes to the fore as part of Unesco’s 75th birthday

H. Yohannes, A. Phipps

18 Oct 20 The Observer

A. Phipps quoted in From Sudan to the Park Inn: the tragic story of a migrant’s killing

1 Oct 20 The National 

We must stand firm against cruelty of the Tory immigration system

A. Phipps

30 Aug 20 The National  

Effect of Home Office policies reaching epidemic proportions

A. Phipps

19 Aug 20 The National 

A. Phipps quoted in 'Grave concerns' as Glasgow asylum seekers face hotel stays until 2021

11 Aug 20 Scottish Housing News 

A. Phipps quoted in Everyone Home unveils ‘triple-lock’ of homelessness mitigation measures in second Route Map

5 Jul 20 The National 

There is a politics of death in asylum system

A. Phipps

1 Jul 20 The National 

This isn’t how we say we aim to treat New Scots

A. Phipps

17 May 20 The National

Another life lost to an asylum system predicated on injustice

A. Phipps

26 Jan 20 The National 

Britain, Brexit and my granddaughter who may never be an EU citizen

A. Phipps

25 Oct 19  Bloomberg 

A. Phipps quoted in Just Miles From Trump’s Scottish Golf Course Lies an Oasis for Refugees. Scotland’s open-door approach is a sign of how it’s diverging from the rest of Britain.

21 Oct 19  Politics Home 

A. Phipps cited in Academic and creative sectors are under threat if we lose free movement within Europe

9 Aug 19 Otago Daily Times

Refugee integration should be a shared task: professor

Featuring A. Phipps

24 Jun 19 The Guardian

Unesco chair blasts 'discriminatory' UK visitor visa system

Featuring A. Phipps

16 Jun 19 The National   

Sabir Zazai is a remarkable man who makes life better for refugees

A. Phipps

12 Jun 19 The Guardian 

A. Phipps quoted in Man granted visa to see son collect doctorate says he is 'in a dream'

28 Apr 19  The National  

The African art bringing about real change in the shadow of death

A. Phipps, T. Sitholé

16 Mar 19 The National

Why we should respond to the Christchurch attack with compassion

A. Phipps

10 Mar 19 The National

International Women’s Day gave me the greatest gift ... my daughter

A. Phipps

23 Dec 18 The National

A. Phipps quoted in Sturgeon: Immigration White Paper ‘closes the door on our future’

24 Sep 18 The National

Hospitals are places of peace amid a hostile environment

A. Phipps

02 Aug 18 The Guardian

A. Phipps quoted in What the Womad visa fiasco tells us about live music in Brexit Britain

26 Jul 18 The National

We live in cruel times, and courage is made in times like these

A. Phipps

15 May 18 The National

'Let's break the bars of the cage of Gaza so, like a bird, I can fly and sing songs of freedom'

A. Phipps, N. Al-Masri

01 May 18 The National

UK should aim for Scotland's ‘hospitable environment’

A. Phipps

08 Mar 18 The National

Women on the picket lines are being failed by UK institutions

A. Phipps

27 Jan 18 The National

Fire helped remind me of what home means for refugees

A. Phipps

05 Dec 17 Otago Daily Times Online News 

NZ 'amazing' to refugees

Featuring A. Phipps

25 Nov 17 The National

Scottish refugee ambassador role for National’s Alison Phipps

Featuring A. Phipps

18 Nov 17 The National

Detention - 'the place where women cry all the time'

A. Phipps

12 Oct 17 The National

A tale of humanity, love and reaching out to refugees

A. Phipps

04 Oct 17 The National

The success of the far right in Germany is nothing compared to the Tories and Ukip in the UK

A. Phipps

30 Sep 17 The National

We shouldn't draw spurious links between violent offenders and their experiences of care

A. Phipps

26 Aug 17 The National

Theresa May has succeeded in providing the hostile environment for migrants she promised

A. Phipps

31 Jul 17 The National

Immigration expert slams Liam Fox's 'illogical' comments on freedom of movement

Featuring A. Phipps

30 Jul 17 The Sunday Herald

A. Phipps quoted in UK's 'secret travel ban' preventing world's best and brightest from entering Scotland

18 Jun 17  The Sunday Herald 

The kindness of strangers: the challenges and rewards of opening your home to refugees

A. Phipps

 

Policy

12 Nov 2020 EDM (Early Day Motion)1127

75th Anniversary of UNESCO 

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]

20 Jan 2021

Decolonising Languages in Rural Settings: Towards Equatorial Epistemologies

Abralin ao Vivo – Linguists Online

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]

5 Dec 2019

DeCarle Lecture 8: The Well in Welcome

Victoria University of Wellington

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 

08 March 2018

Side by Side's 'Faith in Gender Justice' exhibition

Scottish Parliament 

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.

20 Nov 2018

Lecture: The Arts of Integrating

Las Casas Institute, Blackfriars

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.

29 September 2017

Inaugural University of Sanctuary Lecture

Phipps, A. "Asylum Narratives Colloquium", St Patrick's College Drumcondra, Ireland. 

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.

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.

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.

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.

22 Feb 2019

BBC Radio 4 The Opportunity of Divorce

04 Mar 2018

BBC Radio Scotland Sunday Morning with Ricky Ross (starts at 1.08, available until 3 April 2018)

06 Dec 2017

Channel 39 Southern Television UNESCO Chair in Refugee Integration visits Dunedin

19 Nov 2017

BBC Radio Scotland Sunday Morning with Cathy MacDonald (starts at 1.05, available until 19 Dec 2017)

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

Nunu, Fefe and the Musasa

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 

Speech and Silence

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

Blog for World Refugee Day

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

Integrating New Scots

Featuring A. Phipps

5 Mar 2021  UK Parliament Web Conference

Refugees and migrants: Humanitarian emergencies, voluntary resettlement and assisted voluntary returns

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

World Radio Day

A. Phipps

25 Nov 2020 Artlyst 

Artist Hannah Rose Thomas – Tears of Gold – Interview Revd Jonathan Evans

H. Thomas

13 Aug 2020

Climate Fringe Stories

Podcast: Book Launch of Riders on the Storm: The Climate Crisis and the Survival of Being by Alastair McIntosh, in conversation with A. Phipps.

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

Gifts are in the Feet

Kufemerwa

Seeds of Thought

Recorded to accompany the book Mapping Faith: Theologies of Migration and Community

6 Jun 2020  Bella Caledonia 

When I Needed a Neighbour

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

From an Acorn

A. Phipps

14 Jun 2019 Bella Caledonia

Day Dreaming in Darkness

A. Phipps

6 Jan 2019 Broadcasting Scotland

The Full Scottish

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

The Full Scottish

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

The Full Scottish

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

 

 

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A selection of news stories, podcasts and opinion pieces featuring the UNESCO Chair or team members.