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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-riela@gla.systa-s.com

Download the Pdf version here: GDPR notice UNESCO RIELA 2025-2028

Privacy Notice for UNESCO RIELA programme of events 2025-2028

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 2025 - 2028. 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, please let a member of the team know. At online events, you can change or remove your name and switch off your camera and microphone for the duration of the event. 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 2028. After this time, data will be securely deleted.

What are your rights?*

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.systa-s.com.

*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@gla.systa-s.com

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 Jan 26	The Memory Lab at the University of Glasgow is hosting this event, exploring the complexities of memory, conflict, and peace in our lives. The event looks at how memories shape how communities understand their pasts, define their identities in the present, and imagine their futures. It will delve into case studies that investigate how memory contributes to conflict to address questions such as: How do official narratives sustain nationalism and preparedness for war? In what ways do digital media amplify, reshape, or contest memories of past violence? What can we learn from societies where memory of division remains a site of contestation? At the end of the event, the conversation will turn towards peacebuilding. Hyab Yohannes from the UNESCO RIELA team will be a speaker.c
12 Jan -17 Jan 26	UNESCO RIELA Affiliate Artist Martha Orbach's exhibition is still on display for another week, in the Glasgow Women's Library. A summary: How do we put the pieces together, make a home in the aftermath? With the coot for a muse, and using domestic debris and biomaterials, Martha Orbach began sculpting a series of precarious structures. These little nesting attempts draw on Martha’s Jewish heritage, unusual environmentalist upbringing, and current situation as a domestically incompetent mum trying to make a home. More info and opening times here.
20 Jan 26	presentation by visiting academic Elif Naz Altaş Kuşhan From 19 January until 1 February we will be joined by visiting academic Elif Naz Altaş Kuşhan, a Research Assistant at the TED University in Türkiye. On 20 January, she will be delivering a presentation called A Perspective on the Early Literacy Development of Refugee Preschoolers Acquiring Turkish, which will take place in the St Andrew's Building of the University of Glasgow, room 221, from 1:00 to 2:00pm. Free and open to all, no registration needed!
31 Jan 26	Anton Floyd's poetry at Celtic Connections We are so excited that the poetry from Depositions by UNESCO RIELA Affiliate Artist Anton Floyd has been put to music and will be performed at Celtic Connections in Glasgow! Join Rachel Walker, Marcas Mac an Tuairneir: Depositions, Calum Stewart, Luc McNally & Sophie Stephenson for a stunning new suite of songs inspired by the book. Blending poetry, song, and social commentary, Depositions threads together stories of diaspora and clearance, bridging traditional and contemporary styles with clear links to the history and experience of the Scottish and Irish Gael. Get your tickets here.
21 Feb 26	As part of he Royal Society of Edinburgh's celebration of Mother Language Day, we will be contributing to two events: If we lose our languages, do we lose ourselves? - 6:00-7:30pm, an exploration of how languages shift with identity across Scotland. Both Hyab Yohannes and Alison Phipps are part of the panel. Celebrating Scotland’s languages with New Scots - 6:00-6:30pm, in partnership with Friends of Scottish Settlers, you are invited to a series of short language taster sessions led by New Scots. You’ll learn words and phrases from the different languages they speak, get to know new people, and hear about the many cultures across Scotland today.
25 Feb 26	Journey Matters: unequal borders, travel narratives and refugee integration is the title of Esa Aldegheri's presentation for the School of Education Research Seminar Series 2025-2026. Esa's presentation will be from 3:30 to 4:30pm in the St Andrew's Building in Glasgow and if you would like to attend, please register your place here
20 Mar 26	Save the Date for a small Spring Equinox gathering We will be hosting a small Spring Equinox Gathering at the University of Glasgow Peace Garden. Save the date! More info to follow.