Our work

The Global Community Team delivers advocacy, coordinates support for our student and staff community and helps deliver community events. Below you can explore some of the work we’ve done during previous global events.

Find out about the work carried out to support our student and staff community during previous global events.

Timeline

2025

The University's University of Sanctuary accreditation successfully renewed

'From Sanctuary to Community' - new exhibition about the University's sanctuary work opens in the Main Library and King's Buildings

New partners -  Education Beyond Borders collaborated with a range of organisations and charities to provide increased funding and support for displaced people

Education Beyond Borders aligns with the Syrian Teenagers Tutoring and Education Programme (STTEPS) to help build their capacity.

Refugee Week 2025

New online learning scholarship offered for displaced people

2024

Taiwan - community support and information for any staff or students affected by the earthquake in Taiwan

2023

Libya – support offered to those affected by the floods

Morocco – community support offered after the earthquake

Refugee Week 2023

Celebrating the anniversary of our partnership with Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (KNU)

Malawi - support offered for those affected by Tropical Cyclone Freddy

Turkey and Syria earthquakes - an update on support 

The University hosts two international refugee conferences

 

2022

The University's statement on Ukraine

Refugee Week 2022

Edinburgh partners with the University of the People - the world’s first non-profit, tuition-free, accredited online university- to empower refugees to take control of their futures and reclaim their hopes and dreams.

2021

Afghanistan – an update on the University's support

Refugee Week 2021

Student tutors help young refugees from Syria to adapt to new lives in Edinburgh

2020

Refugee Week 2020

2019

Refugee Week 2019

Extending the welcome

2018

One Day Without Us - a national day of action on 17 February 2018, celebrating migrants and migration in the UK

2016

Solar mobile chargers for Syrian refugees in Greece

 

Historical support

The University's support of Viennese composer, Hans Gál.

Escaping Nazi-occupied Austria: Hans Gál's story

The establishment of the Polish School of Medicine in March 1941 was a unique wartime academic initiative:

Polish Medical School

Related links

Edinburgh Global - activities and projects