Today we formally, internationally, observe and recognise this anniversary, commemorating the day in 1948 when the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UNDHR). The significance of UNDHR in affirming the rights of all human beings across the world continues to be profound. It resolves to protect the “inherent dignity” of […]
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Human Rights Day calls the international community to pause, re-examine and re-commit itself to protecting the rights of all human beings. Yet child slavery, sexual abuse, FGM, human trafficking, denial of child education especially girls, the absence of emancipation in many parts of the world, discrimination related to sexual orientation, gender, religion and those who […]
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‘Seventy-one years after the member states of the United Nations General Assembly passed the Genocide Convention accompanied by the pledge of “never again” – there is no doubt it was sincerely meant at the time, but both the human heart and human memory are fickle. The last six decades are scattered with casual death, destruction and […]
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Monday, 9 December 2019, marked the 71st anniversary of the adoption by the United Nations General Assembly of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. As we formally recognise this anniversary, the Centre believes it provides an appropriate moment to consider the legacy of the Convention and its forefather, Raphael […]
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‘As an 11-year-old I remember reading with amazement how a watchmaker’s family in Holland built a secret room in their attic to hide Jewish people during the Holocaust. I had no idea that 25 years later I would be in the middle of another man-made catastrophe. The gorgeous little country of Rwanda where we had made our […]
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We are delighted to officially launch our new commemorative project – Belsen 75. This significant educational project commemorates the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the former concentration camp Bergen-Belsen by British Forces. The programme is jointly delivered by UCL Centre for Holocaust Education, the Holocaust Educational Trust, with support from the National Holocaust Centre […]
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The Centre is running a research project to evaluate the impact of the Centre’s CPD on students’ knowledge. If you have attended the Centre’s CPD courses and use the Centre’s lessons and resources in your Key Stage 3 teaching, then your students will be eligible to participate. All schools that participate will get a free […]
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Find out more about becoming a UCL Beacon School here Follow @UCL_Holocaust #BeaconSchool1920 for updates throughout the Beacon School year and for news on the 2020-21 Beacon School application process The UCL Beacon School residential programme, for our 2019-20 cohort of schools across England, took place this week in Central London. It was an intense, […]
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Click here to find out more about becoming a UCL Beacon School. Follow @UCL_Holocaust #BeaconSchool1920 for updates throughout the residential and for a news feature on the website once complete. The UCL Beacon School residential programme, for our 2019-30 cohort of schools across England, takes place this week in Central London. It promises to be […]
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In 2017 Torpoint Community College (often referred to as ‘TCC’), a secondary school in Cornwall, successfully applied to the UCL Beacon School programme. With the dedicated Lead Teacher, Mrs Charlotte Lane, and the support of SLT link, we faciliated a special CPD opportunity that sought to engage teachers, TAs, support staff and governors with survivor […]
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@UCL_Holocaust: RT: Centre colleagues @hmccord78 @soper_mr sat down (prior to COVID-19 restrictions & cancellation of visits) to reflec… https://t.co/vlvkSEEmnq
@UCL_Holocaust: RT: In 2016 our student research found only 15.2% of respondents recognised Bergen-Belsen as connected to the Holocaust… https://t.co/YD7TW3IuDv
@UCL_Holocaust: RT: We recognise schools, teachers & SLT are wrestling unprecedented issues at school & at home, so we're extending the… https://t.co/j2dXB8OOtl