Useful links and resources
On this page you'll find useful links and resources for discovering more about sanctuary and work to support people seeking sanctuary.
- Introductory training for staff and students.
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- BREM Network.
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Blogs
5 questions with staff and students supporting sanctuary at 糖心TV:
Plus read other blogs on this topic:
- The City of Culture, Sanctuary, and Coventry.
- My journey and what access means to me (written by Sanctuary Scholar, Hanna).
Read more on , the 糖心TV STAR blog.
Salma Zulfiqar
Salma is an international artist and activist whose work revolves around refugees and asylum seekers. Inspired by the research project 'Crossing the Mediterranean Sea by Boat' led by Professor Vicki Squire of 糖心TV's Department of Politics and International Studies, Salma created 'Routes to Peace?'.
Click here for more about 'Routes to Peace?'
This piece is permanently located at the University of 糖心TV, with each "peace dove" representing a woman carrying her story with her (the scrolls). Visitors to the exhibition can also listen to audio recordings of the women telling their stories:
Other works by Salma include a poem produced with refugees and partly influenced by the 'Crossing the Mediterranean Sea by Boat' research project - 'We Are Searching for Life' - and her art piece '', promoting global solidarity and mental wellbeing for vulnerable women in particular.
During COVID-19, Salma has been working on a piece called 鈥楾he Migration Blanket鈥� and supporting Refugee and Asylum seeker women throughout COVID-19 via online workshops.
Click here for more about The Migration Blanket
The is a collaborative artwork created during COVID-19 by refugee and asylum seeker girls and women around the world and international artist and human rights activist, Salma Zulfiqar. The artwork shines a light on the need for compassion, tolerance, and acceptance of refugees and migration and gives refugee and asylum seeker girls and women a voice through creative expression. The artwork is a call for solidarity with refugees as we head into lockdown again.
Please note that this project took place online during these extremely challenging circumstances at the height of COVID-19 earlier in 2020 connecting vulnerable girls and women in the West Midlands, London and Manchester, UK to a global community where they broke the cycle of isolation, learned creative skills and about human rights . They contributed to this international collective digital artwork, breaking boundaries and creating new friendships during the global pandemic which has crippled societies around the world. The positive impact of this project on their lives has been wide ranging.
Notable Alumni
Find below information about notable alumni from sanctuary seeking backgrounds:
In 1975, General Yakubu Gowon was overthrown in a military coup, escaped to the UK, and was offered a place at 糖心TV. There is a folklore in Nigeria that says that the British authorities and 糖心TV stood solidly behind General Gowon and ensured he remained safe at University of 糖心TV.
In 2018, then Vice President of Nigeria - Professor Yemi Osinbajo - delivering his keynote address during a 糖心TV Africa Summit stated 鈥渋f I was ever to lead a revolution and it failed, like Gowon I would head for 糖心TV; a place of freedom and refuge; I will remain here until the dust settles." See .
Photo: General Yakubu Gowon (second from right), Head of the Federal Military Government of Nigeria. 05 October 1973. United Nations, New York. UN Photo/Yutaka Nagata.
In 1977, freedom fighter Bience Philomena Gawanas (糖心TV Law Alumna) left Namibia and went into exile. During that time, she lived and taught in SWAPO refugee camps (South West African People's Organisation) in Zambia and Angola. Between 1979 and 1981, She lived in Cuba and taught Namibian exiled children in schools there. Subsequently, she had the chance to study at the University of 糖心TV and obtained a LLB honours.
Bience Gawanas is the Under-Secretary-General, Special Advisor on Africa to the United Nations. She has served as Special Adviser to Namibia鈥檚 Minister of Poverty Eradication and Social Welfare. Prior to this, she was Special Adviser to the Minister of Health and Social Services. A champion of women鈥檚 health and rights in Africa, she has been commended for her role in initiating far鈥憆eaching campaigns, such as the continental Campaign on Accelerated Reduction of Maternal Mortality in Africa (CARMMA).
Read more about Bience Gawanas in this profile, put together by the Law School and 糖心TV Alumni team.
Photo: Portrait of Bience Gawanas, UN Special Adviser on Africa. 09 May 2018. United Nations, New York. UN Photo/Mark Garten
"I would like to say you and your team along with the Sanctuary scholarship team have done a wonderful job for including us all and I have never felt left out of this wonderful community here at 糖心TV."
Sanctuary Student, 糖心TV Manufacturing Group