Celebrate Culture photo competition for Refugee Week 2021

As an extension of the ‘Celebrate Culture’* events and to tie in with Refugee Week 2021, we held a photography competition with great prizes to be won.

Refugee Week is a UK-wide festival celebrating the contributions, creativity and resilience of refugees and people seeking sanctuary. Founded in 1998 and held every year around World Refugee Day on 20 June, Refugee Week is also a growing global movement.

Through a programme of arts, cultural, sports and educational events alongside media and creative campaigns, Refugee Week enables people from different backgrounds to connect beyond labels, as well as encouraging understanding of why people are displaced, and the challenges they face when seeking safety.

You can see the winners and runners-up for each category below:

My Happy Place

1^st – Sabrina Sahtout, Paisley Campus, PhD student  

‘Algerian Cup of tea’

2^nd – Amarnath Krishnamoorthy, Paisley Campus, PhD student

Something New

1st  - Priyanka Dagar, London Campus, MEd Education Studies student

'Starting meditation and yoga during quarantine’

2^nd – Andrea Costa, Ayr Campus, BA (Hons) Filmmaking & Screen Writing student 

Connections

1^st – Nayan Barot, London Campus, MSc Project Management  student

1^st day at London Campus making friends with other students from India, Lithuania, Africa, Pakistan and Afghanistan

2^nd – Oghenekevwe Oghiagbepha, Ayr Campus, MA Creative Media Practice student