1. Academic Impact
United Nations

2. Academic Impact
Institutions of
higher education
United Nations
Academic Impact is a global initiative that aligns
with
in actively supporting ten universally accepted principles
in the areas of:
Human rights
Literacy
Sustainability
Conflict resolution

3. Academic Impact
Ten universally accepted principles:
Principles inherent in the United Nations Charter as
values that education seeks to promote and help fulfil;
Human rights, among them freedom of inquiry, opinion,
and speech;
Educational opportunity for all people regardless of
gender, race, religion and ethnicity;
Opportunity for every interested individual to acquire
the skills and knowledge necessary for the pursuit of
higher education;
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4. Academic Impact
Building capacity in higher education systems across the
world;
Encouraging global citizenship through education;
Advancing peace and conflict resolution through
education;
Addressing issues of poverty through education;
Promoting sustainability through education;
Promoting inter-cultural dialogue and understanding,
and the “unlearning”of intolerance, through education;
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5. Academic Impact
What does it mean to actively support?
Undertaking one new activity each year, to actively
address at least one of the ten basic principles of
Academic Impact (research projects and papers, hosting
of a conference, financing of participation of students in a
specific United Nations activity in the field);*
Placing prominently upon its websites, or in periodic
printed publications, details of such activity, highlighting
its relationship to Academic Impact;
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6. Academic Impact
Who can join?
It is open to all institutions of higher education granting
degrees or their equivalent, as well as bodies whose
substantive responsilibities relate to the conduct of
research

7. Academic Impact
What is the purpose?
To create a global network of institutions of higher
learning linked with the United Nations;
To provide a mechanism for institutions to commit
themselves to the principles of the United Nations;
To serve as a point of contact for ideas and proposals
relevant to the United Nations mandate;
To promote the engagement of institutions of higher
education in programs, projects and initiatives
relevant to the United Nations mandate;