One Young World Academy powered by Pearson - where learning meets action

You will learn from world-renowned subject matter experts and gain the tools you need to increase your impact in the areas of business that matter to you.

Learning through first-hand experience, you will design and implement your own project, meaning that you gain expertise in the area that is most meaningful and relevant to your career level, and your personal and professional goals.

Your One Young World Academy experience will: 

• build your knowledge, and practical skills to make better informed decisions

• discover the practices and frameworks for your needs, and how to embed them in your work 

• learn how to take responsible, ethical, and economically viable action, to help build a fair, sustainable world

Our community approach to learning means we are always learning from the latest developments around the world. Learners will be supported online by colleagues and One Young World Ambassadors from around the world serving as project mentors, offering guidance and feedback coursework.

• Year long access to all course lectures and materials 

• Receive personalised support from your online project mentor 

• Build your confidence and ability to be a force for change 

• Start making better, more sustainable, data-driven decisions

• Strengthen your ability to collaborate successfully with experts and stakeholders

• Official accreditation badge from One Young World certifying your successful course completion. 

• Develop key skills, including: communication, critical thinking, problem-solving, social responsibility

After successfully completing a One Young World Academy course, your recognised accreditation badge will be anchored in the blockchain, guaranteeing its authenticity and meaning you can add it to your digital CV or LinkedIn profile, like an NFT.

Course outline

Identify an opportunity

Identify an area in your business to play a more positive role during conflict and in peacebuilding as well as develop that plan with the support of your project advisor.

Learn from experts

Hear from Bill Browder, Founder and CEO of Hermitage Capital Management and Fatou Bensouda, Former Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court and Gambian High Commissioner to the UK.
 

• Upholding Human Rights in Times of Conflict - with Fatou Bensouda, lawyer and former Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court
   

  The year 2023 marks the 75th anniversary of the signing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights - a landmark moment in international law and diplomacy. Since 1948, far from a world without conflict, the threat of destabilisation, human rights abuses, and crimes against humanity remain present. Gain insights into the human rights approach to international law, the bodies set up to protect human rights and the role of international bodies, states, and non-state actors, and frameworks for recognising strengths and challenges of protecting human rights during and after conflicts.
  
   

• Accountability post-Conflict - with Bill Browder, financier, political activist and author of New York Times bestseller Red Notice
   

  As conflict persists from Ethiopia to Ukraine, and from Yemen to Afghanistan, holding those who commit conflict-related crimes to account remains as critical as ever. In order to create  a sustainable, world-wide peace, serious attention must be paid to how we approach our global, transnational system of justice. Understand clearly what we mean by conflict-related crimes, as well as the current systems in place to hold those who commit such crimes accountable.

Use the right methods

Gain a clear understanding of conflict and peacebuilding and apply a range of templates and toolkits to your guided project.

Develop relevant skills

Develop and improve a selection of key skills relevant to change activism in your organization.
 

Take action to secure the peace and prosperity of our world while gaining CV boosting skills and experience along the way. Be the leader our world needs and book now. 

Course Outline

Identify an opportunity

Identify an area in your business to reduce carbon emissions as well as develop that plan with the support of your project advisor.

Learn from experts

Hear from Professor Muhammad Yunus, Nobel Laureate and Founder of Grameen Bank and Simon Stiell, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.

• Zero carbon, zero poverty, zero unemployment - with Professor Muhammad Yunus, Nobel Peace Laureate, social entrepreneur, banker, economist who founded the Grameen Bank
  
  The economic and ecological challenges faced by this generation have never been so in need of innovation and new thinking. You will gain insight to challenges of achieving sustainable development, in particular; reaching zero carbon, zero poverty, and zero unemployment. We also explore the opportunities that rethinking our existing economic model has for current and future generations. 
  
   

• Why we need to reduce carbon emissions - with Simon Stiell, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change 
  
  The global climate crisis is the most important and urgent global challenge we face as a species; it intersects with almost every other development challenge we face. You will gain an understanding of what decarbonisation means and what the consequences of inaction on this issue will lead to in the long term. 

Use the right methods

Gain a clear understanding of how to reduce carbon emissions and apply a range of templates and toolkits to your guided project.

Develop relevant skills

Develop and improve a selection of key skills relevant to change activism in your organization.

Take action and make your business or enterprise do better for our the planet, while gaining CV boosting skills and experience along the way. Be the leader our world needs and book now. 

Course Outline

Identify an opportunity

Identify an area in your business to work for a more equal world and workplace as well as develop this plan with the support of your project advisor.

Learn from experts

Hear from Caroline Casey, Founder of The Valuable 500 and Lord Hastings of Scarisbrick, CBE, Professor of Leadership at the Stephen R. Covey Leadership Centre at Huntsman Business School, USA
 

• Respecting diversity amongst customers - with Caroline Casey, businesswoman and activist behind The Valuable 500, the world’s largest CEO collective and business move for disability inclusion.
  
  
  Many businesses have taken major strides in recent years to create more diversity and inclusive business practices. Despite real progress, so much remains to be achieved. For example, just 19.7% of employees on company or organisational boards are women and zero FTSE 100 executives or senior managers have disclosed a disability. You will have the opportunity to learn more about meaningful diversity and inclusion practices as they relate to delivering for consumers. 
  
  
   

• Why diverse teams are important, how to ensure that everyone gets equal opportunities to contribute - with Lord Michael Hastings of Scarisbrick CBE, Professor of Leadership at Huntsman Business School, and Chair of SOAS University of London
  
  
  Diversity is a major strength for any team. Diverse teams are more likely to solve problems and come up with new ideas when they bring a variety of experiences, cultures, and backgrounds to the table. You will be introduced to the thinking behind creating diverse teams, the benefits of diversity in this context, as well as the possible challenges that this might create.

Use the right methods

Gain a clear understanding of equality and apply a range of templates and toolkits to your guided project.

Develop relevant skills

Develop and improve a selection of key skills relevant to change activism in your business.

Take action to build a fair, equal and more prosperous society where we are all included while gaining CV boosting skills and experience along the way. Be the leader our world needs and book now.