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About the Course

The course offers a well-researched and broad-ranging primer to the United Nations system. Consisting of an introduction to the complex UN family and its history, and a series of ‘snapshots’ of key UN functions, which are used to explore important UN themes and help learners develop important analysis, communication, and policy-based skills. The course is aimed broadly at people interested in learning more about the United Nations system, assuming a level of interest but no necessary previous knowledge, whilst also offering offering sufficient up to date research and new critical perspectives that it will also be of interest to people with more expertise or academic familiarity with the topic as well. The main aim of the course is to provide this wide-ranging introduction in a self-contained, but in-depth form, alongside the important practical skills necessary to understand and discuss UN affairs, and potentially lay the groundwork for greater engagement in future – either in civil society or in further study....

Top reviews

RR

Jul 29, 2020

Really enjoyed the course. Some of the recommended reading was no longer accessible and the material was not up to date to 2020. However, it gave a good introduction to the UN and the issues involved.

AF

Dec 6, 2018

It was very interesting to get to know better about the UN structure and concepts, and it helped me a lot to get my first opportunity in an UN mission! Starting a new career. Thank you so much.

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By Lakshita J

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May 19, 2020

great course. but have little video lectures and more of reading material.

By Edu A

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Apr 28, 2022

Curso excelente, mas é complicado depender da avaliação de terceiros.

By Priyantha B

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Sep 18, 2021

Good courser to gain insights into the UN & related Human Rights,

By Psymon P

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Jul 14, 2020

A number of the links and resources are out of date or broken.

By Paulina H

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May 29, 2020

Very good reading materials. The videos lectures were boring.

By faizan

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Jul 2, 2020

Great reading material provided. Overall, a good experience.

By Tianfu Y

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Aug 24, 2019

It's a good course to get overview on the world order.

By Michelle M

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Apr 20, 2021

Good course, could have been a little more longer.

By Malik A Y K

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Sep 5, 2020

A nice attempt to teaching the ins and outs of UN.

By Ivan-Brett E

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Sep 1, 2022

Great course but some data are already outdated.

By Ron G

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Jun 14, 2023

Well presented and interesting.

By Carla L F V

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May 24, 2020

very complete course! i love it

By Suhavi A

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Jul 3, 2017

Its a very informative course.

By Yousef A

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Dec 21, 2022

it is a very helpful course

By Ahmad I

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Mar 30, 2023

It need to be updated.

By Sultan-Al N H

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May 20, 2020

A informative course

By Firuze E

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Jul 11, 2023

Very interesting !

By yann m

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Sep 27, 2024

tres constructif

By Dadajon O

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May 27, 2023

no my full name

By Shruti S

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Sep 6, 2019

Great start

By RAY A J

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Sep 15, 2019

EXCELLENT

By isaac l

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Sep 24, 2024

Good

By Elina M

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Jan 10, 2020

This course is excellent in order to obtain a global understanding of the UN system. However, I would appreciate more insights and guidance from the editors (or University) as majority of the content is a compilation of articles and other documents from external sources to be read by the applicant and to be summarize. It would be even more interesting to have a more structured and much more comments and information on the content that we read. Nevertheless, for sure, the reading and writing exercises are already a good manner to grasp some historical background and contemporary problematics.

By Naomi G

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Jul 7, 2020

The course covered many interesting issues, and I have a greater understanding of the UN system having completed it. The speakers in the videos were excellent and informative. However, several of the links did not work, and the course relied on reading external material, not all of which seemed wholly relevant to the assignment. It would be more engaging to perhaps have more material taught through videos or course-specific material, rather than other sources.

By Elena T U

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Mar 30, 2021

Expected way more from this course... The University of London only provided 5-minute videos including short excerpts of experts' opinion but other than that it was simply links to articles and Youtube videos I could have easily searched and read by myself... I expected more engaging and time-consuming assignments. Maybe including a test type of assignment would help students focus on the content of the course better.