ABOUT THE MILLENNIUM FELLOWSHIP - CLASS OF 2024
United Nations Academic Impact and MCN are proud to partner on the Millennium Fellowship. This year, 52,000+ young leaders applied to join the Class of 2024 on 6,000+ campuses across 170 nations. 280+ campuses worldwide (just 5%) were selected to host the 4,000+ Millennium Fellows.
UNITED NATIONS ACADEMIC IMPACT AND MCN PROUDLY PRESENT FAIZA SULTANA, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2024.
University of Birmingham Dubai | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | Advancing SDG 4, SDG 5, SDG 13, SDG 17 & UNAI 5
" Being a Millennium Fellow will allow me to connect with like-minded peers and collaborate on impactful projects. The fellowship will help me develop sustainability skills and apply my textbook knowledge to observe the impact of ESG policies in real-world contexts. "
Millennium Fellowship Project: Ecozen: Economics Awareness Initiative
I want to start Ecozen as a way to educate youngsters about the importance of finance and how to manage finances efficiently especially living in a city like Dubai. Objectives: To combat financial illiteracy among the youth ( 13-18). To create a safe, fun and accessible solution with a story-driven game. Idea: Displays future studies of economics in a gamified way The course material will be certified and can be easily induced in schools curriculums Super beginner friendly and easy to progress Short and fun stories that would not bore the students using day to day life decisions
About the Millennium Fellow
Faiza Sultana is a top-performing B.Sc. Economics student at the University of Birmingham, Dubai. Her passion lies at the intersection of sustainable development, finance, and economics. As an independent researcher, her papers on the Social Science Research Network (SSRN) explore contemporary topics like the global supply chain crisis and the subscription economy. Faiza has spent her university summers interning at the School of Humanity on their mission to redefine education, being featured on the PBS docuseries "A Brief History of the Future," researching at DIFC's family wealth center, and representing the MENA region at the World Bank Youth Summit. As a Millennium Fellow, her aim is to collaborate and connect with thought leaders in the sustainability spectrum. Faiza is an innovator taking the unconventional route to impact the world one step at a time and she aspires to pursue a career in development economics.
