International Youth Day - 12 August, 2024

This year, the United Nations International Youth Day is on 12th August, 2024. The theme is: From Clicks to Progress: Youth Digital Pathways for Sustainable Development. This theme highlights the key connection between digitalisation and accelerating the progress of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs), emphasizing the crucial contributions of young people in this transformative process.

To test your knowledge and highlight some of the challenges and opportunities that relate to digital innovation, why not try some of these #YouthDay quizzes:

• AI as an enabler for the SDGs
• Digital divides and youth 

At JCU Library our staff are constantly innovating and looking to address SDG targets and progress digital skills for all students.  Recently we have created the AI Tools for Assignments and Research Guide to help students better understand generative AI when researching and writing assignments. 

It is also well documented that through education the world can collectively address universal challenges and enhance well-being and equity for youths and individuals worldwide.

Since 2021, JCU Library have been advancing the highly successful JCU Open eBooks Program and have accelerated these efforts to aid in student equity with the 2024-2025 Textbook Affordability Project.

Open Education empowers the creation, adaptation and distribution of educational materials across various media formats.  By fostering a culture of openness, collaboration and accessibility Open Education not only supports individual learning journeys, but also cultivates a pathway towards a brighter global future for our youth. 

We recommend browsing through the open resources available for a variety of subject disciplines in the JCU OER Discovery Collection.