The U8 magazine is one of the largest student magazines in the world, showcasing articles on international development written by students from around the globe. It is distributed to our member groups in over 17 countries and also to our partners and the wider humanitarian community. In alignment with U8's founding principle of inclusivity, the magazine is also available to download on this section of the website. Student designers from ARU have for the past few years illustrated the magazine in a poignant and thought provoking way, complementing meaty articles with creative design.

The magazine aims to raise general awareness of international development and to give students an international forum for expressing and discussing their views of international development. The theme for the 2010 edition is on Global Partnerships, discussing issues arising from technological partnerships to global governance of environment. The magazine will be featuring articles written by students across the world as well as research projects conducted by U8. It is due to be published by March 2010, so watch this space for further details!  

If you are interested to write for us (more details below) or if the U8 group you are involved in is interested to receive copies of the magazine, please contact Ting Lau, our Magazine Editor at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it with details on the number of copies your group would like to receive and mailing address.

Write an article for us!

Join the forum by submitting an article for us discussing issues on global partnerships in development.

The following are the sub-themes we are proposing as guideline for writers, but we are open to any other ideas you may have, so do not feel limited by the sub- themes below:

A. Defining Global Partnerships
B. Role of Technology in Global Partnerships
C. Role of global partnerships in poverty and hunger alleviation
C. Role of global partnerships in gender equality
D. Role of global partnerships in health issues: Child mortality, maternal health, disease.
E. Role of global partnerships in environmental sustainability
F. What next? What will be the future of MDG/ building global partnerships?

Abridged research projects welcome.  The summary should entail an introduction to the research you are doing, some details on what you have found out so far and a good concluding paragraph or two.

Length

Length of article should be around 2000 words.

Contact

If you would like any of your research projects to be featured in the U8 magazine please send their summaries to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .