is partnering with (MLH) to sponsor scholarships for applicants who self-identify as Black or of the African diaspora to participate in the MLH Fellowship. The MLH Fellowship is a remote educational program that provides up-and-coming developers with real world hands-on experience working on open-source projects hosted by Facebook Open Source and many others with the mentorship of experienced engineers.
This year, MLH has made significant progress in advancing the diversity of its program – increasing the representation of Black developers who participate in the MLH Fellowship by 60%. It’s so important that diverse representation is present at all levels in tech and we hope to ignite real and lasting change toward equity and diversity.
Spring applications for new fellows and mentors are now open!
The second Global Higher Education Symposium (GHES II), held during the 2026 High-Level Political Forum, launched a new Consensus Statement positioning higher education as a key partner in sustainable development. Leaders from academia, the UN, civil society, youth and the private sector called for stronger collaboration, academic freedom, inclusive knowledge systems, responsible innovation and coordinated action to advance the SDGs and shape the post-2030 agenda.
Today marked the launch of the Consensus Statement, a milestone emerging from the Global Higher Education Symposium. The statement is available at the link below, with a full article on the event and its outcomes to be published shortly:
On 13 July 2026, the Global Higher Education Symposium reached a major milestone with the launch of the Consensus Statement. The statement is available at the link below, with a full article on the event and its outcomes to be published shortly.