Guide · 19 September 2026
How to choose a Model UN conference.
Committee size, chair quality, feedback, supervision, fees, terms and follow-up: the twelve questions to put to any organiser before you pay.
Guide · 9 min read
Is Model UN worth it? An honest answer.
Worth it when you speak, negotiate and are told how you did; not worth it in a silent chamber of two hundred. The conditions, a pros and cons table, and a section for parents.
Guide · 10 min read
Your first Model UN conference: what to expect.
From arrival to the final vote: what happens in each phase of a Model UN conference, what first-timers get wrong, and what to pack.
Parents · 9 min read
How much does Model UN cost? The honest breakdown.
The nine lines in a Model UN budget, what all-inclusive really means, how to compare fees fairly, the red flags, and The Global 60's tiers as a worked example.
Parents · 9 min read
The Model UN parent guide: 15 questions to ask any organiser.
Supervision, screening, curfews, medical care, insurance, fees and what happens afterwards: the fifteen questions a parent should put to any Model UN organiser, with model answers.
Admission · 9 min read
Model UN interview questions: what they ask, and how to answer.
What a selective Model UN programme is assessing, twelve typical interview questions with what a strong answer does, a short mock exchange and the mistakes that cost applicants most.
Guide · 8 min read
What to wear to Model UN: the dress code, register by register.
The three dress registers every conference uses, a table of items for all genders, a what-to-avoid list and a packing list for a three-night trip.
Guide · 10 min read
The Model UN opening speech.
Hook, position, evidence, proposal, call to bloc: a reusable structure for the first speech, three full examples, and a checklist to score yourself.
Guide · 8 min read
How to prepare for a Model UN conference in 30 days.
A week-by-week Model UN preparation plan with daily time budgets, a plan table, a night-before routine and a compressed version for when topics are released late.
Guide · 9 min read
Model UN awards explained.
The standard award ladder, what chairs score, the myths about loud delegates and P5 countries, and how recognition works across a General Assembly of sixty.
Guide · 9 min read
How Model UN country assignments work.
How secretariats build the delegation matrix, why experience and representation are balanced, why P5 countries are not a scoring advantage, and how to win with a small state.
Guide · 9 min read
Model UN vs debate: which is right for you?
Diplomacy or contest? A side-by-side comparison of Model UN and competitive debate, with a note on mock trial, who suits which, and how to do both.
Careers · 9 min read
Model UN on college applications.
Sustained commitment, growth, initiative, evidence: how to show all four in an activity description, a CV line, a personal statement and a UCAS answer.
Guide · 9 min read
Model UN for university students.
Depth over breadth, crisis formats, chairing and secretariat roles, travel teams, and why the skills carry into law, policy, consulting and founding.
Careers · 9 min read
Model UN skills employers value.
Ten Model UN skills mapped to the workplace, with STAR-style interview examples and a note on why a committee of sixty produces better evidence than one of several hundred.
Editorial · 9 min read
From Model UN to founder: why delegates make good entrepreneurs.
Understanding constraints, drafting for agreement, building coalitions before the vote, revising on evidence: the delegate’s method is the founder’s method. Plus what the Founder Lab is and is not.
Guide · 10 min read
How to use ChatGPT and other AI to prepare for Model UN.
What ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Perplexity do well for delegates, what they invent, an honesty framework, seven prompts you can copy and a verification checklist against primary UN sources.
Guide · 9 min read
Black tie etiquette for students.
What black tie means for everyone, whether to hire or buy, formal dinner etiquette, conversation with adults you have not met, and how a 60–90-second address works.
Parents · 9 min read
Sending your teenager to a conference in New York.
A parent’s guide to student travel to New York: documents, unaccompanied-minor flights, transfers, insurance, phones, money, what the organiser must provide and a pre-departure checklist.
New York · 9 min read
Visiting United Nations Headquarters as a student.
How the UN Visitors Centre tour works, what to book and bring, what to look at in the General Assembly Hall and Security Council Chamber, and how The Global 60 approaches its planned visit.
Editorial · 7 min read
Why we host one committee, not twenty.
Most flagship Model UN conferences chase scale. We deliberately don't. The case for one General Assembly of sixty delegates, one topic, one dais of four and one vote on the second day.
Resource
The training programme — free curriculum.
Thirteen long-form modules on position papers, draft resolutions, lobbying and procedure, with self-assessments.