Commenting on the overall win, and what sets the School apart, Associate Dean of MBA and Executive Degrees, Kathy Harvey said: ‘We’re delighted to be recognised for our work here. We have always taken our responsibility in this space seriously, whether through turning out future leaders equipped to make the world better, tackling global challenges through impactful research or leading by example through how we run and manage our campuses.
‘I’m proud to say that before business schools really started talking about sustainability and efficiency, we were already redesigning part of the curriculum to reflect our principles of fostering impact from within. Now 51% of our school’s core teaching contains Environmental Social and Governance (ESG) related content.’
Students at the School can also draw on the expertise of the wider University’s research centres, including the Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship based at Oxford Saïd. MBAs and EMBAs also take part in the celebrated GOTO challenge where leading organisations invite students to solve some of their most pressing challenges related to economic, social, environmental or health issues.
Alongside teaching, the School’s entry also highlighted an ongoing partnerships with the Turing Trust recycling old computers for African schools, inspiring high school students across the world with a global Climate Change Challenge competition at COP28 and partnering with local Oxford charity Be Free Young Carers with regular giving events.