Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship News
A chance meeting of MBA students at Oxford Saïd leads to a coveted spot on TIME100 Most Influential Companies 2023
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TIME magazine named an African business founded by two Oxford Saïd alumni as one of the world’s most influential companies of 2023, alongside Apple and SpaceX.
AVPA partners with The Ownership Project 2.0: Private Capital Owners and Impact
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AVPA and The Ownership Project 2.0 announce their collaborative African Family Offices Gathering at the Inaugural Africa Impact Summit
Global challenge for students and teachers to tackle climate change launches ahead of COP28
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A ground-breaking global competition inviting students and educators worldwide to contribute their innovative solutions to combat climate change has launched.
Awards and accolades for Akshay Mangla’s groundbreaking book
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Congratulations to Akshay Mangla, our Associate Professor in International Business and Skoll Centre Fellow, on his recently launched, award-winning book.
Our new Skoll Scholars have arrived, as they set out to build a better world
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Five inspiring Skoll Scholars will be joining Saïd Business School's MBA class of 2023-24.
High school students at heart of unique climate change initiative with Burjeel Holdings
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A bold new partnership between Saïd Business School and Burjeel Holdings will help tackle the climate crisis through a competition for students worldwide.
On anniversary of 'An Inconvenient Truth' an MBA student considers what's changed following Al Gore's recent Oxford appearance
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Former US Vice-President Al Gore spoke at Oxford in 2016 and again last month, our MBA student Minahil Amin shares her perspective on the change in tone.
Meet the new cohort of Early Career Research Fellows
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Supporting social impact research at Oxford
Launching The Ownership Project 2.0
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£1.5 million for new Oxford research initiative on private capital owners and impact.
Making bureaucracy work for the least advantaged
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How do bureaucratic norms — the informal rules of the game that guide how state agencies operate and execute their mandates — impact public service delivery?
British Academy awards 'Researchers at Risk Fellowship' to Ukrainian Professor, Alona Revko
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Alona joins the School as an Academic Visitor to carry out her BA-funded research.
Meet the Skoll Scholars pursuing an MBA and social purpose
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The new cohort of MBA Skoll Scholars has been announced.
Investing in talent for social impact
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A major study into the work of the Skoll Centre has revealed that 91% of its scholars have created an initiative that is aiming to address a complex challenge.
Emmy-nominated producer and director recognises Oxford Saïd education
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Oxford MBA alumnus, producer and director, Stephen Robert Morse acknowledged his Saïd Business School education after his latest film was nominated for an Emmy.
Inspirational social entrepreneurs join the Oxford MBA class of 2021-22
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Meet the class of 2021-22 Skoll Scholars.
Winners announced for the 2021 Map the System competition
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A team from the University of British Columbia was awarded first prize in the Map the System Virtual Global Final 2021.
Oxford MBA students meet farmers' need for bees
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BeeBank & Brokerage won the Kellogg-Morgan Stanley Sustainable Investing Challenge and finished second among 126 teams in the Climate Investing Challenge
GOTO Summit 2021 winners
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Oxford MBA students in Team Drastic Plastic (pictured) won this year's Global Opportunities and Threats: Oxford (GOTO) Summit
Oxford MBA team chosen for Global Final of Map the System
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On 16 April, six teams from the University of Oxford presented their final research projects on social issues for the Skoll Centre's Map the System semi-final.