The Skoll Scholarship provides full funding plus a living stipend to complete an MBA at the University of Oxford's Saïd Business School for social entrepreneurs worldwide. Skoll Scholars have the chance to grow their impact by expanding their networks and skills at the University of Oxford. All Scholars become part of a life-long community of change leaders across the globe.
What we do
The Skoll Centre equips entrepreneurial leaders for impact within and beyond business.
Based at the University of Oxford, we research how social change happens. We bring our community of academics, students, and practitioners together to share expertise, creating space for conversations that spark change. Leveraging our research and community insights, the Skoll Centre’s educational programmes cultivate impactful leaders at Oxford and worldwide.
What makes the Skoll Centre really special is that it sits at the nexus of theory and practice.
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Research and insights
We catalyse research on how individuals, organisations and movements create systemic change. We work with faculty and early career researchers at Oxford Saïd and beyond to enable high-quality research that generates insights to address pressing environmental and social challenges, globally. We aim to connect researchers with social impact practitioners, catalyse new ideas and communicate findings to generate real impact.
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Systems week
Convening a global community of systems thinkers.
A global conversation on how to teach, learn, support and measure systems change. Convening a variety of systems leaders, Systems week explored the relationships between systems actors, systemic problems and solutions; resistance to incumbent systems and inequitable power dynamics; and the resources needed to support systemic change. This was a collaboration between the Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship and the Centre for Knowledge Equity.
Reimagine podcast
Social entrepreneurs are in the business of building better futures. While most of us see only symptoms, they look at the whole system. And by reframing a problem – seeing things differently – we can begin to reimagine what’s possible. Unlocking this process of discovery is what Reimagine is all about.
Blog
Discover fresh thinking from the Skoll Centre's dynamic collection of bloggers on social entrepreneurship.
Here, you can find the latest stories, insights, and thought provoking ideas from the people behind the Skoll Centre and our global community of entrepreneurs.
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We share articles, updates on programmatic opportunities, upcoming event details, and information on the Skoll World Forum on Social Entrepreneurship.