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Environment, Personal, Skoll World Forum

Three things we need to save our world from climate change

Neil Yeoh completed his Oxford MBA in 2016 and now works at Echoing Green as a Portfolio Manager to their Climate Change Fellows. He is an advocate for climate change and was recently awarded the title of World Economic Forum Global Shaper at…

Entrepreneurs, MBAs, Personal, Skoll Scholars

From Uganda to Oxford

John Walugembe; Skoll Scholar 2016-17, social entrepreneur, and the Founder of Better Livelihoods in Uganda. John shares his candid story of how he came to Oxford to study his MBA. “It is very painful to remember my daughter”, Maria said.…

Events, News, Research, Speaker Series

Lessons of the Refugee Crisis from Alexander Betts

Alexander Betts gave a guest lecture at the Saïd Business School entitled "Transforming a Broken Refugee System". Audience member and Oxford MBA 2016-17 candidate, Sagar Doshi, shares the key takeaways from the talk. When Professor Alexander…

Entrepreneurs, MBAs, Personal, Skoll Scholars

From the United States to Oxford

Skoll Scholar, MBA and above all, Engineer, Ashley Thomas, shares her story, not of HOW she got to be at Oxford, but WHO. As I sit in a 150-year-old book shop (very new by Oxford standards) listening to Duncan Green, Oxfam GB’s chief strategic…

Events

Emerge 2016 – Thoughts on A Broken Food System

Film and TV Producer Leslie Lee was a delegate to this year's Emerge conference. She shares her insight into one of Emerge 2016's most popular workshops, 'Changing Our Broken Food System'. Like many children, I was told not to waste…

MBAs, Personal, Skoll Scholars

Back on the other side of the classroom

Alex Shapland-Howes is a 2016-17 Skoll Scholar and is leading the way for social mobility within the UK's deprived communities. After his early career as a teacher, he discovers what it's like to be on the other side of the classroom again…

Entrepreneurs, Events

The Story of Emerge 2016

The Skoll Centre held its eighth annual Emerge Conference from 12-13 November – a highlight in our annual social impact calendar. Almost 500 attendees were present, including 65 speakers, and over 20 sessions were held ranging from workshops,…

MBAs, Personal, Skoll Scholars

From Guadalajara to Oxford

Macarena Hernandez de Obeso is passionate about the economic opportunity for Mexico’s deprived communities. She is also our 2016-17 Skoll Scholar and Oxford MBA student. Her journey from Guadalajara started with a simple Skype call. Macarena…

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