In October, Oxford MBA student Karen Ng attended the Critical Mass Conference in London. This key conference brings together prominent speakers from major organisations in the social entrepreneurship and impact investing fields to discuss major developments and trends. Here, Karen gives us her key impressions and takeaways from the event. “In one month this year President Obama, Prime Minister […]
The Skoll Centre’s Rebecca Moore gives us a wrap-up from LAUNCH 2015: Social Impact Careers Conference hosted at the School on 6th May. “For many of us, the idea of a ‘career path’ first came on the radar the same time that people started telling us about direction (we should get some) and purpose (we […]
A report from Deepti Pulavarthi and Samantha Bastian, current MBA students at Saïd Business School and this year’s Case Competition Co-Chairs. “The students of the current MBA class organized the second Skoll Social Innovation Case Competition on May 2, 2015. With participants from across Oxford we saw some exciting and innovative solutions to problems faced by […]
Valerio Pereno Current DPhil student Valerio Pereno gives his perspective on the Skoll World Forum’s seminar session ‘Delivering Water’s Promise: Getting People the Water They Need for Healthier, More Productive Lives’. On any other weekday, I would be wearing my white lab coat in the basement of my laboratory on the outskirts of Oxford, preparing […]
Tarun Varma Current Skoll Scholar and Oxford MBA student Tarun Varma gives his perspective on the Skoll World Forum seminar session ‘Beating the Odds: Lessons Learned from Social Innovators in Government’. Innovators in government deal with issues that have an extended sphere of influence. When three innovators spoke about their challenges, I saw a thread in how […]