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5 Guidelines for MBA Programmes to Support Impact-MBAs

by Puja Balachander

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A chapter finished, a community found

by Aaron Bartnick

enjoying a chilly sunset over the oxford spires in cowley park

A global education at Oxford during Covid-19

mohsin at his clinic in a classroom

A letter to my younger self

by Mohsin Mustafa

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A Reflection: Movies and Mindsets // Sharing Stories to Shift Systems

By Bianca Schmitz Vermooten

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A Sharable Method for Inclusion and Impact: Scouting & Scaling SDG Solutions

by Tulsi Parida

Shiemaa in front of a sunset

A tale of two Revolutions

by Shiemaa Ahmed

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A Tale of Two Viruses

By Diana Wangari

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A year in Oxford

by Kevin Duco Warner

accelerating global health discussion group

Accelerating Global Health Delivery

by Mohsin Mustafa

Group of MBAs in reception of Open Capital Advisors

Africa Trek 2017: Oxford MBAs visit Nairobi

by Gillian Benjamin

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Africa Trek 2017: Oxford MBAs visit Rwanda

by Gillian Benjamin

Skoll World Forum April 9 - 12 2019, Oxford, UK

Aligning Inner Wellbeing with External Impact

by Florentina-Daniela Gheorghe

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An MBA for Social Entrepreneurship

by Alexander Wankel

Glass mug with herbal tea in a teabag stewing inside water

An unexpected education

By Libby McCarthy

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Building Bridges: Partnerships in Responsible Supply Chains

by Macarena Hernandez

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Carbon Imperialism or Energy Leapfrogging

by Seth Collins

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Completing two terms of my Oxford MBA from 5,000 miles away

By Jack Replinger

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Designing Sustainable, Inclusive Cities of the Future

by Devin Rebello

Said business school corridor

Diversity Inspires

by Deborah Owhin

Comic book style rendering of Piccadilly Circus in London, with usual billboard adverts replaced with 'RESET. Anti-racism +100%. Waste -41%. Carbon -46%. Inequality -26%.

Economic System: What?

by Laura Chavez-Varela and Jillian Gedeon

Empathetic Storytelling and the Moral Imagination

girl standing in front of blocks of rubbish

Facilities and Footprints at a ‘Circular Google’

by Jeremy Sigmon

three people at a table writing on post-it notes

Fighting for Fairness: Investing in Local Solutions

by Anupah Makoond

Drone shot of Oxford

Finding calm amidst chaos

by Rangan Srikhanta

Magnolia tree blossoms above a high stone wall in Oxford

Flowers Blossom again in Oxford

By Shiemaa Ahmed

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From a South Memphis classroom to Oxford

by Jack Replinger

four people inspecting beehives

From Bee School to B-School

Kogui Arhuaco Indigenous Reserve in the Sierra Nevada of Colombia

From Farms to Forests: Land Rights as an Impact Multiplier

by Alexander Wankel

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From Lisbon to Oxford

by Sandra Fisher-Martins

record keeping training

From Rwanda to Oxford

by Julie Greene

Radcliffe Camera and blue sky

Gathering strength and skills from a year in the ‘Oxford bubble’

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Getting to the root of the problem: The myth of “AI for good”

by Tulsi Parida

Songqiao Yao

Going outward: The best learnings from business school take place in the unknown

by Songqiao Yao

Tom Tower building in Oxford, with blue cloudy skies and green lawn.

Hilary term: the Oxford MBA so far

by Joaquín Víquez

business fights poverty, Oxford 2019

How might big business fight poverty?

by Puja Balachander

Mohsin Mustafa in action

How to manage business remotely

by Mohsin Mustafa

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How to manage difficult conversations

by Florentina-Daniela Gheorghe

Crowd of people peacefully protesting, holding cardboard banners stating 'Illegitimate'

How to start a movement

by Aditya Chopra

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If you can't measure it, does it even exist?

by Khanya Okumu

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Interview with Dennis Muchira: Dalberg Global Development Advisors

by Gillian Benjamin

Journeys of Adversity Diversity, University Necessity!

by Deborah Owhin

Students working

Just Business

by Maria Springer

Knowledge to Action – Leading for Impact

blue rowing boats moored

Looking inward: Business school’s most important class is not-for-credit

by Songqiao Yao

Curriculum design. Earth University: Social & environmental awareness & commitment; technical & scientific knowledge; entrepreneurship; personal development. African Leadership Academy: Entrepreneurial leadership; A Level curriculum; African studies.

Making Leadership Great Again: Breakthrough Educational Models

by Gillian Benjamin

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My boomerang journey to Oxford University

by Libby McCarthy

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My journey from an impact business in India to a world-class MBA

by Florentina-Daniela Gheorghe

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My journey from Bangladesh to Oxford

by Anjali Sarker

Joaquín Víquez

My journey from Costa Rica to Oxford

by Joaquín Víquez

Tsechu in the mountains with two horses

My journey from Nepal to Oxford

by Tsechu Dolma

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My Journey from New Delhi to Oxford

by Nikhil Dugal

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My journey from Peru

by Alexander Wankel

Aaron Bartnick on a 2012 Obama campaign rally

My Journey from Politics to the Oxford MBA

by Aaron Bartnick

Kevin standing by the road sign for Northmoor Road in Oxford in full Oxford attire

My Journey from Saint Louis

by Kevin Duco Warner

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My journey from Sydney to Oxford

by Rangan Srikhanta

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My Journey Post-MBA

by Florentina-Daniela Gheorghe

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Never Again? The Ebola Epidemic’s Warning about Critical Infrastructure Gaps

by Gregory Marks

blackberries flowering

On blackberries and change

by Sandra Fisher-Martins

Julie and four friends at college

One year at Oxford

by Julie Greene

Jack Replinger stood in black traditional Oxford robes, by railings looking at the Oxford Radcliffe Camera

Oxford, Finally.

By Jack Replinger

Black Lives Matter

Pandemics within a pandemic

by Tsechu Dolma

two people sifting through pile of plastic bottles

Plastics, are they really that bad?

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Rights and Resources: Indigenous Communities and Environmental Conservation

scaling health solutions panel at Skoll World Forum

Scaling Health Solutions through Government Partnerships

by Puja Balachander

"Get comforable being a human being. It's okay to feel things. It's ok to use those types of feelings to inform our decision making. We have to bring our human intuition to this work."- Edgar Villanueva

Shifting The Power Dynamics of Philanthropy

by Julie Greene

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Slowing down fast fashion: a dress to save the planet

by Greta Thompson

Shiemaa Ahmed

Studying at Oxford through a pandemic

By Shiemaa Ahmed

city skyline

Sustainability in The Construction Sector

by Jeremy Sigmon

The Circular Economy Skills and Challenges – Karolina Kalinowska

by Frances Christodoulou

The Circular Economy Skills and Challenges – Paola Migliorini

by Edward Hornsby

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The Promise and Peril of ‘Tech for Good’

by Grace Mzumara

dr diana training field workers on utilizing the mobile application

The windy road from Kenya to Oxford University

by Dr. Diana Esther Wangari

libby next to irrigation system in field

This is what an Oxford epiphany looks like

By Libby McCarthy

The Oxford skyline in the sun.

Three Learning Lessons from the Oxford MBA Experience

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Trinity term at Oxford during the pandemic

by Tsechu Dolma

Unavoidable Dilemmas

panel of five women on Skoll World Forum stage

Unleashing Girls’ Power

by Nidhi Thachankary

Nikhil and his peers in traditional Oxford exam attire.

Vanilla, blockchain and the circular economy – one year on the Oxford MBA

by Nikhil Dugal

pile of bags with food waste in

What’s new in the war on food waste?

by Jeremy Sigmon

Gender panel

What’s The Role Of Men And Boys In The Gender Equality Movement?

by Meaghan Thumath

comedy sparks change panel

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