Oxford, UK. The Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship has announced Xavier Helgesen, Sean Holt, Tamsin Jones, Anima Sarah LaVoy, and Nigel Tunnacliffe as 2010-2011 Skollars.
The five recipients of the 2010-2011 Skoll Scholarship were selected after a year-long search for the most promising social entrepreneurs to join the MBA programme at Said Business School, Oxford University.
The Skoll Scholarship is a competitive fellowship for students to pursue entrepreneurial solutions for urgent social and environmental challenges. It provides funding to undertake studies at Oxford, access to world-renowned entrepreneurs, thought-leaders and investors, and membership into a growing Skoll Scholar community of social entrepreneurs around the world.
Once selected, these students are known as Skollars.
“We’re thrilled to welcome the new class of Skollars to Oxford University next year,” said Pamela Hartigan, Director of the Skoll Centre. “These individuals are driving innovative solutions to social problems, and leading the growing movement of people committed to using markets for sustainable change."
Read more about the 2010-2011 Skollars below:
Xavier Helgesen Sean Holt Tamsin Jones Anima LaVoy Nigel Tunnacliffe
About the Skoll Centre
The Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship at the University of Oxford’s Said Business School is a leading academic institution for the advancement of social entrepreneurship worldwide. The Skoll Centre fosters innovative social transformation through world-class education, knowledge creation, and collaboration. It was founded in 2003 with a $7.5 million investment by the Skoll Foundation, the largest funding ever received by a business school for an international programme in social entrepreneurship.
7/12/2010
The Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship Names 2010-2011 Skoll Scholars
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