Apply || University of Oxford (2023) Skoll Scholarship for Postgraduate Students for Master

Apply || University of Oxford (2023) Skoll Scholarship for Postgraduate Students for Master

2023/24 Application is currently ongoing for University of Oxford (2023) Skoll Scholarship for Postgraduate Students for Master. || Fully funded for postgraduate students.

ABOUT|| University of Oxford (2023) Skoll Scholarship for Postgraduate Students for Master

Oxford University is a distinctive and storied organization and is the first university in the English-speaking world. Although there is no precise date of establishment, education was present at Oxford in some capacity as early as 1096. It then quickly advanced after Henry II forbade English students from enrolling at the University of Paris in 1167.

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BENEFITS|| University of Oxford (2023) Skoll Scholarship for Postgraduate Students for Master

• The Skoll scholarship provides funding for entrepreneurs who have set up or have been working in entrepreneurial initiatives with a social purpose or who have pursued an impact career, and who wish to improve their knowledge of market-oriented practices so they can be more effective in their subsequent social change pursuits.
• The Scholarship provides access to the Skoll Scholar community, a group of leaders who are positively impacting the world through innovation and systems change, as well as exclusive opportunities to meet with world-renowned entrepreneurs, thought leaders, and investors.
• The Scholarship is given in recognition that the MBA may represent a significant financial burden, particularly for those who have chosen to work in the social impact/innovation space rather than the purely commercial or public sectors.

REQUIREMENT|| University of Oxford (2023) Skoll Scholarship for Postgraduate Students for Master

• Entrepreneurial action
  • You have identified opportunities and taken action in order to make positive social impact
  • You have spent preferably at least 3 years driving change through entrepreneurial approaches. For example, you could have:
    • Started or grown a social venture
    • OR led the expansion of a social impact initiative within an organisation
    • OR been tackling a specific social/environmental issue, through a core thread that unites your work
• Creating impact with a focus on systems change
  • You can demonstrate the outcomes and impact of your entrepreneurial action
  • Your impact addresses unjust systems and practise in your area of work
• Personal qualities of a social entrepreneur
  • You are a force for positive change
  • You are single-minded and persistent, with a willingness to fail and start again
  • You have bias toward action
  • You have a tendency to explore your environment for opportunities and resources
  • You have a willingness to take personal, and sometimes financial, risks
  • You develop networks and leverage members to pursue mutual goals
  • You have apprenticed with the problem* or experienced the problem you are trying to solve
• The Oxford MBA is critical to your career trajectory
  • You can demonstrate why business education is essential in helping to develop your
  • • work/impact at this stage
  • Financial need
    • You are in a position where the cost of the programme is a significant financial burden
    • You can demonstrate the need for the scholarship  (for example, due to previous work experiences or personal circumstances)

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HOW TO APPLY|| University of Oxford (2023) Skoll Scholarship for Postgraduate Students for Master

Interested and qualified? Go to University of Oxford on skollscholarship.org to apply

To apply for the Skoll Scholarship follow these steps:

1. Connect with us to register your interest in the Scholarship and make sure you’re kept up to date with announcements about upcoming deadlines.
2. Apply for the Oxford MBA programme directly to Saïd Business School. You need to do this during stages 1, 2 or 3 of the MBA admissions process.
3. As part of your MBA application, upload your answers to the Skoll Scholarship essay questions and submit your MBA application! You’ll find the Scholarship essay questions under the “Funding” section of the MBA application. We would advise that you allow yourself about 1-weeks’ time to answer the Skoll Scholarship essay questions.
4. The MBA Admissions Team will then assess your application and determine if you are accepted onto the MBA programme or not.
5. If you received confirmation that you have been accepted onto the MBA programme, your application will automatically go forward to the Skoll Scholarship Selection Committee.
6. Applications for the Scholarship are reviewed after each MBA admissions stage.
7. You will receive an update on the status of your Scholarship application and whether your application is going forward to final shortlisting shortly after MBA admission decisions have been made from each stage.
8. If you receive confirmation that your Scholarship application is going forward to final shortlisting, keep an eye out for an email from the Skoll Centre with a link to the Logistics and Reference Form. See timelines below to know when to expect this email.
9. Once you have received the email, complete the Logistics and Reference Form. This consists of a series of short questions to confirm your contact details (in case you are invited to interview), how you heard about the Scholarship and your referees contact details. Please note, your referees will not be contacted unless you get to the final stages of the selection process.