Rhodes Trust

Rhodes Ventures Forum 2019 - A Reflection

For the third consecutive June since 2017, entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, business leaders, scholars and innovators convened at Rhodes House in Oxford for a weekend of enriching dialogue about the ecosystems that connect the venture world to universities and how they can work together to make a positive impact for generations to come.

4 Ways to Innovate: Lessons from the Global Scholars Symposium

In June 2019, Rhodes House hosted the Global Scholars Symposium. The theme was Cultivating Innovation. Over the two-day event, speakers from all over the world talked about different ways to innovate. I left the event with a newfound appreciation for innovators, and several take-home messages.

Rhodes Ahead: Interview with Chelsea Jackson

Current Scholar Chelsea (Georgia & New College 2018) talks about her ambition for prison abolition as well as her passion for criminal justice, her studies at Oxford University and advice about applying for the Rhodes Scholarship.

The Levelling – What’s Next After Globalisation?

My book 'The Levelling' is about ‘what’s next’ after globalisation, and the kinds of constructive frameworks and ideas that can harvest order from the current, building sense of disorder in the world. It is about how the centre of gravity in our world, societies, and economies is changing, the confusion those changes create, and the ideas that will help bring new structure to what is a topsy turvy world.