May 24th, 2010
Posted by Caroline Young
Under: Academic, Caroline Young, Events & Speakers, Oxford Life, Student Blogs
Last night, as I sat having dinner in the Divinity School in the Bodleian Library, I realized how lucky I have been in the experiences I’ve had in this extremely quick year at Oxford. In November, I was selected to be a part of the SBS Venture Fund Committee (http://sbsventurefund.wordpress.com/) –a group of nine students [...]
January 18th, 2010
Posted by Caroline Young
Under: Caroline Young, Events & Speakers, Student Blogs
Every spring, the Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship, based in the Saïd Business School, puts on a huge, well-attended conference called the Skoll World Forum. In an effort to extend some of the knowledge and excitement created in this conference to a student audience, this November the Centre started a new conference called Skoll:EMERGE. Students [...]
November 13th, 2009
Posted by Caroline Young
Under: Academic, Caroline Young, Oxford Life, Sports & Social, Student Blogs
It’s almost week 6 of Michaelmas term (there are three—Michaelmas, Hilary and Trinity) and even though it sounds cliché, the time is flying by. It seems like only a few days since I arrived at Heathrow, made my way to Green Templeton College, and found my new home for this year. Almost since that moment, [...]