Partners & Donors

Since 2007 the Weidenfeld-Hoffmann Scholarships have been supported by generous independent donors, who have funded a number of Scholars each year from specific countries and studying certain courses. Currently, the Louis-Dreyfus Foundation supports three scholarships each year and our partnership with Chevening UK provides a further three scholarships. A new partnership with the Hualan Education Group will provide for up to three scholarships each year for graduates from China.

Other donors have enabled us to create, develop and maintain our leadership programme.

We are grateful to all these donors for their continued support and commitment to the vision and aims of the Trust. In addition to the donors and partners listed below, the Trust would like to thank Mrs Robin Hambro for her long-standing support of the Moral Philosophy Seminar – the cornerstone of the Leadership Programme.

In 2020, we strengthened our partnerships with seven Oxford University Colleges: Hertford, Keble, Lincoln, Mansfield, St Edmund Hall, Trinity and Worcester Colleges. These partnerships are key in providing a supportive community for our scholars contributing significantly to their overall Oxford experience and enabling them to participate fully in College life. This mutually beneficial partnership ensures that our partner Colleges share in the wonder of talented, passionate, diverse international scholars. Thank you to each of our partner Colleges, may we together continue to support the young brilliant leaders of our time, who may otherwise not have had the opportunity to shine.

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Saïd Business School

We have a strong partnership with the Saïd Business School and three MBA Scholars benefit annually from their subsidised support. We work with the Entrepreneurship Centre on our Enterprise Challenge and look for further opportunities to collaborate with the School.

Blavatnik School of Government

Our partnership with the Blavatnik School of Government has secured reduced fees for the Master of Public Policy, and circa ten Scholars each year attend the School. We work closely with the BSG and are grateful for their ongoing support.

Louis Dreyfus Foundation

Since 2012 the Louis Dreyfus Fondation d’Entreprise has very generously funded 82 Scholars from 37 different countries. The Foundation works to promote projects in the areas of sustainable agriculture, food security and self-sufficiency, and to support Scholars committed to returning to work in these areas in their home countries.

Chevening

In 2017 a new partnership was created with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office’s Chevening Scholarships Programme to enable up to ten Scholars to join the cohort annually for three years. We received eight Weidenfeld-Hoffmann/Chevening Scholars in 2017-18 and a further eight in 2018-19. In 2019-20 we welcome 3 Weidenfeld-Hoffmann/Chevening Scholars thanks to this partnership.

Annenberg Foundation

We are very grateful to GRoW @ Annenberg, who have enabled eight scholars to join the programme since 2014 through their support for young leaders from emerging and transitional economies.

Eranda Foundation

Thanks to the generous support of Sir Evelyn de Rothschild, the Eranda Rothschild Foundation provides an annual Max Weidenfeld Travel Grant in the name of Lord Weidenfeld’s father for Scholars to participate in study trips or research and professional development opportunities overseas who might not otherwise have the means.

Blavatnik Family Foundation

In 2019 we received the second of two generous donations thanks to the Blavatnik Family Foundation, to promote the presentation of new ideas, the interchange of views, and further contacts, between those taking part in the Weidenfeld-Hoffmann Scholarships and Leadership Programme.

Hertford College

With Hertford 2030 vision, they hope to unite the whole college community behind the effort. As part of this, Hertford aims to eliminate the financial barriers prospective students face, to make it easier to attract and support the highest potential students. We aim to reach carbon net zero no later than 2030 and aim to provide facilities to give students the best chance to thrive. We are launching an innovative community and citizenship programme, preparing young people for service to society and securing our legacy of diversity, inclusivity, and excellence.

Keble College

Keble seeks to create an environment in which ideas can be freely debated and challenged by individuals with open minds who respect each other’s differing points of view. That is an important feature of our diverse community. We welcome students from all over the world. With the enthusiastic help of our existing students, we are very active in trying to persuade people to come to this University who have not previously thought of doing so.

Lincoln College

Lincoln is a small and friendly college, with a dynamic student body and supportive staff and Fellows. Education and research are at the heart of what we do, and this is reflected in our thriving academic community.

Mansfield College

Mansfield is also home to the Bonavero Institute of Human Rights, which was opened by Kofi Annan in 2018. The Institute is a perfect reflection of the spirit of the College: plural, tolerant, broadminded, respecting the dignity and worth of everyone who crosses our threshold. Those are the values of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and they are the values of this College.

St Edmund Hall

St Edmund Hall is proud to be an international community that both welcomes and celebrates diversity. We aim to be a place where each and every student feels confident and is respected, as this enhances the social and academic experience of everyone here. We recognise that there is always more to be done to improve diversity across the whole University, and we are continuing to work hard to ensure that everyone feels that this college is their home and can thrive socially and academically.

Trinity College

Trinity is a college of the University of Oxford, one of the world’s great centres of knowledge. Whether you are an undergraduate or postgraduate, an academic or part of our wider community, you’ll find a dynamic and supportive place which is bubbling with ideas, alive with conversations and which hosts innovative research across many diverse fields.

Worcester College

Worcester College welcomes diversity amongst its students, staff and visitors, recognising the particular contributions to the achievement of the College's mission that can be made by individuals from a wide range of backgrounds and experiences. In relation to students, the College aims to provide education of excellent quality at undergraduate and postgraduate level for able students, whatever their background. In pursuit of this aim, the College is committed to using its best endeavours to ensure that all its activities are governed by principles of equality of opportunity, and that all students are helped to achieve their full academic potential.