Jess Brown From 18th to 20th March, the Oxford Character Project joined with the Program for Leadership and Character at Wake Forest University to co-host a major global conference on Character and the Professions. This was the third conference we have hosted in partnership with Wake Forest (previous events focused…

The leaders of the future need to be people who can do more than simply get things done. They need to be men and women who are deeply motivated by the particular challenges they seek to redress. People who are driven to service and are willing to make personal sacrifices…

The Oxford Character Project are delighted to announce our postgraduate student programmes for 2020–2021. This academic year, we’re offering two alternative programmes. 1. The Global Leadership Challenge (GLC) will be running in conjunction with the St Gallen Symposium and Alibaba Entrepreneurs fund from 1st-4th December. This programme brings together 90…

Application Tips: The Global Leadership Initiative We are delighted to accept applications for the 2021 Global Leadership Initiative (GLI), our flagship leadership development programme based at the University of Oxford. …

As another cohort of students prepares to head off to university, a new framework, developed by the Oxford Character Project in partnership with the Jubilee Centre for Character and Virtues at the University of Birmingham, argues that universities need to embrace character education in order to help students to flourish. …

The Oxford Character Project is pleased to announce a partnership with the Forward Institute in a new landmark research project, focusing on character and leadership development at the heart of responsible business. The project is funded by a £2m grant from the John Templeton Foundation. This three-year, interdisciplinary project will…

Coal mine in East Kalimantan, Indonesia, 2014. A resident had informed me how two children had drowned by falling into uncovered mine pits the year prior. A reminder that some things causing local social and environmental harms may appear aesthetically beautiful. Lauren Xie is the founder of Lively Worlds, a…

Archisha Tripurneni is currently studying for her A-Levels at the London Academy of Excellence in Stratford. She is part of the Oxford Character Project’s Year 12 Leadership Initiative. Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore — a name that is as multi-faceted as his character. Over the years, as Dumbledore’s many faces…