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SFOU Annual General Meeting
5th June 2025, 16:00

SFOU dinner with
Dr. Paul Morland
Zurich, 5th June 2025, 18:30 drinks/19:00 dinner

Dear Members and Friends of SFOU,

Dr Paul Morland is an author and broadcaster who writes and speaks about population and the big demographic trends across the world, both contemporary and historic. His most recent book, “No One Left”, examines the potentially catastrophic consequences of the West’s low birth rate and what needs to be done to avoid them. You can see a recent interview by Paul Morland that has just been published in the NZZ, here in English and German.

Please note the date in your diary and hopefully you can join us. An official invitation will follow soon. You will be able to join the AGM in person or on-line.

Looking forward to seeing you then.

Howard Rosen, President

Rt. Hon. The Lord Hague of Richmond elected as new Chancellor of Oxford University

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Many congratulations, Lord Hague, on your election as Chancellor of Oxford University! Lord Hague, who graduated from Magdalen College in 1982, will be formally inaugurated into the predominantly ceremonial role in the new year. Our President, Howard Rosen, was honoured to be one of the first people to congratulate Lord Hague, during his visit today to Zurich, after the announcement of his election. We look forward to welcoming him back to Switzerland in the near future.

Open lecture at Graduate Institute in Geneva by Sir Nigel Shadbolt

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On the occasion of Professor Sir Nigel Shadbolt’s visit to Switzerland, the Geneva Graduate Institute, in collaboration with the Swiss Friends of Oxford University (SFOU), was organizing an open discussion on 22nd October around his recent publication on AI entitled “As If Human: Ethics and Artificial Intelligence”.

Dinner with Professor Sir Nigel Shadbolt’s in Geneva and Zurich

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Once again, we had the pleasure of spending two great evenings at the British Ambassador’s residence in Geneva as well as at the Baur au Lac Club in Zurich where Sir Nigel Shadbolt was our guest speaker on the topic of ‘As If Human: Living in the Age of Intelligent Machines’. The venues, the dinners itself, the talks and, above all, the thought-provoking speech and discussion were of the highest quality and much appreciated by all those present.

Meeting Minds Oxford 2024

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Booking now open for Meeting Minds Oxford 20 – 22 September 2024

Join us back in Oxford for a stimulating weekend of talks with speakers including journalist Samira Ahmed and Former White House Deputy Chief of Staff, Chris Liddell, plus over 30 guided walking tours and creative writing workshops. 

MEETING MINDS OXFORD 2024 | Oxford Alumni

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SFOU dinner with
Professor Sir Nigel Shadbolt
Geneva, 22nd October 2024, 19:30
Zurich, 23rd October 2024, 19:00

To:       Members and Friends of SFOU,

Sir Nigel Shadbolt, Principal of Jesus College and Professorial Research Fellow in Computer Science at the University of Oxford, and a world expert on artificial intelligence, web science and social machines, will be coming to Switzerland in October and has agreed to speak at a dinner for SFOU members and friends on the evening of Tuesday, 22nd October 2024, in Geneva and on Wednesday, 23rd October 2024 in Zurich.

Please note the date in your diary and hopefully you can join us. An official invitation will follow after the summer break.

Looking forward to seeing you at the dinner.

Howard Rosen, President

Don’t miss out on a scholarship opportunity

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Do you work in the not-for-profit sector? If yes, you could be eligible for a scholarship to our Oxford Impact Finance Innovations Programme.

The scholarship offers a partial tuition fee reduction between 25 – 50%, which provides an opportunity for talented individuals, who would otherwise not have the funding available to participate.

Scholarship recipients should be working full time, and funded by an aid or development agency, non-governmental organisation, or other organisations in the not-for-profit sector.

Applications for the scholarship close on 28 June 2024.

How to apply.

Please attach a 500-word statement along with your application answering the following:

  • How will you, your organisation and the communities you serve benefit from participating in the programme?
  • What value and unique perspective will you bring to the cohort?

Candidates will be shortlisted* based on demonstrated need and the application essay, followed by a telephone interview.

Apply here

To find out more about the programme or scholarship, please do get in touch.

Kind regards,

Tonielle Ballard
Programme Consultant
Saïd Business School
University of Oxford
e: tonielle.ballard@sbs.ox.ac.uk