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Weidenfeld Scholars Leadership and Public Policy Seminar

Scholars to gather for annual seminar

10 - 14 January 2012
Hartwell House

The Leadership and Public Policy Seminar is the cornerstone of the leadership component of the Weidenfeld Scholarships and Leadership Programme. Every year Scholars gather at beautiful Hartwell House, near Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, to engage in seminars and discussions about political and moral philosophy and hear talks given by a range of eminent speakers.

The Weidenfeld Scholarships and Leadership Programme provides outstanding university graduates and young professionals from transition and emerging economies with the opportunity to pursue graduate studies at the University of Oxford. This is combined with a comprehensive programme of leadership development, long-term mentoring and networking.

Jonathan Powell, former aide to Tony Blair, addresses the inaugural Turkey Workshop, London, September 2011
Acclaimed sociologist Manuel Castells, Humanitas Visiting Professor in Media, Cambridge University, November 2011
Lord Weidenfeld and Sir Ronald Grierson, co-founders of the Weidenfeld Scholarships and Leadership Programme, April 2010
The tenth meeting of the European Policy Planners' Network, hosted by the Home Office, London, November 2011
CEDAR Chair Ahmed Larouz, addressing the Social Innovation and Social Action Conference, Lambeth Palace, November 2011
Peter Kellner, President of YouGov and Dr David Muir, Faith in Britain, at the launch conference of the Phoenix Initiative, October 2010
HE Karel Schwarzenberg, Czech Foreign Minister, addresses an invited audience at an ISD policy breakfast, October 2011

Policy Session: Oslo and Utøya, Six Months On

London, 23 January 2012

Weidenfeld Scholars Leadership and Public Policy Seminar

Hartwell House, 10 to 14 January 2012

Prison and Probation Officers Practitioner Exchange

Birmingham, 5 to 6 December 2011

Humanitas Visiting Professorship in Architecture

University of Oxford, 28 to 29 November 2011

Weidenfeld Scholars' ISD Briefing

London, 22 November 2011

Humanitas Visiting Professorship in Media

Cambridge University, 16 to 23 November 2011

10th Meeting of the European Policy Planners' Network (PPN)

London, 15 to 16 November 2011

Social Innovation and Social Action Conference

Lambeth Palace, 13 to 15 November 2011

CEDAR Reception

Mica Gallery, 12 November 2011

CEDAR Management Board Meeting

London, 12 to 13 November 2011

Europe-China Media Exchange Tour

Chengdu, China, 24 to 28 October 2011

Policy Breakfast with HE Karel Schwarzenberg

London, 13 October 2011


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