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Oxford, Vietnam and the business of philanthropic risk

Oxford, Vietnam and the business of philanthropic risk

The £155m donation to the University of Oxford by Vietnamese business woman Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao which will lead to the renaming of the University’s Linacre College in her honour places a spotlight on how many of the leading universities fundraise. This one was bound to cause a stir. Oxford is the jewel in the crown and the renaming of one its colleges – a rare event but not without precedence – would beg questions about the role of overseas money in influencing British higher education and fundamentally changing the character of one of the nation’s great institutions.

Andrew WigleyNovember 8, 2021Oxford, University of Oxford, Linacre, Vietnam, Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao, Thao College, Fundraising, Philanthropy, Wadham College, Rock, Vanderbilt University, Sunday Times Rich List

Philanthro-capitalism and universities: Enabler or ossifier?

Rockefeller Foundation: University funding informed by its heritage

Andrew WigleySeptember 10, 2020Rockefeller, Rockefeller Foundation, philanthropy, university, university philanthropy, University of Oxford, Oxford, Harvard, University of Cape Town, Mahidol University, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand

Gates in Europe: Where the funding goes and why

Andrew WigleyJune 10, 2020Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Gates Foundation, university, philanthropy, university philanthropy, Europe, Oxford, Imperial College, Cape Partnership

University of Washington: The Gates' favourite university

Andrew WigleyJune 5, 2020Gates Foundation, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, philanthropy, university, university philanthropy, University of Washington, Cornell, Harvard, Oxford, John Hopkins University