Lord Laidlaw’s Lake Kivu project is transforming risk into reward by extracting renewable energy to power more than 50,000 homes in Rwanda. April 7th, 2021 | Photo credit: Timbuktu Travel Situated between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo [...]
Full transcript of Laidlaw Foundation CEO Susanna V. Kempe's speech for Learnit Live. Originally aired on March 9th, 2021. I have 6 nephews, a niece (who yes, I would spoil outrageously but for fear of being severely reprimanded by [...]
Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, MBA applications have been reaching record numbers. Nevertheless, the gender gap remains. The Financial Times' business education correspondent Jonathan Moules investigated why fewer women are applying to business schools. The Laidlaw Foundation's £3.7m gift to [...]
We are delighted to share that newly appointed Chief Executive Officer, Ian Simpson, will be joining the Laidlaw Schools Trust family in April 2021. Currently Executive Principal at Oasis Academy Isle of Sheppey, Ian is an experienced school leader [...]
As of January 2021, Lord Laidlaw has planted 17,000 spekboom succulents, with another 25,000 to be installed over the South African winter, making his plantation among the largest in the Western Cape. January 16, 2021 At the beginning of 2020, [...]
London Business School's Dean François Ortalo-Magné discusses the Laidlaw Women’s Leadership Fund in a recent piece on 2021 business education trends by BusinessBecause. "This academic year, London Business School welcomed outstanding students thanks to the Laidlaw Women’s Leadership Fund. [...]
Hear from 2020 Scholar, Eleanor Smith, and her supervisor, Professor Stephen Price, on their experiences of the Laidlaw Research and Leadership Programme. Original article published by University College London on 10/12/2020. The Laidlaw Leadership and Research Programme aims to create the [...]
This article was published on 21.12.2020 Lord Laidlaw (Highland Fling/Oui Fling) has been awarded the coveted ‘YCM Sailor of the Year’ 2020 by the Monaco Yacht Club, after being nominated three years in a row since 2017, for the sum [...]
Original article by Natalie Saunders for the Northern Echo on 18/12/2020. STUDENTS have been hard at work burying a time capsule to mark the construction of a new teaching centre at their college. Robertson Construction has commenced work at [...]
The Laidlaw Foundation has partnered with several organisations to offer the following projects to Undergraduate Leadership and Research Scholars starting in 2021. These projects are available at all universities. Please contact your university's Laidlaw coordinator for more information. December [...]