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Six Sunderland schools join new fellowship to overcome challenges
About 2,000 pupils in Sunderland will benefit from the partnership, education bosses say.
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Trust in leadership begins with nurturing strength of character
The power of AI heightens the importance of business schools teaching virtues as well as vision and skills.
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How we’re modelling a new kind of civic leadership in Sunderland
A new grouping of the city’s schools, employers and charities hopes to show what’s possible when communities work together.
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Women in Business Laidlaw Scholar Featured in The Times of India
We are excited to share that our newest Laidlaw Scholar, Harsha Sanyukta, has been featured in The Times of India for securing a full scholarship from the Laidlaw Foundation to study at Oxford University’s Saïd Business School (SBS)! Harsha joins nine other exceptional women awarded the scholarship at SBS this year. Harsha’s dedication to leadership…
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Empowering women leaders: the impact of the Laidlaw Scholarship
Echika Obijiaku, Laidlaw Scholar from Oxford University’s Saïd Business School, reflects on her MBA scholarship experience.
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Former Great Britain rugby captain visits County Durham school
June 28, 2021 Excerpt from The Northern Echo. Read full article. “Sporting superstar Jamie Peacock attended Sedgefield Community College, in County Durham, earlier this week to inspire youngsters to be their best selves. Mr Peacock is working in partnership with the Laidlaw Schools Trust to share the 30 Day Wellbeing Challenge programme. […] Geoff Robinson, headteacher…
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The Laidlaw Women’s Business Education Scholarship featured in the Financial Times
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 London Business School last year has helped to tackle the gender divide: “the number of women…
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Lord Laidlaw Wins Sailor of the Year at the Yacht Club de Monaco Awards 2020
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 of his successes in the world’s most prestigious races. Receiving the award, Lord Laidlaw talked of…
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Time capsule buried to celebrate new teaching centre at Sedgefield Community College
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 award-winning Sedgefield Community College, part of the Newcastle-based multi-academy trust, Laidlaw Schools Trust (LST), to…
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Laidlaw Foundation CEO Susanna V. Kempe Explains Simple Steps Leaders Can Take To Redress Gender Imbalance In Their Organisations
CEO of the Laidlaw Foundation, Susanna V. Kempe, was recently featured in London Business School’s publication Think to explain how organisations can dramatically redress the gender imbalance with simple, pragmatic steps. June 4, 2020 Excerpt from Think: “If you rank the Fortune 500 companies by the number of women on their boards, those that have…
