The University of Oxford has purchased St Paul’s Church in Jericho, Oxford, for the Blavatnik School of Government, helping to ensure this important local building can be protected for the years ahead. 

A new scholarship for Greek citizens to study at Oxford’s Blavatnik School of Government, The Blavatnik Scholarship for Greece will enable future public leaders from Greece to study the Master of Public Policy course, a one-year immersive graduate degree designed for those who want to make a positive impact on society.

This year marks the 10th anniversary of the Blavatnik School of Government’s building, since its opening. Created by architects Herzog & de Meuron, the building won a 2016 RIBA National Award as a “cathedral of learning”.

Christian Turner, the incoming UK Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the UN in New York, has been appointed a Visiting Public Leadership Fellow at Oxford’s Blavatnik School of Government.

As countries meet at COP30 in the Amazon, a new survey of climate-related laws and regulations finds new and strengthened climate policies across the world, especially in Asia and emerging markets. Overall, however, policies remain insufficient to close the gap between targets and actions and prevent severe climate impacts. 

Heywood Fellow Lucy Smith, today set out a series of reforms to help government think long-term. These reforms, captured in the National Strategy Playbook, are needed to help prepare the UK for the major challenges – climate risk, demographic change, technological transformation and fraying social trust – that stretch beyond electoral terms. 

The six-month programme equips high-potential African public servants with the skills and values needed to foster excellence, effectiveness and integrity in their institutions through a blend of online and in-person learning. 

The Blavatnik School of Government and the Clooney Foundation for Justice launched the Oxford Institute of Technology and Justice. The new Institute, co-founded by Amal Clooney and Philippa Webb, is the first global initiative dedicated to harnessing the power of AI for justice.

Professor Peter Kemp, the Blavatnik School's first ever Vice-Dean and one of the School’s founding members of faculty, is retiring from the Blavatnik School of Government.