Leadership Programme
A special feature of the Weidenfeld Scholarships is the Leadership Programme, which fosters the intellectual and professional development of the Scholars and facilitates a network of future leaders. It does this through a diverse range of activities including:
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An intensive Annual Leadership and Public Policy Seminar event where emphasis is placed on critical thinking... More
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An Annual Study Tour, which aims to provide the Scholars with first-hand experience of national and international institutions...More
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A series of discussions, the Weidenfeld Debates, offers an annual programme of public policy debates, organised by the Scholars... More
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These specific activities are complemented by a range of additional professional development and team building activities... More
Overall the programme provides Scholars with the knowledge, skills and international networks necessary to contribute optimally to public life in their countries and regions of origin and to build lasting professional linkages across cultures and continents. All main Leadership Programme activities are compulsory for Weidenfeld Scholars.
Leadership Components
Leadership and Public Policy Seminar
Study Tours
Weidenfeld Debates
Communication Skills Training
Public Policy Analysis Workshop
ISD Network and Mentoring
Other Activities and Events
Recent events
Lord Weidenfeld and Sir Ronald Grierson, co-founders of the Weidenfeld Scholarships and Leadership Programme, April 2010
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
Jonathan Powell, former aide to Tony Blair, addresses the inaugural Turkey Workshop, London, September 2011
The tenth meeting of the European Policy Planners' Network, hosted by the Home Office, London, November 2011
Acclaimed sociologist Manuel Castells, Humanitas Visiting Professor in Media, Cambridge University, November 2011
HE Karel Schwarzenberg, Czech Foreign Minister, addresses an invited audience at an ISD policy breakfast, October 2011
Humanitas Visiting Professorship in Comparative European Literature
University of Oxford, 31 January to 21 February 2012
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
More recent events
