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Education House Oxford 2026

Blavatnik School of Government, Oxford, UK

Transforming Systems - Collaborating for A New Paradigm for Education

Education is the engine that can equip young people with the agency, awareness, creativity and critical thinking necessary to navigate  complex challenges. While some systems are already embracing this broader purpose, a cohesive alignment around a new paradigm for education is still emerging.

Under the theme Transforming Systems – Collaborating for a New Paradigm for Education, Education House Oxford will explore how collective action can shift education from incremental reform to systemic transformation, a key lever for social change. 

Hosted in Oxford during the annual Skoll World Forum, Education House offers a complementary setting: smaller in scale, structured for dialogue, and intentionally cross-sector. The objective is not another panel conversation, but a catalyst for aligned action.

The programme follows a deliberate learning arc across three interconnected dimensions:

  • Purpose
    How can we accelerate widespread shifts in the purpose of education towards a new paradigm? To support students to shape a better future, education must match strong content delivery with developing agency, ethical judgement, creativity and the capacity to navigate complexity.
  • People
    How are we building the collective leadership required for systems change across all levels of our systems? From educators and social entrepreneurs to policymakers and researchers, the session will examine how we build collective leadership across all levels of our systems.
  • Philanthropy
    How can funders catalyse collective action and long-term systems change to advance a new paradigm for education?  Rather than isolated pilots, philanthropy is increasingly called to enable durable partnerships, shared infrastructure and patient capital that supports implementation at scale.

Education House Oxford is co-convened together with a coalition of global education leaders, including ShikshaLokam, Global Schools Forum, JA Worldwide, Transcend, and VVOB. 

Registration will open March 18th at 9 a.m. GMT. With capacity for 100 attendees, early expression of interest is encouraged.