Moira Barrie Award

The new Moira Barrie Award has been funded by Mr James and Mrs Moira Smith to support a student from the Department's Master's in Sustainable Urban Development.

The award of £15,000 towards the overall costs of undertaking the course, which involves eight teaching weeks in the UK (Oxford and London). The award is intended to help a candidate who would otherwise be unable to take part in the course.

In making this gift the Smiths are inspired by the work of Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus, pioneer in modern microcredit initiatives.

Said Mr and Mrs Smith, 'Helping each other, through continuing education at a personal level, creates opportunity for individual advancement and the ability to contribute to the good of the local community. By providing direct support via education, we hope to promote opportunities for economic and social development of the candidate's own local community or region.'

Barrie is a family name linked to Sir James Barrie, the Scottish writer.

To learn more about the Master's in Sustainable Urban Development, see: www.conted.ox.ac.uk/msud

To find out about supporting the work of the Department, see: www.conted.ox.ac.uk/support

Published 5 November 2013