by Grace Oreffo | Oct 18, 2024 | Universities and Black History Month
In the UK, Black History Month is an annual event celebrated in October. It’s a time to celebrate the history, achievements, and contributions of Black British, African and Caribbean people in a society that can overlook these accomplishments and a school curriculum...
by Grace Oreffo | Aug 22, 2024 | Academic Equality
On Thursday 15th August students up and down the country were nervously waiting for the release of their A-level results. For many there was relief- government figures showed that 76% of English 18-year-old applicants were accepted into their first choice of...
by Grace Oreffo | Dec 4, 2020 | Academic Equality, Events
Liverpool Responds Talk: Enabling Diversity, Equality and Inclusion We are very excited to announce that our founder, Richard Oreffo, will be speaking on the University of Liverpool’s event series Liverpool Responds. Liverpool Responds is a fortnightly online event...
by Grace Oreffo | Sep 28, 2020 | Cowrie Milestones & People
Why is the Foundation called Cowrie? This is one of the first questions that we get here at the foundation- why did you decide to call it cowrie? The foundation was named after the cowrie shell, one of the most successful and universal forms of currency in the world....
by Grace Oreffo | Nov 23, 2017 | Academic Equality, Events
Cowrie Scholarship Talk with Social Impact Lab We are excited to announce our founder Richard Oreffo will be joining Social Impact Lab to discuss ‘Transforming lives through access to higher education’. Richard will be joining Dr. Pathik Pathak on Tuesday 24th...
