The Oxbridge Foundation builds the innovation leaders that Ukraine and Britain need — through world-class bootcamps, strategic forums and fully funded scholarships
OXBRIDGE FOUNDATION
Who we are
The Oxbridge Foundation was established in 2023 by Stephen and Helen Clarke with a single conviction: the talent displaced by war is not a burden — it is a strategic asset.
We work at the intersection of British and Ukrainian expertise — delivering entrepreneurship bootcamps at Oxford with UC Berkeley SCET, hosting high-level forums on critical infrastructure security, and providing fully funded scholarships to students whose education was interrupted by war.
Stephen and Helen Clarke, founders of Oxbridge Foundation
Three years in, the results are measurable. The next chapter is already underway.
“This is not charity. It is a strategic human capital investment with measurable returns.”
Bootcamp editions
3
Business, educational and cultural events
15
Funded places for qualifying students
100%
Bootcamp — 2026 is already underway
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Five days at the Bootcamp compress years of career discovery: you build a real venture, pitch it to real experts, and find out where your talents fit — engineering, enterprise, research or technology. You leave with skills AI cannot teach, a network spanning four countries, and a start-up story that sets your university application apart.
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Bootcamp partners don't sponsor an event — they join an ecosystem. Your experts mentor the teams, your challenges shape the programme, and your brand stands alongside Oxford and UC Berkeley in front of students, researchers and international partners. The result: early access to talent, ideas and networks that compound long after the five days end.
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One email starts everything. Students: name, age, school.
Partners: who you are and how you'd like to be involved.
The Oxbridge Foundation works in close partnership with Cherwell College Oxford — the independent tutorial college founded in 1972, whose Principal and Vice-Principal — Stephen and Helen Clarke — established the Foundation in 2023. The two organisations are distinct, but their work is deliberately connected: the College delivers world-class education; the Foundation opens it to talent that would otherwise be shut out.
Nowhere is this partnership more visible than in the Innovation Bootcamp. Delivered by Cherwell College with UC Berkeley's Sutardja Centre at Keble College, Oxford, the Bootcamp is where the Foundation's scholars learn side by side with students, researchers and entrepreneurs from around the world.
One college. One foundation. One pipeline of future leaders.
Our Projects
Oxford Entrepreneurship Bootcamp
Five days. Oxford. UC Berkeley. Real startups.
The Oxbridge Foundation Bootcamp brings together students from Oxford, Ukraine and beyond for an intensive entrepreneurship programme at Keble College, Oxford — delivered with UC Berkeley's Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology.
In December 2025, five start-ups were built in five days — including NourishU, created by a displaced Ukrainian student from the University of Aberdeen and a team spanning four countries.
Fully funded scholarship places available for Ukrainian students.
Port Infrastructure Protection Forum
Is critical port infrastructure in the UK and Europe truly secure? On 29 April 2026 in London, the Oxbridge Foundation co-hosted a landmark forum with leading experts in maritime security, defence and international policy.
The keynote was delivered by His Excellency Ambassador General Valerii Zaluzhnyi, who outlined a new philosophy of infrastructure security — and why Ukraine's operational experience is the key to protecting British and European ports.
Four expert panels. One conclusion: the existing regulatory frameworks are not fit for purpose — and the people needed to rebuild them are already here.
Scholarships
Since 2023, the Oxbridge Foundation has provided fully funded scholarships and programme places to Ukrainian students whose education was disrupted by war — enabling them to study at Oxford and participate in world-class entrepreneurship programmes. These scholarships are intended to provide a lifeline to dislocated Ukrainian students whose educational aspirations have been severely compromised by the relentless spectre of war.
These are not temporary measures. They are investments in the professionals who will lead Ukraine's recovery and build the next generation of British-Ukrainian partnerships in infrastructure, technology and innovation.
Through our collective efforts, we aim to foster resilience and empowerment in the face of adversity, ensuring that these deserving individuals are not merely survivors, but victors in their academic pursuits.
Back the Foundation and become a valued member of our esteemed team.
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The Oxbridge Foundation develops the next generation of British-Ukrainian innovation leaders — and turns that talent into measurable strategic value for the partners who back us.
We do this through three programmes that reinforce each other:
Bootcamp — A five-day entrepreneurship programme at Keble College, Oxford, delivered with UC Berkeley SCET. Students from Ukraine, Oxford and beyond build real ventures together. The December 2025 cohort produced five startups in five days.
Forum — The Port Infrastructure Protection Forum brings together government ministers, port security experts, Ukrainian officials and industry leaders to build a new security architecture for UK and European infrastructure.Scholarships — Fully funded places for Ukrainian students whose education was interrupted by war. Not temporary relief — strategic investment in the professionals Ukraine will need to rebuild.
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Ukraine's recovery is already under way. The professionals who will lead it — fluent in English, trained at the intersection of British and Ukrainian expertise, familiar with Western business culture — are being built by the Oxbridge Foundation right now.
Millions of Ukrainians are living in the UK and across Europe, many working significantly below their qualification levels. The infrastructure, expertise and networks to change that already exist.
The question is not whether to invest in this talent pipeline. The question is whether your organisation will be positioned to benefit when Ukraine's economy accelerates.
Join a league of exceptional minds
Renowned football luminary Andriy Shevchenko, alongside distinguished Ukrainian artists, British educationalists, and American entrepreneurs, has thrown their weight behind the launch of the Oxbridge Foundation. Why enlist such esteemed figures, you ask?
In the annals of human history, it's often during the most challenging epochs that the most influential and invaluable figures emerge—think of luminaries like John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, who steered progress in tumultuous times. We are privileged to welcome individuals of similar calibre who share our vision and commitment to effecting positive change.
And here's the exciting part: you have the opportunity to join this team!
Read about us in the media
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Interfax
Ukraine's experience, a new security architecture and the training of current Ukrainian-British professionals is the response to the response to the threats to Port Infrastructure
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BBC News
“Former world footballer of the year Andriy Shevchenko has helped launch a charity in Oxford that aims to pay for Ukrainian students' education.”
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Daily Express
“Ukrainian football stars kick off 'empowering' scheme to train future leaders. The pair pitched in for the launch of the Oxbridge Foundation which will work to secure university places at Oxford and Cambridge for promising teenagers..”
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Oxford Mail
“Ukrainian football stars Andriy Shevchenko and Oleksandr Zinchenko are backing a “vital” education scheme for students affected by the war.”
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