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Gold Standard Internship Host 2023 and 2025
Right for Education (R:Ed) has been recognised by the University of Oxford’s Internship Office as a Gold Standard Internship Host in 2023 and 2025. Through REdy Africa, R:Ed is also a Supporting Partner of the Financial Times’ Africa Sustainable Futures Awards.
- 2Gold Standard awards
- 2016hosting Oxford interns since
- 30–50Oxford students hosted
- 15articles by Oxford interns
R:Ed and the University of Oxford: a partnership in learning and impact
In 2023 and 2025, Right for Education (R:Ed) received the Gold Standard Internship Host Award from the University of Oxford’s Internship Office, recognising our commitment to providing valuable and meaningful internship experiences for Oxford students.
R:Ed has hosted University of Oxford interns since 2016, and over the years we have worked with approximately 30–50 Oxford students across our programmes and content initiatives.
Our Oxford interns contribute to R:Ed’s mission of making relevant knowledge accessible to African audiences. Their work includes researching and writing educational articles, developing content for our digital platforms, facilitating webinars on journalism, writing and editing, and building practical job-market skills. Interns also take part in research projects and exchange ideas and experiences virtually with R:Ed authors and contributors across Africa.
The result is a genuine exchange of knowledge between Oxford students and African writers, researchers and communities. Oxford interns have contributed articles on healthcare systems, zoonotic diseases, digital transformation in healthcare, urban heat, African culture, education and water. Some have also written together with R:Ed Chapter authors, such as the joint article by Sophia Mai of the University of Oxford and Samantha Mudiriro from Zimbabwe.
This collaboration goes beyond a conventional internship. Students gain practical experience working on real projects for a Pan-African audience, while R:Ed benefits from their research, perspectives and skills. Our African authors and Oxford interns also learn from one another across different cultural and academic contexts.
The Gold Standard Internship Host Award reflects more than a single successful internship. It recognises several years of continuous collaboration, the quality of the experience provided, and positive feedback from students.
For R:Ed, the partnership represents what we believe education should do: connect people, exchange knowledge and create opportunities for learning and impact across borders.
Hear from an Oxford intern
“My key takeaway from this is to avoid simply grouping countries together into one term, like developing countries, but rather appreciate how the history of a country has led to its current healthcare state.”
Haisem Zeino, University of Oxford intern, 2026. Read the article →
About the award
Each year, the University of Oxford’s Internship Office recognises hosts of its Summer, Micro and Crankstart Internship Programmes that provide an excellent internship experience. It assesses:
- the quality of feedback from interns
- consistency of internship provision
- responsiveness to students and to the Internship Office
- responsiveness to constructive feedback
- commitment to the programmes over several consecutive terms or years
Read the Internship Office’s information about Gold Standard Hosts →
Articles by our Oxford interns
Written together with R:Ed Chapter authors
Meet more of our Oxford contributors: R:Ed Oxford Society authors → · Also in French: L’eau : un enjeu pas comme les autres
Financial Times
Africa Sustainable Futures Awards
Through REdy Africa, R:Ed is a Supporting Partner of the Financial Times’ Africa Sustainable Futures Awards. We promote the awards across Africa, encourage eligible changemakers and organisations to apply, and interview award winners so they can share their work with a wider African audience.
The partnership strengthens R:Ed’s role as a bridge between global platforms, African voices and audiences.
Triply’s management on winning the Financial Times award, interviewed by R:Ed.
Our founder on the international stage
R:Ed’s founder, Dr Susi Dattenberg-Doyle, Queen of Gbi Kpoeta, Ghana, speaks at international forums about Africa’s talent, education and investment.
10 September 2026
Vontobel Summit 2026
Speaker. Theme: “Global Growth, Local Partnership: Building inclusive opportunities through collaboration”.
2026 · Zurich
Family Office Forum Zurich, Prestel & Partner
Employment, remote work and talent search, and what these trends mean for investors engaging with Africa’s talent.
2025 · London
Family Office Forum London, Prestel & Partner
Panel: “The Gender Lens: Founders Pushing the Frontiers of Entrepreneurship”.
2021 and 2026 · London
CC Forum London: Global Investment in Sustainable Development
Speaker at three editions: workshop “Focus on Africa: Investing in the Continent” (October 2021), panel “Geopolitics Is Redefining Global Economies — Where Will Sustainable Capital Flow?” (March 2026), and the XIV edition (27–30 October 2026).
Also attended
21–22 October 2025 · London
FT Africa Summit 2025
The Financial Times’ annual summit on Africa, held at The Peninsula London.
12–14 October 2025 · Berlin
World Health Summit 2025
An international conference on global health.
Honoured in Ghana
Dr Susi Dattenberg-Doyle was enthroned as Mama Ngoryisi Dziwornu I of Gbi-Kpoeta, Hohoe, in Ghana’s Volta Region.
Pictured: R:Ed’s tribute to the late Ewefiaga Togbui Agboli K. F. Agokoli IV, under whose leadership the coronation took place.
In the press
HELLO! magazine covered the CC Forum on climate change in Paris (January 2025), in which Dr Susi Dattenberg-Doyle took part.
More events and press coverage: Media →
On air
R:Ed Unpacked, our weekly youth debate series, is broadcast on Sky Alpha HD, an online radio station from Lesotho, every Wednesday from 15:00 to 16:00 (SAST). Young Africans discuss education, leadership, innovation, culture and social change.
In the classroom
Meiji Gakuin University used our article What Is Active Listening and How Is It a Helpful Skill? (Rebecca Ogden, 2020) as the reading passage in its English entrance exam, crediting R:Ed by name and link. With our permission, the Japanese educational publisher Kyogakusha is reprinting it in its collection of Meiji Gakuin’s past exam papers for high-school students (2027–2029 editions).
Pictured: the source line printed in the exam paper.
What our Campus Ambassadors say
The lessons and skills I learned through the programme had a significant impact on how I approached my interview. I learned to present myself confidently, communicate my strengths effectively, and distinguish myself professionally. With greater confidence, preparation, and clarity, I successfully passed the interview.
Mats’eliso Juliett SekepeNational University of Lesotho
The lessons and leadership skills I gained through the R:Ed Campus Ambassador Programme played an important role in preparing me for new leadership opportunities. Just hours before my graduation, I was elected Chairperson of the NIPA Brand Ambassadors Network through a voting process.
Mweenzi MwaangaNational Institute of Public Administration (NIPA)
Hear from our Outstanding Campus Ambassador.