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From Access to Excellence: Transforming India’s Education Through EdTech and Personalised Adaptive Learning

17 January 2024Pritika Bathija, MBA2024India, LBS Students, Student voice, Wheeler Institute

India’s education landscape faces the critical challenge of improving learning outcomes. Embracing Education Technology (EdTech), particularly Personalised Adaptive Learning, may be the solution. The Indian education landscape With over 1.5 million schools and 260 million students,[1] India has one of the largest and most complex education systems in the world. Through effective public policy, such…

What does the Wheeler Institute’s DL Labs internship look like?

15 January 2024Chris WrightCollaborations, Communities, Education, India, LBS Students, Student voice, Wheeler InstituteDharma Life, Internships

Former intern Chris Wright (LBS MBA 2023) reports on his five months travelling across the Indian subcontinent as a DL Labs intern. From conducting research on-the-ground to liaising with high profile entrepreneurs, here’s how the experience informed his understanding of social enterprises. Dharma Life is an NGO driving progress through a network of 17,000 rural…

Financial Inclusion in Latin America: A Focus on Women and the Potential of FinTech

10 January 2024Cristina Gamboa Peralta, MBA2025Communities, LBS Students, Student voice, Wheeler Institute

How is new tech changing business in Latin America? Cristina Gamboa Peralta (London Business School, MBA2025) reports. The terms ‘sustainability’, ‘financial inclusion’, ‘social mobility’, and ‘value creation’ have permeated the vocabulary of business. People are driven not just by personal success but by the desire to make a positive impact. This mindset has transcended academia,…

What can finance take away from COP28?

21 December 2023Vitaly Zakalskiy, MiM 2024Collaborations, Events, LBS Students, Past Events, Student voice, Wheeler InstituteClimate Change, Collaborations, Events

How might COP28 impact global finance? Last week, the Wheeler Institute for Business and Development hosted ‘COP28 debrief breakfast: what can finance take away from COP28?’, in collaboration with ESG Book and the Climate Bonds Initiative, to explore some possible answers. Characterised by a sense of urgency and a challenging economic environment, COP28 marked a…

Retail Renaissance: Navigating the Future of Sustainable Shopping

19 December 2023Mahesh Jamb, MBA 2025Student voice, Wheeler InstituteInsights, Retail, Student Voice

On a trip to Shanghai a couple of years ago, I stumbled upon a grocery store called “Hema” when looking up robot restaurants. More than a typical grocery store, Hema represents the future of retail. Your smartphone acts as a shopping guide: scanning items, providing product details, and managing payments. The store seamlessly combines online…

Reflecting on Year One: My MBA Rollercoaster at LBS

25 August 2023Tong Wu, MBA 2024Student voice, Wheeler Institute

As the MBA2025 cohort embarked on their campus journey, it dawned on me: I had already completed my exhilarating first year at London Business School. Time truly flies when you’re constantly being pushed and inspired. While many of my peers ventured out on international exchange programs, hungry for new experiences, others were gearing up for…

How Green is Cryptocurrency?

3 April 2023Ritu Yadav, MBA2024Student voice, Wheeler Institute

Cryptocurrency has been the latest fanfare of the modern economy. Be it the hysteria ensuing Elon Musk’s tweets or the frauds committed by Mt Gox, a Japan based bitcoin exchange; cryptocurrency has never failed to captivate its supporters or detractors. Despite the fact that a major chunk of people is bullish on cryptocurrency, few critics…

Fairtrade: Is it Still Fair?

9 March 2023Devanshi Shah, MBA2024Student voice, Wheeler Institute

This week, I visited the Co-op on Baker Street, close to the School’s Sussex Place Campus, looking for some instant iced coffee. My eyes were drawn to Co-op’s branded Fairtrade Iced Coffee. The blue, green and black logo seemed familiar. I had stumbled upon it a few years ago as I was searching for a…

Learning Poverty: The Rise of a Skill Deficit, Worsened by COVID-19

6 February 2023Devanshi Shah, MBA2024Student voice, Wheeler Institute

Unemployment and literacy – two themes that have been met with interest in public policy for decades. While the scrutiny is justified, what perhaps is needed is a nuanced lens to the relationship between the two. Particularly in a post-pandemic world, as businesses and economies navigate for survival with a shift in priorities, the spillover…