Latest University of Oxford: Said Business School news

Biz Stone, co-founder of Twitter, was back on campus today to address MBAs at Oxford’s Saïd Business School. The entrepreneur had key start-up lessons to share.

Business schools, for all their efforts to trump diversity, still fail to bridge the gender gap. But new initiatives at b-school and big corporations are giving female MBAs a helping hand.

European and US schools are seeing a huge increase in demand for executive education courses and EMBAs. Fuelled by growth in emerging markets, the business of executive education is booming.

At business schools across the world, a thriving network of female business leaders is emerging. Women's MBA clubs are helping women land MBA jobs and break into the boardroom.

Oxford Saïd Business School threw its weight behind gender equality in business last week. The leading MBA provider is campaigning to make financial inclusion for women a global imperative.

Executive education is in rude health. New rankings include a record number of programs and show that United States-based schools are losing their dominance.

Europe’s entrepreneurial scene is far short of Silicon Valley's offering. Tech City in the UK offers MBAs some hope, but a lack of venture capital funding is hampering Europe's development.

A tech background is no longer required for MBA jobs with the big guns. MBA recruiters from Infosys, Gartner and TNS UK say they are casting their cyber nets far and wide.

Social entrepreneurship is sweeping its way across the business school world. This generation of MBAs want to challenge the status quo and solve the world's problems – through start-ups.

Pamela Hartigan, director of the Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship at Saïd Business School, says that entrepreneurs don't do MBA programs - but MBAs will be crucial in scaling their ideas.