Oxford firsts
Howard Lake | 20 November 2000 | News
Oxford University’s innovation in fundraising is emphasised in its current newsletter to alumni. Michael Smithson, Director of the Oxford University Development Officer writes: “Oxford was the first university in the UK to establish a properly structured Development Office; it was the first UK university to open a permanent Development office in the United States; and in 1995 it was the first UK university to complete a major capital campaign.”
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Howard Lake is consultant editor of UK Fundraising. He founded the site in 1994 and successfully sold it in 2022. As director of Giving X Ltd he is exploring growing giving on a massive scale.
He is the founder of Fundraising Camp and co-founder of GoodJobs.