Bringing together the brightest minds to build a better world through education educators, neuroscientists, psychologists, economists, statisticians and innovators. The luminaries are determined to take concrete actions to close the inequality gap in education around the world. They aspire to build new bridges between the worlds of research and practice to make education more responsive to the challenges of the 21st century, and more inclusive for the millions of children who are marginalized by today’s systems.
The luminaries are a diverse group of highly accomplished leaders, who have developed both practical and theoretical expertise on education by drawing on different disciplines. In their own work, they have seen the power of education to change lives, transform communities, economies and societies, and build a better world. The council’s unique strength lies in its ability to have educational experts from multiple disciplines. This means, the council can look at problems from many different angles, from listening to learners and communities; and work together in
- Speak with a collective voice on the big issues Among them schools of the future, the role of technology and teacher development.
Ideas for change
Learning is essential for society and the world to progress. The Yidan Prize was founded on the belief that education promotes well-being and should be available to everyone.
We aim to bring that closer to reality by supporting exceptional initiatives and collaborations in learning and education.The Yidan Prize Foundation has visited Europe to encourage nominations for the Yidan Prize and engage in discussions on the future of education with a cross-section of stakeholders in the region. This high-level engagement brings together for the first time the world’s largest international award in education and the European education community.
Speaking at the Milken Institute London Summit 2016, Dr Charles Chen Yidan, Founder of the Yidan Prize talked about how education can fill the skills gap amidst the fourth industrial revolution and what role can philanthropists play to facilitate a successful transition of education development across the globe.
During his visit to the United Kingdom and Germany, Charles and his team introduced the Yidan Prize to leading members of the academic and education community. In addition to visiting the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge and University College London, he also had meetings with the Sutton Trust, Humboldt University of Berlin, Free University of Berlin, the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and other universities, foundations and research institutes.
During the nomination period from this September to March 2017, the Foundation plans to visit Europe, Asia and other regions to call for more high quality nominations from across the globe.
Read the media coverage about the Yidan Prize on BBC, The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, The Globe and Mail, The Times Educational Supplement, among others In 1998, Dr Charles Chen Yidan co-founded Tencent and was its Chief Administrative Officer. Under Dr Chen’s leadership, Tencent launched the Tencent Charity Foundation, the very first charity foundation in China’s Internet industry. Apart from his charity work with the Tencent network, Dr Chen has dedicated himself to setting up Wuhan College, a pioneer of non-profit private universities in China.Princess Laurentien of the Netherlands is a social entrepreneur, writer, strategist and dialogue facilitator. Her work revolves around social innovation and intergenerational dialogue on sustainability as well as socio-economic issues. She is a passionate advocate of systemic change through human-designed solutions and emancipation of ‘unexpected experts’.
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