About
To create the future, you have to plan for change. Which is why Oxford North is the culmination of many years of working collaboratively with many people.
It started with Oxford City Council, along with Oxfordshire County Council as highways authority. Their vision was to transform the area into a home for a thriving science and technology community.
Thomas White Oxford, the development company of St John’s College, with its residential partner, The Hill Group, and 50:50 commercial joint venture partners Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan with Stanhope, are also heavily committed to creating such a place. Not just to facilitate life-enhancing science and technology discoveries, but to be a new district of Oxford. A place where people want to live, work, visit and learn; somewhere which benefits everyone and delivers social value.
Oxford North has been designed by a world-leading team of masterplanners, architects, and specialist consultants, ensuring it connects and enhances the local area with open spaces, public art, events and culture.
At the heart of this project has always been the clear vision that Oxford North is the place people choose to excel in life and work, to be an exciting new place for science, but above all, for Oxford.
Delivering ESG at Oxford North
We’re committed to Oxford North being internationally recognised as an industry leader in delivering on Environmental, Social and Governance charter commitments.
We are doing this by aligning the planning, procurement and delivery of every element of the project.
Progress is measured via regular ESG reporting on performance data, benchmarking and performance case studies as set against our priorities.
By constantly adapting and evolving our approach, we’ll ensure Oxford North will be an extraordinary place to live and work.
Our project is a significant and intended stimulant for the local economy and employment market.
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We have in place an innovative strategy for attracting skills, employment & business. We’re working in collaboration with Oxford City Council and OxLEP, ensuring the project creates aspiration and opportunity for local people.
By identifying skills’ gaps and designing training that meets these gaps we are providing a structured pathway for local people to benefit from these opportunities.
What’s more, local education institutions are regularly invited to engage with design, construction, science and ecology as the project progresses.
We are focusing not only on maximising opportunities within the construction and end-use phases of the project, but also new emerging sectors such as augmented reality, virtual reality and digital skills.
Our Oxford North Social Value Steering Group is in place that includes Oxford City Council, OxLEP, Department of Work & Pensions, Abingdon & Witney College, Activate Learning, Aspire and Construction Industry Training Board.
Read our new Community Employment Plan – our strategy to help more local people into construction jobs.
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Oxford North Ventures
A 50:50 commercial joint venture partnership with St John’s College’s development company, Thomas White Oxford, and Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan with Stanhope.
Together we're responsible for creating and curating Oxford’s new innovation district to deliver places and buildings which enable life-enhancing discovery which can solve some of humanity’s greatest challenges and provide social value and community benefits.
A 50:50 commercial joint venture partnership with St John’s College’s development company, Thomas White Oxford, and Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan with Stanhope.
Together we're responsible for creating and curating Oxford’s new innovation district to deliver places and buildings which enable life-enhancing discovery which can solve some of humanity’s greatest challenges and provide social value and community benefits.
William Donger
Thomas White Oxford
Matt Dawkes
Thomas White Oxford
Jenny Hammarlund
Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan
David Camp
Stanhope
Thomas White Oxford's Board
Connecting academia and industry, the Board is committed to delivering an extraordinary new sustainable place for Oxford.
Connecting academia and industry, the Board is committed to delivering an extraordinary new sustainable place for Oxford.
Bernard Taylor
Chair
William Donger
Chief Executive Officer
Prof. Dame Kay Davies
Geneticist
Dame Alison Nimmo DBE
Property and sustainability
Zoe Hancock
Principal Bursar, St John's College
Prof. Andrew Parker
Neuroscience
Ian Laing
Property and industry
Prof. Jan Obloj
Mathematics
Global Delivery Team
