A. S. Hornby Educational Trust

Who we are
The Trust was founded in 1961 by A.S. Hornby, known as ASH to his friends. He was an English Language Teaching (ELT) specialist best known for producing the Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary published by Oxford University Press. To this day the trust is funded by the royalties from the dictionary and from related products which is invested in a professionally-managed investment portfolio.
The chief objective of the A.S. Hornby Educational Trust, as laid down in its Trust Deed, is to promote the teaching and learning of English as a Foreign Language, especially by providing scholarships and grants. Since 1961, the Trust has supported the professional development of over 500 teachers from the Global South via individual scholarships to study on MA programmes in the UK (the ‘Hornby Scholars’ scheme), regional schools (‘Hornby Schools’) and via small-scale project funding to alumni and to teacher associations.