Posted by: JJ van de Vyver on April 23, 2019
As we exchanged influences one chilly Friday afternoon in the Lighthouse, a wise friend on the MBA programme showed me the poem that you will find in this post. It was, and remains, a tremendous gift. A metaphor for life, ‘Ithaka’ (by C.P. Cavafy) also beautifully captures the essence of this wild, winding, wonderful year. […]
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Posted by: Ollie Ormiston on April 19, 2019
I was recently speaking with a friend of mine who is still serving in the military (by coincidence an Oxford alum, although as an undergraduate rather than SBS). He mentioned some work he was doing on “securitisation” policies. A year ago I would have instinctively known that he was talking about the development of security-focused […]
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Posted by: Sergio M. Navarro on April 17, 2019
At the Oxford MBA, we have been exploring what it means to run a company from the perspective of a future CEO focused on sustainability with a mission to effect good globally. Having the opportunity to hone our strategy and leadership skills with world class faculty at Oxford has been a tremendous experience this past spring, learning […]
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Posted by: Alma C. Gutierrez Toledano on April 15, 2019
“What type of MBA is the one in Oxford? Do you guys specialise in Finance, Business Management or Social Impact?” The truth is that fortunately there is no specialisation in the Oxford MBA, all of us come from such different backgrounds that the whole class and the resources available in Oxford make it a rich […]
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Posted by: Matthew Morgan on April 12, 2019
Roaming the halls during the Oxford Freshers Week in late September, I was floored by the number of societies and student organisations present in the Examination School building. There were what seemed like endless rooms filled with even more societies. And then I haphazardly walked by a booth with the name “Oxford Development Consultancy” written […]
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Posted by: Pranav Sharma on March 22, 2019
Q1. In one word, how would your best friend describe you, and how would you manager describe you? Best friend: Reliable Manager: Grinder Q2. Tell us about where you have come from and what has led you to Oxford. Born and raised in India, I took the initiative to move to Canada at the age […]
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Posted by: Kaitlin Thompson on March 20, 2019
As I prepared to move to the UK for the MBA, many remarked “it won’t be that different” and “they speak English too”. I too understated the adjustment and culture shock I would experience, probably because I worked in Spain for two months after my first year of university and studied in Chile for a […]
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Posted by: Eileen Chen on March 12, 2019
Eileen Chen is a 2018-19 MBA student at Oxford’s Saïd Business School and a Canadian marketer with four years of experience in the consumer packaged goods industry. Her marketing experience included managing an e-commerce website and developing data-driven recommendations through consumer insights for Keurig Canada. Her current career aspirations are to use marketing’s power to […]
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Posted by: Oxford Seed Fund on March 1, 2019
The Cambrian explosion was an event that occurred approximately 541 million years ago and resulted in the divergence of most modern metazoan phyla – basically caused the separation for species that led to modern day humans. Before the Cambrian explosion, most organisms were simple, composed of individual cells occasionally organized into colonies. Over the following […]
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Posted by: Grace Stephens on February 12, 2019
As I think back on this time of year, I remember that last year I was gearing up to head to Oxford for my admissions interview after having received the invitation at the end of January. It was an exciting time, but also a bit nerve-racking. I was thinking through my application for potential questions […]
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