Posted by: Eileen Chen on January 15, 2019
I sat doe-eyed in the Nelson Mandela Theatre during our first week with 315 new best friends, all eager and excited for the year of adventure to come. I did not expect to hear a 4-word quote that would change my career perspective forever. In the middle of the week, 2016 alum Gillian Benjamin used […]
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Posted by: HKN Padiachy on January 14, 2019
As Michaelmas term comes to an end, time to go through what was indeed an adjustment chapter, the more considering Oxford’s intricate web of customs and traditions. Some of this term’s (unusual) experiences would have been: 1. Wearing a bow tie for the first time after having been through several Youtube tutorials on how to […]
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Posted by: Diana Kolar on December 20, 2018
What a whirlwind Michaelmas has been – I am grateful to use this post to take a step back and reflect on all of the incredible moments/people/places/experiences of this term. Besides getting to know my diverse and impressive classmates and taking unbelievable bonding trips to London, Berlin and Helsinki – the defining activity of this […]
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Posted by: Laura White on December 19, 2018
Twinkling Christmas lights and holiday cheer all around have prompted me to think about my most magical moments at Oxford so far. While these moments were easy to identify, it surprised me that the most serendipitous opportunities that I encountered were not a part of my classes, clubs, or regularly scheduled activities. Our MBA schedules […]
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Posted by: Katherine Abbott on December 17, 2018
Its 6:45pm, we have 15 minutes to finalise a presentation to FC Barcelona, copy check a letter on Chef Ferran Adria’s ‘creative audit process’ and make sure our strategic recommendations make sense. This moment of the ‘Creativity for Business Innovation’ competition arrived ten hours after sitting around a boardroom table, trying not to be overheard […]
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Posted by: Werner Bosman on December 14, 2018
In our first week at Oxford many runners in the MBA cohort linked up with one another to focus on the Oxford half-marathon. Some were in a state of panic and others were in high-performance mode. Whether doing a first half-marathon or aiming to smash a personal best, we got together to cram in some […]
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Posted by: Alma C. Gutierrez Toledano on December 12, 2018
The first thing you learn when you arrive in Oxford is to speak Oxonian. There are no numbered semesters or quarters in Oxford. Terms are divided into three trimesters: Michaelmas, Hilary, and Trinity. What people might think as of “Harry Potter style uniforms” is called sub fusc. It consists of black and white smart clothes […]
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Posted by: Valerie Aguiar on December 10, 2018
My classmates are generous. Time is limited between classes, employer events, and social activities. Yet, time and time again, students are more than willing to offer their limited time to support other students in the program. I was lucky enough to get a sense of this well before joining the 2018-19 cohort. My first encounter […]
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Posted by: Matthew Morgan on December 6, 2018
“Never forget that there are countless people who would be happy to live your worst day.” – Colombian Airbnb Host. These words of wisdom will forever stick as a relevant daily reminder from one of the many interactions of my round-the-world voyage over the summer. Since then, already two months have swiftly passed in the […]
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Posted by: Nana Abena on December 4, 2018
After 2 months at Oxford, I have learned some life lessons, made some mistakes, made some incredible friends, met some powerful people and the most exciting part is that, it’s just the beginning. On 17 September 2018, about 300 students from over 60 countries gathered at the Nelson Mandela Lecture Theatre at the Saïd Business […]
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