October 29th, 2007
Posted by Lindsay
Under: Academic, Lindsay Miller, Oxford Life, Sports & Social
The last month has been a busy one. The novelty of moving to a new country has been replaced by the realities of Oxford academia, although I’m still struck by the quintessentially British quirks confronting me when I do manage to leave the library:
Oxford “freshers” (students attending “uni” for the first time), stumble drunk down [...]
October 29th, 2007
Posted by Jitin
Under: Academic, Events & Speakers, Jitin Dhanani, Oxford Life
First up, do not let the sleep deprivation in the blog title not give the wrong impression. It was a good week :-). There were a few positives…
After the low of last week, not getting on the Entrepreneurship OBN, I got on the committee for Alumni relations role [...]
October 22nd, 2007
Posted by Satoko
Under: Academic, Events & Speakers, Satoko Ueyama
De facto Day 1 at the SBS: George David CEO
On 28th of September, we had the first event all the MBA students were expected to attend, the first “distinguished speaker seminar.” Mr. George David, Chairman and CEO of United Technologies Corporation, visited the SBS and talked to the incoming students. I was looking forward to [...]
October 22nd, 2007
Posted by Jitin
Under: Academic, Jitin Dhanani, Oxford Life, Sports & Social
Week 4 over….2 weeks of studies over. So in a way 25% of my first semester is over (8 week semester). WOW.
Dunno if i am getting used to the pace of ‘the grind’ or all I did was work this week, but it was a relatively sedate week. Lectures were on in full [...]
October 18th, 2007
Posted by Satoko
Under: Oxford Life, Satoko Ueyama
There are times in your life when you feel a lot, think a lot, and grow a lot. I would like every moment to be like that but having lived here in Oxford for the past month, I can say that this is definitely one of those times! For one thing, this is my very [...]