January 30th, 2008

Dignity – Listening to Sir Lindsay Owen-Jones, Chairman of L’Oreal

Posted by Satoko
Under: Events & Speakers, Satoko Ueyama

One of the things I love about life here is that there are so many opportunities to listen to people; we have a lot of speaker events both at the Said Business School and in other locations within the University of Oxford. It’s really nice to think about what is important to the speaker, [...]

December 28th, 2007

Very briefly on the first term’s subjects…

Posted by Satoko
Under: Academic, Satoko Ueyama

Holidays after the exams are a good time to make trips, get relaxed, have a lot of fun, and also to reflect on the previous term.  Here I would like to write about some of the things I personally thought about concerning the subjects in the first term; specifically, what I did not necessarily expect to be [...]

December 24th, 2007

Le petit bonheur – jogging in Oxford!

Posted by Satoko
Under: Oxford Life, Satoko Ueyama

Apart from the academic challenges and a number of events from parties to seminars on various topics, there are some small things/moments I really love here; jogging in Oxford, or example, is one of my favourites. I remember writing to a friend of mine just after arriving here saying Oxford is such [...]

October 22nd, 2007

First Impressions

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 18th, 2007

My reasons for writing

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 [...]