We are already in week 2 of our last regular term, the so-called Trinity Term. Actually, this term, our lectures already started in week 0, so, it’s the third week of classes, i.e. it would be the third week for me if I hadn’t missed all the lectures in week 0. The Easter Break started with the Skoll World Forum on Social Entrepreneurship. That’s a huge conference hosted by the Business School. I think there were more than 700 delegates present, among them the three Nobel Peace Prize Laureates Jody Williams, Jimmy Carter and Al Gore.

The week after that, the Oxford Literary Festival took place at Christ Church College. Since I really love books I went to quite a few events there, e.g. to a discussion with Louis de Bernières and to a really interesting talk by Robert Fisk, the Middle East Correspondent for the Independent. It’s fascinating how much he knows about the history of and the present situation in the Middle East. If you ever get the chance to go to one of his talks you should definitely go for it. I’m sure his books are really interesting, too. Unfortunately, their length is a real disincentive to read them.
That reminds me of some of the readings we have to do for our classes. Although most of them are quite interesting unfortunately these are often long and I just don’t manage to read all of them. But before getting back to our lectures, let me continue with the Easter Break.
Well, during the break, there were also two major assignments (Financial Management and the Entrepreneurial Project) due. So, it wasn’t all about enjoying life in and around Oxford for me. Nonetheless, I really enjoyed the break. My girl-friend visited for a few days. Although that’s really unusual we had a wonderful snowy day in Oxford.

We then got a rental car and went to the Cotswolds for a couple of days. In Stratford-upon-Avon, we saw a Shakespeare play (The Merchant of Venice) at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre. In Cheltenham, we had lunch at a two-star restaurant, the Champignon Sauvage. Besides that, we visited Winchcombe, Charlecote Park, Sudeley Castle, Broadway Tower and Chastleton House. I was really impressed by all these villages, castles and so on, and can only recommend visiting the Cotswolds.

It’s one of the advantages of studying in Oxford, not only that there’s so much happening in Oxford itself but also that there are so many interesting places close by. For example, I still definitely want to visit the Blenheim Palace and Salisbury.
During the break, we had two more conferences at the business school, the Summit on Business & Environment and the Private Equity Forum. Since I couldn’t get enough of these conferences I went to another one in Germany during week 0. That’s the reason why I missed all my lectures then. Anyways, I think I have managed to catch up with everything by now. I chose quite a variety of courses this term. My most favourite Trinity courses are Corporate Social Responsibility & Ethical Marketing and Business in China.