August 7th, 2008
Posted by Kristina
Under: Academic, Kristina FitzGerald, Oxford Life
Back to work in the London office after modules 5 and 6. The pace has stepped up a notch - for the amount of time spent in lectures, pre- and follow up readings and case studies, as well as in the forthcoming series of assessment deadlines and exams.
Since starting the Executive MBA, time management has [...]
July 5th, 2008
Posted by Kristina
Under: Academic, Kristina FitzGerald, Oxford Life, Sports & Social
Sadly, I haven’t any photos from this past week in Oxford, which is a pity because this time, I had a lovely sole-occupancy flat with a roof terrace on the river next to Oxford Castle. Unbelievable, but true. Claire and I had identical adjacent flats, sharing the expansive roof terrace, and were as such compelled [...]
April 24th, 2008
Posted by Kristina
Under: Kristina FitzGerald, Oxford Life, Sports & Social, Student Blogs
With the London and Boston Marathons just gone, it’s easy to draw parallels between earning the Oxford Executive MBA degree and running the 26.2 mile/42.2 km course. I would know, having finished the London Marathon in 2006 as a bit of a one-hit-wonder (I’m not a runner by any stretch of the imagination).
The anticipation before [...]