Posted by: Yura Mykhaylyuk on February 23, 2015
Module two is over and now it looks like the real work has started. The first module was mostly about teasers of what to expect, on day one we greeted each other like good friends and the communication between our group is good; mainly through our What’sApp group – an almost 24/7 pulse of our cohort. Our first GOTO assignment […]
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Posted by: Moses Soussis on February 20, 2015
Let me start by sharing with you my experience from Module 2 on Data & Analytics I arrived in Oxford on Sunday evening with my bag of clothes and laptops, I tend to carry work and personal laptops because life doesn’t stop when you are on an EMBA. After my usual short trip from Paddington […]
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Posted by: Moses Soussis on February 3, 2015
So here we are, after months of preparation, application forms, essays, interviews and soul searching, I’ve done it and been accepted to the Oxford Executive programme. Everyone keeps asking me if it was hard to get in and I have to admit that my answer is NO if you want to do it for genuine reasons. You […]
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Posted by: Jyoti Chopra on January 28, 2015
Amidst heartwarming messages of congratulations and welcome to the University of Oxford, “You can do it!” exclaimed Kathy Harvey, EMBA Programme Director. “The next 21-months will transform you completely,” she promised, telling us emphatically that we would become different people and very different kinds of leaders by the end of the program. An exciting way […]
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Posted by: Per magne Sviggum on January 26, 2015
Arrival Loaded with anticipation I stepped off the bus at Gloucester Green station last Sunday. A new age in my professional life was about to commence, and Oxford was showing its most convivial side, bathed in golden winter sun. The rich history of the city manifests itself through a great mixture of medieval and current […]
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Posted by: Yura Mykhaylyuk on January 25, 2015
On the last day of module one, I am sitting at Heathrow analyzing this eventful week. In one word – excellent. Everyone is attracted by the magic that the brand “Oxford” but everyone also has extremely high expectations for Oxford. A programme of this level must respond to the very high demands of its participants in […]
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Posted by: Christer Holloman on October 9, 2014
Four months into my Executive MBA I left my previous job to start an online payments business. Five months later we closed our first round of funding from Europe’s leading early stage syndicate, Seedcamp, representing investors like Fidelity Growth Partners, Index Ventures and the European Investment Fund. This is a short story about why starting […]
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Posted by: Christer Holloman on May 27, 2014
When reporting from Sochi earlier this year, Mashable reporter Kurt Wagner remarked, ‘The Olympic Village has long been identified as a place overflowing with sexual tension, considering it brings together mostly young, fit, stressed out athletes from all over the world in one place;’ in order words, it was just like Oxford. Joking aside, all […]
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Posted by: Christer Holloman on April 8, 2014
Oxford University is a little bit different from other universities in many ways, one of which is the fact that you are not just a member of the University and a member of your department or faculty, but also a member of a College. Once you have paid your deposit you will be sent a […]
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