Welcome to the MBA Experience

For a year this is the blog where I documented what it was like to apply for and take an MBA at Said Business School, Oxford University. As the blog says I chronicled it all, from application to graduation. The site contains information about applying for an MBA, revision notes for many of the courses I did and the complete archives of the posts I wrote during my time in Oxford.

This final post is a guide to the archives. I hope you find it useful.

MBA Preparation
In which I read textbooks, join a gym, see Elvis Costello live and wonder about the future.

08/18/2002 - 08/24/2002
08/25/2002 - 08/31/2002
09/01/2002 - 09/07/2002
09/08/2002 - 09/14/2002
09/15/2002 - 09/21/2002
09/22/2002 - 09/28/2002
09/29/2002 - 10/05/2002
10/06/2002 - 10/12/2002


Term 1, Michaelmas Term
In which I am challenged by Oxford, Finance, Accounting and meet the class. Plus a pre-Christmas holiday in Amsterdam.

10/13/2002 - 10/19/2002
10/20/2002 - 10/26/2002
10/27/2002 - 11/02/2002
11/03/2002 - 11/09/2002
11/10/2002 - 11/16/2002
11/17/2002 - 11/23/2002
11/24/2002 - 11/30/2002
12/01/2002 - 12/07/2002
12/08/2002 - 12/14/2002
12/15/2002 - 12/21/2002

Term 2, Hilary Term
Includes Christmas in Newcastle. Joe Strummer dies and as the world gets ready to go to war I get more than a bit political. Plus marketing, finance II (son of finance), and the Oxford Business Forum.

12/22/2002 - 12/28/2002
12/29/2002 - 01/04/2003
01/05/2003 - 01/11/2003
01/12/2003 - 01/18/2003
01/19/2003 - 01/25/2003
01/26/2003 - 02/01/2003
02/02/2003 - 02/08/2003
02/09/2003 - 02/15/2003
02/16/2003 - 02/22/2003
02/23/2003 - 03/01/2003
03/02/2003 - 03/08/2003
03/09/2003 - 03/15/2003
03/16/2003 - 03/22/2003

Term 3, Trinity Term
Pausing only to write a business plan I flee Oxford for Madeira. Then I come back to a summer term of electives.

03/23/2003 - 03/29/2003
03/30/2003 - 04/05/2003
04/06/2003 - 04/12/2003
04/13/2003 - 04/19/2003
04/20/2003 - 04/26/2003
04/27/2003 - 05/03/2003
05/04/2003 - 05/10/2003
05/11/2003 - 05/17/2003
05/18/2003 - 05/24/2003
05/25/2003 - 05/31/2003
06/01/2003 - 06/07/2003
06/08/2003 - 06/14/2003
06/15/2003 - 06/21/2003
06/22/2003 - 06/28/2003

Summer in Oxford and the September Session
Summer means punting, lazing about and an eight week project for Cisco Systems. Then its back for the final exams and the end of the MBA.

06/29/2003 - 07/05/2003
07/06/2003 - 07/12/2003
07/13/2003 - 07/19/2003
07/20/2003 - 07/26/2003
07/27/2003 - 08/02/2003
08/03/2003 - 08/09/2003
08/10/2003 - 08/16/2003
08/17/2003 - 08/23/2003
08/24/2003 - 08/30/2003
08/31/2003 - 09/06/2003
09/07/2003 - 09/13/2003
09/14/2003 - 09/20/2003

After my MBA I moved to Amsterdam to live with my girlfriend, who I met on the course. I'm currenty working as a freelance internet marketer and looking for a fun job in a country where I don't speak the language.

I have a new job with Greenpeace International as internal communications co-ordinator.

My no longer MBA related blogging continues here.

There's another complete MBA Blog here, run by Lucky Goldstar to chronicle his time at Insead.

Need a beer?

A friend of mine is working on the launch of a new .co.uk company. Near.co.uk to be precise, the idea is to provide local search services. First on the list is a service to help you find a pub.