I was excited to attend the 2022 Forté MBA Leadership Conference in Los Angeles. This annual conference is organised by the Forté Foundation, a non-profit consortium of leading companies and business schools working together to launch women into fulfilling, significant careers through access to business education, work opportunities and a network of successful women. The conference welcomed Forté […]
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More exceptional stories from the Cambridge MBA
We caught up with MBA Class of 2021/22 student Rosin Patel to hear about the exceptional stories and MBA insights that he has recorded and shared on his podcast series MBA Mic. Interviewing and hearing stories fortnightly from his cohort of 220 classmates, Rosin has captured career sector insights from founders and serial entrepreneurs to […]
What do you want and how far you are willing to go?
“Is an MBA worth it?” – Many people have approached me with the question. My standard response to that question is “It depends”. It might be irritating to know that every MBA graduate is likely to respond in a similar way but let me elaborate more on that point. “It depends on two things – […]
Varsity views – my MBA experience
I was lucky enough to play in the 2019 Varsity Match, the last to be played at Twickenham before the pandemic hit. Nearly two and a half years later, after a brief sojourn to Leicester’s Welford Road and a change in date from December to April, the match is now returning to its home and, […]
Michaelmas Term MBA Experience
For most of us, 2021 has been a fast ride. It still feels like it was only last month that I ended my four and half year’s career at Blackrock to join the MBA programme at the University of Cambridge, Judge Business School. Yet, here we are now towards the end of 2021 and I […]
My first term at Cambridge
I came across my MBA admission essay for Cambridge Judge Business School when I sorted through my laptop over the Christmas holidays. I would love to take this opportunity to describe my experience of the University of Cambridge Michaelmas Term and compare it with what I had expected. 1. Diverse and international group In the […]
Cambridge through the lens
Professional photographer Amanda Lee Tromp travelled to Cambridge from the States, with her husband Ollie Tromp for his MBA year at Cambridge. Here we celebrate a year of her photography as she captures Cambridge through the seasons, along with the MBA Class of 2020/21 from their Matriculation to their end of term Formal Hall dinners. […]
From colleagues to classmates, to competitors – our career switch from Shell to McKinsey and Bain
Introduce yourself: Nate: Both Audrey and I are actually “Shell Babies” – we both joined Shell on the Graduate Programme right out of college and stayed there until we enrolled in the business school. I joined Shell in 2014 as a Production Engineer in their newly constructed lubricants blending plant in Indonesia and have moved […]
We got this! – Oxbridge Oxygenates
When I was asked by Cambridge Judge faculty Michael Kitson during the Cambridge MBA interview, “If there was one thing you would like to change about Cambridge, what would that be?” I was stumped. For a place that I have revered all my life, thinking about a change was not easy. “Access”, I said! Access of a […]
My education start up – MIRAIing – an MBA career journey into entrepreneurship
About my entrepreneurial journey Honestly speaking, I did not think about becoming an entrepreneur seriously until my Cambridge Judge life started. Before joining the Cambridge MBA, I was working in the public sector, providing international cooperation in the Japan International Cooperation Agency. My career goal after my MBA was a career change to work in […]
A learning experience like nothing else
My expectations of the quality of teaching, and luckily in-class discussions during the pandemic (even though we wore masks) were exceeded beyond my imagination. The cohort of the Cambridge MBA Class of 2020/21 have such different unique backgrounds, from all over the world and a range of ages. This diversity in the classroom makes the […]
GDBcOvid-19
The first sporting contest between the Universities of Cambridge and Oxford was held on 4 June 1827 during a two-day cricket match at Lord’s, the home of cricket. Fenner’s has been home to Cambridge University Cricket Club (CUCC) since 1848 and the earliest known regulations and rules of CUCC sit in the University Library dating […]
Exploring the jewels around Cambridge on two wheels
What better day to write this blog than when I completed my first solo 100km bike ride! It was the first week of March and I, along with my Global Consulting Project (GCP) group, was preparing for our project in Cyprus. Likewise, other teams were gearing up for the projects they were to take up […]
Organising the Cambridge MBA Japan Trek 2020
In January nineteen of our Cambridge MBA cohort, from eight different countries, started off 2020 with the annual Japan Trek, which has established itself as a highlight at CJBS. Amid high expectations, the organisers were anxious but excited about setting the programme for the seven day trek, and had spent a few hectic months preparing […]
Thinking of a global one year MBA? Think of Cambridge.
While it may be uncommon for people in their late twenties to plan an MBA in their life, it continues to be a dilemma about which business schools you should apply to. Choosing and applying to the right school is more critical than I had initially imagined. You need to have clear goals as to […]
Pre-MBA India Trek – Summer 2019
Before the start of MBA program in 2019, a group of Indian MBA candidates decided to organise a pre-MBA India trek across different industries to gain insights on the business trends and challenges in both the domestic and global market. What started as an idea to interact with future classmates over informative talks, transformed into […]
A matter of exposure
Many things have changed since my last entry on the Cambridge MBA blog in September 2018. I could write about the incredibly intense learning experience, the varied extra-curricular activities, the May Balls, my Global Consulting Project in Norway or any one of the thousands of cool events that happened during the year. The truth is […]
Business in Africa Conference 2019
The Cambridge Business in Africa Conference is less than a month away, and I thought it would be a good time to reflect on our journey so far. This annual conference is organised by MBA students who have a passion for Africa at Cambridge Judge Business School. This is the 8th consecutive year that […]
One term in – a snapshot.
The end of the Michaelmas Term came quicker that I could imagined. How had we learned so much in so little time? As we all spent that last couple of weeks recalling WACC, Financial statements, r-squared and other terms, we made time to help each other. This type of collaboration is what truly […]
Founders Factory: a visit by the Entrepreneurship SIG
We arrived at the Founders Factory in London, for an evening of presentations given by three early stage startups. They ranged from a startup that is still forming market understanding and product offering to an early-stage company that has started selling to a limited audience. The companies included a media company that pulls together daily […]