Tell us about your MBA experience
This year, MBA 2019-2020, we have students from 18 different nationalities so this is one of the most diverse groups.
There is real a mix of experience and it’s so interesting to learn about other countries and their cultures and their unique journeys because they come from different sectors, different industries and different age groups.
You find people of all age groups on an MBA, from people in their 20s to their 50s. Some are married, some are not and it’s so interesting to meet so many people who are so diverse. My classmates are focused and really supportive and competitive – exactly how an MBA class should be.
I am living in the university accommodation in The Meadows and one of my flatmates is on the MBA too. It’s good to have really nice people around you when you are away from home.
My peer group are really amazing and the professors are very approachable and they understand our needs as we come from different personal and professional backgrounds and they moderate their teaching patterns according to us. The sessions are really engaging.
At the start it was a little difficult to cope, coming from a professional life to the habit of being a student but I think I am doing well now.
I really enjoyed my last module by Professor Elisabeth Kelan on People and Organisations and Impact of Leadership and also the module by Marco Nowinski on Sustainable Organisations. Both were amazing and interesting and new things to me.
I think every module so far has been almost completely new to me. Previously I was working solely on one particular sector so every module is a new concept. I might not get 100% of the module but every concept that I come across it’s a new concept for me and trust me, I am really enjoying this journey and I think that this is the best decision I have taken to come back and study after five years of working.