MPA Ball: Round 2

As our spring semester came to a close this past week, it was time for the annual MPA ball! 

Susannah and Me

This year, it was held at the Grand Connaught Rooms with the after-party at Sway. 

The Boys 

The evening included a speech from our Dean, several musical performances by classmates, and incoming/outgoing MPASA board members. 

Plus, there were the token superlatives awarded to my graduating class.

Yours truly won for 'Most Likely to Like your Facebook Post!'

It was a fun evening of dancing and sharing laughs before we all depart on our five week spring break! We've got one more term to go before we are done!

MPA Ball

This past Friday, the MPA programme ended the Lent Term with a bang!  It was the third annual MPA ball hosted by the Institute of Public Affairs and our student association.   It was held at the museum and banquet halls at the Royal College of Surgeons with the after party being held at another location. The evening started with pre-dinner drinks and tons of photos. Dinner accompanied funny awards, several speeches by our dean and professors, and a slideshow for the second years! It was a lot of fun, plenty of laughs, and even more memories were made. Take a look at some photos!

And, so the 2nd term comes to a close.

I literally feel as if I just stepped back off the plane at Heathrow in January. 

Time flies. So quickly. 

And, yet, my second term of grad school is now officially over! 

The weeks were long with numerous STATA assignments, readings, essays, and group projects. But, as always, it will be worth it in the end. 

For now, though, I've got a five week vacation to start.

See you Monday, Dad!

Lent Term Begins!

Ahhhhh...the smell of a new semester! 

Or, term as they call it over here.

Lent Term officially begins today. While my schedule and courses stay the same for the semester, I'm looking forward to getting back into a routine. My day consists of my usual four hours of econometrics for Monday, but I'm actually really looking forward to dealing with STATA and problem sets today!  

One change that I will see with my courses this semester is that my economics class will begin to focus on macroeconomics until final exams. As for everything else, I will be interning with the internship that I landed at the start of the Michalmas Term. It was delayed starting, but I'm looking forward to having a few other things in my life besides math and game theory!

If you will excuse me now, I need to get coffee and get to work!