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- [Speaker] The Saïd Business School

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is so special.

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It has a rich base of knowledge,

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a great leading edge faculty,

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a great pool of students, and of course,

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a larger university resources around us.

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Some of our students are able

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to come here in person,

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enjoy all this richness and learning,

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but many others are unable to come here

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for a variety of different reasons.

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Having a digital learning capability

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is very important to be able

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to take this learning that we have

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inside the Saïd Business School

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and make it available
on demand in real time,

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in a flexible, agile manner

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to people around the world.

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- The benefit of the online programme

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is the flexibility.

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I could do the programme
while as well juggling

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with my day-to-day job.

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- The exchange that you had online

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with other participants,

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learning from all different people

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all over the world,

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how are you tackling problems,

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how are you providing
innovative solutions,

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and therefore, what each
of us could take away

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and apply to our own organisations.

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- We are one of the few universities

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where the knowledge that we bring

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to the online programmes
is directly linked

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to the research.

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And so this makes it very different for us

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because we're able to say, "Okay,

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what's happening in blockchain?

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What's happening in AI, virtual reality?"

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All of these technologies,

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the way that they affect our world,

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if it happened yesterday,

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today, it's in your classroom.

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- I've done many online courses,

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but the ones that I've taken

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at Oxford Saïd are really special to me.

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And that's just because of the support,

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the amazing support that you receive

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from both the faculty, from the network,

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and also from the peers around you.

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- You can expect to broaden your aperture

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and to really uncover opportunities

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where you can work together

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to make changes across departments,

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across organisations, across geographies,

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in order to make a sustainable impact

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on the world.

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- The programme attracts people

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from literally every continent,

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and that gives a really rich experience

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to the dialogue that you're having.

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As the programme runs,

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the context in the world shifts

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and the conversation shifts.

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- Big problems require inputs

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and perspectives from a
variety of stakeholders

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and perspectives,

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and I think that's what

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makes these programmes so special

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and bringing people together

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is what then allows us to come up

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with really interesting,
innovative solutions

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that could potentially
hopefully change the world

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for the better.

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(gentle music)