Worcester College

WORCESTER COLLEGE SCHOLARS

from left to right:

Simant Verma (India, MSc Environmental Change and Management), Aaron Acuda (Uganda, MSc Water Science, Policy and Management), Maria Mercedes Kuri (Argentina, MSc Water Science, Policy and Management), Kai Bridgewater (Jamaica, MSc Law and Finance)

I came to Oxford with the mindset that I will learn about how to solve water management challenges. Over time, from the several lectures I attended, discussions with friends and professors, and countless readings, I learned that there is no single solution to water problems that I will leave Oxford with as a “ young water professional. I have been taught to evaluate, compare, and contrast different management solutions and avoid transplanting what works in one place to the other. Or on the other hand, concluding that if one thing does not work in one area, it will not work anywhere else. I have learned more about how to learn. These are a few but some of the greatest lessons that have struck me.”

Aaron Acuda

Uganda, MSc Water Science, Policy and Management Louis Dreyfus-Weidenfeld and Hoffmann, Worcester College