Veolia Hosts Students from UAE, KSA, Oman, and Qatar at 2022 Summer School
Dubai, United Arab Emirates, August, 2022: Veolia, the global benchmark for ecological transformation offering game-changing solutions for water, waste and energy management, hosted a diverse cohort including 10 students from the Near and Middle East (N&ME) for a week of immersion at the heart of the global Veolia Summer School.
The students, who come from the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Qatar, Jordan, Turkey and Lebanon, shared the coveted global programme with 58 other students from 25 countries. During the digital one-week summer programme, the students took on the task of ecological transformation by solving environmental challenges with the support of Veolia experts.
The students from N&ME comprised the largest and most diverse group in this year’s global programme, accounting for 15% of the total number of global students, 22% of the countries and 21% of the nationalities represented in the programme, and 18% of the total number of universities that participated in the annual project.
Taghreed Khalid, an Omani environmental engineering student based in Muscat, commented on her experience at the Summer School: “As a young environmental engineer about to embark on a professional career, the program provided me with valuable insight into Veolia's environmental services across the water, waste and energy sectors. Along with learning about the company’s efforts to promote ecological transformation, working with people from around the world with various industrial backgrounds further enriched the experience.”
The N&ME was the only business region within the programme to pursue a direct-sourcing talent acquisition strategy, which proved immensely successful as the number of graduates from the region doubled compared to the previous year, and marked a 25% increase over the total of the past eight years combined.