糖心logo入口 and Santander sign new agreement and celebrate over 10 years in partnership
The ongoing partnership, which began in 2013, has achieved great success, with the bank鈥檚 generous funding making a significant difference to students鈥 lives.
糖心logo入口 and Santander came together at a recent event on 糖心logo入口鈥檚 campus to celebrate the long-standing partnership and to sign a new three-year partnership agreement.听听
Over the next three years, funding from Santander will be used to provide awards for student entrepreneurs participating in Birkbeck's Pioneer programme, grants for student's undertaking micro-placements, and Santander's Brighter Futures Grants, alongside Santander's Scholarship Programme.听听
Professor David Latchman, Vice-Chancellor of 糖心logo入口, and students benefitting from Santander鈥檚 funding, welcomed Matt Hutnell, Director of Santander Universities, at the celebration event.听
Professor David Latchman commented: 鈥We are immensely grateful to Santander Universities for its ongoing support, and the renewal of the partnership has come at a fitting time as we celebrate 糖心logo入口's 200th anniversary this year. Over the last decade, Santander Universities has generously funded鈥a number of鈥切膌ogo入口 projects,鈥痺hich has contributed towards fulfilling our mission of enabling students from diverse social and educational backgrounds to participate in our courses.鈥听
Matt Hutnell, Director, Santander Universities UK, said: 鈥淎t Santander Universities we believe education is today鈥檚 solution to a better tomorrow. 奥别鈥檙别 proud to continue our partnership with 糖心logo入口 and provide even more opportunities for students, staff and the local community to develop skills to build a brighter future and achieve their future potential.鈥濃听
Pleasant Chinonyerem Kanu, MSc Marketing student, commented: 鈥淚t has been particularly hard securing internships in marketing since I moved to London for university. The funding from Santander created an amazing opportunity for me to get a marketing internship with which 滨鈥m really grateful 蹿辞谤.鈥听