With the new Santander scholarship program, university students and young professionals can improve their digital skills and abilities through 6 training programs that include blockchain, machine learning, and much more.
With registration open from next October 5, the SCHEDULE of Santander scholarships, Santander Digital & Innovation Scholarships for MIT Professional Education, will offer 400 university scholarships for the development of new digital skills in young students and professionals. The bank's initiative was born due to the global situation faced by the COVID-19 pandemic, which has left millions of professionals unemployed and millions of other young students with a very low hope of employability.
The entity considers that the current crisis is driving a transformative change that not only has influence within financial systems but also within labor markets. Therefore, with the vision of encouraging organizations and companies to support digital and remote labor initiatives, Santander Bank is developing this scholarship program to improve the labor competitiveness of all those people who have lost their jobs during the crisis and the pandemic.
Javier Rogla, global director of Santander Universities, affirms that the current pandemic has only accelerated the transformation process in the labor market, which now more than ever demands transversal and digital skills for the development of industries and society. Due to this, universities and educational organizations have the enormous task of developing training plans that encourage continuous updating of everyone's professional skills and abilities. Thus, Santander's scholarship programs are developed so that university students and young professionals can find the best way to face the challenges presented by our current society.
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Invest in You, a global scholarship program
Santander Digital & Innovation Scholarships for MIT Professional Education, is part of a Santander scholarship program called Invest in You, which develops various academic training, virtually and globally, to promote innovation and professional growth in various sectors.
Santander points out that its scholarship programs are designed to accommodate more than 1.500 students and young professionals, with the aim of providing solutions and tools that help them improve their employment situation and employability.
In addition to the scholarship program for the development of digital skills and competencies, Santander also develops other academic training programs, among which are: Santander Women Emerging Leaders Scholarships – LSE, a program aimed at women with leadership and entrepreneurship skills in professional negotiation; Santander English for Professional Development Scholarships – Upenn, aimed at non-English speaking students and professionals with more than 10 years of work experience; Santander Skills for Professional Development Scholarships – ESADE, aimed at recently graduated professionals with little or no work experience who wish to expand their skills to have better opportunities and Santander Tech Revolution in Finance Scholarships – IE University, designed for students and graduates in the areas of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) who wish to develop great skills for the world of finance and economics.
Training in blockchain and other technologies
To date, Santander Bank published that the scholarship program for digital skills will address three main topics: Blockchain: Technological Disruption; Cloud & DevOps: Continuous Transformation and Machine Learning: Technology in decision making. In addition, Santander Bank confirmed that it is a scholarship program in alliance with the MIT Professional Education.
For its part, the previous year's scholarship and digital training program was aimed at developing leadership, creativity and innovation skills and competencies in each of the participating students. Likewise, the mission of these training courses was focused on developing a global vision of technological innovation that inspires and motivates students to deeply understand the nature and impact of new technologies, such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), the technology blockchain, Cloud Computing, cybersecurity, the Internet of Things (IoT), the Big Data, among others.
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