Education

Santander Universidades Academy, a series of webinars for students, graduates and all individuals interested in broadly understood banking. Thanks to the cooperation between the Cracow University of Economics and Santander Universidades, participants had the opportunity to listen to lectures on topics such as finance, economics, leadership, artificial intelligence, robotisation and auditing.

Student Nobel Prize 2021, a competition organised by the Independent Students’ Association, in which students compete in 9 categories – from technology to arts and social activities. The aim of the competition is to recognise the best students and increase their chances of succeeding in the world of science and business.

Santander Language Scholarship | English and IELTS with the British Council, a free online English language course for 500 people, which offered the opportunity to improve their English and pass the IELTS test. Almost 10,000 people applied for the project.

At the beginning of February 2021, we launched the Cyber Proverbs campaign on the social media channels of Santander Bank Polska S.A. Its aim was to promote online safety using slogans based on the most popular Polish proverbs. All this was done to draw the attention of Internet users to the basic principles ensuring the security of both personal and banking data in the virtual space.

The „How’s Your Driving” campaign has been running since 2015. Its aim is to promote responsible and polite behaviour on the road. We communicate mainly through social media, posting interesting facts related to car use and safe driving, as well as current traffic information. A distinctive feature of the campaign is the consistent involvement of users in the creation of the largest community of drivers focused on road safety and culture in Poland.

As part of our commitment to technology education, we were a partner in the 3rd edition of the Digital Festival, the largest initiative of its kind in Poland, which in 2021 was held under the slogan „Digital is not a revolution. It’s evolution!”  The purpose of the event is to introduce Poles to digital technologies, increasingly present in our everyday life.

An important element of the festival is the „SkillUp Academy” platform with free trainings that help develop digital competences. Santander Bank Polska experts were involved in the creation of several training courses, which benefited 1,845 people. (as of December 31, 2021).

In 2021, we supported the Shipyard Foundation’s „Memory Gym” project by subsidizing the printing of a guidebook entitled. „Mind Training for Seniors. Scenarios for working in senior – caregiver pairs”. It is 300 pages of ready-made lesson plans, exercises and worksheets for conducting cognitive function training with senior citizens, including those suffering from dementia syndromes or mild cognitive disorders caused by age, depression, anxiety or somatic disorders.