According to a recent report by European Commission, Europe will face a shortage of 925,000 data professionals by 2025.

 

Banco SANTANDER's international and national experience has shown that the provision of scholarships has been a fundamental element in addressing the public's demand for training. This finding results in numerous scholarship programs, of various formats, duration and themes, distributed by all mentioned strategic axes. The complementary training applied to the acquisition of skills directly linked to professional development is one of the themes that Banco Santander has explored in association with the best schools in the world in different scientific areas. The strategy is intended to provide customized advanced training services, continuing the offer of scholarships to the general public that allow participants to improve their professional training, reorient their career or just to allow them to continue their path of continuous learning.

In this context, the Santander Scholarships Tech | Data Analytics and Data Science is created, as an online Talent Discovery and Upskilling program carried out by Analytics Academy of Data Corner in collaboration with Polytechnique Institute of Setubal (IPS).

This project is a Big Data Talent Discovery (500 participants) and Upskilling plan (50 participants) to mitigate the reported shortage of data professionals in society according to the follwoing schedule:

As one of the Europe award-winning Big Data Companies in Portugal, Data Corner will contribute to provide the online platform for Analytics Skill Assessment and conduct the online Big Data analytics courses to upskill the selected talents and introduce them to the job market in Portugal and Europe.