Clare College and Santander renew Partnership

The College welcomed Mr Simon Bray (pictured), Deputy Director, Santander Universities UK to sign the renewal of a partnership which funds a senior postdoctoral scholarship in Portuguese and will support students in Modern and Medieval languages into the future, with funding of £30,000 per year.

The Partnership started in 2008 and helped to build a revival in the study of Portuguese at the University of Cambridge. 

Attending the event were various Professors in modern languages in the University of Cambridge, representatives from Clare College and of Santander Universities UK and numerous postgraduate students.

Paul Warren commented on the impact that Santander’s funding of Scholarships in the graduate colleges has had on Cambridge and how Clare and Santander look forward to working together for the next three years to promote scholarships in Spanish and Portuguese at Cambridge.

For Santander, Simon Bray said: ‘We have had great feedback on what has been achieved with the funding provided by Santander since we first signed the agreement with Clare College. With this renewal we want to go that extra mile promoting the links of the College with Spanish and Portuguese institutions.

“Latin-America is an area where Higher Education is predicted to grow considerably in the next few years and we are delighted to help Cambridge to strengthen its relations with this region.”

Clare College is the second oldest College of the University of Cambridge.  It was founded as University Hall in 1326 by Richard de Badew, then given an endowment and renamed by Lady Elizabeth de Clare, a granddaughter of Edward I, in 1338. 

It is now a community of nearly 1000 students, academics and staff.  Alumni include naturalist Sir David Attenborough, novelist Peter Ackroyd CBE, writer Allison Pearson, musicians Dr John Rutter CBE, Sir Roger Norrington and Sir Richard Stilgoe, and Nobel Prize winners Sir James Watson and Sir Tim Hunt.