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"Support for higher education is a central axis of our corporate social responsibility policy, based on the conviction of the determining role of universities in the progress of society," said Matías Rodríguez Inciarte, president of Santander Universities Magisterial Lesson taught in the Solemn Act of Opening of Course of the public universities of the Region of Murcia, celebrated in the Polytechnical University of Cartagena (UPCT).

The oventexe economist, who was Minister of the Presidency during the government of Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo, has called for "sufficient political consensus to reach a reform of our university that puts it at the height of the challenges of the 21st century. ", As well as" the funding levels of the University and of research are being recovered to close the great difference existing with the countries of our environment "and has considered" urgent to provide the University with the adequate flexibility so that it can adapt quickly to the demands that require changes in our environment. "

During his speech, the president of Santander Universities, a program that has made Banco Santander the private company that invests most in support of education in the world, has highlighted the importance of cooperation between companies and universities and their investment in research and innovation programs, as well as in the promotion of entrepreneurship among students.

"The function of knowledge transfer, the chain of knowledge transformation into innovation, depends to a large extent on collaboration between universities and companies," he added.

Special emphasis has been placed on the reinforcement of the employability of students, "the development of talent and the ability to adapt to a strongly innovative and disruptive economy", in the words of the Santander leader who, as he recalled at the beginning of his speech, integrates, through its successive parent companies, the Banco de Cartagena that was created in the year 1900.

"In a global labor market, in constant evolution, in which borders do not exist, employability depends largely not only on technical skills but also on the development of transversal competences related to the ability to adapt to change or the orientation towards the solution of problems, and the development of personal and interpersonal skills to facilitate teamwork, "he said, advocating to guide education towards the training of the student in skills against the classical transmission of knowledge.

In this regard, he has referred to the program 'Santander Erasmus Scholarships', which aims to recognize the academic excellence of students who perform mobilities abroad, recognizing "the acquisition of transversal skills that are derived, not so much from training in their subjects or areas of expertise, but the exchange and exposure of students to new contexts and learning environments.

"The digital world requires redefining pedagogical models and rethinking the management of associated organizational and administrative processes.

Digitization affects the processes of knowing, learning, doing and relating, specific to the experience of students and teachers, "he concluded.

Source: UPCT