26 Dec 11

Professor Andrew Hamilton, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford, right, shakes hands with Mr Emilio Botín, Chairman of Santander, at a ceremony at Lady Margaret Hall in Oxford, 28 June 2011. (Photo: Roger Hutchings)

On the second day of Christmas my true love gave to me... support for research, graduate scholarships and travel awards!

The University of Oxford and Santander Universities Global Division have renewed an agreement extending Santander’s generous support of Oxford students through graduate scholarships and travel awards.

'The University of Oxford is deeply grateful to Banco Santander for its continuing support for Oxford’s graduate students and their academic activities,' said Professor Andrew Hamilton, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford.

'I should particularly like to thank Emilio Botin and his colleagues for broadening its funding to include a range of other research-related activities within individual colleges and centres of excellence across Oxford.'