A language learning communication tool helping hard-of-hearing people has been awarded Banco Santander's "Santander X" award, winning €60,000 in cash.

Over 15 years we have dedicated €800million to support higher education through sponsorship, and to help promote more than 40,000 university projects. It’s now a fundamental part of the bank’s brand.

Formula One stars Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button joined head of Santander bank, Emilio Botín, at London’s Royal Opera House yesterday, to hand out 100 study abroad scholarships. Santander is the only global bank with a dedicated universities arm and supports more than 4,400 HE projects each year.

Fifty-five students and seven academics from the UK and Brazil have taken part in a two-week exchange programme to study at campuses in each other’s countries...