{"id":179,"date":"2013-05-07T12:49:16","date_gmt":"2013-05-07T12:49:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/economics\/?p=179"},"modified":"2015-05-11T12:44:17","modified_gmt":"2015-05-11T11:44:17","slug":"economics-student-wins-two-santander-competitions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/economics\/2013\/05\/07\/economics-student-wins-two-santander-competitions\/","title":{"rendered":"Economics student wins two Santander competitions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/economics\/files\/2014\/10\/ryan-england.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright wp-image-180 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/economics\/files\/2014\/10\/ryan-england.jpg\" alt=\"ryan-england\" width=\"222\" height=\"222\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/economics\/files\/2014\/10\/ryan-england.jpg 222w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/economics\/files\/2014\/10\/ryan-england-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 222px) 100vw, 222px\" \/><\/a>Ryan England, a final-year economics student, impressed the judges with his convincing business idea, breath.loud, during the University\u2019s \u2018Big Ideas\u2019 presentations on 21 March sponsored by Santander Bank.<\/p>\n<p>Not only did Ryan win a fully-funded trip to the USA to represent Kent in the prestigious \u2018Global Student Business Concept Challenge\u2019, but also a fully-funded office in the Kent Enterprise Hub for one year upon graduation, support from a Santander business mentor and \u00a3500 to help with start-up costs.<\/p>\n<p>Seven teams out of a total 46 applications from across the University were shortlisted and presented their business ideas to a panel of four judges. These included Gareth Anderson, Relationship Director at Santander Bank; Gill Smaggasgale, Partner at patent attorneys WP Thompson; Dr Gary Robinson, Senior Commercialisation Manager at the University; and Carole Barron, Director of Innovation and Enterprise at Kent.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the tough competition, the judges were unanimous in their decision. Ryan&#8217;s business idea to customise and improve the appearance of asthma inhalers, with a view to aiding the acceptance of asthma among children, together with a well thought through business case, financial projections, presentation and competence during the question and answer session left the judges with no room for doubt.<\/p>\n<p>Ryan said: \u2018I can\u2019t believe I\u2019ve won. I am so excited about this fantastic opportunity and especially representing the University in Virginia in August. It\u2019ll be a real privilege to go.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>The University has participated in the Global Challenge for the past three years and achieved the runners-up prize twice. If Ryan wins the \u2018Global Student Business Concept Challenge\u2019, he will receive a cash prize of $25,000. Ryan\u2019s business idea will also be entered by the University in the Santander Entrepreneurship Awards later this year.<\/p>\n<p>To find out more about business competitions and student enterprise activities, email <a href=\"mailto:thehub@kent.ac.uk\">thehub@kent.ac.uk<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ryan England, a final-year economics student, impressed the judges with his convincing business idea, breath.loud, during the University\u2019s \u2018Big Ideas\u2019 presentations on 21 March sponsored &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/economics\/2013\/05\/07\/economics-student-wins-two-santander-competitions\/\">Read&nbsp;more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39722,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[9871],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/economics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/economics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/economics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/economics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/39722"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/economics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=179"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/economics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":181,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/economics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179\/revisions\/181"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/economics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/economics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=179"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/economics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}