{"id":1659,"date":"2018-10-23T15:50:56","date_gmt":"2018-10-23T14:50:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/employabilitypoints\/?p=1659"},"modified":"2018-10-23T15:50:56","modified_gmt":"2018-10-23T14:50:56","slug":"sandbox-event-with-saga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/employabilitypoints\/2018\/10\/23\/sandbox-event-with-saga\/","title":{"rendered":"Sandbox Event with Saga!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Saga are hosting an exclusive Sandbox event for University of Kent students on Tuesday 30th October, 9am \u2013 1pm<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n

This is an interactive event where teams of up to four students explore different ideas for finding solutions to issues relating to Saga\u2019s customers<\/span><\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n

The teams will present back their ideas to Saga at the end of the session and Employability Points will be awarded<\/b>. This is also a great event to put on your CV!<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Saga are focussed on trying to solve the problems that their customers face every day. Some examples of these being…<\/span><\/p>\n

– Dealing with loneliness\/lack of social connection<\/span><\/p>\n

– Dealing with limited mobility<\/span><\/p>\n

– Dealing with new technology and using it to make life easier<\/span><\/p>\n

– Dealing with stretched finances and budgets<\/span><\/p>\n

– Dealing with the causes of and aftermath of insurable incidents (claims)<\/span><\/p>\n

From these they have then tried to look at specific issues\/solutions such as ‘how can we help people with limited mobility make the most of their holiday using technology?’<\/span><\/p>\n

If you are interested, please email Jackie Fotheringham at j.c.fotheringham@kent.ac.uk<\/a><\/span><\/b><\/b><\/p>\n

There will be refreshments and pizza available for attendees! <\/span><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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