The Regional Contribution of Higher Education

Higher Education Regional Consortium

The regional consortium provide a focus for collaboration between universities and other organisations within the regions.

North East
North West
Yorkshire and the Humber
East Midlands
West Midlands
Eastern
London
South East
South West

Higher Education Business Interaction Survey 1999-2000

The regional consortia may find the following materials of use to them in support of 'The Regional Contribution of Higher Education'.

A Benchmarking Approach to the Evaluation of the Regional Impact of a HEI

University of Newcastle Special Research Lecture

'The Role of a Univeristy in its Region,' by Professor John Goddard.

Previous CURDS Studies

Charles, D.R. and Conway, C. (1998) Graduate Labour Markets Employer Survey Analysis, University of Newcastle. A pdf version is available online via the CURDS website.

Chatterton, P (1998), A dialogue between universities and their partners: A comparison between different regions in Europe, A Report to the Association of European Universities (CRE) and the European Commission examining the North-East Region of England, Newcastle upon Tyne CRE NE report. A pdf version is available online via the CURDS website.

Department for Education and Employment (1998) Universities and Economic Development, Newcastle School of Management. See CURDS website for a brief summary- final report available from DfEE.

Goddard, J.B., Charles, D.R., Pike, A., Potts, G. And Bradley, D. (1994) Universities and Communities, Committee of Vice Chancellors and Principals, London. Available from CVCP.

Regional Studies

Robson, B. et al (1995) The Economic and Social Impact of Greater Manchester's Universities, Centre for Urban Policy Studies, University of Manchester.

Leigh, C.M. (1995) The Yorkshire and Humberside Universities: A Potential for the region, YHUA.

Universities for the North East 'Higher Education Collaboration in the North East of England, 1999- 2001.'
Please contact Judith Taylor for further information or a copy of this document.

University Studies

Charles, D.R and Connolly, P. (1996) Universities and Communities in the South East A report for Government Office South East

Chatterton, P. (1997) The economic impact of the University of Bristol on the region. Information Office, the University of Bristol.

Chatterton, P. (1998) The University and the Community: An Exploration of the Cultural Impacts of Universities and Students on the Community. Ph.D. Thesis. University of Bristol.

The regions-unis Mailing List

To facilitate discussion between the partners, Mailbase are hosting a mailing list for the partners. Please contact the project co-ordinator if you wish to be added to this list.

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