Universities and the Creation of Wealth

by Gray, Harry

• ISBN13: 9780335203093
• ISBN10: 0335203094
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-03-01
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill

Summary

"This book shows clearly what can be done and what has yet to be done. It is an important contribution to what must be a vital new phase in the history of higher education". - Sir Geoffrey HollandIt is becoming increasingly recognized that universities can and should play a role as positive economic engines for change, as significant partners with all the other participants in economic and social development. This book provides a basic insight into what universities currently do in terms of the creation of wealth, and into what kind of organizations they might usefully become. It explores how universities benefit their local and regional communities, and what more they might do. The first part of the book contextualizes the economic role of universities in terms, for instance, of the knowledge society, the global economy, small and medium-sized enterprises, and different countries (Canada and the ASEAN countries); the second part provides case studies of universities working with their hinterlands.

Author Biography

Martin Binks is a senior lecturer at the University of Nottingham Peter Brandon is Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Research and Graduate Studies at the University of Salford Derek Fraser is Vice-Chancellor of the University of Teesside John Goddard is Head of the Centre for Urban and Regional Studies at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne Harry Gray, is Visiting Professor in Strategic Leadership at the University of Salford Sir Geoffrey Holland is Vice-Chancellor of the University of Exeter Fernand Martin is Professeur Titulaire in the deparatment of economics at the University of Montreal, Canada Paul Milne is a senior lecturer in economics at the University of Hull Brigitte Pemberton is Assistant Director at the Sheffield University Regional Office David Robertson is Professor of Public Policy and Education at Liverpool John Moores University Michael Shattock is Registrar of the University of Warwick Marc Trudeau is a senior policy analyst with the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada Marilyn Wedgwood set up the regional office of the University of Sheffield

Table of Contents

Contributors	vii	(4)
Foreword	xi	(2)
Sir Geoffrey Holland
Preface	xiii
Harry Gray
Part 1 A New Awareness	1	(92)
Introduction	1	(2)
Harry Gray
1 Re-scoping the University	3	(15)
Harry Gray
2 Knowledge Societies, Intellectual Capital and Economic Growth	18	(18)
David Robertson
3 How Universities Can Thrive Locally in a Global Economy	36	(11)
John Goddard
4 Measuring the Economic Impact of Universities: Canada	47	(19)
Marc Trudeau
Fernand Martin
5 The Changing Relationship Between Higher Education and Small and Medium Sized Enterprises	66	(14)
Martin Binks
6 The Role of Universities in Economic Growth: the ASEAN Countries	80	(13)
Paul Milne
Part 2 Examples and Cases	93	(65)
Introduction	93	(2)
Harry Gray
7 Universities and Communities: Cases from North-East England	95	(14)
Derek Fraser
8 The Impact of a New University on its Community: the University of Warwick	109	(14)
Michael Shattock
9 Salford University: an Historical Industrial Partnership	123	(18)
Peter Brandon
10 The University of Sheffield's Regional Office: Forging Relationships Between a Traditional Civic University and its Regional Community	141	(9)
Marilyn Wedgwood
Brigitte Pemberton
11 Towards the Community University	150	(8)
Harry Gray
Index	158	(7)
The Society for Research into Higher Education	165