Universities and the creation of wealth / edited by Harry Gray.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gray, H. L.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education, Higher--Economic aspects--Great Britain--Case studies.

Education, Higher.

Education, Higher--Economic aspects--Canada.

Education, Higher--Economic aspects--Southeast Asia.

Education, Higher--Social aspects--Great Britain--Case studies.

Education, Higher--Social aspects--Canada.

Education, Higher--Social aspects--Southeast Asia.

Education, Higher--Social aspects.

Education, Higher--Economic aspects.

Southeast Asia.

Canada.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

xv, 164 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Buckingham [England] ; Philadelphia, PA : Society for Research into Higher Education & Open University Press, 1999.

Contents:

Part 1 A New Awareness 1

1 Re-scoping the University / Harry Gray 3

2 Knowledge Societies, Intellectual Capital and Economic Growth / David Robertson 18

3 How Universities Can Thrive Locally in a Global Economy / John Goddard 36

4 Measuring the Economic Impact of Universities: Canada / Marc Trudeau, Fernand Martin 47

5 The Changing Relationship Between Higher Education and Small and Medium Sized Enterprises / Martin Binks 66

6 The Role of Universities in Economic Growth: the ASEAN Countries / Paul Milne 80

Part 2 Examples and Cases 93

7 Universities and Communities: Cases from North-East England / Derek Fraser 95

8 The Impact of a New University on its Community: the University of Warwick / Michael Shattock 109

9 Salford University: an Historical Industrial Partnership / Peter Brandon 123

10 The University of Sheffield's Regional Office: Forging Relationships Between a Traditional Civic University and its Regional Community / Marilyn Wedgwood, Brigitte Pemberton 141

11 Towards the Community University / Harry Gray 150

The Society for Research into Higher Education 165.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0335201334

0335203094

OCLC:

39229636