Higher Education and Regions
Globally Competitive, Locally Engaged
This publication explores a range of helpful policy measures and institutional reforms. Drawing from an extensive review of 14 regions across 12 countries as well as OECD territorial reviews, it considers the regional engagement of higher education regarding teaching, research and service to the community. It offers answers to the following questions: What is higher education’s regional engagement all about? What are its drivers and barriers? What does regional engagement mean for the governance and management of higher education institutions, for regions and for nations? And how does regional engagement fit in with the pursuit of world class academic excellence?
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Contribution of Higher Education to Regional Business Innovation: Overcoming the Barriers
This chapter discusses the relationships between higher education institutions and business and industry and the interlinked policy implications. It analyses mainly top-down policy approaches which aim to improve the link between higher education institutions and regional innovation systems and clusters. Finally it highlights policy practices and instruments as examples of overcoming some of the barriers to regional business innovation.
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