This research, commissioned by the Greater Manchester Civic University Board, analyses the impact of the five GM universities on the city region, its people, and businesses, one year on from the signing of a flagship agreement.
Impact
2022
This report analyses the role of smaller and specialist universities in their local, national and international economies. I researched and wrote the five case studies, covering 11 UK higher education institutions.
This research uses historic data to predict the future impact of the twelve members of Yorkshire Universities: the universities of Bradford, Huddersfield, Hull, Leeds, Leeds Beckett, Leeds Trinity, Leeds Arts, Sheffield, Sheffield Hallam, York, and York St John, as well as the Leeds Conservatoire.
2021
Article for Science & Engineering South on regional collaborations between universities, colleges, healthcare, communities and business.
An arms race towards local irrelevance
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Current approaches to local engagement are impeded by outdated strategic planning models.
In an article for Wonkhe, I set out what it will take for universities to play the fullest possible role in bouncing back post-pandemic.
This report looks ahead at the predicted impact of UK universities over the next five years. It formed the centrepiece of Universities UK’s GettingResults campaign.
New research on university partnerships for Universities UK
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Exploring the potential impact of university partnerships over the next five years.
2020
Article co-authored with Matthew Guest, published in the Journal of Applied Business and Economics.
2018
In this article for Wonkhe, I ask what university strategies and a psychology experiment from the 1940s have in common.