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Insights from visits to UBC and Lund University, examining city and regional planning, business support, social inclusion, and more. Evaluating strengths and weaknesses, identifying areas for improvement and challenges faced.
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Research universities and their regions Observations from visits to UBC and Lund John Tibbitt PASCAL Observatory / Glasgow University
Background • 5 days in Vancouver and Lund • Interviews with key staff in each university • Guided by benchmarking tool developed by David Charles and used in PURE • Supplemented by experience in PURE and working in Glasgow
Domains of engagement • City and regional planning • Support to business • Social inclusion and cohesion • Qualifications and skills • Heritage and culture • Sustainability • Management
Focus of engagement • Global • International (regional) • National • Local region/state • Local city
Context • Location • History and heritage • Size
Good at: Business innovation Culture and heritage CPD and continuing education Social inclusion Promoting public debates Could improve: Responding to local business needs Responding to govt training programmes Student internships and enterprise opportunities UBC - strengths and weaknesses
Good at: Business innovation Business incubation Enterprise training Commissioned education Widening access Could improve: Culture and Heritage Local business links Regional skills agenda Links with regional authorities Links with local HEIs Lund – strengths and weaknesses
Issues - strategic • Clarity of the strategy • Centralised or decentralised • Focus • Supply or demand driven
Issues: Practice • Partnership: - regional & local public authorities - other HEIs - business • Media • Marketing and market research • Enterprising approach
Some challenges • Understanding the complexity • Inter-connectedness of domains and levels • Quality of engagement activity • Understanding the ‘engagement gap’