The University in its Place

Part I. Contexts: Do Universities Make a Difference?

1. Introduction: On Universities and Their ‘Places’
John Brennan, Allan Cochrane, Yann Lebeau, Ruth Williams

2. Universities, Social Change and Transformation: Global Perspectives
John Brennan, Allan Cochrane, Yann Lebeau, Ruth Williams

3. Universities in Their Contexts: Policy Drivers and History
John Brennan, Allan Cochrane, Yann Lebeau, Ruth Williams

Part II. Making a Difference: To What and To Whom?

4. Universities, Economic Development and Regeneration
John Brennan, Allan Cochrane, Yann Lebeau, Ruth Williams

5. Image, Culture and the Drivers and Resistances to Change
John Brennan, Allan Cochrane, Yann Lebeau, Ruth Williams

6. Universities, Community Engagement and the ‘Public Good’
John Brennan, Allan Cochrane, Yann Lebeau, Ruth Williams

7. Universities and Social Disadvantage
John Brennan, Allan Cochrane, Yann Lebeau, Ruth Williams

Part III. Conclusions and Implications: Making a Better Difference

8. The Regional Role of Universities: Some Answered and Unanswered Questions
John Brennan, Allan Cochrane, Yann Lebeau, Ruth Williams

9. Universities Making a Difference: Balancing the Global and the Local
John Brennan, Allan Cochrane, Yann Lebeau, Ruth Williams

Avainsanat: Education, Higher Education, Regional and Cultural Studies, Educational Policy and Politics, Regional/Spatial Science