Universities' Third Mission

Bob Patterson

James Powell

About the Outreach

Cooperation between Community Finance Solutions at the University of Salford and the new economics foundation has lead to the development of Community Land Trusts which are a mechanism for democratic ownership of land by the local community. Further details can be found at a national website at Community Land Trust.

About Bob Patterson

Bob Paterson is the co-founder of and a project director at Community Finance Solutions. Bob has over 25 years of experience working for housing associations and in local government. Bob has used his extensive knowledge of current housing policy and community development issues to develop and test models to facilitate the access to financial services and affordable housing. In 1997, Bob joined the University of Salford as a Senior Visiting Research Fellow where he conducted research into how community-based financial institutions could make an effective contribution to the long-term regeneration of poorer communities in the UK.

David Ward

James Powell

About the Outreach

Leeds Metropolitain University teamed up with financially-struggling Bradford City Football Club to help its recovery from near collapse. The university's efforts are part of its Yorkshire First Foundation initiative to increase access to training and education. A range of partnerships and projects have developed, with the club and the community working together and a charitable company was formed to assist in the development of new funding opportunities to finance sport, education and community activities. Engagement with the BME community has increased and a THES Award recognised this in early 2006.

About David Ward

David has been a councillor for nearly 23 years and is a qualified accountant. He worked for Leeds University since 1986 as a principle lecturer but since 2004 was seconded to work at Bradford City Football Club to develop links between the club and its local community. He is now also helping to create social enterprises. If you would like to know more about David Ward, please follow this link.

Peter Rodgers

James Powell

About the Outreach

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About Jackie Mulligan

Peter Rodgers is the Dean of Sporting Partnerships. He joined Leeds Polytechnic in 1986 as a senior lecturer in marketing and strategic management and in 1990 set up the first Teaching Company centre model for small and medium sized companies in a British university. In 1996 his team’s work was recognised nationally with the Queen’s Anniversary Award. If you would like to know more about Peter Rodgers, please follow this link.

Jackie Mulligan

James Powell

About the Outreach

In 2000, Leeds Metropolitan University launched the UK Centre for Events Management consolidating their position as the leading UK provider of events management education. The project aims to improved linkages between businesses, strengthen supply chains and support graduate-led new business start-up, raising the scope and quality of what the region’s event sector can offer. The centre also provides impetus and focus for further developing education, training, research and consultancy. If you would like to know more about the project, please follow this link.

About Jackie Mulligan

Jackie Mulligan joined Leeds Metropolitan University at the end of 2005. She had previously worked as Festival Manager for the UK’s Millennium Commission and in communications, tourism, events, heritage, culture, business and emergency planning projects in the Caribbean. At Leeds Metropolitan University, Jackie heads the business development hub for the Events subject group. Whilst at Leeds Met she has presented and published papers and articles on events, event businesses, entrepreneurship and events as image making tools for destinations.

Mark Robinson

James Powell

About the Outreach

Esendency is one of the companies based in one of the incubator units in the Knowledge business centre of info lab 21 at Lancaster University, literally next door to the computing department and management school. They have created a real time web based management system that measures the progress of a project or organisation through its strategy towards its vision. If you would like to know more about Esendency, please follow this link.

About Mark Robinson

Mark Robinson founded Escendency In 2004. Escendency is the author and provider of their web-based SMART (Strategy Mapping and Reporting Technology) system for Organisations, Partnerships and Communities. Before Escendency Mark was a Director of Entropy International, responsible for the business expansion of their newly developed web-based Environmental Management System across Government. Before joining Entropy in 1999 Mark had 22 years experience in management and international sales positions within the microchip industry working for Silicon Valley high technology companies.

Sue Peters

James Powell

About the Outreach

LEAD sits within the institute for Entrepreneurship in the management School at Lancaster University and it stands for Leading Enterprise and Development. The programme has been designed to advance owner-managers and their businesses, by focusing on leadership to develop each person and their organisation. The programme is specifically designed for small businesses, providing a framework to increase profitability and grow the business. If you would like to know more about the project, please folllow this link.

About Sue Peters

Sue Peters runs LEAD at Infolab 21. Prior to this, she has conducted conducted research into social behaviour and new media and perception across different cultures.