Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC): The Impact of Higher Education Institutions on Regional Economies 2005/06

This report of an ESRC Network on cross-regional perspectives on the transformative impact of higher education on disadvantaged groups and communities was produced in 2006, and involved PASCAL (Mike Osborne [1] and Lesley Doyle [2]) as well as colleagues at the Open University, the University of Salford and the University of East London. It will be of interest as a backdrop to our work within the PURE [3] and PUMR [4] projects. Later the Open University developed work from this project within the HEART project within the major ESRC programme on Higher Education and Regional Economic Impact.