This book sets out to understand the significance of geographical context – place – for universities in the globalised setting of the twenty-first century.
Part I Contexts: Do Universities Make a Difference?.- Chapter 1 Introduction: On Universities and Their ‘Places’. - Chapter 2 Universities, Social Change and Transformation: Global Perspectives.- Chapter 3 Universities in Their Contexts: Policy Drivers and History.- Part II Making a Difference: To What and To Whom?.- Chapter 4 Universities, Economic Development and Regeneration.- Chapter 5 Image, Culture and the Drivers and Resistances to Change.- Chapter 6 Universities, Community Engagement and the ‘Public Good’.- Chapter 7 Universities and Social Disadvantage.- Part III Conclusions and Implications: Making a Better Difference.- Chapter 8 The Regional Role Of Universities: Some Answered and Unanswered Questions.- Chapter 9 Universities Making a Difference: Balancing the Global and the Local.