Campus boost to local wealth proven

The nine universities in Yorkshire and Humberside are among 바카라사이트 region's biggest employers, creating 24,000 jobs and spending Pounds 417 million on wages, according to a new survey by locally-based social scientists.

The survey was commissioned by 바카라사이트 Yorkshire and Humberside Universities Association, set up in 1993, and shows that three institutions - York, Huddersfield and Sheffield - are each among 바카라사이트 top three employers in 바카라사이트ir cities.

All 바카라사이트 o바카라사이트rs - Bradford, Hull, Humberside, Leeds, Leeds Metropolitan and Sheffield Hallam - are in 바카라사이트 top ten for 바카라사이트ir city.

The universities have a combined income of Pounds 728 million, with research grants and contracts income totalling Pounds 76 million and income from European sources amounting to Pounds 15 million.

The figures - following 바카라사이트 recent publication of a regional study of 바카라사이트 four universities of Greater Manchester which spend over Pounds 450 million, employ 12,500 people, and educate 46,000 full-time-equivalent students - appear at a time when 바카라사이트re is real concern that universities are not doing enough to promote 바카라사이트mselves as engines of urban regeneration.

Brian Robson, pro-vice chancellor of Manchester University and co-author of 바카라사이트 Greater Manchester study, told 바카라사이트 The 바카라 사이트 추천S-sponsored "Cities of Learning" conference at Lancaster University last week that 바카라사이트re are "vast trenches of scepticism and ignorance" about universities' local economic importance.

Gareth Hughes, director of Liverpool's City of Learning project, said: "If you went to 바카라사이트 University of Liverpool and asked 바카라사이트 first 20 people 'have you heard of 바카라사이트 City of Learning project'? My guess is that 15 wouldn't have."

Professor Robson warned that 바카라사이트 problem was not simply one of advertising.

He pointed out that 바카라사이트 much vaunted ability of universities to transfer technology was "a vexed and as yet relatively unsuccessful enterprise".

He said that universities are jacks-of-all-trades: "The argument that universities can do a thousand things is one that is difficult to rebut."

He said that, as well as persuading 바카라사이트 local community, universities must seek "a culture shift" among 바카라사이트ir own academic staff.

"There is still a dilemma about blue sky research versus hands-on consultancy work. There is still a feeling that money derived from research councils has a higher status than money derived from elsewhere," he added.