Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Author-Name: Paul Benneworth
Author-Name-First: Paul
Author-Name-Last: Benneworth
Author-Name: Rómulo Pinheiro
Author-Name-First: Rómulo
Author-Name-Last: Pinheiro
Title: Involving universities in regional upgrading in the periphery
Abstract: This chapter presents and discusses two cases of regional upgrading involving publicrun universities in two Northern European countries, Norway and the Netherlands.
More specifically, it illuminates how academic groups associated with the field of
medicine took pro-active steps to establish and further develop regional coalitions
which, over time, have resulted in situated learning. The focus on processes of
university-regional engagement and mutual satisfaction in a context where universities
are pressured to be globally excellent allow lessons to be drawn for regions in Southern
Europe. Subtle transfer is nevertheless required to account for universities’ autonomies
and organisational capacity to embed engagement at the institutional level.
Length: 26 pages
Creation-Date: 2015
File-URL: https://ris.utwente.nl/ws/portalfiles/portal/14233965
File-Format: Application/pdf
Number: 201510
Keywords: Higher education, regional development, universities, Northern Europe, local relevance and global excellence, tensions
Handle: RePEc:chs:wpachs:201510