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There are many activities of universities which are intended to ‘make a difference’ to the communities that surround them. Some focus on the economic well-being of a region as a whole. Some are directed at particular areas or groups within a region, reflecting perceived special needs or relative disadvantage. Some university activities will be a result of special initiatives whereas others will reflect the ‘core business’ of teaching and research. For the former, there are questions of sustainability once the initiative has ended, and for the latter, it can be difficult to disentangle local agendas and impacts from other larger goals of knowledge production and transmission.
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Brennan, J., Cochrane, A., Lebeau, Y., Williams, R. (2018). The Regional Role of Universities: Some Answered and Unanswered Questions. In: The University in its Place. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-024-1296-3_8
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