Northern Gritstone drives economic regeneration

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US mounts dramatic pivot to ‘place-based industrial policy’

Land of the free market outpaces UK’s muted ‘levelling up’ with funding to leverage power of universities in struggling regions

By John Morgan

23 September

Fireworks at the illuminated coal mine Ewald to the Extraschicht, Herten, Germany to illustrate Can academia revive Germany’s Rust Belt?

Life after coal: can academia revive Germany’s Rust Belt?

Backed by state government, an ambitious university-led initiative is aiming to restore the Ruhr Valley’s former industrial glory. John Morgan meets academics behind the experiment in driving regional renewal by building a reputation for world-class science

By John Morgan

15 September

Rebalancing UK research funding regionally: how could it happen?

Rebalancing to the regions will bring a battle over ‘excellence’ and ‘place’ models, along with questions on the best mechanisms to deliver change

By John Morgan

11 February

The steel city forging a university-industry-community alloy

John Morgan witnesses a pioneering collaboration between two Sheffield universities, drawing upon the city’s manufacturing heritage to become a hub of industrial innovation and a model of civic engagement

By John Morgan

10 August

Is Northern Gritstone a model for driving economic regeneration?

Science and technology investment fund created by universities of Leeds, Manchester and Sheffield injects first capital to fuel innovation shift

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