Salford targets ‘golden triangle’ of jobs, skills, infrastructure

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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

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Sheffield Hallam flexes ‘levelling up’ power in South Yorkshire

As ministers prepare White Paper, South Yorkshire Futures programme reaching neglected suburbs and towns could be model for putting policy into practice

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Sunderland’s new civic role: to improve city life through culture

Sunderland v-c urges policymakers to recognise post-92 universities’ ‘contribution to the health of the nation’

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Why Warwick took a civic turn to Coventry

Russell Group university’s return to the local highlights higher education’s role in the wake of the Brexit vote in addressing post-industrial decline, and supporting austerity-hit councils

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Salford targets ‘golden triangle’ of jobs, skills, infrastructure

University’s Institute of Technology and proposed innovation district aim to make benefits stick in one of England’s most deprived areas

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