About this event
Universities drive economic growth through graduate skills, research and innovation, and commercialisation and knowledge exchange. Some are getting creative in deploying their assets, whether tangible or intangible, for wider benefit. But generally speaking higher education is incentivised to produce high quality knowledge outputs, not drive growth. Certainly it is often difficult for higher education to share in the proceeds of growth. Our panel will discuss whether higher education institutions could go further and faster in contributing to growth and what interventions would be needed to make that happen.
Chair:
Alex Favier, Global campaign director, Invest in UK University R&D - Midlands
Speakers:
Anna Valero, Director, Growth Programme and a Distinguished Policy Fellow, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE
Greg Clark, Executive chair, Warwick Innovation District
Helen Turner, Director, Midlands Innovation
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This event will take place Off Campus.