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  • A New Imperative: Regions and higher education in difficult times: Chris Duke, Michael Osborne & Bruce Wilson; Half Title Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Tables; Abbreviations; Participating regions; Introduction: regions and universities in the post-2008 world; PART I: Towards Mode Two knowledge production; 1. Complexity and diversity
  • the 'global problematique'; 2. Governance and the changing 'three sectors'; 3. Two key partners
  • (1) the region; 4. Two key partners
  • (2) higher education; PART II: PURE findings: leading policy issues; 5. PASCAL and the PURE Project.
  • 6. Social inclusion and active citizenship7. The new ecological imperative
  • green skills and jobs; 8. Culture and creativity; 9. Entrepreneurship and SMEs
  • regions and innovation systems; 10. The audit era and organisational learning
  • benchmarking and impact; PART III: Learning and partnership processes
  • wider policy reflections; 11. The PURE Project and inter-regional learning; 12. Regions, central government power and policy-making; 13. Engaging horizontally
  • leading, partnering, learning; 14. Wider reflections
  • engaging with the new imperative.
  • Annex: Twelve policy implications, twenty-one questions and answersBibliography; Index.