Rethinking the ‘third mission’: UK universities and regional engagement in challenging times

European Journal of Higher Education

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 250-263

  Lebeau, Yann ^a   Cochrane, Allan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Embeddedness; Marketization; Regional engagement; Third mission; Universities

Indexed keywords

EID: 84987903255     PISSN: 21568235     EISSN: 21568243     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21568235.2015.1044545     Document Type: Article

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