The joint coordinators of the Impact of Higher Education Institutions on Regional Economies initiative are Ursula Kelly and Peter McGregor of the University of Strathclyde.

The purpose of the coordination is two-fold:

• to  provide an enabling framework for the exchange of knowledge and interim research findings among award holders so that a mutually supportive research community of award-holders can be created and sustained  
• to encourage interested  policy professionals and stakeholders to engage with the initiative, to highlight potentially relevant research findings and support their speedy dissemination to the policy community

The coordinators will maintain regular contact with both the research groups and with the core funder stakeholders to ensure ongoing relevance and identification  of potential relevance of the research outputs to the higher education policies of both devolved and central government administrations.

Coordination Activities

Coordination Activities will include a user-friendly website where information about the initiative and up-to-date diary of events can be found. There will be a programme of events focussing on different aspects of the research being undertaken and its relevance to higher education policy developments.

An initiative-specific series of working papers and discussion papers will be established to enable early and speedy communication of interim and final research findings.

A high level plain English research brief series will also be initiated and managed.