New Imperative

Chris Duke is Visiting Professor at the University of Glasgow, and at RMIT University in Melbourne, and founding Secretary General of Pascal International ObservatoryMichael Osborne is Professor of Adult and Lifelong Learning , Director of the Centre for Research and Development in Adult and Lifelong Learning, and Co-Director of PASCAL, University of GlasgowBruce Wilson is Professor and Director of the European Union Centre at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia, and a former Co-Director of Pascal International Observatory

• Introduction – Regions and universities in the post-2008 worldPart 1 Towards mode two knowledge production1. Complexity and diversity – the ‘global problematique’2. Governance and the changing ‘three sectors’3. Two key partners: (1) The regionPart 2 PURE findings: leading policy issues4. Two key partners : (2) Higher Education5. Pascal and the PURE project6. Social inclusion and active citizenship7. The new ecological imperative – green skills and jobs8. Culture and creativity9. Entrepreneurship and SMEs: regions and innovation systems10. The audit era and organisational learning – benchmarking and impactPart 3 Learning and partnership processes, wider policy reflections11. The PURE project and inter-regional learning12. Regions, central government power and policy-making13. Engaging horizontally – leading, partnering, learning14. Wider reflections: engaging with the new imperativeAnnex: Twelve policy implications, twenty-one questions and answersBibliographyIndex