understanding devolution: david marlow
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Defining future university relationships to place: The
University of Warwick’s Chancellor’s commission – a practical example
Presentation to Understanding Devolution event
Name David Marlow Third Life Economics Date 20th October 2015
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Introductions... David Marlow University of
Warwick Commissions
The Chancellor’s Commission 2015
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University of Warwick (UoW) – the first fifty years...
From one of ‘seven sisters’...to a UK ‘top ten’ and ‘top 50’ global research institution
The 2012/13 EIA The 50th Anniversary
celebration...and the global reach
...but what about the relationship to its own regional and local places in its second fifty years?
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Assembling and incepting the Commission...
Selecting, appointing and convening Commissioners
Desk Research and some new commissioned research
Consultations with UoW, local and C&W leadership teams Interviews, hearings,
roundtables, digital Defining the KLOIs, conceptual
frameworks and propositions Determining a process to
December 2015 and beyond National, regional hearings,
student and young person involvement
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Emerging ‘difficult issues’ Can UoW convene an independent commission about
itself? And how to get UoW ownership of process and recommendations Should UoW seek a corporate or polycentric approaches
across its ‘family’ of entities? Major limitations of traditional, descriptive,
‘incidental’ EIAs – more reflective deliberative, ‘mission-driven’ and change-oriented The ‘already doing that’ syndrome’ with so much going on
Developing mutual understandings between local leadership teams and university leadership teams Responding to local and regional demands/ambitions or
shaping them – especially given current contested local and regional leadership contexts
Sorting out different levels and modes of contribution Good neighbour and co-designer locally...; Anchor and co-
anchor in C&W...; One of multiple HEIs in Midlands (e.g. M6...)
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Local and regional dimensions... UoW, C&W – on the edge or
central pivot point? C&W sometimes part of GSE,
sometimes part of ‘Midlands’, sometimes part of ‘north’
Devolution dilemmas:- Midlands engine, WMCA,
C&W LEP, LAs, places Central and local government
OR local leadership teams UoW – political neutrality or
a genuine leader and ‘player’
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National ‘mixed messages’ National HE teaching and
research systems Pressures of global
competitiveness within...national (and England)
politics and administration Multiple purposes and
motivations for devolution Values or patronage, deal-
driven Decentralisation – what and to
whom at which geographical and institutional levels
Manchester – a model or sui generis
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Some preliminary hypotheses... Universities ‘should’ have principles, policies and
practice to proactively contribute to successful places where they have a major footprint
Universities should move increasingly from ‘incidental’ impact to purposeful and effective interventions
Universities should strive to be a ‘good citizen with and for its neighbours – recognising and seeking to mitigate pressures to which it contributed
Commission to test and develop these hypotheses in the UoW context
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Concluding remarks...and discussion points...
The use of independent commissions as part of the university-place relationship development process
HEI conceptual ‘place-based’ frameworks – self-interest, ‘civic’, other relevant constructs
Navigating SR2015, ‘devo-deals’ and other imminent changes/announcements