Yu Yang
April 9, 2020
2020/4/9

Purpose of research
People expect that universities can play a role in the development of regional economy.
The government, universities and researchers understand what the role of universities is the talent training, industry-university-research cooperation and other factors related to this.
The role of Universities is underestimated
.
It’s necessary to study the relevant circumstances’ development of higher education of UK which developed much earlier and is maturer than the universities of China.

Theoretical Framework
Functionalism of sociological theory
Explicit function
Implicit function
Explicit function means the units of social structure have formal or predictable functions.
Robert Merton
Implicit function means the units of social structure also have unpredictable functions.
Implicit function is the key point of sociology study.

British Universities
DTI (Department of Trade and Industry) White Paper
（ 1998 ）
12 Science Enterprise Centers
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British Universities
The University of Cambridge joined forces with MIT to promote the international transfer of expertise in commercialization.
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British Universities
The University Challenge (UC) initiative was established with funding to establish rolling funds to support commercialization projects through seed funding.
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British Universities
Examples of the University of Warwick and Coventry University
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JLR recruited 1,000 university graduates from 2012 to 2013 and most of the new employees graduated from the University of Warwick.
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WMG plays a core role in the technological innovation of JLR which factories and headquarters locate in West Midlands and Warwickshire.
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In 2014, more than 200 research personnel of JLR worked with WMG staffs in the campus of Warwick.
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Tata Steel R ＆ D Center in the University of Warwick Science Park
Tata Technologies set up its European R ＆ D headquarters near the campus of the University.
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Train the staffs
＆
Support the technology innovation of JLR
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The two academies also give supports to more than 500 medium-size and small enterprises in West Midlands and Warwickshire.
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Some enterprises have built their technical support centers near the campus of Coventry University.
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More than 3,000 wbs ’ alumni live or work in West Midlands and Warwickshire .
Most of the graduates are the employees of local automobile enterprises, financial industry and NHS.
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The University of Warwick Science Park has made brilliant achievements in accelerating local economy development.
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By 2012 the Science Park accommodated 130 science-and technology-based companies and provided employment for over 2,000 people.
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The Park has attracted over 650 companies, the majority relating to the automobile/transport industry, aerospace, or healthcare/pharmaceutical R ＆ D.
The initial success of the Science Park encouraged both the City Council and the County Council to invest in parallel business parks.
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Coventry University has also established
Technology Park of modern design near
Coventry city center.
The Coventry University Technology
Park occupies 20 hectares and attracts many SME.
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Diversification of the economy towards new science-based companies operating at an SME
The south of Warwickshire has changed from a primarily rural economy based on agriculture and tourism to a buoyant SME- driven prosperity.
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The implicit function to local economy development
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The implicit function to local economy development
The University of Warwick has become a major economy force in the region.
The University of Warwick ranked the third largest employer in Coventry with only the City Council and the NHS ahead of it as larger employers in
2014.
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The implicit function to local economy development
The University of Warwick Purchasing Power in 2011-2012
The University’s expenditure
• ￡ 270m
• Direct and indirect induced impact
• ￡ 350m
The University’s expenditure
• ￡ 306m
• Direct and indirect induced impact
• ￡ 520m
Students expenditure alone in Coventry and Warwickshire
• ￡ 134m per annum
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The implicit function to local economy development
The students’ accommodation of the two universities has made great contribution to local rental estate.
About 35,000 students have to rent local communities’ houses as their dormitories.
They need about 9,000 houses.
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The implicit function to local economy development
International students and staffs of two universities
• INTERNATIO
NAL
STUDENTS
• nearly 6,000
• 26% of the total student body
• INTERNATIO
NANL
STAFFS
• over 33% of the total academic community
• INTERNATIO
NAL
STUDENTS
• 3,200
• 16% of its total student body
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Huge Business Opportunities
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Huge Business Opportunities
It presents huge business opportunities to local industry of rental estate ， tourism, catering industry, automobile rent industry prosperous.
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For the Local Governments of China
They should find both the explicit function and the implicit function of universities’ role to the development of local economy.
They should actively get involved in the development of university S ＆ T parks.
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For the Universities of China
• Evaluate their contributions to local economy development and provide references for their own future development.
• Adopt lay members to participate in governing the universities.
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For the Universities of China
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