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Universities support their local area and communities
Universities support their local area and communities
Universities are important hubs for their local area, boosting employment and spending. Allied to this, their social and cultural influence places them right at the heart of the community.
Universities are major employers in their own right – often one of the largest in their area. And they generate further jobs indirectly, through their spending on local goods and services: for every 100 jobs at a university, 117 are created in the wider economy.
Besides these economic benefits, universities support their local community in all sorts of ways. They provide facilities for the community, for example sports centres shared with schools; they
offer advice and consultancy
to local residents and businesses; they help to shape local policy and strategy; they connect their research to local priorities, and act as vocal, high-profile advocates for their town, city or region.
Further reading
Breaking down the barriers to Student Opportunities and Youth Social Action
Universities UK and NUS
The impact of universities on the UK economy, 2014
Universities UK
The economic role of universities, 2015
Universities UK
Living Together, Working Together, 2010
Universities UK and NUS