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The provision of higher education forms a considerable part of some regional economies, so that the current cutbacks can be expected to have considerable adverse economic effects in many regions. This article looks at the Yorkshire and Humberside planning region, a net exporter of higher education and quantifies the net economic impact of higher education in that region. For this purpose, rough estimates are made for the numbers of staff and students, and the incomes and expenditure of Higher Education institutions in the region. The direct and indirect employment is seen to be roughly 21/2% of regional employment. Of these only one seventh are academic posts, implying that, all else equal, for each academic post added (removed) six other jobs will be created (destroyed).
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The author is grateful to the late Lord Boyle, the University of Leeds, and the Leeds Association of University Teachers for funding this research, and to John Chartres and John Bowers for providing guidance at many points.
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Fowkes, A.S. The economic impact of higher education in the Yorkshire and Humberside region of England. High Educ 12, 591–596 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00140382
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00140382