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Universities going to Town | JOHN TIBBITT from Policies for Places

I have written about the importance of learning for places before here and about encouraging accessibility to learning from a more visible presence of learning and skills agencies in city streets here. This piece is focused particularly on the role of universities and other higher education institutions (HEIs) in supporting their local economies through taking a presence in often struggling high streets in towns and cities.

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Wyndham News - August 2024 Edition

We are pleased to share with you the August 2024 Edition of Wyndham News, featured below in full and attached for download.

NEP-SOC 2024-07-29, five papers

In this issue we feature 5 current papers on the theme of social capital, chosen by Fabio Sabatini (Università degli Studi di Roma “La Sapienza”):

Shared spaces and the 'war on the motorist' | Issues around 're-sharing' the street

It is ironic that despite allocating emergency funding during the pandemic for widening pavements, providing additional cycle lanes, and making available modest resources for improved public transport and cycling infrastructure, the delivery of net-zero policies in towns and cities has emerged as a strong dividing line between political parties in the current general election in the UK.

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