The role of education in innovation: recent experience from the United Kingdom with particular focus on Cambridge, Warwick and East London

This paper describes recent developments in the further and higher education sector in the United Kingdom and how they have impacted on the innovation potential of the country as a whole, individual regions and localities. It starts with a general analysis of national and regional trends and then provides more detailed information on three localities and their universities: Cambridge in Englands Eastern Region, Warwick in the West Midlands and the University of East London.