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N8 Research sees economic hope in a growing, ageing population
N8 is a partnership of eight research intensive universities that co-ordinates research teams and collaborations across the North of England.
Today sees the publication of a report by a research team that included experts from the universities of Durham, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester and Newcastle, including Gary Fry and Lisa Buckner from CIRCLE.
- Universities see economic hope in growing, ageing and more diverse north, The Guardian, 15 September 2011.
The research focused on demographic change in key Northern cities and city-region economies over the next 25 years, and found that a growing, ageing and more ethnically diverse population could provide the North of England with opportunities for economic growth.
The report comes as the Coalition Government’s new Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) begin thier work to promote economic growth and rebalancing of the economy. It is due to be officially launched, on Thursday, September 15, at a public meeting in Sheffield Town Hall attended by representatives from businesses, local authorities, Government, universities and voluntary organisations.
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