Universities in Yorkshire are to sign a pledge tomorrow to work together with business to boost the region's economy.
A "strategic alliance" agreement has been drawn up between Yorkshire Forward, an organisation set up to regenerate the county, and the Yorkshire and Humberside Universities Association.
Yorkshire Forward chairman Graham Hall said: "We have a world-class standard of higher education research in the region - the top rate research into bioscience in York, e-commerce at Leeds University and mechanical engineering at the University of Sheffield are just three superb examples.
"Businesses in the region are reaping the benefits of high-quality vocationally-educated graduates as well as taking advantage of university spin-off organisations that provide expertise in developing, managing and delivering successful entrepreneurship programmes. But we must go further.
"The DTI and Higher Education Funding Council are linking together higher education and research with the business agenda as never before and at a regional level we are benefiting from national programmes such as the Science Enterprise Challenge Fund.
Updated: 11:28 Tuesday, April 10, 2001
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