Advancing by Design (PDF, 2Mb) is a 2009 report on…
“the role universities in the West Midlands
have played [pre-recession] in promoting design amongst businesses”
Commenting on the report, the British Design Innovation trade-body scathingly noted in September 2009 that…
“The report acknowledges that these HE interventions have negligible tangible data to demonstrate financial outputs, knowledge transfer or student learning. Three years on, virtually all of the £88.6 million-backed initiatives have disbanded.”
