Case Study
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Ideopolis: knowledge city-regions - Glasgow case study explores Glasgow’s strengths, challenges and opportunities within the framework of the nine Ideopolis drivers. It makes policy recommendations and shows what other cities can learn from Glasgow’s experience.
Key findings include:
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Diverse specialisation: Glasgow has a diverse economy, with the top five industries being banking and insurance, business services, health, public administration and communications. Glasgow offers specialisms within the creative and cultural industries (broadcasting, TV and film production) not found elsewhere in Scotland.
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High skill organisations::Glasgow has many highly skilled workers doing high value jobs, but also many workers and non-workers with no skills. For future success, Glasgow needs to tap the under-utilised sections of its population.
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Vibrant education sector: Glasgow is the largest agglomeration of higher and further education in Britain after London and Oxbridge.
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Distinctive knowledge city offer: Glasgow has a distinctive identity and external image, though within the UK this image is often about unemployment and poverty.
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Leadership around a knowledge city vision: there are three key players in Glasgow: the city council, Scottish Enterprise and the HEIs. Glasgow has the opportunity to use the 2014 Commonwealth Games bid to strengthen existing leadership, and could learn lessons from Manchester’s approach.