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To ensure that the roles of the Higher Education Sector in teaching, learning, research, technology transfer and enterprise as they relate to all regional affairs, are properly recognised and understood.
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To ensure that Higher Education Institutes are active participants in the development and where appropriate, the delivery of key regional strategies.
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To be a focal point for liaison and co-operation between the Higher Education Institutes and appropriate regional and sub- regional agencies, including the Further Education Sector in the Region.
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To ensure either through election or nomination, that the voice of the Higher Education Sector is heard in the regional agencies and that its expertise is used by them as appropriate.
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To support the representatives of the Higher Education Sector in that capacity in regional agencies and in any other regional duties.
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To facilitate and strengthen the contribution of the Higher Education Sector to the economic development and competitiveness of the Region.
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To encourage wider collaborative activity between the Higher Education Institutes in the region, where this is considered to be beneficial both collectively and individually and to seek and accept regional and other funding on their behalf as appropriate.
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To contribute as appropriate at the strategic level to the interaction of Higher Education Institutes in the South East Region with EU institutions.
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To monitor the contribution of the Higher Education Sector to the regional economic performance and to both benchmark and maximise it.
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To maintain an effective information and publicity system to ensure that the contribution of the Higher Education Sector is recognised and understood widely in the Region.
