HEED-Africa is a cooperation and mobility programme in the area of higher education, implemented by the European Commission aimed at building the capabilities of higher educational institutions in Africa to embrace and implement greater mobility of students and staffs, thereby help to drive economic and social development of the region.

Period: 2017-2022

Funder: European Commission – European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EECEA)

Principal investigator: Dr Paschal Anosike leads this project and collaborates with Addis Ababa University (Ethiopia), Makerere University (Uganda), Kyambogo University (Uganda), Milpark Education (South Africa), University of Ghana (Ghana), Ministry of Education and Sport (Uganda), and Private Sector Foundation (Uganda).

This is a knowledge exchange programme in the area of higher education, implemented by the British Council aimed at enabling effective UK-Africa University Partnerships.

Period: 2019-2022

Funder: British Council

Principal investigator: Dr Paschal Anosike leads this project and collaborates with Covenant University (Nigeria) and Kwara State University (Nigeria).

Period: 2019-2022

Funder: Chinese National Social Science Research Funding Council

Co-investigator: Prof Yong Wang collaborates with colleagues of Hebei University of Technology (Principal Investigator)

Period: 2019-2022

Funder: Natural Science Foundation of Hebei Province, China

Co-investigator: Prof Yong Wang works with colleagues from Hebei University of Technology (Principal Investigator)

Period: 2021-2022

Funder: Brunel Research Initiative & Enterprise Fund (BRIEF)

Co-investigator: Dr Samia Mahmood with colleagues from Brunel University London (Principal Investigator) and University of Birmingham

The research project enabled family business researchers from the UK, Italy and China to collaborate with University of Western Australia (UWA) Business School to host a symposium, student and business masterclass to discuss “Family Business Identity and Sustainability in the Information Age”. Scholars from the UWA Family Business Studies Group, the UWA region (i.e. Malaysia, Indonesia and China), and WA family businesses attended. Outputs included the UWA Family Business Symposium (25^th-27^th Sep. 2018), book chapters in Family Firms and Institutional Contexts: Business Models, Innovation and Competitive Advantage (Edward Elgar Publishing; Chapter 14).

(https://www.amazon.co.uk/Family-Firms-Institutional-Contexts-Competitive/dp/1788970179) and Innovation, Growth, and Succession in Asian Family Enterprises (Edward Elgar Publishing; Chapter 6) (https://www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/innovation-growth-and-succession-in-asian-family-enterprises-9781839104329.html), a bid for the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Research and Innovation Staff Exchange (RISE, EU), and meetings between academics, students and industry representatives to develop joint and complementary proposals.

The research carried out here demonstrates that Leicester Cathedral makes an overall economic impact of £8.7 million per annum.  Of this impact, £6.0 million is directly related to the work of Leicester Cathedral and £2.7 million to indirect and induced effects per annum.

Revealed: How much Leicester Cathedral contributes to local economy