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4GU Products & Services

Get the full overview of 4GU Products & Services, including how the 4GU tool, 4GU Alignment Report, and 4GU Consultancy work together to support your university's regional strategy.

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Strategic insights to deliver regionally focussed excellence and societal impact

The 4th Generation University (4GU) framework helps universities understand and strengthen their role as regional innovation partners - working alongside government, industry, and civil society, to drive scale, impact and regional development. It looks across four dimensions; governance, education, research, and value co-creation.

Because every university's regional ecosystem and priorities differ, there is a set of 4GU Products and Services - the 4GU Tool, 4GU Alignment Report, and 4GU Consultancy - to give university leaders the data-driven insights and bespoke guidance they need to analyse their institution's position, benchmark against peers, and design transformative strategies for regional and societal impact.