Helping universities demonstrate their economic impact and social value
Unlock influence and empower your university to measure and communicate its economic impact and social value, strengthen stakeholder relationships and build future funding cases.
Overview
Universities are more than centres of learning, they are economic engines and community anchors. Their impact extends far beyond campus, driving jobs, investment, student spending, tourism and generating significant economic benefits for the regions they serve.
Oxford Economics helps higher education institutions to unlock deeper insight into their contribution and translate it into compelling evidence for stakeholders. With global expertise and trusted economic modelling, we help universities strengthen relationships, inform strategic planning, and build more persuasive funding cases.
Our new University Economic Impact Calculator makes it easy to demonstrate your economic impact and social value in clearly and effectively.
Why showcase your economic impact and social value?
Partnering with us helps universities showcase their impact. Using trusted data and robust methodologies, we deliver clear, actionable insights on economic, social and cultural contributions that engage audiences, attract support, and highlight the university’s value.
Showcase your contribution. Build trust. Unlock influence.
Build Stronger Local and Regional Relationships
Strengthen Funding and Policy Cases
University Economic Impact Calculator
Our University Economic Impact Calculator makes impact analysis accessible to institutions of all sizes, serving as a flexible first step that can be expanded into a comprehensive, tailored assessment through our consultancy expertise. It provides a web summary report and interactive dashboard that lets you explore data, highlight key findings and present the metrics you need all seamlessly embeddable on your website.
Quantify your institution’s economic contribution, in terms of jobs, employment and tax revenues, across three channels of impact: your operations, spending by your students, and spending by their visitors.
Model the potential impact of new investments, such as campus expansions, to inform planning and stakeholder engagement and strengthen funding and policy cases.
Choose from web reports, interactive dashboards and downloadable data making it easy to share insights internally and externally.
Use the Calculator as an entry point to deeper, bespoke analysis through Oxford Economics’ consultancy services. Expand your insight into research, innovation, skills and community value.
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Our experienced economic impact team has delivered numerous economic and social impact studies across the higher education sector, helping universities demonstrate their economic benefits and strengthen their impact reporting.
Consulting Report
Consulting Report
Bespoke Insights: Unlock a Deeper View of Your University’s Impact
For universities ready to go beyond the calculator, Oxford Economics offers tailored consultancy that captures the full value of your institution: its research, innovation, skills, enterprise, and community impact.
Work with our expert team to gain:
- Proven expertise – Decades of experience delivering trusted impact studies for universities across the UK, Europe, and the Middle East.
- Robust, evidence-based analysis – Powered by Oxford Economics’ proprietary data, models, and global economic insight.
- Tailored messaging – Insights and outputs aligned to your priorities, from strategic planning to stakeholder engagement and funding bids.
- Broader impact perspective – Measuring not just economic outcomes but the wider social and cultural value your university creates.
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