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The UK’s research strengths are world-class, but too often they operate in isolation rather than as part of a connected national system. A new HEPI report argues that better transport and infrastructure links could unlock significant gains in collaboration, innovation and...

Results from a UK collaboration mark a step towards building large scale quantum sensors and the country's first large scale atom interferometer.

Our report, Crossing Paths, explores how geography, gender, and ethnicity all impact opportunities for disadvantaged young people.

New research published today by the Sutton Trust reveals how geography, gender and ethnicity all impact opportunities for disadvantaged young people, with big variations across England.

UK research collaboration ‘hampered by poor transport links’

Faster rail services between major UK research hubs and stronger incentives to work together could deliver innovation benefits, says report.

Being presented with a large dataset (such as lots of interviews) as a qualitative researcher is a double-edged sword.

In partnership with Mission 44, the Centre for Young Lives are today publishing our new report, ‘Ambitious About Inclusion: A Guide to Implementing the Schools White Paper.’

Researchers, academics, think tanks and policy institutes can apply for rapid-response funding to examine how the 2026 conflict and disruption to vital shipping routes have impacted and will continue to affect people and businesses in the UK.

Latest Teach First research reveals the stark reality facing England's most disadvantaged pupils — and calls for urgent action.

Learning and Work Institute has evaluated the first year of delivery of Full Potential, the Youth Guarantee Trailblazer delivered by Central London Forward.

UK universities face growing uncertainty in research infrastructure planning, where confidence in decision-making matters as much as the technology choices themselves.

Pupils experiencing persistent disadvantage consistently demonstrate some of the lowest educational outcomes in the system – falling, on average, nearly two years of learning behind their peers by the time they sit their GCSEs.

Pedagogy is always a site of transformation, where knowledge takes on new forms through acts of teaching and learning.

The proportion of young people going into education, training or work nine months after finishing school is the joint highest since records began.

'No complacency': Cautious welcome for positive leaver destination figures

The proportion of pupils going on to “positive destinations” after school is at its joint highest level, government figures show.

Physics postdocs ‘losing faith in UK careers’ after STFC cuts

Only 8 per cent of early career physicists would advise others to pursue career in UK research after downturn in postdoc funding, survey finds.

Advertising watchdog rebukes student site over ‘misleading’ posts

StudySmarter warned over job listings set up to capture contact information.

The government needs to invest in the relationship between businesses and further education colleges if it is to reduce the number of young people not in education, employment or training (NEET), the Association of Colleges has said.

This paper offers practical lessons for government on how to better serve boys from low-income families, both in policy making and delivery.

This presentation by London Economics to MillionPlus summarises the significant divergence in higher education funding policies across the UK’s four Home Nations.

New HEPI Report ‘Interconnected Innovation: Physical connectivity as the missing ingredient in UK research and innovation policy’

Quantum experiment opens gravitational waves and dark matter search

What drives social mobility? A closer look at Crossing Paths

Young people’s prospects shaped by mix of postcodes, ethnicity and gender

UK research collaboration ‘hampered by poor transport links’

Six reasons why human-led qualitative research is safe from AI… for now

Mission 44 and the Centre for Young Lives publish Ambitious About Inclusion Report

£300,000 funding for research on UK impacts of US-Iran conflict

Rewriting the future for persistently disadvantaged pupils

Evaluation of Central London Forward’s Youth Guarantee Trailblazer

Research infrastructure: why confidence, not technology is the real challenge

Persistent disadvantage – further analysis for Teach First

A decolonial pedagogy: learning, being and becoming

More school leavers in positive destinations

'No complacency': Cautious welcome for positive leaver destination figures

Physics postdocs ‘losing faith in UK careers’ after STFC cuts

Advertising watchdog rebukes student site over ‘misleading’ posts

To tackle the NEET crisis, FE and employer relations need investment, says AoC

Insights from early years settings

What’s going on in the world of higher education fees and funding?