The argument over creative industries R&D tax relief continues
New UAL report says recently updated guidance doesn’t resolve the deeper problem
Read the analysis →The Newswire
Where will the £1bn for world-leading clusters come from?
21 OctoberMPs call UKRI’s IP policy “far too cautious”
21 OctoberThe Missions Accelerator Programme, unpacked
20 OctoberAnalysisThe British Academy asks whether the dual support system is fit for the future
20 OctoberNew AI for science announcements ahead of the Budget – The government previews the investments in artificial intelligence which will be set out on Wednesday
UKRI pinpoints £11.6bn of higher education cross-subsidy – Funder’s TRAC analysis visualises how institutions make the research numbers add up
A roadmap for metamaterials – The UK can be a world leader, says the Institute of Physics
The briefing for people who make UK research happen
In-depth coverage, analysis and news, everything you need to know about research in the UK and Europe, written by our team of experts.
Free while we build. Unsubscribe any time.
New, in beta: Readout – everything new on the site, first thing. Get Readout →
The briefing is the front door, not the whole house. Registering gets you the briefings and full site access while we build. Founding subscriptions are open now – one subscription covers all of it: news, archive and briefing alike.
The essay
All the essays →The moon and the ghetto, revisited
Societal missions aren’t weaker versions of technology missions – they are a different kind of undertaking, with their own logic
Haldane
All of Haldane →Stoking the north-south divide
Or: Why not all decisions can be science-based
Where to even begin?
Or: How the Trump administration’s assault on science will inevitably colour policy elsewhere
Something for the hat? haldane [at] researchagenda [dot] news
The archive
Browse the full archive →The reading room
Blogs, comment, reports and the dates that matter – gathered from across the sector and from Wonkhe, our sister publication.
On Wonkhe
Science and university research can’t deliver economic growth – at least not as we measure it
Don Webber and Alan Collins
Across the sector
Accounting for large language masses: a time capsule
Journal of Cultural Economy
Does adding mean increase? Measurement, AI and the remaking of research
Frontiers Policy Labs
How to communicate
Occam's Typewriter
Don’t be dazzled by fools’ gold
Research on Research Institute
The diary
28OctAutumn BudgetHM Treasury · Westminster
29OctRichard Haldane and the modernisation of the British StateSymposium · Centre for Geopolitics
3NovReport on international metascienceResearch on Research Institute · Meta-Moment project
4NovUpdate on R&D statisticsOffice for National Statistics
See full calendar and submit your own event →
Why Research Agenda?
Research is a promise – spend money today, make tomorrow better, and discover some brilliant things along the way. Everything else – the acronyms, the institutions, the processes – is machinery for keeping that promise. Research Agenda covers whether it is being kept.
Too much coverage stops at whose income is up or down. The interesting debate is not only what was decided, but its political context, its impacts and its long-term effect on the country – the questions that fade as the news cycle moves on. So we look at the parts and the whole alike: reported first, analysed properly, remembered when everyone else has moved on. Speed, depth and memory.
Research Agenda is built by the team behind Wonkhe so that government and arm's-length bodies are held to account, the community can take part in the debate – and change in the system happens in daylight.
Read the launch essay in full →
Mark Leach
Editor in Chief, Research Agenda & Chief Executive, Thesis
Free to read while we build – paid for by the people it serves
Research Agenda is built in the open. Through the founding period everything on this page is free – you just need to register. Founding subscriptions are open now, and founding subscribers lock their rate for three years.
Free through the founding period – the whole site
Register free for the briefing and full site access. When the founding period ends, every part of it – news, archive and briefing – becomes a single subscription. No card, no trial clock: we build the service in front of you.
Founding rate
For independents and small practices
- Every briefing, in full
- All news, analysis, the archive and the essay
- Card payment, cancel anytime
- At a university, funder or larger employer? The route is an organisational subscription – we can help you make the case
Organisation-wide
Banded by research income
- Organisation-wide access, no user caps
- Every briefing, story and analysis for every colleague
- Founding rates locked for three years
Scoped
Shaped to your organisation
- Whole-organisation access and briefings
- For funders, government bodies, industry R&D and advisers
Founding rates are available on enquiry – founding subscribers lock them for three years.