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Explainer: The dual support systemJust what is the dual support system, and why is the university sector so keen to defend it?Analysis · 23 Oct 2026
The Missions Accelerator Programme, unpackedBig bets, best bets, and more powerful nudges – James Coe breaks down UKRI’s £500m initiativeAnalysis · 20 Oct 2026
Why good PhD information is too hard to findA recent report highlights the challenges in doctoral applications – especially for students from less advantaged backgroundsAnalysis · 16 Oct 2026
Value capture and complementary capabilitiesJames Coe reads a new report on capturing the value of innovation within the UKAnalysis · 9 Oct 2026
Money alone won’t fix the UK’s innovation problemsAdvance market commitments are a way for the government to give innovators confidence in future demandEssay · 6 Oct 2026
ESRC sets out its plans for new funding awardsThe funding council introduces three new opportunitiesNews · 1 Oct 2026
Scaling the Oxford-Cambridge corridorWhat would it take for OxCam to be one of the world’s top innovation clusters?Analysis · 30 Sep 2026
Mission-oriented industrial strategy in the Burnham eraA new UCL report thinks about how the UK’s public finance bodies can coordinate and scaleAnalysis · 28 Sep 2026
New report considers the landscape for independent researchersThe research system remains too “institution-centered”, warns NCACENews · 21 Sep 2026
Innovation policy needs imagination – not constant repackaging of the enterprise zone dreamOne government after another has stuck with this economic orthodoxy, even as the labels change. It’s time for a new approachEssay · 15 Sep 2026
The UK Space Strategy, unpackedSpace is no longer the future, it is the “infrastructure of the present,” according to the government’s new policy paperAnalysis · 10 Sep 2026
A new typology for policy engagement modelsA report from the Local Policy Innovation Partnership Hub explores the different ways in which university civic institutes are operatingNews · 8 Sep 2026