Research and innovation

HEPI provides independent, evidence-based insight into research and innovation policy in the UK. From the lives of early career researchers to regional research capacity, HEPI’s research, and perspectives on research and innovation from across the sector and beyond, are captured below in reports, blogs and events.

The Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI) today publishes Advancing Translational Research (HEPI Policy Note 57) with a foreword from Baroness (Margaret) Hodge of Barking. The authors, Lan Murdock, Senior Corporate…

Author
Lan Murdock and Rose Stephenson
Published
7 November 2024

The ‘third space’ describes a group of university staff who can neither be described as academic nor non-academic professional staff. In the context of research, several roles clearly fit into…

Author
Jonathan Grant and Tom Kennie
Published
8 August 2024

This Briefing is for candidates standing in the 2024 General Election and anyone with an interest in higher education policy. It covers the following seven topics:

Author
Josh Freeman, Nick Hillman and Rose Stephenson
Published
27 June 2024
Author
Chris Husbands and Janice Kay
Published
23 July 2025