To kick things off we’ve got a major report on the dual support system. We argue that in fact it may be best understood as a tripartite system which also includes teaching income. Debates about research funding are ultimately debates on the purpose of HE www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/publications...

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Given the huge pressures on universities and debates about their future role, I'm pleased to say we are launching a new @britishacademy.bsky.social programme of policy work on UK higher education to understand the landscape and plot ways forward www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/policy/highe...

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Just done this. Local partners everywhere across UK.

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“I greatly admire the Academy of Social Sciences for the way it champions the importance of social science and its contribution to society.” The Trust is delighted that our Director, Professor @annavignoles.bsky.social, is now an Honorary Fellow of the @acadsocsciences.bsky.social. Read more 👇

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Some personal/professional news: today is my last day at the IFS. There’s nowhere else I’d rather have spent the last nine years and leaving is such a wrench. But it’s time for something new, and I’m excited to be joining The Observer as Economics Editor from 7 April.

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