The overarching recommendation in this report is for the UK government to step up and bring forward an industrial strategy for food and farming. The authors argue that it should provide farmers with more support and greater certainty, intervene to rebalance risk and power across the whole supply chain, build a renewed connection between the...

To mark the centenary of the BBC’s formation, the British Academy held a roundtable discussion in December 2022 examining the role, achievements and future of public service media in the United Kingdom. This paper summarises the main points discussed at the roundtable, and hopefully prompts and provokes further thought on the evolving role of public...

This publication brings together a mix of authors to look back at the last 20 years of higher education policy across the United Kingdom. It has been released to mark the Higher Education Policy Institute's 20th birthday.

Current UK Government guidance states that public bodies should exist only ‘as a last resort’, when three narrow tests are met. This approach means government does not always use the appropriate mechanism to fulfil its objectives. The authors of this paper argue that the tests should be re-written in a more balanced way, so that...

Between January and March 2023, researchers piloted a novel digital engagement tool, The Strategy Room, to help local authorities understand their residents’ priorities for net-zero policies on the topics of heat, travel and food. This report presents the preliminary results from the pilot study.