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Educational psychologists in England

This report from UK think tank the Education Policy Institute provides the first comprehensive national assessment of the EP workforce since the Covid-19 pandemic. 'Educational...

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AI in local government: Adoption, benefits and challenges

This report from UK think tank City-REDI examines how artificial intelligence is being adopted in local government. This report from the Local Policy Innovation Partnership...

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Understanding the Plan 2 loan repayment system

This report from UK think tank HEPI offers an alternative model for student loans, which would be cost-neutral for the Treasury. New research by London Economics has found that following various...

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A growth mindset?

This report from UK think tank the Institute of Economic Affairs examines public understanding of British economic performance and attitudes to pro-growth policies. Most Britons...

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Upcoming training

Writing for impact – marshalling your research and building a narrative

23 April 2026
9.00am – 1.00pm

This half-day training session is aimed exclusively at building and honing the skills of planning your writing and how you can effectively construct complicated narratives. The training will help you to produce clear, efficient and persuasive policy reports and briefings.

Members £220 (+VAT)
Non-members £395 (+VAT)

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Public speaking training for think tankers

30 April 2026
9.30am – 4.30pm

Do you want to speak more confidently? Do you want to understand more about nerves and how to control them? Do you want to find out more about how to craft and structure a message? Then this training is for you!

Members £295 (+VAT)
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Latest membership news

New Research Network launched!

Our new Research Network has now launched! This is the network for everyone working in research, no matter what area of specialty. We had an...

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Devolution training with PolicyWISE

In March we welcomed the new and exciting think tank PolicyWISE to come in and run a session for members on how think tanks can...

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Fundraising fundamentals training

A full house for our Fundraising Fundamentals training as we took a big group of think tankers through a whole of day of core fundraising...

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