2026 Heywood Fellow Jenny Bates argues that the United Kingdom needs a new international economic strategy, one that reflects the UK's place in a changing world – balancing openness with economic security, resilience and the ability to act in the national interest. 

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Education researchers should move beyond small, tightly controlled studies and focus much more heavily on how effective programmes can be implemented by governments at scale, according to a new analysis in Science by What Works Hub for Global Education researchers.