The final RISE (Research on Improving Systems of Education) conference starts at the Blavatnik School today, capping an eight-year, multi-country, £43m programme that has changed thinking and practice in the push to get the world learning.

The Blavatnik School's Oxford COVID-19 Government Response Tracker – the most-cited dataset of COVID-19 policy decisions in the world, and the only one still publishing new data in 2022 – turns two and looks to the future.

As we approach two years of pandemic, restrictions on the non-vaccinated and vaccine mandates are now common around the world and our tracker has quickly adapted.

Our COVID-19 Government Response Tracker is now regularly updated with data on official vaccination policies around the world, which groups are receiving vaccines, and the cost of vaccination to the individual.

Five new scholars will be joining the MPP this year, and admissions for next year are open.

The Government Outcomes Lab is celebrating its first five years working on how governments can foster effective cross-sector partnerships.

A new joint initiative from UNDP, the WHO and the University of Oxford illustrates why vaccine equity is key to saving lives and driving a fairer and faster recovery.

The investigation, documentation and prosecution of violations and crimes affecting children in conflict is the focus of a new paper in partnership with Save the Children

Our new Risk of Openness Index aims to help countries understand if it is safe to ‘open up’.