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This HEPI blog was authored by Charlotte George, Ralitsa Madsen, Cristina Martin, Chris Ponting & X-Net, the interdisciplinary research network.

The Higher Education Policy Institute was established in 2002 to shape the higher education policy debate through evidence. We are UK-wide, independent and non-partisan. We are funded by organisations and universities that wish to see a vibrant higher education debate as well as through our own events.

Blog written by Emily Woollen from the IAD (Institute for Academic Development, University of Edinburgh) about the importance of porosity for interdisciplinarians when crossing sectors: industry, academia and others. Emily worked as an interdisciplinarian for many years and she is now an Academic Developer at the IAD.

The Kavli Institute for Nanoscience Discovery is a centre for interdisciplinary, collaborative research on nanoscience – the study of structures and materials on an ultra-small scale, leading scientific discovery into the most basic unit of life – the cell.  

Housed in shared, state-of-the-art facilities within the University of Oxford’s Science Area, is seeking to foster a culture of respect, kindness and curiosity.

The Institute for Academic Development provides support for researchers to make the most of their interdisciplinary research journeys. This website outlines the range of events, courses and resources offered with the aim of helping scientists to develop and succeed in their future careers.

The Physics of Life network’s aim is to bring researchers from the biological and physical sciences together to tackle the challenge of integrating understanding from single molecule to systems biology. This network is creating a coherent interdisciplinary biological physics community involved in innovative research programmes growing interdisciplinary connections in a sustainable way. Nowadays the network is focussed on capturing new and emerging aspects of research at the biomedical physics interface.

UK Research and Innovation’s (UKRI) five-year (2022-2027) strategy sets out long-term, high-level priorities for how an outstanding research and innovation system will be delivered in the UK. It highlights UKRI’s key role in delivering the government’s ambitions for the UK as a global leader in research and innovation. The strategy is underpinned by four principles for change: diversity, connectivity, resilience and engagement. These principles are fundamental and will help to create the conditions for the UK’s research and innovation system to flourish.

The Cross-Disciplinary Fellowships Programme at the University of Edinburgh is led from the Institute of Genetics and Cancer (IGC) in partnership with the School of Informatics (SoI). It is a post-doctoral level programme for physicists, computer scientists, mathematicians, statisticians, chemists, engineers and similar, seeking training to perform research integrating knowledge and methods from different disciplines, and to become leaders in Quantitative Biomedicine.

The Oxford Biomedical Data Science Training Programme delivers training in the skills and methods required for the analysis and interpretation of large-scale biomedical datasets, particularly genomic and functional genomic data. This unique training programme consists of four weeks of lectures and tutorials, building basic data science skills in Linux and R, with an emphasis of single-cell genomics. To date the programme has trained over 100 biomedical researchers, who have benefited from the course in different ways.