The National School has strong existing relationships across government and with UK universities. We currently have one embedded UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) research fellow with another UKRI-funded fellow due to start shortly. We recently launched our College of Experts at Evidence Exchange, an Economic and Social Research Council-funded project. The College of Experts is a set of academic and external experts who can bring insight to and advise on all aspects of the National School’s work. We have also published our priority research topics, a strategic framework of long-term questions where external research and evidence can most effectively inform our work.