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Advance Academia

Three capabilities. One evidence base.

A specialist advisory for institutions that compete on evidence, not assertion. Strategy, Simulation and Recruitment draw on a single evidence base, so the institution gets one clear direction, not three.

Retained, partner-ledA small number of institutionsMethod in the open

Diagnose the position. Benchmark the field. Advise the board.

  1. 01

    Diagnose

    We start at the pain point and trace it to its cause, telling a real problem from a reporting one. The binding constraint is rarely where you think it sits.

  2. 02

    Benchmark

    We compare you against the peer set that fits your case, then read your position across the measures that move standing, not the ones that are easy to count.

  3. 03

    Advise

    We rank each recommendation by impact against effort, so you know what to tackle first, what it will cost, and what it will return.

Evidence base

Every recommendation is built for your institution.

We do not hand you a prescription and a verdict. We build the approach around your institution, then work it through with your analysts until it holds.

One evidence base sits beneath all three capabilities, built from your own data and the peers that fit your case, not a sector template.

See the analysis
Where you stand · OpenAlex · 2021–2025
456760k90k120kpeer meanOutput, works 2021–2025 →← Recent impact (2-yr citedness)OxfordCambridgeMITETHImperial
Source: OpenAlex. Output is works published 2021–2025; impact is OpenAlex 2-year mean citedness, not field-weighted.

Bring us the question you cannot benchmark internally.

We work with a small number of institutions at a time.

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