Latest thinking

More civic pride please, we’re British!

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28 Aug 2012

During Lord Digby Jones’s recent talk on Civic Pride at the RSA, he made the point that although we are still world leaders in many fields of industry, we don’t crow about it enough. This prompted Dr Cailean MacKirdy FRSA to recall an event, the likes of which seldom, if ever, takes place today.

Leadership in the post-crash 21st century

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31 Jul 2012

Frank Hore FRSA David Low FRSA

FRSAs Frank Hore and David Low argue that leadership will get us out of the trouble we face at the start of the 21st century; but not if our grasp of what it means is confused and rooted in last-century thinking.

Rochdale: abuse, misogyny and misrepresentation

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20 Jun 2012

Anwar Akhtar FRSA, director of The Samosa, responds to the issues raised by the conviction of nine men as part of a child sexual exploitation gang targeting vulnerable girls in Rochdale.

Future universities

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31 May 2012

In 25 years, when we look back to the decisions we make now, what directions might we wish universities had taken in 2012? Jack Kenward FRSA argues that RSA Fellows can make an independent and distinctive contribution to this debate.

RSA Animate - The Power of Networks

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22 May 2012

In this RSA Animate, Manuel Lima senior UX design lead at Microsoft Bing, explores the power of network visualisation to help navigate our complex modern world. Taken from a lecture given by Manuel Lima as part of the RSA's free public events programme.

What is a good teacher?

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09 May 2012

In the wake of the Education Select Committee’s report on Great Teachers’ this week, Ndidi Okezie, Teach First ambassador and Assistant Principal at Burlington Danes Academy in West London, asks 'What is a good teacher?'

Digital media and urban spaces

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08 May 2012

By the end of 2012, it is predicted that networked devices will account for a fifth of internet traffic, logging and processing in various ways the ‘behaviour’ of the street. Barbara Anderson FRSA argues we all share a responsibility to shape how these technologies will shape our lives.

The people’s Olympiad

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05 Apr 2012

Martin Willis FRSA directed an intercultural community project as part of the West Midland 2012 Cultural Olympiad earlier this year. He argues that more time should be spent celebrating this kind of grass roots activity, which captures the spirit of the people’s Olympics.

Valuing human capital

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02 Apr 2012

The old corporate cliché that 'our people are our greatest asset' is based on a fundamental truth. Michael Echols FRSA argues that the way we evaluate economic success and the impact of investment in people needs to reflect this.