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Crowdfunding

Comment

15 Jul 2011

Charities and social enterprises are funding new ways to raise money. Michael Norton FRSA and founder of Buzzbnk believes crowdfunding brings both financial and social benefits.

Engaging Artists in the Debate on 21st Century Cities

Comment

01 Jul 2011

The debate on cities at the RSA is first and foremost a verbal discourse. While it often engages the arts and design, Agnieszka Mlicka FRSA argues it excludes artists who express their views on the urban condition through a pictorial language. She suggests an alternative approach.

The Global Economic Collapse: Where Did All the Money Go?

Comment

27 Jun 2011

The blame for the financial firestorm that engulfed the world in late 2008 has fallen on a myriad of different parties. Whilst each played their part Jay Majeethia argues that the true cause lies in the very structure of our financial system and the rise of a quiet giant.

The Nature of the Connection

Comment

24 Jun 2011

Understanding the nature of connection that lies at the heart of all communication and partnership, takes time and effort. Anthony Eldridge-Rogers FRSA believes that Fellows’ activities would benefit from such an investment.

Higher education: a dismal equilibrium?

Comment

21 Jun 2011

Two thirds of higher education institutions have chosen to fix their fees at the maximum level of £9,000 per year. This is not how it was meant to be: rather than solving a problem, the trend poses a financial challenge for the government, which is about to publish its high education white paper. Gareth Dent FRSA and Chief Executive of Open College of the Arts, argues that the underlying model needs to change.

The Normalisation of Gambling in the UK

Comment

06 May 2011

Gambling policy is a hobby horse for politicians and an easy target for wider concerns about human behaviour. Steve Donoughue argues that we need to view concerns in the context of history and the liberalisation of advertising and markets.

Social Enterprise: What's that all about?

Comment

05 May 2011

John McMullan FRSA, believes that social enterprise will play a significant part in our economic recovery but in a unique role that places social impact and social values at the heart of service delivery.

The End of Remembering?

Comment

06 Apr 2011

Jonathan Rowson

RSA Comment tries to link readers to some of the events the Society is hosting so we can broaden audiences and continue the debate. Jonathan Rowson kicks off with Joshua Foer’s exploration of the nature of memory. Jonathan spoke at the RSA Wednesday 6 April. Find out more about the event.

RSA Animate - The Internet in Society: Empowering and Censoring Citizen?

Comment

17 Mar 2011

In this new RSAnimate adapted from a talk at the RSA, author and journalist Evgeny Morozov presents an alternative take on 'cyber-utopianism' - the seductive idea that the internet plays a largely empancipatory role in global politics.