Tafflab 2018

Our blog articles feature the latest ideas and thinking from our Action and Research Centre and Fellowship staff and guest bloggers. You are welcome to contribute and comment. | Continue reading


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In Facebook we (dis)trust?

It is hard to believe how much social media is now an integral part of our lives. Adanna Shallowe, Senior Manager - RSA Global, reflects on social media platforms and their impact on society. | Continue reading


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Tackling populism through practical inclusion

In the current populist era, an active initiative such as the Citizen’s Economic Council is not only necessary, but a breath of fresh air argues Megan Corton Scott. | Continue reading


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The true cost of food: what should we do about it?

The first in a series of themed debates prompted by the RSA’s new Food, Farming and Countryside Commission | Continue reading


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What difference would our new proposals for a Basic Income style payment make to workers’ lives?

The Universal Basic Opportunity Fund not only builds upon our other work on economic insecurity and the future of work; it is also designed to be tested in reality in regards to the impact it would have on real people. | Continue reading


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How do we make flexibility work for everyone?

Stephen Evans, RSA Fellow, discusses 'flexicurity' as a way to buffer against economic insecurity and ensure good work. | Continue reading


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How should government engage the public on the gig economy?

Brhmie Balaram reflects on how the Government can design the consultation process to demonstrate meaningful engagement after the Taylor Review | Continue reading


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Four steps towards more evidence-rich practice for corporate supporters of cultural learning

Last week, the RSA and Bank of America Merrill Lynch hosted a research roundtable with corporate funders of arts and cultural learning to explore how they currently support their grantees to continuously improve practice. Here is what we found. | Continue reading


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Six lessons to learn from The Taylor Review

The government responded with enthusiasm to the findings of The Taylor Review. Here are six lessons to heed. | Continue reading


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Challenge Dementia Prize

Essex County Council’s Challenge Dementia Prize is an inspiring call to action for anyone with innovative and practical ideas about how to improve the lives of people living with dementia. | Continue reading


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The retirement gig

The Government’s response to the Taylor Review promises to boost the employment rights of gig workers - but what about their pensions? | Continue reading


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Transforming children and young people’s mental health provision?

Tom Harrison outlines 4 principles that should inform the response to the consultation outlined in the Government's new green paper | Continue reading


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Engender creativity in young children to maximise their potential

Technology radically changes the way we live and work. In this environment, creativity has become the engine for growth and prosperity. | Continue reading


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Modern Communication Zombies

Our blog articles feature the latest ideas and thinking from our Action and Research Centre and Fellowship staff and guest bloggers. You are welcome to contribute and comment. | Continue reading


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An Alternate Reality - From Davos to Grimsby

Adanna Shallowe, RSA Senior Manager, reflects on two key speeches at the recently concluded World Economic Forum in Davos. | Continue reading


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Why are so many of the UK’s homes under-occupied?

Tim Murphy FRSA asks why so many UK private homes are under-occupied and calls for research and action to better understand the causes of under-occupancy and what can be done to prevent rooms staying empty. | Continue reading


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What we're reading at RSA Global

Adanna Shallowe, RSA Senior Global Manager, recommends a number of great articles on pressing global issues and challenges from various sources around the web. | Continue reading


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Hypocrisy’s Role in Fomenting Bigotry

Our blog articles feature the latest ideas and thinking from our Action and Research Centre and Fellowship staff and guest bloggers. You are welcome to contribute and comment. | Continue reading


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The Wellbeing GIG

In November 2017, I organised ‘The Wellbeing GIG’ in Somerset where I met with a group of people to explore the ways in which we can help self-employed people access ways to improve their wellbeing. | Continue reading


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Are British workers thriving, striving, or just about surviving?

In the first report for the RSA’s new Future Work Centre, we reveal seven portraits of modern workers, reflecting on what it’s like to navigate today’s labour market. | Continue reading


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Big Finance got us Into This Mess – Can Collaborative Innovation Get Us Out Of It?

Ten years later, it seems clear that the impacts of a crisis caused by the financial sector have largely been borne by those outside of it. Could mission-led banks, such as Greater London Mutual, work alongside other socially focused finance providers to create a more inclusive a … | Continue reading


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What's the Point of Education?

What’s the big assumption that’s stopping us from creating an education system that’s fit for the 21st century and that serves the needs of its customers – our children? | Continue reading


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Don't be fooled into thinking economics is not for you

Being able to understand what the economy is will help you assess crucial decisions put forward by those in power | Continue reading


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Reimagining the Care Home

UK care homes are facing a crisis of negative public opinion, inadequate funding and staffing shortages. But our society’s aspirations for what makes a good care home need to go beyond upholding an insufficient status quo. | Continue reading


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Artist roles in teacher CPDL

Lessons on how artists support teacher development from an RSA project to embed drama in primary school teaching. | Continue reading


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Alone together: who’s lonely and how do we measure it?

Tom Harrison explores the epidemic of loneliness that often accompanies the end of the holiday season. | Continue reading


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Economic insecurity in our times: the RSA’s new analysis

Anthony Painter discusses the state of 21st century economic insecurity and why work alone is not enough to keep it at bay. | Continue reading


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Sisters of Frida: bringing disabled women together

Our blog articles feature the latest ideas and thinking from our Action and Research Centre and Fellowship staff and guest bloggers. You are welcome to contribute and comment. | Continue reading


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Will the National Living Wage spur automation? We live in hope

The National Living Wage is unlikely to lead to a surge in automation - and that's a bad thing, argues Benedict Dellot. | Continue reading


@thersa.org | 6 years ago

What we're reading at RSA Global

Have a look at the selection of articles the RSA Global Team have been reading over the past month! They include articles on inequality, how to combat fake news, a look back at 2017 and what's ahead in 2018. | Continue reading


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Introducing... 7 Portraits of Modern Work

Good work should provide people with economic security alongside a positive work experience. But what does this look like in a world where work is changing? And how can we better achieve its realisation? | Continue reading


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Other people's children - why we struggle to get vocational education right

Alison Critchley explores whether a lack of empathy for 'other people's children' is part of the problem, and proposes a controversial solution. | Continue reading


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Why we need a Community Health Service

Building healthy communities will only come when we understand that health care goes far beyond doctors, medicine and hospitals. Bill Graham explains his vision for a Community Health Service, where community and third sector organisations are integral. | Continue reading


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Zooming to Success

Our blog articles feature the latest ideas and thinking from our Action and Research Centre and Fellowship staff and guest bloggers. You are welcome to contribute and comment. | Continue reading


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2017 - The year of polarity

Anthony Painter takes an overview of the year, its challenges and tensions, and what our mission for 2018 should be. | Continue reading


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Culture – Adding Value to External Relations and a Proposal

Our blog articles feature the latest ideas and thinking from our Action and Research Centre and Fellowship staff and guest bloggers. You are welcome to contribute and comment. | Continue reading


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The truth about teenagers?

Modern narratives surrounding adolescence present a polarising picture of today's teenagers. But these stories are far older, and far more complex, than they appear. | Continue reading


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Is inequality harming the environment?

Economic inequality and environmental damage are intrinsically linked and in order to tackle them, we need to address them together. | Continue reading


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Rubber – an orphaned Fair Trade product?

Our blog articles feature the latest ideas and thinking from our Action and Research Centre and Fellowship staff and guest bloggers. You are welcome to contribute and comment. | Continue reading


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London needs its places for making

The newly released Draft London Plan recognises the need to protect industrial land in the capital, but does it go far enough? | Continue reading


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The peculiar story of Margaret Thatcher and Basic Income

Most wouldn’t peg Margaret Thatcher for a basic income enthusiast. But, Charlie Young says, she instituted a policy that broke the mould of her traditional ‘small state’ world view | Continue reading


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Making economics inclusive, interesting and less dismal

Everyone has an interest in the success of the economy. But it’s not always easy for the public’s voice to be heard in the rough and tumble of economic debate. | Continue reading


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Driving innovation through design

The newly released Industrial Strategy sets out a vision for building an economy and industry fit for the future; design should be a driving force in delivering this vision. | Continue reading


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Why we need to reform economics education

Maeve Cohen, Director of Rethinking Economics, discusses why the Citizens' Economic Council report should recommend a reform of economics education. | Continue reading


@thersa.org | 6 years ago

What we're reading at RSA Global

Adanna Shallowe, RSA Senior Global Manager, recommends a number of great articles on pressing global issues and challenges from various sources around the web. | Continue reading


@thersa.org | 6 years ago

How we can change banking at scale

Bevis Watts, MD of Triodos Bank UK argues that we must resist calls to obliterate our existing financial and monetary system. | Continue reading


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Inequality exists in the countryside too

Rural areas often appear idyllic, but they face a range of complex social and economic challenges of their own. | Continue reading


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A Catalyst Update: what’s happened so far...

As we gear up to reopen Catalyst applications to Fellows later this month, here’s an update on recently funded projects... | Continue reading


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