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Our social insecurity system

15 Nov 2022 Hannah Webster

How can we regenerate our social security system to remove insecurity and ensure everyone is receiving the support they need to survive?

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Regenerative organisations: the time is now, the place is here

14 Nov 2022 Joanna Choukeir

If regenerative organisations are vital to our future the RSA needs to lead in this space. Jo Choukeir, Director of Design & Innovation, explores why the time is now for this shift.

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Rebalancing adult learning

9 Nov 2022 Tom Kenyon, Hannah Breeze, Aoife O’Doherty

Rebalancing adult learning explores how organisations can help address the UK skills emergency. Read our joint research with Ufi Voctech Trust to understand more.

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Breaking down barriers to lifelong learning can help address UK skills emergency, says new report

9 Nov 2022

Today the RSA (royal society for arts, manufactures and commerce) and Ufi VocTech Trust (Ufi) have published new research on the lifelong learning landscape. It explains how we can address the skills crisis in the UK and build a society that enables, recognises and values learning for everyone.

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All we are saying is give degrowth a chance

2 Nov 2022 Chris Oestereich, Sam Bliss

A decade ago, a container shipping worker had an epiphany, and it caused him to question the very basis of his business. Sam Bliss and Chris Oestereich take up the story.

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Annual RSA Bicentenary Medal awarded to eminent biologist and innovator Janine Benyus

2 Nov 2022

Janine Benyus has been announced as the winner of the 2022 RSA Bicentenary Medal for her remarkable contribution to regenerative design. A pioneer of biomimicry, Janine has dedicated her life to encouraging sustainable innovation inspired by nature.

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Mya-Rose Craig: Featured Fellow Q&A

26 Oct 2022 Mya-Rose Craig

Mya-Rose Craig is a 20-year-old birdwatcher, environmentalist and activist, author and RSA Fellow. Read our conversation with her as part of our Featured Fellow Q&A series.

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Coventry University and the RSA are enhancing Creative Futures and Social Change

25 Oct 2022

The module, Creative Futures and Social Change, was co-designed with the RSA (royal society for arts, manufactures and commerce and uses RSA research to help students understand changes in work and business at a local, national, and global level in relation to their own professional journey.

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Can a universal basic income support mental health?

21 Oct 2022 Hannah Webster, Riley Thorold, James Morrison

Can a universal basic income improve the health and wellbeing of everyone? Our team builds on the finds of our 2022 UBI report in this blog.

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“Just existing costs money”: new report shows a regular payment for basic needs can reduce poverty and bring health benefits

21 Oct 2022

We live in an age of crisis. Increasingly, there is understanding that the bases of our crises are material in nature: financial insecurity, poverty and inequality.