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Framing decolonisation through the lens of design

25 Aug 2022 Jillian Linton

What does it mean to decolonise – and how does that look for the design community at large? Jillian Linton explores this and other questions in her event wrap-up blog.

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How can we cultivate healthier and happier communities?

11 Aug 2022 Ella Firebrace, Riley Thorold

Our personal health and wellbeing are not always in our control, how can we shape what it means to lead a healthier and happier life in our future?

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Culture should be at the core of West Yorkshire’s economic plans

21 Jul 2022 Andy Haldane, Tracy Brabin

Levelling up can be a by-product of investment in culture and creativity according to RSA Chief Executive Andy Haldane and Tracy Brabin, Mayor of West Yorkshire.

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Youth social action and the experience of primary educators

12 Jul 2022 Hannah Breeze

Our Third Benefit research aims to understand how involving primary school teachers in high-quality youth social action can inform benefits for them as well as pupils and communities.

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Is there a third benefit to youth social action?

6 Jun 2022 Hannah Breeze

Educators play a key role in creating opportunities and supporting high-quality youth social action, particularly in the primary phase. The RSA and Pears #iWill Fund explore the undiscovered potential ‘third benefit’ that teachers represent and their unrealised benefit to pupils and communities.

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Will a new history curriculum support schools to be more inclusive?

30 May 2022 Milla Nakkeeran

This blog explores the benefits of an inclusionary curriculum that empowers students to think critically about the past in a way that is meaningful to them.

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2020s crises and change: a guide to the terrain

17 Jan 2022 Ian Burbidge

Ian Burbidge assesses how we’ll need to navigate social change in light of the pandemic further exposing structural inequalities.

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3 worrying trends in young people’s economic security

12 Jan 2022 Fran Landreth Strong

With our research finding that around half of young people are financially precarious, Fran Landreth Strong examines concerning trends in young people’s economic security.

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Our way through – part one: Enlightenment’s dimming light

10 Jan 2022 Anthony Painter

In the first of a three part series, Anthony Painter explores what is necessary to overcome the economic, political and environmental issues facing humanity today.

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Building a network for place-based learning

6 Dec 2021 Tom Kenyon

Tom Kenyon on the importance of sharing knowledge and good practice on place-based and ecosystemic learning.