Blogs & articles

Can we teach moral reasoning?

Comment

18 Aug 2011

There is currently another curriculum review underway in the UK. Emma Worley asks whether lessons in morality be considered within the review and if schools should 'build character and virtue', how should this be done?

I Love Hackney: why don't the rioters?

Blog

16 Aug 2011

The well viewed video of a woman lecturing rioters in Hackney last Monday reveals an identification with place that is clearly not shared with the young people she is addressing. We need to pay more attention to the ways in which the spaces inhabited by young people differ if we hope to engage young people positively in the shaping of our neighbourhoods.

Community work

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03 Aug 2011

The RSA recently had our annual civic day. Staff travelled down to Bognor help decorate a community centre (many thanks to B&Q and Dulux for their support!). This type of work sponsored activity is increasingly common.

Connected Communities Needs YOU!

Blog

11 Jul 2011

Gaia Marcus

[pullquote]We are looking for a quite extraordinary candidate for our three year fully funded PhD scholarship on a project spanning the RSA and Manchester[/pullquote].

Social Networks and Public Services (1)

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06 Jul 2011

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Engaging Artists in the Debate on 21st Century Cities

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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.

Would you know a Recovery Champion if you saw one?

Blog

28 Jun 2011

I had a strange thought on the train today – what if Recovery Champions were like the popstars we all want to be (don’t we?!) and the journey to getting to that position was as easy as winning X-factor...

Why does the government do what it does?

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27 Jun 2011

Why does the government do what it does? There are lots of answers to this question, most of them rude.

The drugs don't work. Or do they?

Blog

24 Jun 2011

Matthew Taylor

Across the developing world there is an explosion in the use of drugs to treat mental illness. But is there really an increase in mental ill health and do these drugs work?