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Investigating Cultural Education in South Korea

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18 Jun 2017

Mark Londesborough

As part of the British Council’s UK/ Korea Year of Culture, the RSA is leading a research exchange, to investigate the contribution that cultural education makes to student learning in both countries. The aim is to build a stronger relationship and explore the synergies between the UK and Korea while raising awareness of the arts and cultures of both countries

Do you make grants for cultural learning or arts projects in schools? Your insights needed…

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18 Jun 2017

Laura Partridge

Call out for the RSA high-profile Cultural Learning & Development programme, Learning about Culture

Pupil Design Awards

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18 Jun 2017

Sam Grinsted

Pupil Design Awards

Blog: Camila Batmanghelidgh is right - it’s time to see the child and change the system

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09 Aug 2015

Joe Hallgarten

We need to redesign our system of child support, and consider the radical changes that might be needed to enable our most vulnerable young people to thrive.

Owning the barriers and building the levers: upskilling the UK

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19 Mar 2014

Jonathan Schifferes

UK businesses want the government to invest more in skills. But the “skills system” should be conceived as the whole outcome from education and learning. Too many people read it as training delivered by the public sector for young people who don’t go to university. 80% of investment in post-compulsory training is by employers.

Kids need 'agents' not just mentors

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23 Nov 2011

Mentoring for kids from troubled or deprived backgrounds has been a popular practice for many years now.  A number of organisations and many individuals dedicate lots of time and resources to mentoring.  Politicians also like mentoring.  Boris Johnson, for example, has been a big supporter (to his own political cost) of Ray Lewis who evangelises for the benefits of mentoring for black youngsters.