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Gap year for schools: How teachers need time to refocus on pupil’s moral and social development

Press release

11 Mar 2014

The requirement of schools to develop the social and emotional skills of their pupils has become side-lined due to the overwhelming pressure placed on them to deliver better exam results, an RSA investigation has found.
How to compete with the ‘Second Machine Age’? Build an army of human robots

Blog

04 Mar 2014

Joe Hallgarten

This blog is by Amelia Peterson FRSA, one of the authors of RSA’s report on the future of spiritual, moral, social and cultural education, which is being published next week.
Thinking beyond the classroom

Blog

21 Feb 2014

Hilary Chittenden

Some good news for a Friday morning: Despite our Kickstarter campaign to raise money for the Pupil Design Awards pilot falling just short of target (we had £8,000+ pledged), our Academies have agreed to support this pilot project using their own resources, meaning we are able to go ahead! We have begun working with teachers to transform three RSA Student Design Award briefs, and work with pupils will begin in April.
Licensed to create: Five thoughts on a teacher licence scheme

Blog

15 Jan 2014

Joe Hallgarten

Despite no formal announcement of Tristram Hunt's 'licensed to teach' idea, the concept has already been constructed and deconstructed by the edurati, with especially useful contributions from David Weston, our own Louise Bamfield, and Charlotte Leslie MP, who argues with the easy conviction of a backbencher that:
Student Leadership Conference: tips from the top

Blog

02 Dec 2013

Georgina Chatfield

The end of November saw RSA Academies hosting the Student Leadership Conference for Year 12 and 13 student leaders from Arrow Vale RSA Academy, Whitley Academy and RSA Academy, Tipton.
Making 'Social' a Superpower in the Classroom

Video

26 Sep 2013

Matthew Lieberman is Professor of Psychology, Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences.
'Making sense of school league tables’: A new OPSN report

Blog

04 Sep 2013

Ben Lucas

The RSA is delighted to support today's launch of a new Open Public Services Network (OPSN) report on ‘Making sense of school league tables’, which uses publicly available data to assess the quality of teaching in UK schools. A roundtable event to mark the report launch is taking place on Monday 9th September at the Guardian.
How to Help Every Child Fulfil Their Potential

Video

08 Jul 2013

Professor Carol S. Dweck is widely regarded as one of the world's leading researchers in the fields of personality, social psychology and developmental psychology.
How to Change Education - from the ground up

Video

01 Jul 2013

Sir Ken Robinson, world-renowned educationalist.
RSA FutureMakers

Blog

23 Jun 2013

Nat Hunter

We at the RSA believe in the power of making, especially when it involves newly emerging approaches; our intention is to help grow the infrastructure and opportunities for designing and making at a local level, both in London and around the country.