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Pupil Design Awards

Blog

18 Jun 2017

Sam Grinsted

Pupil Design Awards

Speakers wanted to demonstrate the value of a creative education

Fellowship news

22 Mar 2017

The organisers of a Creative Careers Day are looking for speakers to demonstrate the value of a creative education or discuss how we might improve information and resource sharing within the education system.

Citizenship through practice

Blog

26 Jan 2017

Claudia Chwalisz

Guest blogger Claudia Chwalisz, a Consultant at Populus, provides her reflections as a member of the panel on the joint event between RSA and RSA Academies, 'Teaching Tomorrow's Citizens'.

Catalysing the brilliance of every maths primary teacher and child

Fellowship news

17 May 2016

Rebecca Hanson FRSA has developed training for teachers which is enabling them to successfully teach every concept on the new primary maths curriculum to all their pupils.

Working with our hands: ‘The Intelligent Hand’ at the Fab Lab

Fellowship news

24 Apr 2016

Trevor Marchand tells us about the recent screening of his documentary 'The Intelligent Hand', when he discussed with our Inequality in Education network, the lack of 'learning-by-doing' approaches in most schools.

Blog: Ofsted, efficacy, and the need to rethink everything

Blog

09 Mar 2016

Ben Gibbs FRSA

Ben Gibbs FRSA and Director at Restart-Ed Ltd explores the role efficacy could play in transforming how we measure school improvement.

Blog: What’s the purpose of education?

Blog

03 Mar 2016

Ellen Spencer Bill Lucas

Bill Lucas and Ellen Spencer of the Centre for Real-World Learning at the University of Winchester explore the true purpose of education

Blog: EBacc consultation response

Blog

28 Jan 2016

Alison Critchley

The response from RSA Academies and the RSA to the DFE consultation on "Implementing the English Baccalaureate".

Blog: The English Baccalaureate 2.0: more perverse, still un-evidenced

Blog

19 Jan 2016

Deborah Annetts

This is a guest blog from Deborah Annetts, FRSA. Deborah is the Chief Executive of the Incorporated Society of Musicians and coordinator of the Bacc for the Future campaign. We have been here before. The Department for Education’s curious consultation on the English Baccalaureate closes in one week, not asking whether or not we agree with their agenda, but asking how they should implement a deeply damaging proposal…