Latest thinking

Sunderland’s Community Leadership Programme: a social productivity analysis

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01 Feb 2012

2020 Public Services Hub at the RSA has long argued for a new social settlement based on the idea of social productivity. In our view, the objective of public services and state action should be to foster social and economic resilience by enabling people and communities to lead the lives they choose.

Solving the maths problem: International perspectives on mathematics education

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01 Feb 2012

Many students don't realise that mathematics is necessary for success in a range of higher education subjects such as psychology, social sciences and human sciences.

ChangeMakers: Identifying the key people driving positive change in local areas

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01 Feb 2012

The RSA has worked to develop an innovative new approach to identifying and mobilising the key individuals who are driving positive change in local areas.

The Community Footprint: shared value for business and communities

Report

01 Feb 2012

Businesses should act as ‘community hubs’, helping promote social interaction among their customers and developing local action plans to create happier, more resilient communities.

Mr Gove’s hidden devil

Blog

31 Jan 2012

Matthew Taylor

There has been a great deal of attention paid to Mr Gove’s long predicted move to scrap some BTecs and reduce the league table value of the rest to one GCSE (from as many as four). But what will be the result in terms of secondary school priorities? Looking at payment by results (PBR) systems might be a useful starting point for debate.

Social innovation at the heart of a university

Blog

30 Jan 2012

Following a successful RSA/University of Northampton event, Chris Durkin FRSA guest blogs here about what an institution can do to innovate and promote social enterprise in a community.

A bad Monday for principles

Blog

30 Jan 2012

Matthew Taylor

As two of today’s news stories underline, utilitarianism tends to put common sense and the short term ahead of principles and the long term.

Borgen, stress sandwiches, and the unbearable lightness of being

Blog

30 Jan 2012

Jonathan Rowson

What is it about the Danes? I don't have a clue what they are saying, but I love to watch them say it. I devoured The first two episodes of The Killing and am now fixated with Borgen.

Fair point

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27 Jan 2012

Matthew Taylor

It looks like I may be appearing on Channel Four News this evening to discuss fairness, presumably in the context of Mr Hester's bonus.