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What’s truer than facts? The social value of great fiction

Blog

07 Oct 2013

I work in an organisation that revolves around social research and policy. I went to grad school to study the social sciences. And there is not currently a single novel in my to-read stack, except for the half-metre tower of Game of Thrones novels, courtesy of a colleague here at the RSA.

What’s the secret to learner engagement?

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04 Oct 2013

Georgina Chatfield

At the RSA Family of Academies we are working with four schools in the West Midlands who are about to embark on an arts audit. By reviewing what activities are already taking place across their schools they will be able to examine the ways that the arts and arts experiences could be woven through the curriculum and the school day.

How to Tame your Mind

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03 Oct 2013

Ruby Wax is a comedian, writer and mental health campaigner.

The App Generation: identity, intimacy and imagination in the digital era

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02 Oct 2013

Howard Gardner is Hobbs professor of Cognition and Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education

Taking Spirituality Seriously

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02 Oct 2013

Jonathan Rowson

Later this month I will be giving a short talk at the beginning of an RSA public event introducing the project outlined in The Brains Behind Spirituality. I am arguing that we need a reappraisal of the cultural and social value of spirituality as essential foundational work for deepening our understanding of a range of practical and policy issues.

A dangerous mindset: 'One strike and you're out'

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30 Sep 2013

Louise Bamfield

Is there anything wrong with entering ‘bright’ pupils to take certain GCSEs a year early, so that they can concentrate on other, possibly weaker, subjects the following year? Are schools ‘gaming the system’ by entering all pupils in a year group – knowing that they can take the same exam again six months later if they don’t perform well enough (and again after that, if they still haven’t made the grade)?

"What About Tomorrow?" Launching the RSA Academies student podcasts

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27 Sep 2013

Joe Hallgarten

This is a Guest blog from Fran Plowright FRSA, media and youth engagement producer, who has worked with students from RSA Academies to create a series of podcasts.

Making 'Social' a Superpower in the Classroom

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26 Sep 2013

Matthew Lieberman is Professor of Psychology, Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences.

From flawed to fool-proof: how to do policy better

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19 Sep 2013

Anthony King, millennium professor of Government at the University of Essex\\; and Sir Ivor Crewe, master of University College, Oxford.