List of The last word Archive

Freedom, Equality and a Future Political Economy: the structural change we need

Video

13 Nov 2013

Roberto Magabeira Unger is a philosopher, social and political theorist.

RSA Commencement – with Michael Rosen

Video

13 Nov 2013

Michael Rosen is a poet, novelist and was Children’s Laureate (2007-09)

RSA and Etsy to examine boom in micro businesses

Press release

13 Nov 2013

The RSA and Etsy, the ecommerce website, launched The Power of Small, a new partnership aimed at examining the dramatic growth of microbusinesses across the UK.

Co-Creating a Digital Makers Network

Blog

12 Nov 2013

Hilary Chittenden

Following Nat Hunters blog, ‘Finding out what Makers really want’, we have spent the last few weeks picking apart all the drawings, diagrams and questions from the our first co-design session down at Makerversity and have begun to flesh out what a digital maker network might look like with a basic prototype.

From factory floor to local authority to Northern Line, social change is like cooking - it's all in the mix

Blog

12 Nov 2013

Matthew Taylor

Last night I gave my RSA Annual Lecture. The focus was improving work and particularly employee engagement.  Given the widespread support for such engagement and the benefits it could have, not just for companies and workers but for wider society, ‘the conundrum’ I suggested ‘is this: why have our aspirations for work not turned into social norms and expectations?’

David Dimbleby's Tattoo, and finding your inner scorpion

Blog

12 Nov 2013

Jonathan Rowson

The BBC's David Dimbleby, the Presented of Question Time and the anchor for every election since 1979, has chosen to have a scorpion tattoo on his shoulder.

Schools of Tomorrow

Comment

11 Nov 2013

Anyone who was moved watching student Musharaf Asghar overcome his stammer to deliver his moving school-leaving speech on Channel 4’s ‘Educating Yorkshire’ will understand instinctively how the measure of a school’s success is about much more than simple academic achievement. Headteacher Jonny Mitchell continually reinforced this message during the series. For him, the purpose of the school was to develop ‘decent human beings’ as well as secure the qualifications each student needed.

What Does it Mean to Be a Citizen at Work?

Video

11 Nov 2013

In his 2013 Chief Executive’s Lecture, Matthew Taylor will focus on good employment, and how to move this from an idea with general support but very mixed take-up into something which is available to all employees and supported by wider society.

"Cracking good job, Gromit!"

Blog

11 Nov 2013

Kate Monkhouse

Bristol, and indeed the west region, was taken over by Gromit fever over the summer.  Eighty different 5ft high giant Gromits  were painted and situated all over the city, creating an art trail and the opportunity for people to explore Bristol whilst searching for the Gromits.