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RSA Student Design Award Winners: the next generation of socially responsible designers

Blog

27 Jun 2013

Rebecca Ford

A self-repair washing machine, a bee-friendly neighbourhood scheme and an app that provides more active and scenic routes for commuters are among the 16 cracking projects that won in the RSA Student Design Awards this year. 150 people came together at the RSA last week to celebrate the 2013 winners, take part in a spot of speed networking, and hear keynote speaker Kevin Owens talk about his experiences as Design Principal of the London 2012 Olympics.
Leading Change

Video

27 Jun 2013

Richard Gerver is a leadership adviser and educator
Digital Money to liberate world’s poorest

Press release

26 Jun 2013

The long awaited switch from using cash to digital money will deliver a remarkable transformation to the global economy, liberating the poor from the constraints of the cash economy and ushering in a new era of inclusive innovation, an RSA report published today has found.
The Digital Divide

Video

26 Jun 2013

Our expert panel discussed the growing use of digital money.
The view from the City

Blog

25 Jun 2013

Matthew Taylor

When I worked in Downing Street we often bemoaned what we called ’the delivery gap’. This lay between people’s perception of public services as a whole (generally negative) and their perception of the services they used themselves (much more positive). Similarly we know that people’s attitudes to the immigrants they know tend to be more benign than towards immigrants as a whole. We also know that, when it comes to social comparisons, we are more influenced and affected by those around us than by distant strangers - we are more aggrieved by the workmate who gets paid £500 more than us than by the banker on £10 million. We like to think our attitudes are consistent but they are heavily influenced by proximity and connection.
Mindfulness as a Sustainable Approach to Change

Blog

24 Jun 2013

Jack Robson

In the effort to make any sort of lasting behavioural change in life – wanting to eat more healthily, do more exercise, get more sleep, socialise with greater ease and success or having a more accepting and positive attitude towards ourselves - it is essential to identify and develop resources to help prevent oneself from slipping back into limiting or negative thought/behavioural patterns. Within the recovery model, militating against such ‘back-sliding’ is commonly known as relapse prevention; the ability to recognise when we are likely to return to negative behaviour patterns and to take appropriate action(s) to avoid this occurring.
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.
RSA Transitions: Q&A

Report

22 Jun 2013

The RSA is working with HMP Everthorpe on Transitions. In 2011, the RSA published Transitions a new vision for a 21st century prison. It is now working to make this vision a reality by undertaking a major feasibility study, which will complete.
Enhancing the social value of social enterprise

Blog

21 Jun 2013

Matthew Taylor

On Monday I chaired an interesting and lively seminar, sponsored jointly by the Transition Institute (which is currently residing at the RSA) and the Guardian. The focus was social enterprise spin outs from the public sector and how to encourage them.
Risk, chance and choice: a guide to life’s uncertainties

Video

20 Jun 2013

Michael Blastland, author, journalist, and BBC Radio 4 broadcaster and David Speigelhalter OBE, winton professor of the Public Understanding of Risk, University of Cambridge.