List of The last word Archive

Debating arts and education in the South West

Blog

20 Jun 2013

Kate Monkhouse

I have spent a lot of time on the M5 recently driving around Devon and Cornwall and, incidentally, found it a good way of catching up with RSA lectures via the listen again app.  The reason for my travels has been to attend a really stimulating series of debates that RSA South West are hosting in partnership with the Dartington Hall Trust.  They are being led by the networks in the South West – Exeter, West Cornwall, Plymouth and North Devon and are focusing on some of the key issues relevant regionally and nationally -

London falls behind international rivals in ‘digital make space’

Press release

19 Jun 2013

An all-day event organised by the RSA in partnership with the Comino foundation and Somerset House is set to explore how London’s inventors and innovators might be provided with better opportunities for designing and making at a local level.

Redesigning Education: Shaping Learning Systems around the Globe

Video

18 Jun 2013

The Global Education Leaders' Programme panel.

How much for a free banana?

Blog

18 Jun 2013

Jonathan Rowson

"Free bananas!...Get your free bananas here....Anyone for a free banana?"

No School Left Behind

Video

17 Jun 2013

Shadow Education Secretary for the Labour party

The simple, complex truth of improving teaching quality

Blog

17 Jun 2013

Louise Bamfield

It is a truth universally acknowledged that a school system in possession of a large achievement gap is in need of better quality teaching.  According to Michael Fullan, Professor Emeritus at the Ontario Institute and global educational ‘change’ guru, “School Improvement and Pupil Improvement depend on what teachers do and think.  It is as simple and as complex as that”.

Ready for an ExtraoRDInary journey?

Fellowship news

17 Jun 2013

The RSA’s Royal Designers Summer School is back for the first time in five years! We seek 24 early-career designers and 12 wildcards to join 12 Royal Designers at a Summer School at Dartington Hall, Devon taking place on 5 - 8 September 2013.

Can David Cameron head off revolution by confronting global capitalism?

Blog

14 Jun 2013

Matthew Taylor

We are at a pivotal, fascinating and dangerous moment. Let me explain in 550 words.

Three economic approaches to global ecological risk

Blog

14 Jun 2013

Jonathan Rowson

I received a lucid and helpful email in response to yesterday's post on reaching the centre-right on climate change, from Ian Christie FRSA who is a research fellow at the sustainable lifestyles research group at the University of Surrey.