• The NHS at 65: rejuvenate or retire?

    The NHS turns 65 this year at a time of significant change and financial challenge. A panel of influential thinkers from the health sector and beyond debate whether there is scope for reinvention.
    Tuesday 2 July, 6.30pm

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  • How to Change Education - from the ground up

    World-renowned educationalist Sir Ken Robinson delivers the long-awaited follow-up to his now legendary Changing Education Paradigms talk. This event will be live streamed.
    Monday 1 July, 1pm

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  • RDI Summer School 2013

    The RSA’s Royal Designers seek 24 early-career designers and 12 wildcards for a four-day collaborative design experience in Devon.

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  • Latest RSA Journal out now

    In this edition Vikki Heywood, chairman of the RSA, sets out her vision for the organisation's future. Other articles explore our urban spaces, places of work, housing, and the value of our natural capital.

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  • Student Opportunity Fund

    Giving RSA Academy students new opportunities and skills that offer the best possible chance to realise their potential.

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  • Latest RSA Animate on outrospection

    Introspection is out, and outrospection is in. In this new RSA Animate, philosopher and author Roman Krznaric explains how we can help drive social change by stepping outside ourselves.

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  • RSA Fellows deliver capacity, commitment and innovation to communities from the global to the local.

    About the Fellowship

    A global network of individuals from a variety of backgrounds and disciplines who deliver capacity, commitment and innovation to communities globally to the locally. Our Catalyst fund supports Fellow-led ideas that aim to have a tangible and positive social impact.

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  • About the RSA

    About the RSA

    The RSA: meeting 21st century challenges by showcasing ideas, undertaking innovative research and building civic capacity around the world.

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Jun

Redesigning Education: Shaping Learning Systems around the Globe

A distinguished panel share key insights and new ideas emerging from the Global Education Leaders’ Program, a community of education system leaders from twelve cities and countries collaborating to transform education in their contexts.

20

Jun

Risk, chance and choice: a guide to life’s uncertainties

Michael Blastland and David Speigelhalter reveal the real truth about the statistics of risk, and offer an entertaining and illuminating guide to everyday decision-making.

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