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Meet five female Fellows making change happen

We value deeply the innovative contributions our Fellows make to social change, we want to take a moment to highlight and celebrate five female Fellows making change in their communities, sectors, and respective fields globally.
6 Mar 2023 Kirby Fullerton, Maeve Devers
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Young people and the cost of living crisis

Young people are on the frontline of the cost-of-living crisis. Toby Murray explores what the cost of living crisis means for the economic security of young people.
7 Feb 2023 Toby Murray, Nik Gunn
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Future of engineering: skills and safety for an evolving sector

Safety in engineering is vital and introducing new technologies to protect workers is important in supporting the future of the profession. This blog outlines milestones in a related project and discusses upcoming engagement opportunities.
1 Feb 2023 Fabian Wallace-Stephens, Emma Morgante
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Recognising reciprocity

Al Mathers, former RSA Director of Research and Learning, explores the importance of introducing reciprocity into the work of social change organisations like the RSA.
30 Jan 2023 Al Mathers
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Super-nature: shaping how cities feel

Super-nature was one of 10 commissions to feature in the 2022 global exploration research project, Collective Futures. Learn about the work and its outputs in this field note.
25 Jan 2023 Tamsin Hanke, Sash Scott
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Out of this world

Unboxed’s Our Place in Space project convened astronauts, academics, artists, authors and engineers to bring the universe to thrilling life for schoolchildren across the UK.
11 Jan 2023 John Peto
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About us: our language has saved us once before

Our partnership with Unboxed featured 10 major commissions across science, tech, engineering, arts and maths About Us was one of those commissions. Learn more.
20 Dec 2022 Natasha Ryan
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Social model of disability: five decades on

Marking Disability History Month 2022 we spoke to three Fellows about the first 50 years of the social model of disability and what the future holds.
20 Dec 2022 Lianna Etkind
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