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NHS Foundation Trusts: A model for the future?
17th May 2012
Rt Hon Francis Maude MP and Foundation Trust Network chief executive Sue Slipman discuss new models of public service provision.
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X and the City: The mathematics of urban life
17th May 2012
Mathematician John A. Adam reveals unusual insights into how cities work, and the important role maths plays in underpinning the metropolitan landscape and shaping modern urban life.
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Earth is our Business
16th May 2012
Barrister, author and activist Polly Higgins argues for a new paradigm for business, where people and planet are put first.
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The War of the Sexes
15th May 2012
Paul Seabright argues that we can achieve greater harmony and equality between the sexes by understanding how the tension between conflict and cooperation developed in our remote evolutionary past, how it shaped the modern world, and how it still holds us back, both at home and at work.
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Every Nation For Itself
10th May 2012
Influential author and strategist Ian Bremmer introduces “G-Zero world”, in which no single country has the power to shape a truly global agenda. What are the risks and opportunities in a world without global leadership?
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The Geek Manifesto: Why science matters
9th May 2012
Mark Henderson, one of Britain's leading science communicators, makes an agenda-setting argument that science matters to all aspects of public life, and issues a rallying call to all geeks to join together in a force our leaders cannot ignore.
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Are Green and Growth Compatible?
8th May 2012
Environment Agency chairman Lord Smith explains why the environment must be considered as a strategic priority in reviving economic growth.
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Total Academisation?
8th May 2012
Former head of Ofsted Christine Gilbert and Professor Chris Husbands examine the implications of the mass academisation of schools and the impact this might have on educational outcomes.
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Free Market Fairness
3rd May 2012
Can libertarians care about social justice? Challenging those on both the left and the right, political philosopher John Tomasi presents a new hybrid theory of liberal justice which is committed to both limited government and the material betterment of the poor.
Breakout Nations: In pursuit of the next economic miracles
2nd May 2012
Ruchir Sharma, one of the world 's largest investors in emerging markets for Morgan Stanley, visits the RSA to outline the shifting balance of global economic power and identify the stars of the future.
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