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Press release

Digital Badging Commission launches national toolkit to support skills recognition across multiple sectors

24 Jun 2025

The Digital Badging Commission has launched a suite of free, customisable exemplar badges to support consistent, credible recognition of skills and learning across the UK.

Comment

The arts aren’t optional extras; they are essential

19 Jun 2025 Dr Eugene Seow

Arts education should not be seen as a decorative add-on. It is foundational to civic life, cultural identity and human development.

Press release

RSA launches national network to transform green spaces into playful learning hubs for children up and down the UK

17 Jun 2025

Today we launched the Playful Green Planet Network. This bold new initiative will roll out nature-based play and outdoor learning across the UK.

Fellowship news

RSA Journal named best corporate storyteller

12 Jun 2025 Mike Thatcher

The RSA Journal continues its success at awards ceremonies, winning seven prizes at the Corporate Content Awards and Internal Communications and Engagement Awards.

Press release

RSA launches new global ‘Connected Places’ partnerships in Ealing, Essex and Baltimore

12 Jun 2025

We’ve announced new Connected Places partnerships in Ealing, Essex and Baltimore- designed to nurture social connections and drive inclusive growth in communities across the UK and US.

Blog

Pride, protest and the power of truth

2 Jun 2025 Saba Ali

Marking Pride Month 2025, activist and RSA LGBTQIA+ Network Lead Saba Ali reflects on the fight against conversion practices, the importance of UK Black Pride, and why true feminism must defend trans lives.

Replay

Listening and disagreeing productively – how to talk across divides

07 Jul 2025

Join us in the Great Room of the RSA for a vital conversation between Emily Kasriel, journalist, broadcaster, and author of the new book Deep Listening, and Professor Paul Dolan, behavioural scientist and author of the new book Beliefism. Together, they’ll explore the transformative power of deep listening and belief systems in shaping how we communicate, understand, and disagree.

Blog

Fellows Festival 2025: making the right connections

19 May 2025 Mike Thatcher

Fellows met across cities, countries and continents to discuss the power of connection in the RSA’s event highlight of the year.

Press release

RSA launches updated digital badge standard to transform and clarify online credentials

19 May 2025

The RSA has unveiled the updated RSA Badge Standard designed to improve the recognition and trustworthiness of digital badges across learning environments.

Blog

Inclusive growth starts with local places

14 May 2025 Mark Lloyd, Tom Stratton

The UK is at a pivotal economic moment. Devolution could be key to unlocking more inclusive, place-specific growth.