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Student Design Awards 2024: meet the shortlist

9 May 2024 Aoife O’Doherty
The RSA Student Design Awards 2023 shortlist has been announced. Across nine briefs, 70 students are working to bring positive social change to people, place and planet.
Blog

From the era of anxiety to an age of aspiration

8 May 2024 Andy Haldane
Shifting to an age of aspiration requires an environment where risk is seen as an opportunity, the culture is one of optimism, and investment is everywhere. Andy Haldane, RSA CEO, suggests our Design for Life mission can turn the tide of opinion to achieve those objectives.
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Making the most of your late career

10 Apr 2024 Ann Thorpe
How do you harness your potential in the last chapter of your career? Ann Thorpe explains how the Late Career Alliance could help to craft your career narrative, impact and legacy.
Feature

Soul conversations

26 Mar 2024 Judah Armani
A designer’s unorthodox approach is transforming the way education is delivered in prisons across the UK and in the US.
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Young at heart

25 Mar 2024
Becoming a nation with children at its centre in 10 courageous steps.
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Living better for longer

21 Mar 2024 Peter Gore
There is an inevitability that we will be able to do less as we get older, but everyone can influence when this happens. Peter Gore argues that we must reject age stereotypes and promote ‘healthy ageing’.
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Royal Society of Arts Celebrates its 270th Birthday

21 Mar 2024
The RSA celebrates its 270th birthday – kicking off a year of events, commemorative content and interventions in recognition of its place at the heart of society since the enlightenment, and its central role in driving societal change happen for 270 years.
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King Cole’s blue-sky thinking

21 Mar 2024 Mike Thatcher
Sir Henry Cole’s list of achievements is long and varied — from the first director of the V&A to helping to establish the Great Exhibition. So it is only right that ‘King Cole’ is commemorated by a blue plaque where he lived and worked in London’s South Kensington.