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The slow death of classical music education

29 Jan 2024 Ray Coyte
Classical music is becoming a niche activity not helped by the fact that fewer and fewer state school pupils are learning to play orchestral instruments. It’s time to reassess our priorities, argues Ray Coyte.
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Fellowship invited to shape the future of the RSA

18 Jan 2024
In 2023, we introduced more ways for Fellows to get involved in our work than ever before. Your views are vital in shaping our shared future. Here we outline some of the ways we have engaged Fellows in 2023.
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Is art the highest form of hope?

9 Jan 2024 Linda Bryant
Art can have a transformative effect on mental health and wellbeing by providing hope both for the creator of the art and the person experiencing it. Linda Bryant discusses this healing effect and calls for an evolution of art in hospitals.
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Anoushka Sinha: Featured Fellow Q&A

13 Dec 2023 Gamini Sethi
Anoushka Sinha is the visionary founder of the Anupam Foundation, a youth-led organisation addressing gender equity, accessible education, and climate change. Read our Featured Fellow Q&A with Anoushka here.
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What’s trust got to do with it?

10 Dec 2023 Nathan Kinch
Internal initiatives to improve organisational trust and reputation are often unsuccessful. Leaders need to step back and question their organisation’s purpose, values and principles, and redesign decision-making to explicitly act in the public interest.
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Taking flight

10 Dec 2023 Jonathan Sapsed
A new research hub explores how building corridors of creative industries could accelerate growth across a pan-northern ‘supercluster’.
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Room to grow

8 Dec 2023 Jacaranda Ayala, Michelle Castillon, Maria Jose Tellez
In the thriving art destination city of Guadalajara, Mexico, young members of the Hooogar Collective are pursuing an ambitious mission: to create community, nurture collaboration and make art accessible to all
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Our brains on art

8 Dec 2023 Susan Magsamen
The growing field of neuroarts explores the profound ways in which aesthetic experiences affect our bodies and behaviours