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Sophie Hague: me and my education

Sophie Hague, a 2022 Student Design Award winner, explains how design helped to identify the learning techniques that worked for her.
17 Nov 2023 Sophie Hague
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Zita Holbourne: Featured Fellow Q&A

Zita Holbourne discusses her inspiring work, the fight to achieve equality and representation, success and what it looks like for her, and her advice to aspiring activists.
15 Nov 2023 Gamini Sethi
Two people stand holding a yellow and blue Artists' Union England banner with the text "Industry Without Art Is Brutality. All Artists Need a Union." They are indoors, near informational displays and a table with various items.
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‘Forgotten Heroes’ – how pupil designers created a national remembrance campaign

Falinge Park High School in Rochdale, UK responded to the RSA’s ‘Local Community’ Design brief with a campaign exploring and celebrating the contributions of Black and Asian soldiers in World War II – creating a lasting legacy and learning outcomes for pupils across the North-West.
9 Nov 2023 Deborah Davidson, Simon De Courcey
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How can we address the stagnation of social mobility?

Class privilege remains entrenched in the UK despite politicians’ promises to promote social mobility. Celestin Okoroji, RSA’ Head of Research, calls for an urgent shift in the way we respond to class-based inequalities.
27 Oct 2023 Celestin Okoroji
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Preventing school exclusions in Tower Hamlets

We partnered with Tower Hamlets to help reduce exclusions and improve practice in the borough as part of our Pinball Kids project. This policy briefing shares our findings and connects them to broader debates and trends in national policy and practice.
26 Oct 2023 Aidan Daly, Hannah Breeze, Mehak Tejani, Nik Gunn
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Capability building in the age of polycrisis

Our Regenerative capabilities coalition is a key intervention of our Design for Life mission. Andy Thornton, our Head of Regenerative Design, says we need to invest in capabilities to support the transition to a regenerative economy.
20 Oct 2023 Andy Thornton
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