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A rough guide to being a public entrepreneur in practice

This rough guide presents the insights of 12 NHS Lothian staff who challenged the status quo to find new ways of innovating their work.

7 Sep 2022 Ian Burbidge, Jamie Cooke, Ella Firebrace, Benny Souto, Beatrice Bekar, Adanna Shallowe

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Press release

‘Maverick Mindsets’ are needed to transform public services, says new report

RSA press release – The RSA and NHS Lothian have published ‘A Rough Guide to being a public entrepreneur in practice: Learning from NHS Lothian’.

7 Sep 2022

Blog

The importance of public entrepreneurship

Our healthcare system needs transformational change that creates the space for a new paradigm to emerge. Read about how our public entrepreneurship project can support this.

7 Sep 2022 Ian Burbidge

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Blog

Framing decolonisation through the lens of design

What does it mean to decolonise – and how does that look for the design community at large? Jillian Linton explores this and other questions in her event wrap-up blog.

25 Aug 2022 Jillian Linton

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Blog

How can we cultivate healthier and happier communities?

Our personal health and wellbeing are not always in our control, how can we shape what it means to lead a healthier and happier life in our future?

11 Aug 2022 Ella Firebrace, Riley Thorold

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How a universal basic income can address the crisis in anxiety and depression (interim report)

New research from the RSA, in partnership Northumbria University, explores the possible benefits of a universal basic income in the UK.

28 Jul 2022 Hannah Webster, Riley Thorold, James Morrison

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Culture should be at the core of West Yorkshire’s economic plans

Levelling up can be a by-product of investment in culture and creativity according to RSA Chief Executive Andy Haldane and Tracy Brabin, Mayor of West Yorkshire.

21 Jul 2022 Andy Haldane, Tracy Brabin

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Press release

RSA supports Design Council’s ‘Design Economy’ report

The RSA shows its support for the Design Council’s Design Economy: People, Places and Economic Value report.

21 Jul 2022

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Youth social action and the experience of primary educators

Our Third Benefit research aims to understand how involving primary school teachers in high-quality youth social action can inform benefits for them as well as pupils and communities.

12 Jul 2022 Hannah Breeze

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Press release

RSA and Core Cities UK launch commission to ‘unlock the potential of UK cities’

A new UK Urban Future Commission launches to unlock the potential of people and businesses in the UK’s major cities and the role they could play in Levelling Up.

8 Jul 2022