Latest Thinking

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The four futures of work: coping with uncertainty in an age of radical technologies

22 Mar 2019

Four Futures of Work, from the RSA Future Work Centre, argues that policy-makers should focus more on how automation will transform all work, not just lead to job losses.

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How CDC Pensions can give better outcomes: an illustrative example

18 Mar 2019 David Pitt-Watson, Hari Mann

Jo is saving for a pension, and wants to have enough to provide for herself from retirement until death. David Pitt-Watson FRSA and Harinder Mann FRSA take us through why CDC pensions might be the answer.

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How bringing people together to find consensus helped us improve pensions

18 Mar 2019 Toby Murray

Toby Murray looks back on the RSA’s work to make CDC pensions a reality, reflecting on a process that has championed collaboration and found common ground.

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Is pressure to achieve exam results contributing to school exclusions? Yes, new RSA data indicates

11 Mar 2019 Laura Partridge

Our research found a spike in admissions to Pupil Referral Units in the autumn term of Year 11, the final term before a student’s exam results count towards a school’s performance.

Animations

Rebel, Upholder, Questioner, Obliger: which one are you? | Gretchen Rubin

25 Feb 2019

This animation shines a light on those quirks of our psychology that make it hard to change our (and other people’s!) behaviour. Bestselling author Gretchen Rubin explains the four personality ‘tendencies’ and their respective strengths and weaknesses.

Past RSA Journals

Issue 4 2018

19 Feb 2019

In this issue we discuss the challenges young people are facing and tackling – from climate change to social media, and whether the term ‘snowflake’ has been used fairly to describe some of them.

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The Cultural Learning Evidence Champion’s Handbook

14 Feb 2019

We have developed a handbook designed to make it easier to ‘do’ evidence and evaluation in arts and cultural learning.

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Go forth, Evidence Champions!

14 Feb 2019 Mark Londesborough, Sam Grinsted

The RSA launches The Cultural Learning Evidence Champion’s Handbook to support arts and cultural educators to get to grips with ‘evidence-rich practice’.

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4 reasons to protect cash and bank branches

31 Jan 2019 Mark Hall

The speed of the UK banking industry’s move away from cash and bank branches is harming many communities and poses real economic and social risks.

Past RSA Journals

Issue 3 2018

21 Nov 2018

In this issue, Matthew Taylor discusses citizen-powered progress and we showcase the RSA’s essays on the future of education, automation and public services.