RSA Scotland - Past events
Check out presentations and podcasts from our past events. Feel free to discuss an event you have been to.
Values, Sustainability and the Citizen: Making the Cultural Shift Join Tom Crompton, Change Strategist, WWF-UK; Dave Key, facilitator of the WWF Natural Change Project and Emma Little, Natural Change Project participant for discussion and debate |
RSA Edinburgh Networks A chance to meet other Fellows in the Edinburgh area and discuss ideas. |
RSA Dialogues: People Centred Cities The first in a series of Active Conversations amongst RSA fellows, diverse stakeholders and the wider public around the theme of Design and Sustainability. |
Angus Millar Lecture 2009 - The Financial Crisis and the Return of Keynes Lord Robert Skidelsky will be giving this year's Angus Millar Lecture on Tuesday, 24 November 2009 in Edinburgh. This lecture by Lord Skidelsky, the pre-eminent expert on Keynes and Keynesian theory, will offer a timely and incisive analysis of the challenges facing our financiers and society at large |
Learning Through Life This event will look at the radical proposals included in the recent report on the future of Lifelong Learning in the UK |
Launch of the GO local campaign An opportunity to hear about the development of a ‘GO local’ brand, and contribute ideas and discuss plans for taking it forward. |
RSA Scotland: Food in a World Without Oil. Screening of the RSA/Soil Association Lecture The screening has been organised as one of many Fellowship events taking place across the world between 3 - 10 October 2009, in honour of the first meeting of the new Fellowship Council and the RSA's 255th AGM. The screening will be following by a facilitated open space discussion about the issues raised, and ideas about what contribution we can make as Fellows. |
Annual General Meeting 2009 The Annual General Meeting for RSA Scotland. After the formal AGM Business there will be an opportunity to hear from Luke Johnson, the new Chair of the RSA. |
Rural Enterprise: Retailing Culture A discussion with Gwilym Gibbons, Alex Miller and Cathy Agnew of Shetland Arts, National Trust for Scotland and CatStrand on enterprise in the rural setting. PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF VENUE. |
Social Innovation Breakfast The RSA is teaming up with the Social Innovation Camp to tap into the expertise and energy of the RSA Fellowship to change the world one idea at a time. If you've got an idea or you know about a social problem that you think we should be solving, this brainstorming breakfast is your chance to try it out. |
Terra Madre A discussion of Print & Broadcast Media treatment of Food and Sustainability to include TERRA MADRE - a film about “Slow Food” and sustainability. To be preceded by a meal for Media and Creative Industries Special Interest Group members and invited guests at zucca. |
Second Annual Philip David Gray Memorial Lecture in Economics Dr. Raj Desai (Brookings Institution and Georgetown University) will be speaking about the current economic crisis and its relationship to international development |
Transforming Thinking Book Launch The book launch for Catherine McCall's Transforming Thinking: Philosophical Inquiry in the Primary and Secondary Classroom |
RSA Glasgow City Network Come meet, greet and collaborate with RSA Fellows in Glasgow. The second Tuesday of every month, RSA Fellows will be meeting at the Corinthian in Central Glasgow. |
RSA Edinburgh Network If you're an RSA Fellow in Edinburgh, please come along on 26 February 2009 to meet, greet and network with other RSA Fellows. |
Leading for Social Change: ACOSVO and RSA Thematic Dinner Discussion ACOSVO, in partnership with the RSA and sponsored by RBS, is hosting a Scottish Leaders Dinner which explores “Leading for Social Change.” |
George IV: A Life in Caricature The RSA Fellows’ Media and Creative Industries Special Interest Group working in partnership with the Patrons of the National Galleries of Scotland to give a lecture on George IV: A Life in Caricature |
The Heritage Game: Sir Alan Peacock and Professor Ilde Rizzo This event discusses Economics, Policy and Practice and is to be held on 19 February, 6.00pm at the Hawthornden Lecture Theatre. |
RSA Scotland: Education and Skills Meeting At the RSA Scotland Conference in November 2007, Fellows identified Education and Skills as a priority area for the RSA's work. In order to determine how the RSA should enter into this arena, RSA Scotland is facilitating a meeting with Fellows who are interested in contributing to this area, together with those concerned with education and skills in Scotland (including representatives from Learning & Teaching Scotland (LTS), Skills Development Scotland, employers, schools, colleges and universities) and staff from the RSA Opening Minds programme |
FRSA Network: Media & Creative Industries Special Interest Group |
RSA Aberdeen Fellows' Networking Event On 17 December 2008, there will be a Networking evening in Aberdeen which will provide RSA Fellows with an opportunity to meet and greet other Fellows and to share ideas about making an impact locally. |
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New Design in Heritage Settings, the Angus Millar Lecture 2008 This lecture is part of the RSA national event programme. Professor Daniele Pini (Ferrara) and RSA Council Member Cezary Bednarski (London) were the speakers and Dr Lester Borley CBE, one-time Secretary General of Europa Nostra, chaired the event. View or download the video. |
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Launch of new Bilingualism Advisory Service Following the very successful RSA Scotland/University of Edinburgh event in February 2007 on bilingualism in children, interested Fellows and guests are invited to the Bilingualism Matters launch event. |
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The RSA Lecture at the Edinburgh International Book Festival Join Robert Kagan, US political commentator, as he poses the urgent questions facing the democratic world today. |
Annual General Meeting for the RSA Scottish Committee followed by a presentation on the RSA's CarbonDAQ scheme An opportunity to hear about the re-launched CarbonDAQ scheme for personal carbon trading and to consider how this might be used within Scotland. |
Towards a More Employable Scotland, an event in partnership with Careers Scotland A keynote speech from Professor Alan McGregor complemented by contributions from a panel of speakers with expertise across employment, education, skills and health. |
Scottish Public Services Ombudsman event The Power of Apology - helping Public Services say 'Sorry'. |
Challenging Scotland - Fellows’ Conference This Fellows' Conference outlines the future of RSA involvement in several areas. |
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Children with Two Tongues: Exploding the Myths about Bilingualism This event addresses common myths about bilingualism and covers the outcomes of a recent international research study. |
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