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Pride Month 2024: Celebrating Fellows in the LGBTQ+ community

3 Jun 2024 Deborah Ajia
For Pride Month 2024, we’re celebrating our Fellows’ and collaborators’ impactful work supporting LGBTQ+ communities, from providing vital resources to fighting for human rights and preserving queer history through art and education.
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Why the UK needs a House of Campaigns

13 May 2024 Richard Ellis
Parliament is based on political parties, but most of us approach politics through the particular issues that we care about. We should open up Parliament by giving campaigning and representative groups a bespoke presence in the heart of our democracy.
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From the era of anxiety to an age of aspiration

8 May 2024 Andy Haldane
Shifting to an age of aspiration requires an environment where risk is seen as an opportunity, the culture is one of optimism, and investment is everywhere. Andy Haldane, RSA CEO, suggests our Design for Life mission can turn the tide of opinion to achieve those objectives.
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Young at heart

25 Mar 2024
Becoming a nation with children at its centre in 10 courageous steps.
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50 Famous Fellows

15 Mar 2024 Dan Matthews
RSA Fellows include globally renowned and historically significant individuals across all industries. Here, we cast a spotlight on just 50 of them, ranging from lions of the Enlightenment to contemporary campaigners for justice.
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Fellows Festival 2024: changemaking for the future

4 Mar 2024 Mike Thatcher
The 2024 Fellows Festival was the biggest and boldest so far, with a diverse range of high-profile speakers offering remarkable stories of courageous acts to make the world a better place.
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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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Leading for a brighter urban future

29 Nov 2023 Joan Munro
UK Urban Futures Commission Leadership Researcher Joan Munro discusses how long-term government support could help council leaders and their partners move further and faster.
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A manifesto for the long term

23 Nov 2023 Phillip Ward
The crises facing the world through climate change, biodiversity loss and inequality are crying out for long-term decisions, but we seldom get them. Phillip Ward offers his Manifesto for Change.
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How can we address the stagnation of social mobility?

27 Oct 2023 Celestin Okoroji
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.