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Feature

Badging for change

Too many skills go unseen, argues Patrina Law. A new RSA-backed blueprint shows how digital credentials can make invisible talents visible – and valuable
10 Dec 2025 Patrina Law
RSArchive

Sweeping change

RSA Resident Historian Anton Howes reflects on how a competition to create a mechanical chimney cleaner helped to outlaw the use of child chimney sweeps across the rooftops of Britain.
10 Dec 2025 Anton Howes
Fellowship events

Pathways to Better Work – Improving Social Mobility in Leicestershire

Join us for a Fellows & Friends forum and networking event exploring how we can open up pathways to better work to improve social mobility and support Inclusive Growth across Leicestershire – hosted by RSA Fellow, Tobias Gould.
21 Jan 2026 Peter Jackson Lecture Theatre, Brookfield Campus, School of Business, University of Leicester, 266 London Road, Leicester LE2 1RQ
Blog

Breaking the NEET cycle

In a society that prides itself on opportunity, the growing number of young people not in education, employment, or training (NEET) is a stark reminder that we are falling short.
7 Nov 2025 Jade Azim, Sal Copley, Dr Vikki Smith
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Case study

Lee Fallin’s Playful Green Planet mission

Lee is a lecturer in Education Studies at the University of Hull. He was inspired by the RSA’s Playful Green Planet work and wanted to connect with others who shared his interests.
21 Oct 2025
A man wearing glasses and a blue polo shirt gestures while speaking outdoors to two women, with green trees and bushes in the background—an engaging scene reminiscent of an RSA case study with Lee Fallin.
Fellowship events

EBN Reboot – Un Conference

Calling all…. Fellows who are or support, business and community change-makers, entrepreneurs, and innovators. 
06 Oct 2025 Tavern Room, RSA House, WC2N 6EZ
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report

East Midlands Inclusive Growth Commission final report

These recommendations are grounded in the practical and tangible, shaping them around the East Midlands’ unique strengths, challenges, and opportunities today and in the future.
15 Sep 2025 Liv Chai, Nick Heslop, Mark Lloyd, William Miles, Rosario Montiel, Tom Stratton, Oliver Burrows, Lesley Giles, Alejandro Mina-Calvo, Adele Marshall
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