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What would a fair society look like?

27 Apr 2023

Economist and philosopher Daniel Chandler offers a programme for how we might reshape our political and social institutions, reinvigorate democracy and transform capitalism.

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The changing face of 21st century education and learning

24 Apr 2023

Political economist Rachel Sylvester is joined by Lord David Blunkett and Lord Kenneth Baker to explore possibilities for radical renewal in education to support equitable economic and wellbeing outcomes for individuals and wider society.

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The psychology behind successful groups

09 Mar 2023

Leading experts from the worlds of evolutionary psychology and business management, Tracey Camilleri, Samantha Rockey and Robin Dunbar talk through the concept of ‘the social brain’ and what it can teach us about how human groups function.

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Small inventions that changed the world

02 Mar 2023

Award-winning engineer and broadcaster Roma Agrawal deconstructs our most complex feats of engineering into seven fundamental inventions that have changed our lives in dramatic ways.

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Regenerative learning: making the shift

07 Mar 2023

Can we bridge the divide from dominant educational models to a new approach, where personal, social and ecological wellbeing is at the very heart of how we teach and learn? With regenerative educators Satish Kumar, Rachel Musson and Ben Rawlence.

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Prosperity in a post-global world

16 Mar 2023

One of the world’s leading economic journalists, Rana Foroohar, argues that the era of globalisation must give way to a new, place-based economics for the 21st century.

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First Minister Nicola Sturgeon: keynote address

20 Mar 2023

Nicola Sturgeon reflects on lessons learned as leader of an ambitious small nation taking a progressive agenda to the world stage, during a period of complex national and global challenges.

Public talks

19 Apr 2023

Sir Peter Bazalgette is joined by pioneering creative entrepreneurs to discuss the importance of maximising the value of the sector to wider society and the economy.

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Towards a more inclusive education

09 Feb 2023

Bafta-nominated film director Georgia Oakley, author Paul Baker, and educators Catherine Lee and Bennie Kara explore and celebrate 20 years of social change movements that shaped progress towards a more inclusive education in the UK.

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The North will rise again

17 Feb 2023

Alex Niven, leading voice on the North, takes a fresh look at the roots of the North-South divide and sets out a vision for how the region can unlock a more rebalanced future of promise and potential.