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Rochdale: abuse, misogyny and misrepresentation

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20 Jun 2012

Anwar Akhtar FRSA, director of The Samosa, responds to the issues raised by the conviction of nine men as part of a child sexual exploitation gang targeting vulnerable girls in Rochdale.
RSA Animate - The Power of Networks

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22 May 2012

In this RSA Animate, Manuel Lima senior UX design lead at Microsoft Bing, explores the power of network visualisation to help navigate our complex modern world. Taken from a lecture given by Manuel Lima as part of the RSA's free public events programme.
Digital media and urban spaces

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08 May 2012

By the end of 2012, it is predicted that networked devices will account for a fifth of internet traffic, logging and processing in various ways the ‘behaviour’ of the street. Barbara Anderson FRSA argues we all share a responsibility to shape how these technologies will shape our lives.
Prevention in social care

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03 Oct 2011

Prevention is better than cure. So why are cheap preventative services, such as befriending or falls prevention so often axed, to sustain expensive crisis services such as care homes? Some areas invest in prevention and others do not. Alex Fox FRSA asks why.
The Nuts and Bolts of Drugs Policy

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06 Dec 2010

Within days of the publication of the government’s new drugs strategy, Rebecca Daddow assesses the landscape.
A Big Society approach to low carbon

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27 Oct 2010

New energy saving community trusts could help us meet our carbon targets while strengthening neighbourhoods, argues John Swinney FRSA.