Cities of Learning
Connecting and catalysing place-based lifelong learning to unlock opportunities for a regenerative economy.
Growing hubs
Design for Life Growing hubs
People can effect change by coming together. Design for Life supports the growth of societal hubs. The RSA works across organisations, communities, industries and regions to create new ways for them to achieve regenerative impact together.
How are we achieving this?
Creative corridors
Working with Creative PEC and Arts Council England the RSA is bringing together leaders across regions in the UK to grow the impact of the creative industries, and creativity in industry.
UK Urban Futures Commission
Unlocking the potential of UK cities, to drive economic, social and environmental improvements for people and for the country.
Watch an event about our hubs work
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Design for Life: Creative Corridors
Fellowship events / Design for Life series
The Coffee House (RSA House) and Online via Zoom
Join us for a look at the research and themes that are emerging from our partnership with Arts Council England and the Creative PEC, exploring Creative Corridors - where existing creative clusters have the potential to thrive through better collaboration and coordination.
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Launch of the UK Urban Futures Commission
Public talks
Online
Join us for the launch of the UK Urban Futures Commission report, hosted by RSA in partnership with Core Cities UK and Lloyds Banking Group.
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Why learning to fail can teach us to thrive
Public talks
RSA House and online via YouTube
Amy Edmondson, professor of leadership at Harvard Business School and the world’s leading expert in the science of psychological safety, offers a practical guide to ‘intelligent failure’.
Related hubs content
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‘One Creative North’ plans finalised at summit ahead of Convention of the North
Press release
The RSA, together with leaders from across government, civil society and the creative industries, finalise bold new ideas for the North of England’s creative industries, to be revealed in full at the Convention of the North on 29 February.
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Taking flight
Feature
Jonathan Sapsed
A new research hub explores how building corridors of creative industries could accelerate growth across a pan-northern ‘supercluster’.
Explore our other Design for Life areas of focus
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Building capabilities
Design for Life supports people to learn and lead. We're unlocking the confidence, capabilities and connections of children, learners and entrepreneurs of all ages.
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Developing infrastructure
Design for Life develops and influences infrastructure at a system-wide level that people, communities and organisations need to drive regenerative change.
Become an RSA Fellow
The RSA Fellowship is a unique global network of changemakers enabling people, places and the planet to flourish. We invite you to be part of this change.