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Annual RSA Bicentenary Medal awarded to eminent biologist and innovator Janine Benyus

2 Nov 2022

Janine Benyus has been announced as the winner of the 2022 RSA Bicentenary Medal for her remarkable contribution to regenerative design. A pioneer of biomimicry, Janine has dedicated her life to encouraging sustainable innovation inspired by nature.

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Coventry University and the RSA are enhancing Creative Futures and Social Change

25 Oct 2022

The module, Creative Futures and Social Change, was co-designed with the RSA (royal society for arts, manufactures and commerce and uses RSA research to help students understand changes in work and business at a local, national, and global level in relation to their own professional journey.

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“Just existing costs money”: new report shows a regular payment for basic needs can reduce poverty and bring health benefits

21 Oct 2022

We live in an age of crisis. Increasingly, there is understanding that the bases of our crises are material in nature: financial insecurity, poverty and inequality.

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The RSA returns to London’s Open House Festival after ten-year break

14 Sep 2022

On Sunday 18 September 2022, RSA House and its rich history will be open for public view for the first time in a decade as part of Open House Festival London.

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‘Maverick Mindsets’ are needed to transform public services, says new report

7 Sep 2022

RSA press release – The RSA and NHS Lothian have published ‘A Rough Guide to being a public entrepreneur in practice: Learning from NHS Lothian’.

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RSA supports Design Council’s ‘Design Economy’ report

21 Jul 2022

The RSA shows its support for the Design Council’s Design Economy: People, Places and Economic Value report.

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RSA and Core Cities UK launch commission to ‘unlock the potential of UK cities’

8 Jul 2022

A new UK Urban Future Commission launches to unlock the potential of people and businesses in the UK’s major cities and the role they could play in Levelling Up.

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Projects to make workplaces more period-friendly and plans to turn oilrigs into kelp farms amongst the 2022 RSA Student Design Awards winners

16 Jun 2022

The RSA announces the eleven winners of the Student Design Awards 2022.

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The RSA celebrates the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee with a rare holographic portrait

13 Jun 2022

The RSA celebrates the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee with a rare holographic portrait by RSA Fellow Rob Munday.

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New £480,000 fund for cutting edge public engagement projects

10 Jun 2022

The RSA announces the Rethinking Public Dialogue fund, a new £480,000 fund for cutting edge projects that engage people with finding solutions to society’s biggest issues.