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Greener intelligence: AI powered by the Sun

18 Dec 2025 Darren Evans FRSA
As the use of AI grows, so does its environmental footprint. But, argues Darren Evans, solar-powered AI stations in sun-rich regions, using advanced cooling technology, could support a future that is both digitally advanced and environmentally accountable.
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Badging for change

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

13 Oct 2025
In partnership with Ufi VocTech Trust, the RSA convened the Digital Badging Commission in 2024 to examine how digital credentials can transform skills recognition in the UK. Read the Commission’s final report.

Digital Badging

Our work is ensuring all capabilities can be recognised, shared and connected with high-quality digital certification.
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Digital inclusion: baked in, not bolted on

23 Sep 2025 Helen Milner OBE, FRSA
The evidence is clear – closing the digital divide can boost Britain’s economy and improve lives, but it requires sustained investment and cross-government collaboration.
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No magic required: digital badges for today’s world

18 Aug 2025 Patrina Law
Digital badges empower individuals to more effectively articulate their skills and experiences, bridging the gap between learning and opportunity through a robust credentialing ecosystem that better serves learners, educators, employers and wider society.
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Cash, cards, crypto: inside the war for our wallets

14 Jul 2022
Campaigner and monetary anthropologist Brett Scott explores the realities of a cashless society – how it works, who stands to gain, who will get left behind and what this future means for data privacy.
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Can we be free in the age of the internet?

23 Jun 2022
How can we protect our right to think freely against the vast influence of the internet? Human rights lawyer Susie Alegre explores the long history and current state of the struggle to set our minds free.
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What is economics – and what should it be?

03 Feb 2022
How must economics adapt to meet the challenges of today – and tomorrow? Professor Diane Coyle lays out a vision for economics fit for the twenty-first century and digital economy.