Education, Public Policy and Social Affairs - RSA Audio
Summary: Some of the world’s greatest speakers come to the RSA to talk about their ideas. Educators, policy makers and researchers share their latest insights on global issues. You can download our podcasts and videos free on thersa.org/events. The RSA develops and promotes new ways of thinking about human fulfilment and social progress as part of its charitable aims.
Podcasts:
Listen to our panel as they discuss how culture-led city regeneration can enhance economic competitiveness, community cohesion and a sense of place. Munira Mirza, Brian Gambles, Loretta Lees and Anna Minton will debate how cities can ensure transformational change is community-driven, allowing for greater local ownership and participation.
The RSA and Teach First present a series of Education Matters Debates. In the second of three debates, Stephen Twigg MP, Jo Shuter and Professor Anna Vignoles discuss how we can ensure equality of opportunity for children from low socio-economic backgrounds.
Rt Hon Francis Maude MP and Foundation Trust Network chief executive Sue Slipman discuss new models of public service provision.
Paul Seabright argues that we can achieve greater harmony and equality between the sexes by understanding how the tension between conflict and cooperation developed in our remote evolutionary past, how it shaped the modern world, and how it still holds us back, both at home and at work.
Influential author and strategist Ian Bremmer introduces “G-Zero world”, in which no single country has the power to shape a truly global agenda. What are the risks and opportunities in a world without global leadership?
Former head of Ofsted Christine Gilbert and Professor Chris Husbands examine the implications of the mass academisation of schools and the impact this might have on educational outcomes.
The RSA and Teach First present a new series of Education Matters Debates. In this opening debate, Sir Michael Wilshaw HMCI, Matthew Taylor, Peter Hyman, Ndidi Okezie and Gillian Hargreaves ask: what will it take to ensure that every child, regardless of socio-economic background, is taught by a "good teacher"?
75 years on from George Orwell's iconic journey, Stephen Armstrong and Danny Dorling discuss why poverty and inequality persist in the UK today.
Professor of Politics at the University of Sheffield, Matthew Flinders, argues for a shift from the bland and fatalistic 'politics of pessimism' that appears to dominate public life, towards a more buoyant and engaged 'politics of optimism'.
World-renowned social entrepreneur and founder of Ashoka, Bill Drayton discusses the key skills every person must learn in order to contribute meaningfully to a rapidly changing world.
Founder of Simcorp and chairman of the Gaia Trust, Ross Jackson offers a visionary strategy to rework the global economic system and the political institutions that support it. Caroline Lucas MP responds.
Hugh Tomlinson QC, John Lloyd and Guy Black debate the lessons of the unfolding Leveson Inquiry, the principles of regulation in the internet age, and the balance between professional freedom, accountability and public protection.
Join distinguished academic, author and critic Professor Stefan Collini as he dissects the real purpose of higher education. With a response from Professor Paul O'Prey.
Professor Avner de-Shalit shows why cultivating the distinctive “spirit of cities” is the best antidote to global homogenisation.
Acclaimed BBC journalist and author of 'Meltdown' Paul Mason visits the RSA to explain the causes and consequences of the recent uprisings, protests, and revolutions.
