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This can't wait

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Added by Gerry Acher on November 29, 2010 at 16:35 — 18 Comments

Women in the RSA through history

Recently I attended the launch of the Women Speakers' Network in the impressive surroundings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. You can watch the evening's presentations on the IMechE website (you'll need Microsoft's Silverlight video player) but the major theme was this: how can we explain the fact that more women don't participate in public speaking, and what… Continue

Added by Sam Thomas on November 22, 2010 at 18:31 — No Comments

Governannce

I do think it is most unfortunate that we have two motions in front of us at the AGM 2010. The RSA needs to review its governance and that is surely the starting point. Far better to wait for the outcome of such a review, ideally chaired or at least involving external observers and then we can see where that takes us in terms of the trustee board. It seems to me implausible that a trustee body cannot be drawn from the Fellowship given the breadth of the Fellows in terms of expertise but what…

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Added by Greg Slay on November 22, 2010 at 16:19 — 3 Comments

Government cuts undermining language education

13/11/2010

The English Trust for European Education (ETEE), the foremost non-profit organisation for the diffusion of European multi-literacy, has written to the School Minister Nick Gibb, urging him to reconsider putting on hold the highly successful reciprocal arrangement that allows the British Council to organise a sandwich year abroad for foreign language trainee teachers in order to acquire advanced language skills.



The scheme has been running successfully for nearly a… Continue

Added by Maurizio Fantato on November 13, 2010 at 13:17 — No Comments

The war to end all wars

Recent research has been focusing on the possibility that personality, states of mind and health can be affected by the experiences of previous generations – in a way that does not rely on the currently known methods of DNA transmission, but instead uses a methylation process to pass on responses to extremes of stress. As a recent New Scientist article puts it – the sins of… Continue

Added by Lucy Wills on November 9, 2010 at 21:30 — No Comments

Jamie's Jabberings - What's in your Pantry?

What’s in your pantry?

A couple of weeks ago, we held a Travelling Pantry event in Glasgow. Organised by Tessy Britton FRSA, former Chair of the Fellowship Council, this wandering workshop is travelling the country exploring the topics of community engagement, mapping, resourcing and developing.…

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Added by Jamie Cooke on November 1, 2010 at 11:56 — 5 Comments

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