Why are we still struggling to get disadvantaged students into university? An expert panel featuring Alan Rusbridger, Principal of Lady Margaret Hall, gathers to discuss how to make education fairer.

Despite efforts by universities and schools across the country, the gap between richer and poorer students stubbornly persists; from attainment in school to university application and acceptance. Educational and socioeconomic disadvantage disproportionately affects certain ethnic minority groups, and our current system risks further entrenching these patterns of injustice. With social mobility stalling, what can be done to remove barriers to accessing university education?

This event was recorded live at The RSA on Thursday 1st February 2018. Discover more about this event here: https://www.thersa.org/events/2018/2/how-can-we-make-universities-more-inclusive

Timothy Morton, hailed as the 'philosopher prophet of the Anthropocene', invites us to a revolution in the way we understand our place in the world.

In his new work, Morton confronts the information-dump fatigue of the digital age, by offering no ecological 'facts' but instead a radically invigorated and liberating approach to understanding ourselves, our interconnectedness with each other and the biosphere that sustains us.

This event was recorded live at The RSA on Monday 29th January 2018. Discover more about this event here: https://www.thersa.org/events/2018/1/being-ecological

Bestselling author and RSA Animate sensation Dan Pink reveals the ideal ‘when’ for every decision.

Timing is everything- but how much do we know about timing itself? Our lives are a never-ending stream of “when” decisions: when to start a business, schedule a class, get serious about a person. Yet we make those decisions based on intuition and guesswork.

This event was recorded live at The RSA on Thursday 25th January 2018. Discover more about this event here: https://www.thersa.org/events/2018/1/the-secret-of-perfect-timing

Bestselling author Johann Hari explains why everything we’ve been told about depression and anxiety is wrong, and how we must drastically change our way of living if we are to thrive.

Hailed by Elton John, Emma Thompson, Russell Brand, Arianna Huffington, Alistair Campbell, Davina McCall and many more, Hari uses his social science training to investigate the causes of depression and anxiety – and discovers the cutting edge science that reveals the lack of evidence for the spontaneous chemical imbalance in our brains theory.

This event was recorded live at The RSA on Thursday 18th January 2018. Discover more about this event here: https://www.thersa.org/events/2018/1/uncovering-the-real-causes-of-depression

In an era of unprecedented change and polarizing politics, clinical psychologist Jordan Peterson offers a message of individual responsibility and ancient wisdom as an antidote to chaos.

His advice ranges from putting your own house in order before criticising others, to comparing yourself to who you were yesterday, rather than someone else today. Happiness is a futile goal, he says. Instead, we must search for meaning, not for its own sake, but as a defence against the suffering that is intrinsic to existence.

This event was recorded live at The RSA on Tuesday 16th January 2018. Discover more about this event here: https://www.thersa.org/events/2018/1/twelve-rules-for-life

Geoff Mulgan, CEO of Nesta, explores how thinking collectively – whether in groups, or with the help of machines – is the answer to solving our biggest challenges.

Figuring out the most effective ways to design and foster collective intelligence could be seen as our biggest current challenge, since there is little prospect of solving our other grand challenges of climate, health, prosperity, or war, without progress in how we think and act together.

This event was recorded live at The RSA on Thursday 11th January 2018. Discover more about this event here: https://www.thersa.org/events/2018/1/how-collective-intelligence-can-change-the-world

An expert panel gathers to look back on a year of seismic events and world-changing headlines. Featuring Ian Leslie, commentator and author of Born Liars and Curiosity: Why Our Future Depends on it.

2017 has had its fair share of news – Donald Trump’s inauguration; a snap election and subsequent coalition in the UK; the triggering of Article 50 and ongoing Brexit negotiations; the horrific Westminster, London Bridge and Manchester arena terror attacks; the Grenfell Tower tragedy; the cultural shift engendered by the Weinstein and Westminster scandals, and subsequent #metoo campaigns; Mugabe’s resignation…and countless other significant political and cultural events.

This event was recorded live at The RSA on Thursday 14th December 2017. Discover more about this event here: https://www.thersa.org/events/2017/12/2017-that-was-the-year-that-was

Author and FT contributor Stefan Stern debunks some of the famous myths surrounding management and leadership.

Using insights from psychology, leadership theory and organizational behaviour, he will provide a compelling and practical guide to avoid falling into the trap of management cliché, misinformation and prejudice.

This event was recorded live at The RSA on Thursday 7th December 2017. Discover more about this event here: https://www.thersa.org/events/2017/12/what-people-get-wrong-about-being-the-boss

65 million people are caught up in the global refugee crisis. CEO of the IRC David Miliband shows why we should care, and what we can do to make a difference.

Taking us from war zones in the Middle East to the heart of Europe, he explores the current crisis and shows what can be done, not just by governments with the power to change policy but by citizens with the urge to change lives.

This event was recorded live at The RSA on Wednesday 6th December 2017. Discover more about this event here: https://www.thersa.org/events/2017/12/refugees-and-the-political-crisis-of-our-times

Tristram Carfrae, incoming Master of the RDI Faculty will speak about the value of the human aspects of design in an automated world.

Carfrae considers the positive value of design and its impact on all our lives. From creating a process, service or plan that improves efficiency to transforming the world around us through a better built environment. He argues that the importance of creative design and innovation and its inherent human instinct, hunch and emotion will be more valuable in the future as automation and artificial intelligence proliferates.

This event was recorded live at The RSA on Thursday 30th November 2017. Discover more about this event here: https://www.thersa.org/events/2017/11/rdi-address-2017-addicted-to-design