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RSA Videos and Animations- The Tyranny of Merit | Michael Sandel May 24, 2019In this powerful new RSA Minimate, Michael Sandel confronts our age of stalling social mobility and entrenched inequality, and asks: what will it take to meet one of the biggest political challenges of our time? […]The RSA
- Rebel, Upholder, Questioner, Obliger: which one are you? | Gretchen Rubin February 25, 2019This animation shines a light on those quirks of our psychology that make it hard to change our (and other people’s!) behaviour. Bestselling author Gretchen Rubin explains the four personality ‘tendencies’ and their respective strengths and weaknesses. […]The RSA
- Ingrid Fetell Lee on Why We Pursue Happiness But Overlook Joy January 14, 2019What does joy look like? Designer Ingrid Fetell Lee exposes the power of ordinary things to create extraordinary happiness, and shows us how to find joy in the world around us. […]The RSA
- Bobby Duffy on Why We're Wrong About Nearly Everything November 30, 2018How can we tackle our ignorance about what the world is really like? Bobby Duffy, Director of Ipsos MORI Social Research Institute, explains how we can get a handle on the facts in a ‘post-truth’ era. […]The RSA
- Mental Health in Schools October 29, 2018Child and adolescent mental health is in the headlines almost daily. How can we support young people’s wellbeing and build mentally healthy school communities? […]The RSA
- The Truth About Algorithms | Cathy O'Neil October 17, 2018We often think that algorithms are objective and fair, but they’re built to serve the people who create them – how can we make sure that the process of building algorithms is ethical? […]The RSA
- Mariana Mazzucato on The Value of Everything September 17, 2018Do modern economies reward the extractors – not the creators – of economic value? Leading economist Mariana Mazzucato urges us to rethink how we determine value in our economy. […]The RSA
- Yascha Mounk on How We Can Save Democracy September 2, 2018Trust in politics is dwindling, and authoritarian populists are seizing power around the globe. Renowned academic and author Yascha Mounk argues for radical political reforms that will benefit the many, not the few. […]The RSA
- Why Arts and Culture in Education is Essential August 29, 2018Why should schools be interested in the arts, and how should we be looking to understand their impact? With George the Poet and Global Teacher Prize winner Andria Zafirakou. […]The RSA
- Sam Conniff Allende on How to Rewrite the Rules July 30, 2018Founder and former CEO of award-winning marketing agency Livity, Sam Conniff Allende re-purposes the innovative strategies of Golden Age pirates for 21st century would-be disruptors. […]The RSA
- The Tyranny of Merit | Michael Sandel May 24, 2019
- TED Talks
- Apply to be a TED2020 Fellow June 25, 2019Since launching the TED Fellows program ten years ago, we’ve gotten to know and support some of the brightest, most ambitious thinkers, change-makers and culture-shakers from nearly every discipline and corner of the world. The numbers speak for themselves: 472 Fellows covering a vast array of disciplines, from astrophysics to the arts 96 countries represent […]TED Staff
- 7 things you can do in Edinburgh and nowhere else June 19, 2019Edinburgh, Scotland will host TEDSummit this summer, from July 21-25. The city was selected because of its special blend of history, culture and beauty, and for its significance to the TED community (TEDGlobal 2011, 2012 and 2013 were all held there). Whether you’re going or thinking about attending, there are some highlights about Edinburgh you […] […]Ellen Maloney
- Rethink: A night of talks in partnership with Brightline Initiative June 12, 2019The event: TED Salon: “Rethink,” hosted by TED business curator Corey Hajim and TED tech curator Alex Moura When and where: Thursday, June 6, 2019, at the TED World Theater in New York City The partner: Brightline Initiative, with Brightline executive director Ricardo Vargas warming up the audience with opening remarks Music: Dark pop bangers […] […]Daryl Chen
- A new malaria vaccine begins testing in Malawi and more TED news May 23, 2019The TED community is brimming with new projects and updates. Below, a few highlights. Malaria vaccine begins wide-scale testing in Malawi. RTS,S — the only malaria vaccine to successfully pass clinical trials — will be made available to 360,000 children in Kenya, Malawi and Ghana in the first round of implementation testing. Immunologist Faith Osier […] […]Yasmin Belkhyr
- A first glimpse at the TEDSummit 2019 speaker lineup May 21, 2019With TEDSummit 2019 just two months away, it’s time to unveil the first group of speakers that will take to the stage in Edinburgh, Scotland, from July 21-25. Three years ago, more than 1,000 members of the TED global community convened in Banff, Canada, for the first-ever TEDSummit. We talked about the fracturing state of […] […]TED Staff
- TED original podcast The TED Interview kicks off Season 2 May 15, 2019TED returns with the second season of The TED Interview, a long-form podcast series that features Chris Anderson, head of TED, in conversation with leading thinkers. The podcast is an opportunity to reconnect with renowned speakers and dive deeper into their ideas within a different global climate. This season’s guests include Bill Gates, Monica Lewinsky, [… […]TED Staff
- A new mission to mobilize 2 million women in US politics … and more TED news May 8, 2019TED2019 may be past, but the TED community is busy as ever. Below, a few highlights. Amplifying 2 million women across the U.S. Activist Ai-jen Poo, Black Lives Matter co-founder Alicia Garza and Planned Parenthood past president Cecile Richards have joined forces to launch Supermajority, which aims to train 2 million women in the United […] […]Yasmin Belkhyr
- Meyer Sound at TED, from the stage to the stars May 3, 2019Given John Meyer’s roots in the Bay Area’s 1960s radio and music scenes, and his innovations for just about every acoustic application — electronically dampening ambient noise in loud rooms, building 3D Cirque du Soleil soundscapes, and helping develop the Grateful Dead’s revolutionary “Wall of Sound” — it’s not surprising to spot his team behind […] […]Emily McManus
- Remembering Harry Marks, co-founder of the TED Conference April 27, 2019Harry Marks’ career happened at the intersection of typography, technology and television. His vision has influenced the look of modern video — picture those fluidly moving, 3D letters that fly over the TV screen to introduce a news broadcast or pop a sports score onto the screen. His influence on this field is absolutely foundational; […] […]Emily McManus
- In Case You Missed It: Highlights from TED2019 April 20, 2019Twelve mainstage sessions, two rocking sessions of talks from TED Fellows, a special session of TED Unplugged, a live podcast recording and much more amounted to an unforgettable week at TED2019. […]Brian Greene
- Apply to be a TED2020 Fellow June 25, 2019
- British Psycological Society
- Psychologists Have Identified The Creatures We Find Most Scary And Revolting June 25, 2019By Christian Jarrett. The spider was unique in being intensely fear- and disgust-inducing in equal measure. […]BPS Research Digest
- A Key Brain Difference Between Voice-Hearing Patients And Voice-Hearing Healthy Controls Challenges The “Continuum Model” June 24, 2019By Christian Jarrett. The research focuses on a brain structure involved in "reality monitoring". […]BPS Research Digest
- Decades-Long Surveys Suggest The “Deleterious Effects of Smoking May Extend to Detrimental Personality Changes” June 21, 2019By Christian Jarrett. Dishearteningly, giving up smoking was not associated with positive personality changes. […]BPS Research Digest
- A Core Subgroup of Believers Don’t Just Think Learning Styles Are Real, But Also Inherited And Hard-Wired In The Brain June 20, 2019By Matthew Warren. Teachers were just as likely to be "essentialist" believers in learning styles as other participants. […]BPS Research Digest
- Thinking About Their Multiple Identities Boosts Children’s Creativity And Problem-Solving Skills June 19, 2019By Christian Jarrett. The researchers said their findings are timely for a society that is becoming increasingly diverse. […]BPS Research Digest
- Preliminary Evidence That Lonely People Lose The Reflex To Mimic Other People’s Smiles, Potentially Sustaining Their Isolation June 18, 2019By Emma Young. Does loneliness lead to a problem with smile mimicry or is it the other way around? […]BPS Research Digest
- Psychologists Show It’s Possible To Fix Misleading Press Releases – Without Harming Their News Value June 17, 2019By Jesse Singal. This research was based on health press releases – it would be interesting to test the same approach for psychology news. […]BPS Research Digest
- Adults Who Played Pokémon Extensively In Childhood Have A Pokémon-Sensitive Region In Their Visual Cortex June 14, 2019By Emma Young. As well as being fascinating, the study has important practical implications. […]BPS Research Digest
- Most Comprehensive Review To Date Finds The Average Person’s Reading Speed Is Slower Than Previously Thought June 13, 2019By Matthew Warren. Knowing that reading rates are closer to 240 than 300 wpm has real-world implications. […]BPS Research Digest
- Breakthrough Investigation Of People With A Sixth Finger Has Implications For Infant Medicine And Cyborgs June 12, 2019By Christian Jarrett. The results suggest cyborgs of the future could benefit from an artificial extra finger. […]BPS Research Digest
- Psychologists Have Identified The Creatures We Find Most Scary And Revolting June 25, 2019
- Guardian Education
- Labour MP to lead equality debate despite stance on LGBT classes June 25, 2019Roger Godsiff criticised by colleagues after supporting protests at Birmingham schoolThe Labour MP Roger Godsiff has been criticised by party colleagues after announcing he would lead a Commons debate about equality teaching despite being reprimanded for his support of anti-LGBT education protesters.The adjournment debate was put forward by Godsiff, whose Bi […]Nazia Parveen and Richard Adams
- Britain is still ruled by a privately educated elite. Let’s end this culture of deference | Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett June 25, 2019The baffling preference by employers (and voters) for people from expensive schools blocks others’ progress and stifles innovationA new report by the Sutton Trust and the Social Mobility Commission has found that a tiny cohort of privately educated people, many of whom went to Oxbridge, continue to hold the top jobs in the country. The people holding those t […]Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett
- Forest schools: is yours more a marketing gimmick than an outdoors education? June 25, 2019Some UK schools have merely jumped on the bandwagon of the popular Scandinavian idea, a new book arguesAsh trees rustle in the breeze while beneath them muddy children run free, collecting leaves and searching for bugs in the shadows. This must be a forest school. Or is it?According to academics in a book, Critical Issues in Forest Schools, to be published n […]Liz Lightfoot
- Should pets ever be kept in classrooms? June 25, 2019Animal charities say it’s teaching the wrong lessons – but schools argue it inspires children to learn about the natural worldWatching duck eggs hatch in a classroom was a “wow” experience that brought the topic to life, says Sarah Holmes, teacher in Derby High School’s primary department. “It was a fantastic opportunity for the children to learn about the l […]Rachel Fraser
- Dear Damian Hinds, you must be dying to correct Jeremy Hunt’s nonsense about children’s reading | Michael Rosen June 25, 2019His claim in the leadership debate that 25% of primary school leavers can’t read is completely untrueIt was interesting to see in last week’s Tory leadership voting that both you and your schools minister Nick Gibb had backed Michael Gove to be prime minister. On TV and radio Gove seemed very proud of his record as education secretary. One of his favourite w […]Michael Rosen
- Q&A: what you need to know about America's student debt crisis June 25, 2019Bernie Sanders has a radical plan to wipe out undergraduate and graduate debt for all Americans. Here is what’s at stakeGoing to university in the US is expensive – costing an average of over $34,000 a year in tuition and fees at private universities – which means for most Americans, the only way of viably pursuing higher education is to take out a student l […]Miranda Bryant in New York
- Britain’s top jobs still in hands of private school elite, study finds June 24, 2019‘Scandalous’ figures show extent of domination in politics, media and businessMembers of Britain’s elite, who hold the top jobs in politics, the judiciary, media and business, are five times more likely to have been to private school than the general population, according to research.A study by the Sutton Trust and the Social Mobility Commission found that a […]Sally Weale Education correspondent
- Has Brexit vote hit UK university rankings? | Letters June 24, 2019Scott Andrew says British universities have slipped down QS league tables because of the coalition’s structural reforms. Michael Reardon objects to the focus on Cambridge and notes the progress of other universitiesIs the Brexit vote really as central to understanding Britain’s universities slipping down the QS league tables as your article suggests (British […]Letters
- London academics criticise 'oppressive' treatment of student protesters June 24, 2019University of London staff speak out against security guards’ ‘heavy-handed’ tacticsAcademics have condemned the “oppressive” treatment of student protesters after the university hired private security staff who forcibly evicted a group that were peacefully occupying a campus building in support of outsourced cleaners.The University of London (UoL) spent mor […]Mattha Busby and Molly Blackall
- Andy McNab: ‘At 16, I read my first book – and it changed my life’ June 24, 2019When he joined the army, the author had the reading age of an 11-year-old. But he can still remember the pride he felt at reading his first bookI joined the army straight out of juvenile detention at the age of 16. I was no criminal mastermind – I burgled the same block of flats repeatedly and was always going to end up getting caught.The education system ha […]Andy McNab
- Labour MP to lead equality debate despite stance on LGBT classes June 25, 2019
