The 2022-2023 cycle of the RSA Student Design Awards – global student competition, has been scheduled. Students and recent graduates are going to once again be challenged to tackle pressing social, environmental and economic issues through design thinking. This time, RSA will again present fresh new briefs for pressing social, environmental and economic issues that need to be addressed through design thinking. Each brief puts a real world social problem in the hands of the next generation of designers – and today there is no shortage of complex and systemic challenges that desperately need creative approaches.

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The RSA has announced the briefs for the 2020-2021 competition for the RSA Student Design Awards, with a series of eight design briefs. The RSA Student Design Awards is a global competition that challenges students to apply their skills and creativity in tackling today’s most pressing social and environmental issues. The competition is open to undergraduate and postgraduate students enrolled at any higher education institution, college or university anywhere in the world. New graduates can also enter within a year of graduating, and we accept entries from individuals and teams.

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The 2019/2020 competition briefs for the RSA Student Design Awards have been announced and the competition has been scheduled. The RSA Student Design Awards is a global curriculum and competition for emerging designers that’s been running since 1924. Students and recent graduates are challenged to tackle pressing social, environmental and economic issues through design thinking. The Awards include over £30,000 in cash prizes and paid placements. Winners also receive practical support from the RSA and their partners, and join a global community of alumni that includes Apple Design Chief Jonathan Ive, digital public services mastermind Ben Terrett and Forbes ’30 Under 30’ social entrepreneurs Elena Dieckmann and Ryan Robinson.

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The 2018/2019 competition cycle briefs of the RSA Student Design Awards have recently been announced and entry opens in January, 2019. The RSA Student Design Awards is a global curriculum and competition for emerging designers that’s been running since 1924. The Awards include over £30,000 in cash prizes and paid placements. Winners also receive practical support from the RSA and their partners, and join a global community of alumni that includes Apple Design Chief Jonathan Ive, digital public services mastermind Ben Terrett and Forbes ’30 Under 30’ social entrepreneurs Elena Dieckmann and Ryan Robinson.

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The 2017/2018 competition cycle briefs of the RSA Student Design Awards have recently been announced and entry opens in January, 2018. RSA wants to empower a generation of savvy, employable graduates who realize the potential of design to benefit society. It challenges students and recent graduates to tackle pressing social, environmental and economic issues through design thinking. Winners are rewarded with cash prizes, paid industry placements, complementary RSA Fellowship and a range of other benefits to kick-start their careers. Different cash prizes are available for each brief.

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Registration has recently opened for the 2016/2017 competition cycle of the RSA Student Design Awards. RSA wants to empower a generation of savvy, employable graduates who realize the potential of design to benefit society. It challenges students and recent graduates to tackle pressing social, environmental and economic issues through design thinking. Winners are rewarded with cash prizes, paid industry placements, complementary RSA Fellowship and a range of other benefits to kick-start their careers. Different cash prizes are available for each brief.

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The 2015/2016 briefs of the RSA Student Design Awards have been announced and the competition has been scheduled for the start of 2016. The RSA Student Design Awards are a global competition for emerging designers, challenging the application of design thinking in new ways. The briefs for the 2015/2016 Awards include radically reducing food waste, empowering people to manage their money better, improving healthcare provision in Sub Saharan Africa and designing more frugal and sustainable ways of bathing. The creators of the best designs will be awarded with internships, cash awards and RSA fellowships.

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The Call for Entries for the RSA Student Design Awards 2014/2015 competition has been announced, together with this year’s creative briefs. The RSA Student Design Awards challenges emerging designers to tackle pressing social, environmental and economic issues through design thinking. More than £13,000 are available in prizes! The competition is open to current students and new graduates from anywhere in the world.

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The RSA is inviting students around the world to think differently about design and join their Student Design Awards 2013-2014 Competition. The RSA challenges emerging designers to tackle pressing social, environmental and economic issues through design thinking. The Competition has eight (8) creative briefs and separate prizes for each of the briefs. The briefs aim to be not only rigorous and challenging, but also accessible and engaging. The RSA Student Design Awards is based in the UK, but the organizers welcome entries from students and new graduates anywhere in the world.

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The RSA and Nominet Trust are running an open competition, offering you the opportunity to bring great ideas to life in new and exciting ways. The RSA offers a platform to the world’s most exciting public speakers, and their podcasts, videos and RSAnimate films bring together audiences from every corner of the globe to debate the biggest issues of our times. Now they are giving you a chance to use your film-making skill, ingenuity and visual flair to interpret RSA talks in your own unique way. Winning entries will receive a cash prize, and will be featured on the RSA’s popular YouTube channel alongside the genre-busting RSAnimate series.

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