{"id":29081,"date":"2021-02-09T16:56:10","date_gmt":"2021-02-09T16:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=29081"},"modified":"2021-02-09T16:56:10","modified_gmt":"2021-02-09T16:56:10","slug":"the-2020-21-rsa-student-design-awards-competition-is-officially-open-for-entries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=29081","title":{"rendered":"The 2020-21 RSA Student Design Awards competition is officially open for entries"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/RSA_Student_Design_Awards_090221.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-29082\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/RSA_Student_Design_Awards_090221.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"288\" \/><\/a>The 2020-21 RSA Student Design Awards competition \u2013 with prizes that include over \u00a322,000 in cash and paid industry placements &#8211; is officially open for entries with a final deadline on 10 March 2021.<\/h3>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">\u2026 over \u00a322,000 in cash prizes and paid industry placements\u2026<\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">[open to]\u2026Currently enrolled students studying on any recognised higher education course\u2026<\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n<p>RSA writes:<\/p>\n<p>The 2020-21 RSA Student Design Awards competition is officially open for entries. There&#8217;s still time to tackle one of the 8 design briefs in this year&#8217;s competition, which challenges participants to apply their skills and creativity to tackle today\u2019s most pressing social and environmental issues. This year&#8217;s awards include over \u00a322,000 in cash prizes and paid industry placements, and all of the briefs are open to entries from:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Currently enrolled students studying on any recognised higher education course, anywhere in the world<\/li>\n<li>Recent graduates, who graduated in or after March 2020<\/li>\n<li>Individual and team entries &#8211; the fee is per entry, not per person<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The design categories are as follows:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Redistributing health: How might we design systems that provide seamless and cost-effective access to quality health services for underserved communities?<\/li>\n<li>A new leaf : How might we utilise local woodland resources to stimulate inclusive and sustainable economic activity?<\/li>\n<li>Bridging the divide: How might we harness social media to bridge societal divides by supporting social connection, collective action and reducing polarisation?<\/li>\n<li>The right to breathe: How might we ensure that everyone living in areas with poor air quality is guaranteed their right to clean air?<\/li>\n<li>Material world: How might we apply biomimicry to create textiles, processes or systems that enhance nature?<\/li>\n<li>Home sweet home: How might we harness age-friendly design to &#8216;future-proof&#8217; homes so they are sustainable, safe and inclusive places to live and enjoy?<\/li>\n<li>For the long time: How might we encourage people and community to think and act for the long term?<\/li>\n<li>Moving pictures: Conceive and produce an animation to accompany one of the two selected audio files that will clarify, energise and illuminate the content<\/li>\n<li>Global bursary: A needs-based bursary for international students to cover the cost of the SDA submission fee. Closes 21 February 2021.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Take a look at the Rules and Guidelines for further info about submissions and eligibility. We cannot wait to see your entries this year! RSA Student Design Awards Team. Submit now via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thersa.org\/sda\">www.thersa.org\/sda<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The deadlines for this year are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Early bird:4pm GMT 10 February 2021 (reduced \u00a325 entry fee)<\/li>\n<li>Final deadline: 4pm GMT 10 March 2021 (regular \u00a335 entry fee)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thersa.org\/student-design-awards\/design-briefs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2020-21 RSA Student Design Awards competition \u2013 with prizes that include over \u00a322,000 in cash and paid industry placements &#8211; is officially open for entries with a final deadline on 10 March 2021.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29081","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sector-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29081","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=29081"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29081\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29083,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29081\/revisions\/29083"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=29081"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=29081"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=29081"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}