Badge awarded to
Issued on 04 Dec 2025 by
The RSA
digitalbadging@rsa.org.uk
This badge is awarded to students who participate as a team in RSA Spark (rather than as an individual). To earn this badge, the team must submit their idea to RSA Spark for expert review, demonstrating how they applied their collective creativity to shape, co-develop and test the best possible idea in response to a brief.
The submission needs to demonstrate the following:
Rigour: research has been undertaken to understand audience goal / need.
Impact: idea has clear potential for doing more good for the economy, society and the environment.
Desirability: idea has been tested with a clear target audience and the feedback shows the proposed solution is wanted and needed.
Feasibility: idea is practical to execute operationally, paying attention to how delivery impacts communities and the environment.
Viability: idea can be delivered in the real-world with a business model to sustain it.
Learning mindset: a commitment to growing capabilities in themselves and others.
https://www.thersa.org/design-for-life-our-mission
https://www.thersa.org/design-for-life-our-mission/capabilities-for-life/capabilities-for-life-framework
https://www.thersa.org/design-for-life-our-mission/capabilities-for-life/rsa-spark/
RSA Badge Standard: Collaborator
https://www.thersa.org/design-for-life-our-mission/social-infrastructure/digital-badging/
This badge has been mapped to the Collaborator layer of the RSA Badge Standard. The earner has demonstrated that they have collaborated in mixed settings, cooperating and contributing in a team environment.