Tue, 09 Jun 2026 09:16:27 +0100 Faculty of Education News Stories http://www.educ.cam.ac.uk/news/ en-gb News stories from the Faculty of Education at the University of Cambridge Copyright 1998-2026, Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge Faculty of Education News Stories http://www.educ.cam.ac.uk/images/news/rss/UCFELogo.jpg http://www.educ.cam.ac.uk/news/ 144 90 University of Cambridge Cambridge-developed tool launched to steer universities through maze of free-speech checks Actsure, a University of Cambridge spin-out, says its platform could save universities thousands in legal fees as they navigate new freedom of speech legislation.Read the full story. Wed, 11 Feb 2026 08:12:33 +0000 http://www.educ.cam.ac.uk/news#585f75db97a71497b6b98beae8a50356 http://www.educ.cam.ac.uk/news Faculty News Professor Clare Brooks appointed Head of Faculty from October 2026 Professor Clare Brooks has been appointed the next Head of the Faculty of Education at the University of Cambridge. She will succeed the current Head, Professor Hilary Cremin, in October 2026.Read the full story. Thu, 08 Jan 2026 16:14:12 +0000 http://www.educ.cam.ac.uk/news#af46dea88ee75d29f55debc8b01577bf http://www.educ.cam.ac.uk/news Faculty News After more than two years of war, Palestinian children are hungry, denied education and “like the living dead” A University of Cambridge-led analysis of how war has affected education and children 's lives in Gaza calls for an urgent increase in international aid to address both severe learning losses and the conflict's psychological effects.Read the full story. Wed, 07 Jan 2026 10:38:50 +0000 http://www.educ.cam.ac.uk/news#348d730e873a907919cd41c175fea261 http://www.educ.cam.ac.uk/news Faculty News The award-winning films starting new conversations about genetic science – by barely mentioning it An emerging collection of award-winning short films, commissioned by Cambridge researchers, is being released as part of a project to widen conversations about genetic science, particularly among audiences who might otherwise ‘walk away '.Read the full story. Thu, 18 Dec 2025 11:06:13 +0000 http://www.educ.cam.ac.uk/news#e07fca925c0255a35bd058e2f16da0cf http://www.educ.cam.ac.uk/news Faculty News Self-sustaining learning: What happened when Huntingdon sixth formers took a mini-PGCE? An experimental project at a Cambridgeshire schools trust in which sixth formers stepped into the shoes of teachers has found that the approach can generate valuable forms of learning that complement more conventional lessons.Read the full story. Wed, 17 Dec 2025 11:30:34 +0000 http://www.educ.cam.ac.uk/news#2468645c9f374d931730660aafcce060 http://www.educ.cam.ac.uk/news Faculty News Exhibition traces 200 years of Black representation in children’s literature A new version of the first ever major exhibition exploring how Black people have been represented in UK children 's literature visits Cambridge 's Central Library from 15 December.Read the full article. Mon, 15 Dec 2025 12:49:09 +0000 http://www.educ.cam.ac.uk/news#5c4b3bc3192f6223055388bf2cdba434 http://www.educ.cam.ac.uk/news Faculty News Majority want wider worldviews taught in Northern Ireland’s primary school RE curriculum A newly-published study shows strong public support for Religious Education (RE) in Northern Ireland to help pupils understand a wide range of different religious and non-religious worldviews, including Muslim, Humanist and atheist perspectives. Read the full story. Thu, 04 Dec 2025 16:18:13 +0000 http://www.educ.cam.ac.uk/news#63311747550f778729874b092eed2d62 http://www.educ.cam.ac.uk/news Faculty News Better UK data needed to make home and hybrid working healthy and productive The House of Lords Home-based Working Committee has released a new report, "Is Working from Home Working", drawing on research from a University of Cambridge team including Professor Gordon Harold.Read the full story. Wed, 19 Nov 2025 10:01:54 +0000 http://www.educ.cam.ac.uk/news#567fe6033a7f30b432c69aaa62e46fc8 http://www.educ.cam.ac.uk/news Faculty News We should talk more at school: Researchers call for more conversation-rich learning as AI spreads Generative Artificial Intelligence could result in a renewed emphasis on conversational approaches to teaching, researchers say, as large language model (LLMs)-based chatbots make it easier to bypass recall-based learning and test the limits of traditional exams.Read the full story. Mon, 17 Nov 2025 09:24:31 +0000 http://www.educ.cam.ac.uk/news#996ee71e4cf35996ee24b62921af243a http://www.educ.cam.ac.uk/news Faculty News Poorer students more likely to miss out on studying a language at GCSE Students from less wealthy backgrounds are more likely to attend schools where learning a language to GCSE is treated as optional – and not necessarily strongly encouraged – new research shows.Read the full story. Thu, 02 Oct 2025 09:27:10 +0100 http://www.educ.cam.ac.uk/news#b9f44e356d75f6726960b1457dee5beb http://www.educ.cam.ac.uk/news Faculty News Schools are educating children for a vanishing future. Is it time to ‘rewild’ the system? A new book by the Head of Cambridge 's Faculty of Education calls for radical change in a school system it describes as over-standardised, stressful, and ‘sick '.Read the full story. Mon, 29 Sep 2025 03:18:46 +0100 http://www.educ.cam.ac.uk/news#d602f491de94b3da6da0cd52d8e68417 http://www.educ.cam.ac.uk/news Faculty News New Dr Arif Naveed Education Prize launched for 2026 A new prize for education and social justice research in South Asia has been launched in memory of Dr Arif Naveed. Arif was an outstanding Pakistani social scientist who undertook his doctoral research at the Faculty of Education. Very sadly, he died last year at the age of just 42.Appropriately for a Pakistani scholar who held a deep commitment to promoting social justice and equality through education in South Asia, the prize will be awarded annually to an outstanding Masters or doctoral student at the University of Cambridge (current or past) for published research focusing on these issues in a South Asian context. Its launch was announced by Professor Kamal Munir, Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Community and Engagement at the University of Cambridge, at the 25th anniversary celebrations of Idara-e-Taleem-o-Aagahi (ITA), which promotes progressive education in Pakistan.It was also announced by Arif 's PhD supervisor, Professor Madeleine Arnot, at the BAICE Early Career Researcher conference in Oxford. Arif had served on the BAICE Student Committee, helped launch their Student Fieldwork Grant, and co-hosted the 2016 Student Conference.Arif was born in south Punjab and studied at Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, the University of Bath and the University of Cambridge, where he was awarded a Gates scholarship for his PhD. His doctoral research explored how education in Pakistan could be rethought to meet local priorities and citizens ' aspirations. He later held a British Academy postdoctoral fellowship and lectureship at Bath. Prior to his untimely death, Arif undertook influential and widely celebrated work which, as well as persistently traversing disciplinary boundaries and illuminating new intellectual connections in the process, challenged ideas about mass schooling in the Global South and provided evidence for a wider reform agenda which put inequalities at the heart of education policy. Arif 's wife and daughter, along with colleagues and friends, were present for the announcements of the award.More information about the prize can be found here. A celebration of Arif 's life can be found here. Mon, 22 Sep 2025 09:01:10 +0100 http://www.educ.cam.ac.uk/news#b588f9c04a03a71e79ff449f773594dc http://www.educ.cam.ac.uk/news Faculty News ChatGPT seemed to “think on the fly” when put through an Ancient Greek maths puzzle The Artificial Intelligence chatbot, ChatGPT, appeared to improvise ideas and make mistakes like a student in a study that rebooted a 2,400-year-old mathematical challenge.Read the full story. Thu, 18 Sep 2025 09:30:06 +0100 http://www.educ.cam.ac.uk/news#ce6cd706118c6253fb26b8ce9a2f033e http://www.educ.cam.ac.uk/news Faculty News