New era of aid cuts and conflict threatens educational lifeline of youngest learners
Tuesday 13 May
A sharp drop in aid for pre-primary education may be the first sign that the international community is turning its back on the world’s most vulnerable children amid wider economic strain, a new report warns.
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Don’t worry about Generative AI. It’s just part of our cyborg-like future
Thursday 8 May
Artificial Intelligence (AI) was once seen as something that humans made and controlled. Now, some fear that Generative AI might outperform its creators. According to a new study, however, both perspectives – of AI as a tool we command, or a force we should fear – are missing the point.
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Girls’ education projects succeed when whole communities ‘live the change’ and carry it forward
Thursday 10 April
Education projects supporting marginalised girls in low- and lower-middle-income countries are more likely to achieve lasting transformations when they work through, as well as with young women and their communities by mobilising them as “agents of change”, a new report indicates.
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Rights, Resources, Research: Summit to discuss “three R’s” targeting disability invisibility in education
Tuesday 1 April
A new set of “three R’s” – Rights, Resources and Research – is urgently needed to prevent education systems worldwide from failing young people with disabilities, a major international summit will hear this week.
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Play “humanises” paediatric care and should be key feature of a child-friendly NHS – report
Monday 31 March
Play should be a core feature of children’s healthcare in forthcoming plans for the future of the NHS, according to a new report which argues that play “humanises” the experiences of child patients.
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New project aims to understand how AI ‘smart’ toys affect disadvantage, development and play
Thursday 20 March
Researchers have begun the first systematic study examining how a new generation of toys which use generative AI to hold lifelike conversations with their owners are affecting younger children’s development.
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Generative AI in Education Conference back for second year
Wednesday 12 March
A conference on the use of generative AI is returning to Cambridge in 2025, after the success of its launch last year.
Report calls for employers to support emotional health of parents in their workforce
Monday 24 February
Parents’ emotional health – the thoughts, feelings and behaviours that influence their livelihoods – are shaped by their experiences at work. A stressful workplace affects family life, and it can have an impact on their children’s emotional development.
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Abdias Nascimento Conference offers transnational perspectives on anti-racist education
Monday 24 February
The first conference to emerge from a unique Brazil-UK student partnership has taken place in Cambridge, showcasing new research offering a transnational perspective on how education can challenge racial inequalities.
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Autistic perspectives sought for new study on comics and inclusion
Tuesday 21 January
Autistic people in the UK are being invited to participate in a University of Cambridge-led project exploring the uniquely powerful connection between autism and comics.
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Play therapists warn that COVID-19 is an ongoing trauma, even though the world wants to move on
Thursday 9 January
Many children are still struggling to process feelings of fear and insecurity, which stem from the COVID-19 lockdowns, in a world that has largely stopped discussing the pandemic, a new study says.
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Ten years after a landmark proposal for research-literate teaching, policy is drifting from that vision
Wednesday 18 December
Voices from across the teaching sector have warned that the profession is drifting further from a vision of being ‘research-engaged’, 10 years after the goal was proposed in a landmark report.
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War in Lebanon has turned a decade of education crisis into a catastrophe - report
Thursday 5 December
The recent conflict in Lebanon has deepened a national education crisis in which children have already lost up to 60% of school time over the past six years, new research warns.
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New wellbeing model for heritage language learning could help multilingual students flourish
Wednesday 20 November
New research shows that a better understanding of how children from immigrant families and minority backgrounds experience wellbeing through learning their heritage language can help them to overcome the vulnerability and anxiety they often encounter. The research calls for “a positive turn in heritage language education”.
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The curious case of Ben John
Monday 18 November
A new study of a controversial sentence for a far-right activist shows how it reflects problematic notions of ‘educability’.
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Batman Returns. Again.
Monday 4 November
Faculty member Joe Sutliff Sanders is a lifelong Batman fan who has studied it from an academic standpoint. Here, he provides his insights into the character's enduring appeal and the latest animated series, "Batman: Caped Crusader".
From Compliance to Conversation: New Guidelines Push for Ethical Reflection in Research Reporting
Thursday 31 October
Emerging technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI) are increasing awareness and debate around ethical conduct in research. However, a new study finds that many academic journals lack explicit ethical reporting requirements.
Grassroots accountability
Thursday 31 October
What happens when schools become directly accountable to their communities? A recent project in India has explored the effects of school-community interventions.
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Pivot to ‘knowledge mobilisation’ could strengthen links between research and policy, report finds
Monday 14 October
A pilot programme has transformed how policy actors use evidence from research on early childhood in their work and provides a potential blueprint for bridging the disconnect between academia and policy.
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The revolution will not be generated
Tuesday 8 October
Proponents of Generative AI believe it will transform education, but so far there are few signs of any promised revolution. At a conference in Cambridge this month, educators, industry professionals and academics are seeking to initiate a different type of conversation about how AI can truly benefit the sector.
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New film encourages families to discuss genetic health – over a game of dominoes
Thursday 3 October
A new film from Only Human, an initiative from the Kavli Centre for Ethics, Science and the Public, and Genomics England, helps the nation discuss health issues more openly, with the aim of improving wellbeing among Black and Minority communities who have historically faced inequalities in accessing appropriate medical care.
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