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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Palestinian education ‘under attack’, leaving a generation close to losing hope, study warns
Wednesday 25 September
Ongoing war in Gaza will set children and young people’s education back by up to five years, report suggests.
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Hannah Arendt and common worldbuilding
Sunday 22 September
Hannah Arendt Consortium seeks to combat the global rise of populism and authoritarianism, and uphold human rights.
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One term of empathy training measurably improved classroom behaviour
Wednesday 28 August
A short programme of empathy lessons led to measurable, positive changes in students’ conduct, emotional awareness and curiosity about different cultures.
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AI Chatbots have shown they have an ‘empathy gap’ that children are likely to miss
Thursday 11 July
A new study proposes a framework for “Child Safe AI” following recent incidents which revealed that many children see chatbots as quasi-human and trustworthy, even when they put young users at risk.
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Emily of New Moon devotees celebrate feminism and fanfic as the literary cousin of Anne of Green Gables hits 100
Wednesday 10 July
A new book co-edited by two Faculty members explores the enduring legacy of "Emily of New Moon", marking the centenary of L. M. Montgomery's 'other' heroine after Anne of Green Gables.
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New exploration of “Countess Dracula” reveals a 17th-century radical whose crimes were faked
Tuesday 28 May
A new novel which enters the world of the 17th-century countess renowned as history's "most prolific female murderer" suggests she was actually a revolutionary and book smuggler whose killings were a fiction.
Being a teacher with disabilities: perspectives, practices and opportunities
Monday 13 May
A new British Council report by three members of the Cambridge Network for Disability and Education Research (CaNDER) provides insights into the challenges and opportunities relating to teachers with disabilities around the world.
Mentors for under-privileged girls in Tanzania are challenging harmful gender social norms
Monday 8 April
Mentors delivering a life skills programme for marginalised girls have become agents of change, challenging harmful gender social norms in their wider communities, new research shows.
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AI and digital technologies impel us to prepare for global, internet-mediated learning
Monday 25 March
A new book by Cambridge and Manchester academics argues that education and technology have always been “entangled”, and that advances in areas like artificial intelligence raise an urgent need to re-evaluate the design of future education.
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Study of long-term student engagement challenges “one great teacher” narrative of education
Friday 15 March
A positive relationship with a teacher at an early age may help children to feel more engaged with school, but not necessarily in the long term, new research shows.
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Profile: Amilcar Pereira
Monday 26 February
Amilcar Pereira, an Associate Professor of the History of Education at the Faculty of Education, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), recently undertook a visiting fellowship at the University of Cambridge, as part of an international study that explores anti-racism and education. In this interview, he discusses the need to understand the histories of racism and anti-racism from transnational perspectives, the state of anti-racist education now compared with the last 50-60 years, and why he believes that students are at the heart of the drive to ensure that universities adapt to wider societal change.
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School uniform policies linked to students getting less exercise, study finds
Thursday 15 February
School uniform policies could be restricting young people from being active, particularly primary school-aged girls, new research suggests.
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Cambridge’s first ‘Mobilise’ cohort sets out to harness the power of research and improve early childhood policy
Friday 19 January
Fifteen civil servants and local leaders from across the UK have embarked on a customised learning programme at the University of Cambridge, which will match relevant research insights to their work supporting babies and young children.
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Fewer than 1% of schools have full policies on second languages, language learning and English
Thursday 18 January
A tiny fraction of schools in England – about three in every 500 – have whole-school policies which address foreign languages, English usage, and integrating students who speak English as an additional language (EAL), new research indicates.
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Inaugural leadership forum for heritage language schools launched in Cambridge
Wednesday 20 December
Cambridge has become home to the first leadership forum for community-based ‘supplementary’ education, informal schools which provide extra education for children from different linguistic and cultural backgrounds.
Disadvantaged children’s struggles at school have “little to do” with character, attitude or a lack of ‘growth mindset’
Tuesday 19 December
A global study of 240,000 students challenges the widespread policy conviction that bridging the academic gap between rich and poor students hinges on improving the latter’s work ethic, mindset and socio-emotional skills.
Boom and bust?
Tuesday 14 November
Millennials, a generation often characterised as less wealthy than their parents, are not uniformly worse off than their Baby Boomer counterparts, according to new research. They are, however, contending with a “vast and increasing” wealth gap, due to the uneven financial rewards reaped from different life and career paths, compared with their Boomer predecessors. This creates the impression that as a generation, they are losing out.
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“Get back to school” headlines eroded teacher wellbeing during the pandemic
Friday 27 October
Intense public pressure on teachers to “get back to school” during the COVID-19 lockdowns deepened an already widespread sense that they were undervalued, and left some actively rethinking their careers, research shows.
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Synergy between students’ motivation and ‘thinking about thinking’ linked to academic achievement
Thursday 26 October
Students with low motivation also consistently display lower levels of certain essential core thinking skills; which appears to lead to underperformance at school, a study in Greece has found.
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Teachers ‘learning through talk’ was pivotal to raising maths attainment in London schools
Wednesday 25 October
Enabling teachers to learn and problem-solve using ‘oracy’ – or exploratory talk – played a pivotal role in improving maths results at over 20 London schools, according to a new analysis.
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Sustained, purposeful investment key to ‘leaving no girl behind’, either in education or beyond
Thursday 19 October
A UK-funded programme to support out-of-school girls in low-income countries has significantly enhanced their learning, confidence, opportunities and prospects, a new report says. However, sustained, strategic and targeted investment will be needed to preserve these gains.
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Cambridge Mobilise project seeks to strengthen bridge between early childhood research and policy
Thursday 12 October
The University of Cambridge is to pilot a programme offering civil servants and early years professionals personalised access to recent research, and a cross-sector network of expertise, to help shape solutions to pressing issues in early childhood policy.
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Experts call for more evidence as medical and teacher education embrace simulation technologies
Wednesday 11 October
Researchers are urging an evidence-based approach to the use of simulations to train medics and teachers, amid signs that technologies like artificial intelligence (AI) and mixed reality could reshape education in both professions.
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Young children who are close to their parents are more likely to grow up kind, helpful and ‘prosocial’
Tuesday 10 October
A loving bond between parents and their children early in life significantly increases the child’s tendency to be ‘prosocial’, and act with kindness and empathy towards others, research indicates.
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Educators urged to ‘rethink reality’ as XR augurs hybrid theatre, interactive broadcasting and virtual choirs
Monday 2 October
The leaders of a Cambridge graduate study programme exploring Extended Reality (XR) in arts education suggest that the technology should be at the forefront of wider educational research, given its transformative potential.
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