Global evidence for how EdTech can support pupils with disabilities is ‘thinly spread’, report finds

An "astonishing" deficit of data about how the global boom in educational technology could help pupils with disabilities in low and middle-income countries has

Cambridge University News • cambridge
March 26, 2021 ~6 min

Video-led feedback programme reduces behaviour problems in children as young as 12 months

A home-based parenting programme to prevent childhood behaviour problems, which very unusually focuses on children when they are still toddlers, has proven

Cambridge University News • cambridge
March 16, 2021 ~7 min


School closures may have wiped out a year of academic progress for pupils in Global South, study warns

As much as a year’s worth of past academic progress made by disadvantaged children in the Global South may have been wiped out by school closures during the

Cambridge University News • cambridge
March 9, 2021 ~6 min

‘Left behind’ adolescent women must be prioritised within sustainable development agenda - report

The needs of millions of overlooked, ‘left behind’ adolescent women must become a more significant priority within international efforts to end poverty by

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Feb. 11, 2021 ~7 min

Teaching pupils empathy measurably improves their creative abilities, study finds

Teaching children in a way that encourages them to empathise with others measurably improves their creativity, and could potentially lead to several other

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Feb. 3, 2021 ~6 min

Disabled teachers face significant workplace discrimination despite drive for more inclusive schools

One of the first academic studies to examine the working lives of disabled teachers in England has called for ‘urgent change’ after finding evidence of

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Jan. 29, 2021 ~7 min

In Ethiopia, schools still lack basic means to contain COVID-19, as pupils return after months of interrupted learning

Many schools in Ethiopia lack the hygiene facilities and infrastructure to control COVID-19 effectively, as they reopen for the first time after months of

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Dec. 7, 2020 ~7 min

First Master’s programme on managing the risks of AI launched by Cambridge

The UK’s first Master’s degree in one of the biggest issues of modern times, the responsible use of artificial intelligence (AI), is being launched by the

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Dec. 7, 2020 ~6 min


‘Spill-over’ effects show hidden value of prioritising education of poorest children and marginalised girls

International development projects that target the education of the world’s very poorest children and marginalised girls also significantly improve other young

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Nov. 20, 2020 ~7 min

Tackling COVID-19: Professor Sarah-Jayne Blakemore

Her plans to study the effects of social isolation on adolescents have become particularly pertinent this year. Sarah-Jayne Blakemore is a cognitive

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Oct. 22, 2020 ~5 min

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