New Cambridge-developed resources help students learn how maths can help tackle infectious diseases

Cambridge mathematicians have developed a set of resources for students and teachers that will help them understand how maths can help tackle infectious

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Feb. 19, 2024 ~5 min

New Cambridge-developed resources bring infectious diseases into the maths classroom

Cambridge mathematicians have developed a set of resources for students and teachers that will help them understand how maths can help tackle infectious

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Feb. 19, 2024 ~5 min


Limited resources leave school leaders with few options to manage poor behaviour

School leaders in England feel compelled to continue using a system of escalating punitive measures to manage student behaviour, even though they recognise it

Cambridge University News • cambridge
June 7, 2023 ~7 min

Lessons from modern languages can reboot Latin learning

A new guide calls for a broader approach to teaching Latin, one that draws on modern languages education, involving speaking, music and storytelling.

Cambridge University News • cambridge
April 7, 2022 ~7 min

Learning through ‘guided’ play can be as effective as adult-led instruction

Play-based learning may also have a more positive effect on younger children’s acquisition of important early maths skills compared with traditional, direct

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Jan. 12, 2022 ~7 min

Year 8 students work with Cambridge researchers to help their peers learn about the census

Year 8 students work with Cambridge researchers to help their peers learn about the census.

Cambridge University News • cambridge
May 13, 2021 ~4 min

Teaching pupils to ‘think like Da Vinci’ will help them to take on climate change

Curriculum reforms which mix the arts and sciences will better prepare young people for the real-world challenges that will define their adult lives,

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April 23, 2021 ~6 min

Mixed early progress highlights need for sustained support for pupils with English as an additional language

Newly-arrived pupils who speak English as an additional language (EAL) often make ‘mixed’ linguistic and academic progress during their first years in British

Cambridge University News • cambridge
July 16, 2020 ~6 min


Opinion: Why and how to debate climate change

What's the best way to debate a problem as big and complex as climate change? In his new book, Professor Mike Hulme from the Department of Geography argues that students need to develop their own well-informed position on the difficult questions raised by climate change without being told what to think.

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Dec. 16, 2019 ~5 min

Two new Climate Change Master's programmes launched at Cambridge

The University of Cambridge is launching two new climate-focused graduate programmes, exploring the past and potential futures of the interaction between the planet and humanity, to train a new generation of creative and innovative leaders to respond to our most pressing global challenge.

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Oct. 30, 2019 ~5 min

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