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“Get back to school” headlines eroded teacher wellbeing during the pandemic

06 Nov 2023

Intense public pressure on teachers to “get back to school” during the COVID-19 lockdowns deepened an already widespread sense that they were...

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Screenshot from the fake news 'vaccine' game Bad News.

Fake news ‘vaccine’ works: ‘pre-bunk’ game reduces susceptibility to disinformation

25 Jun 2019

Study of thousands of players shows a simple online game works like a 'vaccine', increasing skepticism of fake news by giving people a “weak dose” of...

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A screen shot of the Fake News Game on a smart phone.

Fake news ‘vaccine’: online game may ‘inoculate’ by simulating propaganda tactics

20 Feb 2018

A new experiment, launching today online, aims to help ‘inoculate’ against disinformation by providing a small dose of perspective from a “fake news...

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Victorians rally for No New Coal projects

'Psychological vaccine’ could help immunise public against ‘fake news’ on climate change – study

23 Jan 2017

New research finds that misinformation on climate change can psychologically cancel out the influence of accurate statements. However, if legitimate...

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Re-enacting the first night of television, 80 years on

02 Nov 2016

Cambridge researchers and students have recreated John Logie Baird’s cumbersome ‘flying spot’ camera for a documentary about the first live scheduled...

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Media fuelling rising hostility towards Muslims in Britain

28 Apr 2016

Mainstream media reporting about Muslim communities is contributing to an atmosphere of rising hostility towards Muslims in Britain, according to a...

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Popcorn

That’s entertainment: what – and how – will we be watching in 2020?

18 May 2015

Take unlimited creativity, add multiple platforms, throw in faster and smarter tech and you’ve got the ingredients for the biggest entertainment...

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ICSI sperm injection into oocyte

Egg freezing: An empowering option for women?

17 Nov 2014

Katie Hammond, a PhD candidate in the Department of Sociology researching the experience of egg donation in Canada, discusses the recent decision by...

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Alastair Campbell, Journalist; Director of Communications and Strategy, Number 10 (1997-2003) at the Chatham House event E-Leadership: Political Communication in a Digital World, 17 October 2012

Alastair Campbell at the ‘Nexus of Media and Politics’ in Cambridge

06 Nov 2013

Alastair Campbell, writer, campaigner and former communications director to British Prime Minister Tony Blair, will give a series of public lectures...

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Click to save the nation’s digital memory

05 Apr 2013

Billions of web pages from millions of websites, as well as public Facebook posts and tweets, will be preserved for time immemorial from tomorrow by...

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MYPs debate in House of Commons Chamber

Mastering public policy

29 Nov 2012

A new Master’s Programme in Public Policy, launching today by the University of Cambridge, will equip policy makers of tomorrow with the tools to...

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Cambridge

A shared future based on a shared past

28 Mar 2012

A conference which aims to bridge the gap between academic research on Islam and public opinion regarding Muslims in the West will take place in...

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