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UK-wide birth cohort study to follow lives of new generation of babies

09 Sep 2025

Cambridge is to co-lead a new UK-wide scientific study that will follow the lives of 30,000 children born in 2026, helping provide evidence to improve...

Young boy takes part in a hands-on activity

Helping children with inflammatory bowel diseases

09 Jun 2025

Centre for Children's Gut Health aims to transform the physical and mental health of children and young people.

It takes parents a year to ‘tune in’ to their child’s feelings about school

30 Apr 2025

Findings from a major Cambridge-led study inspired psychologists to co-produce a picture book that helps parents develop a deeper understanding of how...

Teenager asleep and wrapped in a blanket

Adolescents who sleep longer perform better at cognitive tasks

22 Apr 2025

Adolescents who sleep for longer – and from an earlier bedtime – than their peers tend to have improved brain function and perform better at cognitive...

Illustration of futuristic pill next to a stethoscope

AI can be good for our health and wellbeing

07 Apr 2025

Cambridge researchers are looking at ways that AI can transform everything from drug discovery to Alzheimer's diagnoses to GP consultations.

Play 'humanises' paediatric care and should be key feature of a child-friendly NHS – report

31 Mar 2025

The Cambridge report argues that play should be a recognised component of children’s healthcare in the Government’s forthcoming 10-year plan for the...

Cambridge leads governmental project to understand impact of smartphones and social media on young people

16 Jan 2025

Cambridge researchers are leading the first phase of a new research project that will lay the groundwork for future studies into the impact on...

‘Teen-friendly’ mindfulness therapy aims to help combat depression

18 Nov 2024

Researchers have developed a mindfulness therapy tailored specifically to appeal to teenagers to help them cope with increasing levels of depression...

Jan Steen, Mother and Child (17th-century painting). Image courtesy of York Museums Trust

Early foster care gave poor women power, 17th-century records reveal

03 Oct 2024

A rare collection of 300-year-old petitions gives voice to the forgotten women who cared for England’s most vulnerable children while battling their...

Boy sitting in the rubble of a destroyed UNRWA school in Nuseirat, Middle Areas, Gaza 2024

Palestinian education ‘under attack’, leaving a generation close to losing hope, study warns

25 Sep 2024

Ongoing war in Gaza will set children and young people’s education back by up to 5 years, report suggests.

Children switch to walking and cycling to school after introduction of London’s Ultra-Low Emission Zone

05 Sep 2024

Four in ten children in Central London who travelled to school by car switched to more active modes of transport, such as walking, cycling, or public...

Empathy lessons at Kingsmead School, Enfield, UK

One term of empathy training measurably improved classroom behaviour

28 Aug 2024

A study involving 900 students in 6 countries found that a short programme of empathy lessons led to measurable, positive changes in their conduct...

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UK-wide birth cohort study to follow lives of new generation of babies

Helping children with inflammatory bowel diseases

It takes parents a year to ‘tune in’ to their child’s feelings about school

Adolescents who sleep longer perform better at cognitive tasks

AI can be good for our health and wellbeing

Play 'humanises' paediatric care and should be key feature of a child-friendly NHS – report

Cambridge leads governmental project to understand impact of smartphones and social media on young people

‘Teen-friendly’ mindfulness therapy aims to help combat depression

Early foster care gave poor women power, 17th-century records reveal

Palestinian education ‘under attack’, leaving a generation close to losing hope, study warns

Children switch to walking and cycling to school after introduction of London’s Ultra-Low Emission Zone

One term of empathy training measurably improved classroom behaviour

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