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Cambridge Dictionary reveals Word of the Year 2025 

18 Nov 2025

Cambridge Dictionary has named 'parasocial' as the Word of the Year for 2025.

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Evolution made us cheats, now free-riders run the world and we need to change, new book warns

17 Jun 2025

To save democracy and solve the world's biggest challenges, we need to get better at spotting and exposing people who exploit human cooperation for...

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AI-deas: Using AI to tackle society's biggest challenges

09 Jan 2025

Aspirations for the ability of AI to transform society couldn’t be higher. Realising this potential will require bridging the gap between AI...

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‘Manifest’ is Cambridge Dictionary Word of the Year

20 Nov 2024

The controversial global trend of manifesting has driven Cambridge Dictionary’s Word of the Year for 2024.

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Cancer isn’t fair – but care should be

04 Feb 2024

Listening to people's lived experiences is helping to improve the awareness and uptake of cancer care. On World Cancer Day, we take a look at some of...

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Students who self-identify as multilingual perform better at GCSE

11 Nov 2021

Young people who consider themselves ‘multilingual’ tend to perform better across a wide range of subjects at school, regardless of whether they are...

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Found in translation

03 Jun 2020

How Cambridge researcher Dr Ebele Mogo helped tackle a coronavirus public health language gap across Africa in four weeks and 18 languages with 30...

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Discovering a world of languages

21 Oct 2019

A Cambridge-led team seeks to revitalise languages in the UK with a series of interactive pop-up exhibitions and an online game designed to set...

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Research at the chalk face: connecting academia and schools

25 Mar 2019

Researchers in Cambridge’s Faculty of Education are working with teachers to improve the experience of learning in the East of England – and boost...

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Toddlers, knights and golden bears

23 Mar 2019

Inside the Fitzwilliam Museum, the Armoury and Renaissance galleries are alive with the sound of chattering children. Eyes wide in amazement, noses...

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How could multilingualism benefit India’s poorest schoolchildren?

20 Nov 2018

Multilingualism is the norm in India. But rather than enjoying the cognitive and learning advantages seen in multilingual children in the Global...

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Spotlight on children

01 Nov 2018

Welcome to our new ‘ Spotlight on children ’, a focus on research taking place at the University of Cambridge relating to children and childhood –...

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