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Meet the teachers who inspire and encourage

18 Jul 2025

For the third year in a row, the University of Cambridge has awarded prizes to teachers who’ve put in extra effort to help their students secure a...

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Winners of the 2025 Pilkington Prize

Pilkington Prizes awarded to teaching staff

16 Jun 2025

A total of fourteen dedicated and talented staff have been awarded the Pilkington Prize this year. The annual prizes are awarded in the name of Sir...

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Jill Duffy

Opinion: AI belongs in classrooms

04 Apr 2025

AI in education has transformative potential for students, teachers and schools but only if we harness it in the right way – by keeping people at the...

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Cambridge student thanks teacher who helped him believe in himself

27 Jan 2025

Elijah Denning nominated Tom Lloyd, a teacher at Dudley College of Technology, for a University of Cambridge Educator of the Year Award, which he has...

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CamFest Speaker Spotlight: Professor Clare Brooks

06 Mar 2024

Clare Brooks is Professor of Education at the University of Cambridge. She will be speaking in a Question Time-style panel discussion on the teacher...

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Aerial view of crowd connected by lines

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

19 Feb 2024

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

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Boy in school corridor

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

07 Jun 2023

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

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'Romans go home'. Mocked-up Roman graffiti, referencing Monty Python’s Life of Brian, at the Hull and East Riding Museum

Lessons from modern languages can reboot Latin learning

07 Apr 2022

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

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Researchers and children at the PEDAL Centre during the Cambridge Festival

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

12 Jan 2022

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

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New Janeway Institute to transform economic research

19 Oct 2021

The new Janeway Institute will be conducting and disseminating research at the frontier of economics, according to founder and alumnus William...

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

13 May 2021

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

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

23 Apr 2021

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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