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CO2 monitor

Curbing COVID-19 in schools: Cambridge scientists support CO2 monitor rollout

17 Jan 2022

UK schools have received more than 300,000 CO2 monitors as part of a government initiative to reduce COVID-19 spread in classrooms.

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Opening schools – and keeping them open – should be prioritised by Government, report says

24 Jul 2020

Keeping schools open from September should be a Government priority as it manages the COVID-19 pandemic, while closures could have severe social and...

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Cambridge University Press

CUP opens access to support learning and research

15 Apr 2020

Cambridge University Press is providing free access to a huge range of books, research and learning materials for teachers, students and researchers...

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Bereaved children missing out on vital support in UK schools, study finds

18 Jun 2019

Support for bereaved children in schools is patchy and inadequate, and teachers feel they lack the skills to help, according to a report from the...

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A University of Cambridge outreach session in Chatteris, Cambridgeshire.

Widening participation in higher education in East Anglia

08 Dec 2016

From January 2017, East Anglia’s five Higher Education Institutions, working in close partnership with the region’s Further Education Colleges and...

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Faculty launches new teaching resources for sixth-form mathematics

11 Jul 2016

Underground Mathematics is the culmination of a five-year project funded by the Government’s Department for Education and delivered by Cambridge’s...

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Opinion: Why both sides are wrong in the counter-extremism debate

07 Mar 2016

Julian Hargreaves (Centre of Islamic Studies) discusses the Government's Prevent strategy and counter-extremism in Britain.

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Local school takes classroom into space

13 Jan 2016

A primary school in Sawston spent the day learning all about space and one lucky 11-year old girl had the chance to try on a real space suit.

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Dr Helen Mason

Astronaut and Cambridge experts encourage students to ‘tri’ the Space to Earth Challenge

06 Nov 2015

Dr Helen Mason OBE (Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics) has teamed up with astronaut Tim Peake to create sports and science...

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"The Best Story in the World" retold for modern classrooms

31 Jul 2014

Unique versions of some of the oldest stories in Europe have been retold for modern classrooms and released for free by the Cambridge Schools...

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Future Scholar Reece with Cambridge undergraduates and staff.

Inspiring day for Future Scholars

01 Jul 2014

One hundred students from 21 different state schools were welcomed to Cambridge for a day of activities aimed at inspiring the students.

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The Faculty of Education

The NQT Guide to Cambridge Applications

20 Jun 2014

The University of Cambridge Secondary PGCE Class of 2014 enjoyed a special briefing session this week on how to support their pupils to aim high in...

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