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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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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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Changing Course on Climate

09 Feb 2024

The global publishing and assessment arm of the University of Cambridge is calling on teachers in 160 countries to help improve climate change...

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Disadvantaged children’s school struggles not about character, attitude or lack of ‘growth mindset’, study suggests

19 Dec 2023

A global study of 240,000 students challenges the widespread policy conviction that bridging the academic gap between rich and poor students hinges...

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Cambridge heads to COP28

01 Dec 2023

The University of Cambridge heads to COP28 in Dubai, UAE, with a film premiere and a host of higher education and research events.

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Butterflies, Bees and Broader Horizons

17 Nov 2023

Cambridge Zero programme prepares young climate leaders for the future

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Sustained, purposeful investment key to ‘leaving no girl behind’, either in education or beyond

19 Oct 2023

A UK-funded programme to support out-of-school girls in low-income countries has significantly enhanced their learning, confidence, opportunities and...

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A-level results day

17 Aug 2023

Celebrating the achievements of those coming to Cambridge

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What is the metaverse – and will it help us or harm us?

27 Jul 2023

An interconnected world of extended reality is coming that will reshape how we work, play and communicate – and expose us to new levels of risk. What...

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Applauding the teachers

11 Jul 2023

Cambridge hands out first Educator Awards to teachers who've been nominated by former pupils who are now studying at the University.

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Helping adolescents to feel competent and purposeful – not just happy – may improve grades

06 Jul 2023

Study of 600 teenagers suggests that having stronger self-awareness and sense of purpose may raise GCSE Maths scores "by a couple of grades".

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Foresters bring Cambridge 'water curriculum' to Indian Himalayas

29 Jun 2023

Foresters across the mountainous northeastern Indian state of Nagaland will help roll out a unique programme of environmental education, co-developed...

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