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Maharaja Sayaji Rao III of Baroda, aged twelve, November 1875

The illiterate boy who became a maharaja

31 May 2016

As they struggled to maintain their grip on India as the jewel in the colonial crown, the British attempted to mould the character of India’s princes...

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Prisoner and guard.

Inside information: Students and prisoners study together in course that reveals the power of collaborative education

26 Apr 2016

A highly innovative project in which Cambridge students and prisoners studied together at a Category B prison in Buckinghamshire has broken down...

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Opinion: Genetics: what it is that makes you clever – and why it’s shrouded in controversy

21 Apr 2016

Daphne Martschenko (Faculty of Education) discusses the concept of intelligence and the drive to identify and quantify it.

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Pakistan schoolgirl

Opinion: Confronting the Taliban – an educational encounter

09 Mar 2016

Dr David Gosling (Faculty of Divinity) discusses his time on the Afghanistan-Pakistan border, his encounters with the Taliban and why education is...

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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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Frontal lobe

Education and the brain: what happens when children learn?

10 Feb 2016

Have you lost your house keys recently? If so, you probably applied a spot of logical thinking. You looked first in the most obvious places – bags...

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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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Let girls learn in conflict settings

09 Dec 2015

Unique threats to girls displaced by conflict prompt exceptional initiative.

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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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From Within a Book

Opinion: Speaking in tongues: the many benefits of bilingualism

04 Nov 2015

Dr Teresa Parodi (Department of Theoretical and Applied Linguistics) discusses the linguistic, social and cognitive advantages of speaking more than...

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Opinion: Girls can have it all: how to stop the damaging gender stereotyping in schools

03 Nov 2015

Professor Dame Athene Donald (Cavendish Laboratory) discusses actions that schools can take to eradicate unnecessary gender stereotyping.

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Childrens talk, English & Latin : divided into several clauses

Opinion: ‘Difficult’ Latin risks remaining a qualification for elite pupils

02 Nov 2015

Francesca Middleton (Faculty of Classics) discusses the reform of GCSEs and Latin's reputation as an academically demanding subject.

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