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Woman wrapped in white towel checking her breast for signs of cancer

Report highlights inequalities and hidden suffering among people living with breast cancer

15 Apr 2024

Many people with breast cancer ‘systematically left behind’, say researchers in Lancet Commission led by Professor Charlotte Coles.

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AI predicts healthiness of food menus

08 Mar 2024

Cambridge researchers have used artificial intelligence to predict the healthiness of café, takeaway and restaurant menus at outlets across Britain...

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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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Boom and bust? Millennials aren’t all worse off than Baby Boomers, but the rich-poor gap is widening

16 Nov 2023

A study of over 12,000 people in the US, comparing Baby Boomers and Millennials, raises concerns about Millennials’ diverging financial gains.

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Boy taking part in a virtual lesson

Lack of computer access linked to poorer mental health in young people during COVID-19 pandemic

14 Nov 2022

Cambridge researchers have highlighted how lack of access to a computer was linked to poorer mental health among young people and adolescents during...

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School assessments

Assessments of thinking skills may misrepresent poor, inner-city children in the US

12 Oct 2022

Some of the assessment tools that measure children’s thinking skills in the US may have provided inaccurate information about poor, urban students...

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Experts urge government to keep focus on levelling-up health

30 Sep 2022

Experts are calling on the Government to continue focusing on ‘levelling-up’ health, arguing that reducing the health gap is too important an agenda...

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Beyond GDP: Time to measure inclusive wealth and revolutionise economics

28 Apr 2022

Cambridge economists are at the forefront of a global movement to create new statistical methods that include vital components of prosperity – from...

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Child and mother during lockdown

Study reveals ‘drastic changes’ to daily routines during UK lockdowns

03 Nov 2021

Some spent an extra hour a day on chores and childcare during lockdowns, while others got an added daily hour of solo leisure time – and most of us...

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Mini ‘mod’ homes can help rough sleepers get off the streets for good

19 Oct 2021

Small, inexpensive units made from factory-built components can help to restore the health, relationships and finances of formerly homeless residents...

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Former coal mining communities have less faith in politics than other 'left behind' areas

20 Sep 2021

Those in ex-mining areas are also less likely to vote for new populist and nationalist parties compared to socio-economic counterparts elsewhere...

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Hastings, UK

‘Levelling up’ met with widespread scepticism across England

14 Sep 2021

Researchers say Tories are “right to be worried” about parts of the Home Counties due to fears over the meaning of levelling up. The study also...

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