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Women in STEM: Dr Cecilia Brassett

22 Aug 2019

Dr Cecilia Brassett is the University Clinical Anatomist and a Fellow of Magdalene College. Here, she tells us about teaching anatomy, which has been...

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New video game teaches teens about electricity

24 Jul 2018

A new video game, designed by researchers at the University of Cambridge, gives teenagers an understanding of electricity by solving a series of...

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Dr Martin Ruehl, Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages

Teaching celebrated across the University

22 Jun 2017

Thirteen Cambridge academics have been recognised for their outstanding teaching in the University's Pilkington Prizes.

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Encouragement from teachers has greatest influence on less advantaged children

28 Mar 2017

‘Big data’ study finds that children from families with limited education have strongest long-term response to teacher encouragement, and are more...

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Releasing a better version of me: the power of education in prison to change lives

16 Jan 2017

A pioneering project to teach university students alongside prisoners, so that they learn from each other, has proved remarkably successful. The...

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The 2016 Pilkington Prize Winners with the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Sir Leszek Borysiewicz (far right); and the Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Education, Professor Graham Virgo (far left).

Teaching excellence celebrated across the University

23 Jun 2016

Twelve inspirational academics have been honoured for outstanding teaching in the University’s 23rd Pilkington Prizes.

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Team members from Cambridge's EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Sensor Technologies and Applications.

Students invent new technology to improve later life

20 Jun 2016

A team of post-graduate students has published research with the potential to transform the lives of millions of older people around the world.

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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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UK’s top student hackers compete for cyber security

22 Apr 2016

Students from the UK’s top cyber security universities will compete in Cambridge this weekend, in part to address the country’s looming cyber...

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India: Teaching Girls

Education that adds up

16 Oct 2015

We are in the midst of a “global learning crisis” according to UNESCO, with too many children worldwide learning little or nothing at school. A new...

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University teaching awards honour excellence

24 Jun 2015

Thirteen inspirational academics have been honoured for the outstanding quality and approach to their teaching.

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Mouse

Computer tutor

17 Jun 2015

Millions of English language tests are taken each year by non-native English speakers. Researchers at Cambridge’s ALTA Institute are building ‘...

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