Gender gap in predicted grades raises questions over their use in university...
Gender gap in predicted grades raises questions over their use in university admissionsResearchers find a consistent “pro-girl” gap in teacher predictions across 10 A-Level subjects in England.Fred...
View ArticleLearning through 'guided' play can be as effective as adult-led instruction
Learning through 'guided' play can be as effective as adult-led instructionPlay-based learning may also have a more positive effect on younger children’s acquisition of important early maths skills...
View ArticleNew Janeway Institute to transform economic research
New Janeway Institute to transform economic researchFred LewseyTue, 10/19/2021 - 09:52 The new Janeway Institute will be conducting and disseminating research at the frontier of economics, according to...
View ArticleMeet the teachers who inspire and encourage
For the third year in a row, the University of Cambridge has awarded prizes to teachers who’ve put in extra effort to help their students secure a place to study on a degree course.
View ArticlePilkington Prizes awarded to teaching staff
This year's prize winners are;Dr Tore Butlin - Department of Engineering/Queens' College: Tore has played a key role in reshaping the engineering course content and led the design of the new IA...
View ArticleOpinion: AI belongs in classrooms
AI in education has transformative potential for students, teachers and schools but only if we harness it in the right way – by keeping people at the heart of the technology, says Jill Duffy.
View ArticleCambridge student thanks teacher who helped him believe in himself
Elijah Denning nominated Tom Lloyd, a teacher at Dudley College of Technology, for a University of Cambridge Educator of the Year Award, which he has won.
View ArticleCamFest Speaker Spotlight: Professor Clare Brooks
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 recruitment crisis on Who can fix the teacher...
View ArticleNew Cambridge-developed resources help students learn how maths can help...
From measles and flu to SARS and COVID, mathematicians help us understand and predict the epidemics that can spread through our communities, and to help us look at strategies that we may be able to use...
View ArticleLimited resources leave school leaders with few options to manage poor...
The findings are from a qualitative study which investigated why more school leaders are not exploring alternative approaches to behaviour management. It argues that resource limitations and other...
View ArticleLessons from modern languages can reboot Latin learning
Fan fiction, Minecraft and Taylor Swift lyrics are hardly the stuff of traditional Latin lessons. They are, however, part of an expanding repertoire that teachers are successfully drawing on to deepen...
View ArticleLearning through 'guided' play can be as effective as adult-led instruction
Teaching younger children through 'guided' play can support key aspects of their learning and development at least as well, and sometimes better, than traditional, direct instruction, according to a...
View ArticleNew Janeway Institute to transform economic research
The new Janeway Institute will be conducting and disseminating research at the frontier of economics, according to founder and alumnus William Janeway.
View ArticleYear 8 students work with Cambridge researchers to help their peers learn...
Researchers from Cambridge’s Department of Geography and Year 8 students in Wales have worked together to produce a series of learning resources based on census data, showing how the country has...
View ArticleTeaching pupils to ‘think like Da Vinci’ will help them to take on climate...
A radically reformed approach to education, in which different subjects teach connected themes, like climate change or food security, is being proposed by researchers, who argue that it would better...
View ArticleMixed early progress highlights need for sustained support for pupils with...
The finding is one of numerous results and recommendations in a new book about the language development of EAL pupils, and its impact on their attainment and social integration. The book, authored by a...
View ArticleCUP opens access to support learning and research
Higher education textbooks and reference works have been made freely available to students online through their universities, while coronavirus research has been placed into a free online collection,...
View ArticleOpinion: Why and how to debate climate change
I have used classroom debates about climate change in my higher education teaching for over a decade--with environmental science and geography students and with final year undergraduates and Master’s...
View ArticleTwo new Climate Change Master's programmes launched at Cambridge
The two Master's programmes, in Anthropocene Studies and Holocene Climates, will welcome their first students in October 2020 and will be hosted in the Department of Geography. They are among the first...
View ArticleWomen in STEM: Dr Cecilia Brassett
Cambridge is one of a small number of medical schools where anatomy is taught via hands-on cadaveric dissection. As the University Clinical Anatomist, I am responsible for organising the anatomy...
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