New 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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.
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