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Spotlight on children

01 Nov 2018

Welcome to our new 鈥 Spotlight on children 鈥, a focus on research taking place at the 探花直播 of Cambridge relating to children and childhood 鈥...

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探花直播 primary school "outstanding" in 1st OFSTED report

24 Jul 2018

探花直播 探花直播 of Cambridge Primary School is celebrating after receiving its first OFSTED report. Inspectors found the school outstanding in all the...

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How 9,000 lists written over 300 years are helping to test theories of economic growth

03 Jul 2018

探花直播handwritten inventories had lain largely untouched for centuries. Sand used to dry the ink still lay between the pages. Written neatly inside...

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探花直播fifty-percenters: the economic value of education

22 Jun 2018

Almost half of young people in the UK now go to university. Who gets in 鈥 and what and where they study 鈥 affects a person鈥檚 place in society and...

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All in a day鈥檚 work

12 Jun 2018

Researchers at the 探花直播 of Cambridge are helping to understand the world of work 鈥 the good, the bad, the fair and the future.

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鈥淟ittle robots鈥: behind the scenes at an academy school

11 Apr 2018

New research from the Faculty of Education lifts the lid on an influential academy school, and finds an authoritarian system that reproduces race and...

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Study of learning and memory problems in OCD helps young people unlock their potential at school

22 Jan 2018

Adolescents with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) have widespread learning and memory problems, according to research published today. The...

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Genetics study adds further evidence that education reduces risk of Alzheimer鈥檚 disease

07 Dec 2017

探花直播theory that education protects against Alzheimer鈥檚 disease has been given further weight by new research from the 探花直播 of Cambridge, funded...

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UK should invest in global education to improve lives, says report citing Cambridge research

21 Nov 2017

Evidence provided by the Research for Equitable Access and Learning (REAL) Centre informs the findings of a cross-party report calling for 鈥...

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Children with disabilities are being denied equal opportunities for a quality education across the world, including in the UK

13 Nov 2017

Researchers from the Faculty of Education have produced a new report on the current state of education for children with disabilities in both England...

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Owl and the Pussy-Cat illustration by Edward Lear

鈥楾hey sailed away, for a year and a day鈥: why learning poetry by heart is good for you

28 Sep 2017

Most of us can quote snatches of poetry - but which poems can we recite in their entirety? In a survey of memorised poetry, Lear鈥檚 探花直播Owl and the...

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Student-led designs could help prevent childhood asthma deaths

10 Jul 2017

Solutions designed by secondary school students as part of an innovative classroom design and technology programme could help reduce the number of...

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