Raise the floor: education that works for everyone
24 January 2022The evidence that convinced the international community that putting disadvantaged children first creates education systems that work for everyone.
The chemist who saved a restaurant and launched a vision for Africa
13 January 2022David Izuogu’s ambition is to establish a research institute in his home country of Nigeria. But he isn’t waiting until he realises his goal to help others get ahead.
Earliest human remains in eastern Africa dated to more than 230,000 years ago
12 January 2022The age of the oldest fossils in eastern Africa widely recognised as representing our species, Homo sapiens, has long been uncertain. Now, dating of a massive volcanic eruption in Ethiopia reveals they are much older than previously thought.
Running water
08 November 2021Meet social enterprise founder, Francesca O'Hanlon whose tech start-up is partnering with local plumbing businesses to bring clean water to communities in Uganda.
Pangolin trafficking: Iceberg tip of Nigeria's illegal trade revealed
04 November 2021New findings on Nigerian-linked pangolin seizures suggest that current global estimates for trafficking of the animal are far too small, say researchers.
Britain's first colonial anthropology experiment revealed
12 June 2021A new exhibition at MAA examines the pioneering ethnographic archive assembled by Britain’s first colonial anthropologist, Cambridge alumnus Northcote Thomas.
Surviving birth
10 December 2020Researchers at one of the busiest maternity hospitals in the world aim to help more women survive complications giving birth.
Open-source toolkit helps developing countries meet demand for COVID-19 research and diagnostics
08 December 2020Researchers have developed a free, open-source toolkit that allows laboratories in developing countries to produce their own tools for COVID-19 research and diagnosis, without relying on an increasingly fractured global supply chain.
In Ethiopia, schools still lack basic means to contain COVID-19, as pupils return after months of interrupted learning
07 December 2020Many schools in Ethiopia lack the hygiene facilities and infrastructure to control COVID-19 effectively, as they reopen for the first time after months of disrupted learning, new research indicates.
‘Spill-over’ effects show hidden value of prioritising education of poorest children and marginalised girls
20 November 2020Development projects that target the education of the world’s very poorest girls also significantly improve other young people’s attainment, according to new research that suggests such initiatives should become a priority for international aid.
