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Female students in an Indian classroom. Photo: Yogendra Singh via Unsplash

Make Indian Sign Language official language and open more schools for deaf and hard-of-hearing students, study advises

17 Mar 2025

Around one in five (over 19%) of India’s deaf and hard-of-hearing children were out-of-school in 2014, according to a survey conducted for the Indian...

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Free tech eliminates the fear of public speaking

14 Mar 2025

Cambridge scientist launches free AI-enabled virtual reality platform that transforms users into skilled and confident public speakers.

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Autistic perspectives sought for new study on comics and inclusion

23 Jan 2025

Autistic people in the UK are being invited to participate in a University of Cambridge-led project exploring the uniquely powerful connection...

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Syrian refugee children in a Lebanese school classroom

War in Lebanon has turned a decade of education crisis into a catastrophe - report

05 Dec 2024

Israel-Hezbollah conflict has deepened an education crisis in which children have lost up to 60% of schooling in 6 years, study shows.

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New long-term collaboration with Suzano begins with a £10 million donation to support conservation and sustainability education and research

15 Nov 2024

Suzano, one the world’s largest producers of bio-based raw materials, based in São Paulo, Brazil, establishes a long-term initiative with Jesus...

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Boy sitting in the rubble of a destroyed UNRWA school in Nuseirat, Middle Areas, Gaza 2024

Palestinian education ‘under attack’, leaving a generation close to losing hope, study warns

25 Sep 2024

Ongoing war in Gaza will set children and young people’s education back by up to 5 years, report suggests.

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Empathy lessons at Kingsmead School, Enfield, UK

One term of empathy training measurably improved classroom behaviour

28 Aug 2024

A study involving 900 students in 6 countries found that a short programme of empathy lessons led to measurable, positive changes in their conduct...

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CamFest Speaker Spotlight: Professor Clare Brooks

06 Mar 2024

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...

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New Cambridge-developed resources help students learn how maths can help tackle infectious diseases

19 Feb 2024

Cambridge mathematicians have developed a set of resources for students and teachers that will help them understand how maths can help tackle...

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Changing Course on Climate

09 Feb 2024

The global publishing and assessment arm of the University of Cambridge is calling on teachers in 160 countries to help improve climate change...

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Disadvantaged children’s school struggles not about character, attitude or lack of ‘growth mindset’, study suggests

19 Dec 2023

A global study of 240,000 students challenges the widespread policy conviction that bridging the academic gap between rich and poor students hinges...

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Cambridge heads to COP28

01 Dec 2023

The University of Cambridge heads to COP28 in Dubai, UAE, with a film premiere and a host of higher education and research events.

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