education

In this article, Professor of Education Neil Mercer argues that ‘talk’ needs tuition; state schools must teach spoken language skills for the sake of...

New resources designed to inspire the next generation of engineers by bringing authentic engineering challenges into the classroom have been launched...

The Department for Education has supported the application by the University of Cambridge to establish a University Training School as part of its...

University of Cambridge museums are among those highlighted as examples of best practice in a new report focusing on the outstanding contributions...

Earlier this month the "Too Much, Too Soon" campaign made headlines with a letter calling for a change to the start age for formal learning in...

MOOCs – or massive open online courses – have been touted a cure for the education sector’s ills by some, but merely the latest symptom of it by...

New research focusing on educating young people about sex and HIV/AIDS in Africa is using innovative techniques – such as ‘photo-voice’ and role-play...

A year-long study on childrens' music-making indicates that playing music in groups on a regular basis greatly improves a child’s ability to...