2025-03-31 Play should be a core feature of children’s healthcare in forthcoming plans for the future of the NHS, according to a new report which argues that play “humanises” the experiences of child patients. Read the full story. |
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2025-03-20 Researchers have begun the first systematic study examining how a new generation of toys which use generative AI to hold lifelike conversations with their owners are affecting younger children’s development. Read the full story. |
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2025-02-24 The first conference to emerge from a unique Brazil-UK student partnership has taken place in Cambridge, showcasing new research offering a transnational perspective on how education can challenge racial inequalities. Read the full story. |
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2025-02-24 Parents’ emotional health – the thoughts, feelings and behaviours that influence their livelihoods – are shaped by their experiences at work. A stressful workplace affects family life, and it can have an impact on their children’s emotional development. Read the full story. |
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2025-01-21 Autistic people in the UK are being invited to participate in a University of Cambridge-led project exploring the uniquely powerful connection between autism and comics. Read the full story. |
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2024-12-18 Voices from across the teaching sector have warned that the profession is drifting further from a vision of being ‘research-engaged’, 10 years after the goal was proposed in a landmark report. Read the full story. |
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2024-12-05 The recent conflict in Lebanon has deepened a national education crisis in which children have already lost up to 60% of school time over the past six years, new research warns. Read the full story. |
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2024-11-20 New research shows that a better understanding of how children from immigrant families and minority backgrounds experience wellbeing through learning their heritage language can help them to overcome the vulnerability and anxiety they often encounter. The research calls for “a positive turn in heritage language education”. Read the full story. |
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2024-11-18 A new study of a controversial sentence for a far-right activist shows how it reflects problematic notions of ‘educability’. Read the full story. |
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