2025-06-11 As the REAL Centre reaches its 10th anniversary, this roundup summarises the research it has produced during its first decade and its impact on policy, aid funding and education reform. Read the full story. |
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2025-05-13 A sharp drop in aid for pre-primary education may be the first sign that the international community is turning its back on the world’s most vulnerable children amid wider economic strain, a new report warns. Read the full story. |
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2025-05-08 Artificial Intelligence (AI) was once seen as something that humans made and controlled. Now, some fear that Generative AI might outperform its creators. According to a new study, however, both perspectives – of AI as a tool we command, or a force we should fear – are missing the point. Read the full story. |
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2025-04-10 Education projects supporting marginalised girls in low- and lower-middle-income countries are more likely to achieve lasting transformations when they work through, as well as with young women and their communities by mobilising them as “agents of change”, a new report indicates. Read the full story. |
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2025-04-01 A new set of “three R’s” – Rights, Resources and Research – is urgently needed to prevent education systems worldwide from failing young people with disabilities, a major international summit will hear this week. Read the full story. |
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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 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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2025-02-24 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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2025-01-21 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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