2024-10-25 A new film from Only Human, an initiative from the Kavli Centre for Ethics, Science and the Public, and Genomics England, helps the nation discuss health issues more openly, with the aim of improving wellbeing among Black and Minority communities who have historically faced inequalities in accessing appropriate medical care.Read the full story. |
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2024-10-25 War in Gaza has wiped out years of education and left a generation close to losing hope, study warns Ongoing war in Gaza will set children and young people’s education back by up to five years, report suggests.Read the full story. |
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2024-10-25 Hannah Arendt Consortium seeks to combat the global rise of populism and authoritarianism, and uphold human rights.Read the full story. |
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2024-10-25 A short programme of empathy lessons led to measurable, positive changes in students’ conduct, emotional awareness and curiosity about different cultures.Read the full story. |
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2022-09-14 The often-unconscious role that children’s literature plays in kick-starting the “casual marginalisation” of single mothers is to be systematically analysed for the first time in a new research project. Read the full story here. |
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2022-08-16 A free library of resources to help early childhood education practitioners support the development of young children’s language and literacy, numeracy, and social-emotional skills has been released online. Read the full story here. |
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2022-05-19 A survey of how academics use social media to encourage people to interact with their research argues that much of the public value of their work is probably being overlooked in official ‘impact’ assessments. Read the full story here. |
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2020-11-12 The early talk and communication that children experience when very young, though essential in preparing them for school, has no direct impact on their reading and writing skills by age 11, new research shows. Read the full story here. |
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2020-10-26 Faculty of Education researchers have helped to develop a new, online course, which enables both parents and other adults who work with children to support their social-emotional learning and wellbeing through play during times of change or stress. Read the full story here. |
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2020-10-12 A new analysis of pupil wellbeing has called for a re-evaluation of how schools support ‘spiritual development’, arguing that the present legal requirement is vague, confused, and has been appropriated for political ends. The philosophical and historical study, by the University of Cambridge academic, Dr Daniel Moulin-Stozek, traces the origins and history of what British schools today call ‘Spiritual, Moral, Social and Cultural development’ (SMSC). Read the full story here. |
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