2024-07-11 A new study proposes a framework for “Child Safe AI” following recent incidents which revealed that many children see chatbots as quasi-human and trustworthy even when they put young users at risk.Read the full story. |
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2024-07-11 CAMFED (the Campaign for Female Education) and the Research for Equitable Access and Learning (REAL) Centre at the Faculty of Education University of Cambridge have announced a new partnership to examine how community-led interventions that target the needs of the most marginalised children can be scaled through education systems in Tanzania and in other countries in sub-Saharan Africa.Read the full story |
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2024-07-10 A new book co-edited by two Faculty members explores the enduring legacy of "Emily of New Moon" marking the centenary of L. M. Montgomery's 'other' heroine after Anne of Green Gables.Read the full story. |
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2024-07-03 An international review of how technology was used early in the COVID school lockdowns suggests that important strategies to support effective remote learning are being neglected in the rush to embrace digital tools and platforms.Read the full story here. |
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2024-06-27 Guaranteeing every child the opportunity to participate in certain types of physical activity could support their academic attainment and help to close the achievement gap between wealthy and less-advantaged pupils new research indicates. Read the full story here. |
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2024-05-28 A new novel which enters the world of the 17th-century countess renowned as history's "most prolific female murderer" suggests she was actually a revolutionary and book smuggler whose killings were a fiction.Read the full story. |
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2024-05-22 A body of academic research including that of Professor Gordon Harold is being used to inform an expanding programme of policy measures aimed at improving the life chances of young people who are affected by parental conflict.Read the full story here. |
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2024-05-22 A significant perception shift about how academics and universities share their research on social media is urgently needed according to new analysis which calls for a more ‘subversive’ approach to engaging audiences online.Read the full story. |
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2024-05-22 A growing body of evidence suggests that learners of ancient languages can master them with greater fluency and more enjoyment when they use them in conversation just as students of modern languages do. Much of that work has now been compiled in a new book co-authored by Steve Hunt (subject lecturer for the Classics PGCE teacher training course at the Faculty of Education) and Dr Mair Lloyd (Open University). Read the full story. |
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2024-05-22 Adding extra classroom time to the school day may only result in marginal gains for pupils who have lost learning during the COVID pandemic a study says.Read the full story |
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