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AI and digital technologies impel us to prepare for global, ‘internet-mediated’ learning

A new book by Cambridge and Manchester academics argues that education and technology have always been “entangled” and that advances in areas like artificial intelligence raise an urgent need to re-evaluate the design of future education.Read the full story.

Study of long-term student engagement challenges “one great teacher” narrative of education

A positive relationship with a teacher at an early age may help children to feel more engaged with school but not necessarily in the long term new research shows.Read the full story.

Profile: Amilcar Pereira

Amilcar Pereira an Associate Professor of the History of Education at the Faculty of Education Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) recently undertook a visiting fellowship at the University of Cambridge as part of an international study that explores anti-racism and education. In this interview he discusses the need to understand the histories of racism and anti-racism from transnational perspectives the state of anti-racist education now compared with the last 50-60 years and why he believes that students are at the heart of the drive to ensure that universities adapt to wider societal change.Read the full story.

School uniform policies linked to students getting less exercise, study finds

School uniform policies could be restricting young people from being active particularly primary school-aged girls new research suggests.Read the full story.

Cambridge’s first ‘Mobilise’ cohort sets out to harness the power of research and improve early childhood policy

Fifteen civil servants and local leaders from across the UK have embarked on a customised learning programme at the University of Cambridge which will match relevant research insights to their work supporting babies and young children.Read the full story.