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 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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