Have we lost the ability to debate immigration - and what can education do about it? Join us for this free @cambridgefestival.bsky.social event on 18 March and have your say as we explore how education might support more constructive public dialogue. Tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/have-we-lo...

A University of Cambridge spin-out has developed what it says is the UK’s first automated free-speech compliance system for universities, amid concerns that institutions are struggling to interpret new freedom of speech rules. content.educ.cam.ac.uk/content/camb...

Academic pressure in East Asia places students at risk for diminished well-being. A new study, co-authored by Boseok Kim and Jongho Shin investigated whether character strength interventions for elementary students could help. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Presencing Echoes in the Archive: Material Voices Through Space and Time - this new paper is by PhD researchers Linh S. Nguyễn and Elena Russo, and available open access in the journal "Arts". www.mdpi.com/2076-0752/15...

The number of students studying for British degrees overseas has risen sharply over the past decade. This new study suggests the expansion is exporting not just British degrees, but the hierarchies of Britain’s highly stratified higher education system. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Professor Clare Brooks has been appointed the next Head of the Faculty of Education at the University of Cambridge. She will succeed the current Head, Professor Hilary Cremin, in October 2026. content.educ.cam.ac.uk/content/prof...

A new report calls for an urgent increase in international aid for education in Palestine, to address both learning losses and the severe psychological impacts of the war in Gaza. Read more: content.educ.cam.ac.uk/content/afte... Join us for the launch event: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/report-lau...

A collection of award-winning films, developed for the "Only Human" project through the Kavli Centre for Ethics, Science, and the Public, is widening public conversation about genetic science. Strikingly, science itself barely gets a mention. Read more: content.educ.cam.ac.uk/content/awar...

What happens when you teach sixth formers to teach? Charle Pettit, an affiliated lecturer on the Cambridge PGCE, decided to find out with students at his school, and early results suggest that a remarkable form of self-sustaining learning emerged. content.educ.cam.ac.uk/content/self...

A new version of the first ever major exhibition exploring how Black people have been represented in UK children’s literature visits Cambridge’s Central Library this week, having been brought to the city by Cambridge researchers. Find out more: content.educ.cam.ac.uk/content/exhi...

Our paper on the use of AI in child development checks is available now on the Early Childhood Education Journal: link.springer.com/article/10.1... @drjennyg.bsky.social

So excited this paper is out. What started as a brainstormed idea after an invited talk has turned into a whole line of research in my lab. Look out for more papers in the future!

Mark your calendars: The #PEDALConference2026 is coming on Thursday 11th June 2026, #InternationalDayOfPlay 🧸 More details to follow...

The Religious Education syllabus in Northern Ireland mandates compulsory teaching of exclusively Christian content, but there is strong support for change. New research from @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social and @cam.ac.uk content.educ.cam.ac.uk/content/majo...

"We’ve had a discourse for decades about meritocracy, but it’s a fig leaf to hide the ways our economies are not achieving social mobility." Hilary Cremin spoke to the Future Learning Design Podcast about why we need to "rewild" education and how to do it. www.goodimpactlabs.com/podcast/prof...

We've added capacity for this event due to demand but tickets are going! If you would like to join this discussion with Hilary Cremin and Luke Kemp about how to educate for existential threats, please sign up now. Nov 26, 5pm - 6.30pm at the Faculty of Education; tickets are free.

Could the spread of Generative AI lead to new, talk-based approaches to teaching and learning? A new conceptual paper by ‪@rupertwegerif.bsky.social‬ and Imogen Casebourne suggests it might. content.educ.cam.ac.uk/content/we-s...

Should you be getting your child an AI toy for Christmas? Cambridge expert @ejgoodacre.bsky.social discusses how her research with @drjennyg.bsky.social is exploring what we know - and don't know - about the new wave of toys hitting the market. uk.style.yahoo.com/ai-toys-are-...

They submitted oral & written evidence calling for more research on mental health in the workspace, a more consistent measurement of productivity, & stronger empirical evidence to better know the impact of home-based working.

Today, the @houseoflords.parliament.uk Home-based Working Committee released a report which repeatedly references research by an interdisciplinary team at @cam.ac.uk highlighting the need for better data on productivity & mental health in the workplace to inform policy on home-based working.

To mark its 10th anniversary, this newly-published article highlights three projects led by the University of Cambridge PEDAL Centre which show how centring children in play research can generate new insights that would otherwise remain hidden. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Three years after ChatGPT burst on to the scene, @rupertwegerif.bsky.social spoke to ABC's future tense about its potential impact on education. Listen again here: www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

Making RE part of the national curriculum will promote tolerance – but only if it’s taught in the right way. Daniel Moulin discusses new recommendations for Religious Education in the curriculum in @uk.theconversation.com theconversation.com/making-re-pa...

Join Hilary Cremin and Luke Kemp for this interactive dialogue at the Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge about the existential threats facing humanity and how education might respond. Nov 26, 5pm - 6.30pm. It's free and open to all! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/how-can-we...

Action on climate change and a just response to the climate crisis are challenges for education. This University of Cambridge article summarises how researchers are exploring how learning can nurture justice, sustainability, and wellbeing for people, planet, and peace. www.cam.ac.uk/stories/educ...

The Government’s imminent curriculum review presents an opportunity to reassess the place of languages education in our schools. What, though, does the evidence base tell us? Join us for this University of Cambridge seminar exploring some potential ways forward.

Applications are OPEN for the Cambridge Doctor of Education (EdD) programme starting 2026: a part-time research degree for working professionals who want to use the power of education to drive innovation in any sector. Open to UK and international students. www.educ.cam.ac.uk/courses/post...

'A new book by Head of Cambridge’s Faculty of Education, @camedfac.bsky.social, calls for radical change in a school system it describes as over-standardised, stressful, and ‘sick.' @cam.ac.uk We are crying out for a completely new vision of what education involves, however challenging that may be.'

Students from less wealthy backgrounds are more likely to attend schools where learning a foreign language to GCSE is considered optional – and not necessarily even encouraged – new research by @karenforbes.bsky.social shows. Read more: content.educ.cam.ac.uk/content/poor...

Very happy to share this article exploring the influence of school-level curriculum policies on both uptake and attainment in GCSE modern languages in England @camedfac.bsky.social Freely available to download - key points below ⬇️ (1/6) www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10....

A new book by Professor Hilary Cremin, Head of Cambridge’s Faculty of Education, calls for radical change in a school system it describes as over-standardised, stressful, and ‘sick’. Is it time to think bigger about education reform? More here: content.educ.cam.ac.uk/content/scho...

The Editorial Board of the Cambridge Journal of Education is seeking education scholars with diverse intellectual interests to join its Editorial Panel. Find out more at: www.educ.cam.ac.uk/research/cje/

A new prize for education and social justice research in South Asia has been launched in memory of Dr Arif Naveed. Arif was an outstanding Pakistani social scientist who undertook his doctoral research at the Faculty of Education. More about the prize here: www.educ.cam.ac.uk/centres/real...

More about @drjennyg.bsky.social and @ejgoodacre.bsky.social's research on AI toys and children's development here: content.educ.cam.ac.uk/content/new-...

"It is our collective responsibility to understand how toys powered by artificial intelligence impact young children." @drjennyg.bsky.social and @ejgoodacre.bsky.social in The Guardian: www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

The long-term follow up findings of our Healthy Start, Happy Start study have been published in the @acamh.bsky.social Journal Of Child Psychology And Psychiatry this week. Read a quick-read summary by @camedfac.bsky.social: content.educ.cam.ac.uk/content/heal...

Today in our Guardian letter, @drjennyg.bsky.social and I call for a greater public discourse on how AI toys are interacting with young children and the impacts on their development. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Generative AI doesn't "think" like humans do, but in a new University of Cambridge study which confronted it with an Ancient Greek maths puzzle, it did behave in a curiously "learner-like" way. Read more here: content.educ.cam.ac.uk/content/chat...

This animation provides an update on the long term findings of the Healthy Start, Happy Start study testing a relationship-based parenting programme. @nihr.bsky.social @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social @ucl.ac.uk @ihealthvisiting.bsky.social @acamh.bsky.social @camedfac.bsky.social

New research from @pedalcam.bsky.social shows that a short, relationship-based programme for families can protect against children developing behaviour problems years later. Quick-read summary here: content.educ.cam.ac.uk/content/heal... ...or take a look at the full paper in the attached post!

📢 New blog! Find out how Megan Ennion, a PhD student from @camedfac.bsky.social supervised by Ros McLellan used funding from Accelerate and @cambridgec2d3.bsky.social to study how AI tutors impact student learning psychology and behaviors. Find out more: bit.ly/46It7ky

How should teaching – and teacher education – adapt for a fast-changing world? In January, we began building a vision for teaching in 2050. Now we’re inviting those at the heart of the teacher education sector to shape what comes next. Find out more and have your say: teachereducation2050.co.uk

Congratulations to our recent MEd graduate Aliabbas Dhanji, whose dissertation was recently shortlisted for the UK Literacy Association (UKLA) Student Research Prize. Find out more about the prizes at: ukla.org/research-pri...

Well done to @auroragaocam.bsky.social on her new paper in the SSCI-indexed @berj-2025.bsky.social The study spotlights student voice to explore what supports effective STEM learning and aspirations in Rwandan secondary schools. doi.org/10.1002/berj...

Point-of-care ultrasound is a medical scanning technology which enables doctors to perform rapid, bedside scans and reveal life-threatening problems. Despite its potential, it is often abandoned after training. This new study explains why. content.educ.cam.ac.uk/content/clos...

Can refugee education truly be transformed without decolonizing the foundations of aid & knowledge production?  Join Z. Zakharia, F. Menashy, A. Ahmad, T. Weldemichel, C. Saab & others June 19–20  https://shorturl.at/EnvON

A very happy 10th birthday to @realcentre.bsky.social! As the REAL Centre marks its anniversary, this feature explores how it has led the way in producing collaborative research to advance equity and social justice in and through education. content.educ.cam.ac.uk/content/10-y...

Academic research and activism: Key lessons from #SouthAfrica & #Palestine 17 June 4pm BST Join us @camedfac.bsky.social discussing the interrelationships between research & activism & the role of academics & intellectuals in the academy & society www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/academic-r...

We just wrapped up our PhD retreat on Theorising in PhD Research at @camedfac.bsky.social  two days of powerful conversations on theory, lived experience & decolonising knowledge. Grateful to all who joined us!  @homertoncollege.bsky.social   @realcentre.bsky.social  @britishacademy.bsky.social

The evidence mentioned here that £75 pays for the equivalent of two extra years of teaching for girls is from the REAL Centre, University of Cambridge. Along with a wealth of other research, it supports Larry Elliott's concerns about the need to rethink aid cuts. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...