A study of more than 350,000 students in England has found that teachers predict higher A-Level grades for girls than boys who go on to achieve the same exam results. The findings raise fresh questions about the role of predicted grades in university admissions. www.cam.ac.uk/research/new...

Pandemic grade inflation strengthened university prospects for both private school and disadvantaged students. Read more about this story content.educ.cam.ac.uk/content/2606... Read the research paper academic.oup.com/oep/advance-...

The government is to provide a full apology to victims of historical forced adoptions in England, Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson has announced. Faculty academic Professor Gordon Harold has played a pivotal role in the long journey to reach this point. content.educ.cam.ac.uk/content/2606...

Professor Riikka Hofmann and Dr Arun Gupta hosted a visit from the German Ambassador and the Cam-LMU Strategic partnership at the new Cambridge Digital Health and Surgical Training Centre this week to discuss new strategic research partnerships between the UK and Germany.

Three women from Ghana, who grew up thinking that finishing secondary school might be impossible, are completing their Masters at Cambridge - thanks to @camfed.bsky.social, Mastercard Foundation Scholars' Program, and their own remarkable determination. content.educ.cam.ac.uk/content/2606...

Can we really address the crisis in young people's mental health without also thinking about that of their parents? A new book by Cambridge-based child psychotherapist, Alix Hearn, makes the case for a "sea-change" in youth mental healthcare. Read more: content.educ.cam.ac.uk/content/2606...

In this interview with the team at Cambridge Enterprise, PhD student Duaa Karim discusses the origins of Actsure: the UK’s first automated free-speech compliance system for universities. www.enterprise.cam.ac.uk/helping-univ...

Helping universities maintain academic freedom

Learn how Actsure provides free speech compliance solutions to universities under the new Freedom of Speech Act for academic freedom.

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Professor Christine O'Farrelly from the University of Cambridge PEDAL Research Centre appeared before the education select committee in Parliament this week to give evidence to its inquiry on "reading for pleasure". Review the full discussion: www.parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/...

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What if teaching had a “signature pedagogy”, in the same way medicine and law does? 🧑‍🏫 Professor Clare Brooks (@camedfac.bsky.social) delivered her public seminar on rethinking teacher education through signature pedagogies yesterday Catch up with the recording ➡️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8HK...

Dr Rubaiya Murshed has been named as the winner of the first Dr Arif Naveed Education Prize, honouring the late Gates Cambridge Scholar - www.gatescambridge.org/about/news/f... @camedfac.bsky.social @gatesfoundation.bsky.social @uniofcam.bsky.social @jesuscollegecam.bsky.social

First winner of Dr Arif Naveed Education Prize announced - Gates Cambridge

Dr Rubaiya Murshed has been named as the winner of the first Dr Arif Naveed Education Prize, honouring the late Gates Cambridge Scholar

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The University and Governing Body of the University of Cambridge Primary School are seeking a dynamic and inspirational Headteacher who can lead the school on the next stage of an exciting chapter in its history. universityprimaryschool.org.uk/working-at-o...

The announcement Office for Students (OfS) will launch its free speech complaints scheme from September 2026 has generated some urgent headlines. Research student Duaa Karim argues that the challenge this poses to universities is primarily structural. www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?sto...

New free speech fines: What should universities be doing?

Universities that successfully navigate the new regulatory framework governing free speech announced in the United Kingdom this week will not be those...

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The Editorial Board of the Cambridge Educational Research e-Journal is now calling for submissions for Volume 13: Education in Changing Times. Deadline for submissions: 22 May 2026 First decision: Within approximately 30 days of submission deadline. Expected publication: November 2026

Pupils are being steered away from ‘risky’ creative subjects at school - and girls from lower-income backgrounds face a ‘double disadvantage’, @cam.ac.uk research shows - @jabedahmed.bsky.social reports www.tes.com/magazine/new... @nuffieldfoundation.org @tesmagazine.bsky.social

Pupils steered away from ‘risky’ creative subjects at school

Girls from lower-income backgrounds face a 'double disadvantage', University of Cambridge research shows

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A new University of Cambridge report finds that class and gender inequalities in the UK's creative industries are linked to students' experiences at school, where "educational hierarchies" steer them away from subjects like art, music and drama. content.educ.cam.ac.uk/node/8974

Lower-income pupils are steered away from creative subjects such as art, music and drama, @camedfac.bsky.social research suggests, with particular concerns about the impact on girls

Pupils steered away from ‘risky’ creative subjects at school

Girls from lower-income backgrounds face a ‘double disadvantage’, University of Cambridge research shows

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New best practices are being published to help comics festivals become more accessible and inclusive for autistic fans. And of course, they are themselves available as a comic: www.repository.cam.ac.uk/items/3b21a6... Read more: content.educ.cam.ac.uk/content/2603...

Comic book of best practices aims to make comics festivals more autism-friendly

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AI toys that ‘talk’ to young children are coming, but are they safe? 🤖🧸 A new @camedfac.bsky.social report recommends safety kitemarks for AI toys, as research shows these toys can confuse children and hinder pretend play. Learn more about this new study 👇 https://bit.ly/4s8CDFp

AI-powered toys that “talk” with young children should be more tightly regulated and carry new safety kitemarks, according to a new University of Cambridge report that warns they are not always developed with children’s psychological safety in mind. www.cam.ac.uk/stories/ai-t...

Report calls for AI toy safety standards to protect young children

The first systematic study of how generative AI toys affect young children finds that they can misread emotions and struggle with developmentally important types of play.

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On 25 March, the Faculty of Education will be sharing preliminary findings from the first UK study exploring the factors that shape mathematics teacher wellbeing, drawing on insights from teachers themselves. Find out more and book a place: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/understand...

Understanding Mathematics Teacher Wellbeing

An in-person Seminar and workshop event for mathematics teachers, (school) leaders, teacher educators and educational researchers.

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Due to popular demand, we've expanded the capacity for our @cambridgefestival.bsky.social event on 18 March on immigration and education. If you would like to come along and join the discussion, there are a few more free tickets, but please book soon. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/have-we-lo...

Have we lost the ability to debate immigration?

Have we lost the ability to debate immigration – and what can education do about it?

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We only have about 25 (free!) tickets left for our @cambridgefestival.bsky.social discussion on 18 March: Have we lost the ability to debate immigration – and what can education do about it? If you would like to join us, please sign up soon at: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/have-we-lo...

New article out today! Children communicate differently depending on the play activity and who they're playing with. 💬 🔓 Read the open access article: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... @elianfink.bsky.social @paulramchandani.bsky.social @drjennyg.bsky.social

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"Play nicely, children." This new @pedalcam.bsky.social study led by Emily Goodacre found that getting children to cooperate during play may depend less on their social skills than on what they are doing - especially if they are not already friends. content.educ.cam.ac.uk/content/2602...

"Play nicely, children." This new @pedalcam.bsky.social study led by Emily Goodacre found that getting children to cooperate during play may depend less on their social skills than on what they are doing - especially if they are not already friends. content.educ.cam.ac.uk/content/2602...

Play nicely: Children who are not friends connect more through play when given a shared goal

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A new book calls for a rethink of what “counts” as comics, arguing that Western ideas about the medium have obscured the power of visual storytelling in the Global South. If you're interested in comics, you can access it for free via the links in our summary: content.educ.cam.ac.uk/content/2602...

From ancient myths to ‘Indo-manga’: artists in the Global South are reframing the comic

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This seminar on 3 March will explore the doctoral journeys of Global Southern Scholars at Cambridge across disciplines, national contexts and stages of the degree. Open to all members of the University. Register here: tinyurl.com/voicesfromgs

Fluidly blending languages, sometimes called "translanguaging", is gaining growing attention in linguistics. Here, Razan El Helou and Wulandari Santoso, explore its use in English language education in Indonesia, a linguistically superdiverse society. www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edi...

Translanguaging and English Language Education | 41 | The Routledge In

Translanguaging has gained increasing attention within applied linguistics, including in the context of English language education. While its meanings and

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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...

Cambridge-developed tool launched to steer universities through maze of free-speech checks

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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...

School Adjustment Moderates Character Strengths Interventions in Korean Elementary Schools - International Journal of Applied Positive Psychology

Academic pressure in East Asia places students at heightened risk for diminished well-being, pointing to the need for interventions that sustain psychological functioning. This study investigated whet...

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