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...

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...

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...

To mark the launch of his new book, @rupertwegerif.bsky.social will be joined by special guest Sir Anthony Seldon – educator, historian, and founder of the AI in Education Initiative for this event on 9 June, 5.30pm – 7pm.

Tickets are free: deficambridge.glueup.com/.../rethinki...

Who can fix England's teacher recruitment & retention crisis & how?

Have your say and put your views to our panel at the Cambridge Festival on 20 March. Tickets are free and available now:
bit.ly/teacher-crisis

Places are now available for our PPD course on Neurodiversity in Educational Settings. Explore neurodiversity & what it means for your own student & contexts with tutors including Jason Arday, Chantelle Lewis & @drjennyg.bsky.social. Applications close 8 March. www.educ.cam.ac.uk/courses/ppd/...

"We are not looking at a framework based on any realistic understanding of what schools are actually like or how teachers progress once they have qualified."

Prof. Clare Brooks raises concerns about the Government's new framework for early career teachers.

www.ucet.ac.uk/15623/dfe-th...

A tiny fraction of schools in England have whole-school policies on language learning and language use, new research suggests. With 1.7 million EAL learners in the school system, it argues for more joined-up thinking. More here: content.educ.cam.ac.uk/news/23-forb...

The relative underperformance of disadvantaged children at has little to do with character or mindset, despite widespread claims to the contrary, new research led by
@robgruijters.bsky.social shows.

content.educ.cam.ac.uk/23-gruijters...

Huge congratulations to our colleagues from the Kavli Centre for Ethics, Science and the Public, who won a University of Cambridge public engagement award for the UK Citizen's Jury on Human Embryo Editing project.

Boom and bust? Not all millennials are worse off than their boomer parents, a new study by @robgruijters.bsky.social, Zachary van Winke and Anette Fasang, finds. But they are contending with a "vast and increasing" wealth gap.

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