Category: Learning
“Where next?” Navigating a future for education and international development amid funding cuts
“Where next?” At a moment when the education and international development sector is confronting widespread funding cuts, rising global inequality, climate injustices and genocide, the question was not just about direction, but about values, priorities and vision.
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From shame to support: How Artificial intelligence is helping low-literate parents reclaim their role in education
When the classroom starts at home, we talk about sustainable education. We often picture schools: teachers, textbooks, digital tools, and carefully crafted curricula. Yet for millions of children around the world, the real learning journey begins at home, with parents who may not have finished school, may not read confidently,…
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Innovations in multilingual education for sustainable futures
One of the greatest innovations of multilingual education (MLE) is that it views learners’ and teachers’ fluency in multiple languages as an asset for learning in the classroom. Given that up to 40% of learners across the globe lack access to education in a language they can comprehend or in…
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A decade of learning, a future of inclusion: The REAL Centre’s journey
Ten years ago, the University of Cambridge launched the Research for Equitable Access and Learning (REAL) Centre with a clear mission: to improve education systems by focusing on those most likely to be left behind. A decade later, it is evident that the Centre has fulfilled—and exceeded—that ambition, evolving from…
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Using SMS as a low cost means to systematically track chronic absenteeism in schools: Reflections from South Sudan and Sierra Leone
Consistent attendance of learners is considered to be a necessary, though not sufficient, condition for improved learning outcomes. Measuring and acting on absenteeism is therefore key in our efforts to improve safety, wellbeing and learning outcomes among learners.
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Creativity, Artificial Intelligence and the curriculum
The age-old question: “What do you want to do when you grow up?” is now: “What do you want to be, alongside AI, when you grow up?”. And it is no longer simply about employment but extends to self-fulfilment, social interaction, lifelong learning and leisure.
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Lessons learnt from implementing and evaluating programmes to promote play-based learning in Ghana
Play-Based Learning (PBL) is a child-centred approach actively involving children and adults in creating meaningful learning experiences. It is a core component of holistic education, fostering cognitive, social, emotional, and physical development essential for lifelong learning.
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Unlocking literacy: The power of parents and cultural heritage
When we think about literacy, our minds often turn to schools, textbooks, and formal lessons. But could the most profound literacy lessons begin long before a child steps into a classroom?
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Learning for transformation in ‘My Village’ in Khoria, Nepal
The lush green rice and sugarcane fields were a powerful backdrop against the learning walls in the open village courtyard learning camp embraced by the wise grand Banyan tree. They were the organic living props to ‘My Village’ education programme being implemented by Gali Gali in Khoria, a village in…
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International Mother Language Day 2025
21 February 2025, we celebrate the 25th anniversary of International Mother Language Day
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If not today, it will be tomorrow: the significant role of education in promoting active ageing
During the past decades, the life expectancy of people living in most regions of the world has increased significantly because of improvements in living conditions, socio-economic development, advances in medicine and more progressive in public health policies.
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Transforming Pakistan’s Education Future Through Evidence-Based Research
In May 2024, the Prime Minister of Pakistan, Shehbaz Sharif, declared an ‘Education Emergency’ across Pakistan. This declaration comes at perhaps the most critical juncture in Pakistan’s educational history – with 26 million children out of school and a country ranked as the 8th most vulnerable to the impacts of…
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