How could multilingualism benefit India’s poorest schoolchildren?
20 November 2018
Multilingualism is the norm in India. But rather than enjoying the cognitive and learning advantages seen in multilingual children in the Global North, Indian children show low levels of learning basic school skills. Professor Ianthi Tsimpli is trying to disentangle the causes of this paradox.
As the UK marks Black History Month, researchers from across the University talk about their route to Cambridge, their inspiration and their motivation.
Muslims leaving prison talk about the layers of their lives
15 August 2018
The Lammy Review in 2017 drew attention to inequalities among black, Asian and minority ethnic people in the criminal justice system. It also flagged the over-representation of Muslims in prisons. Research by Dr Ryan Williams explores the sensitivities around this topic.
Military spending did not “crowd out” welfare in Middle East prior to Arab Spring
24 July 2018
Findings dispute “guns versus butter” narrative as a major factor behind the Arab Spring. Researchers caution against uncritically applying lessons from Western nations to interpret public policy decisions in the Middle East.
Thatcher papers for 1988 reveal her 'deep enthusiasm' for the single market
21 July 2018
Margaret Thatcher’s infamous Bruges speech – which helped to coin the phrase ‘Euroscepticism’ – was never intended to be an anti-European diatribe, according to newly-released archive material by the Churchill Archives Centre and the Margaret Thatcher Foundation.
Cambridge and Shandong University sign agreement to support innovation and entrepreneurship
31 May 2018
The University of Cambridge has signed an agreement with one of China’s largest universities to encourage innovation and entrepreneurship in one of China’s fastest-growing high-tech clusters.
Cambridge and LMU announce plans for strategic partnership
29 May 2018
Two of Europe’s leading research universities have announced the first step towards plans for a unique ‘strategic partnership’ – underlining the vital and ongoing relationship between British universities and their peer institutions across the EU in a post-Brexit landscape.
Cambridge and Indian partners launch collaboration to transform India’s "Green Revolution”
22 February 2018
Researchers met in New Delhi today to formalise the launch of a programme that aims to jointly address some of India’s most pressing food security challenges.
Fake news ‘vaccine’: online game may ‘inoculate’ by simulating propaganda tactics
20 February 2018
A new experiment, launching today online, aims to help ‘inoculate’ against disinformation by providing a small dose of perspective from a “fake news tycoon”. A pilot study has shown some early success in building resistance to fake news among teenagers.
