Some of the blocks to knowledge - from power, religion, social structure and too much information.

Collection: How the World Works: Letters to Lily

Institution: King's College

Created: Wed 2 Jan 2013

1) One of the persistent laments of analysts focusing on the Kazakhstan postsecondary education system is the absence of consistent, and, in some cases, reliable data for...

Collection: Kazakhstan programme open seminar series

Institution: Faculty of Education

Created: Fri 10 Apr 2015

1) Abstract: Globalization has a profound effect on the mission and goals of education worldwide. One of its most visible manifestations is the worldwide endorsement of the idea...

Collection: Kazakhstan programme open seminar series

Institution: Faculty of Education

Created: Fri 30 Jan 2015

1) The collapse of the Soviet Union in 1989 required the system of education, as with all other Soviet institutions, to adjust if it were to survive in the new Russian conditions....

Collection: Kazakhstan programme open seminar series

Institution: Faculty of Education

Created: Wed 7 Jan 2015

Simon Singh tells the podcast all about the new, free "Maths Masterclass Tutorials" initiative. Apply by 09 October 2020!

Collection: Living Proof - the Isaac Newton Institute podcast

Institution: Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences

Created: Mon 5 Oct 2020

A call to action: Planning to mark 100 years of John Dewey's 'Democracy and Education'

Collection: PLACE (Pedagogy, Language, Arts & Culture in Education), PESGB (Philosophy of Education Society of Great Britain)

Institution: Faculty of Education

Created: Fri 15 Feb 2013

Like many countries, Kazakhstan aspires to advance its school education through the adoption of innovative ideas.

Collection: Kazakhstan programme open seminar series

Institution: Faculty of Education

Created: Wed 6 Apr 2016

This is the second film of the three films recorded on the last day of the Final dissemination event held at Hyderabad on 12th February 2020. Our consultant, Professor Ajit...

Collection: MML

Institution: Department of Theoretical and Applied Linguistics

Created: Tue 19 May 2020

Ann Cotton OBE, Founder and Executive Director of Camfed International, delivers a public lecture at Madingley Hall on 5 March 2012.

The lecture is chaired by Dr Kate Pretty,...

Collection: Madingley Lectures

Institution: Institute of Continuing Education

Created: Wed 23 May 2012

A look at The Fitzwilliam Museum's 'Art Works' programme for young people aged 14-21. Education Officer Rachel Sinfield and local students discuss 'Source' and 'Head Space', the...

Collection: The Fitzwilliam Museum Podcasts

Institution: Fitzwilliam Museum

Created: Fri 17 Oct 2008

The promulgation of major educational reforms during the 1980s and 1990s in Australia (Hobart Declaration of Schooling), the UK (The Education Reform Act), and the US (Improving...

Collection: Centre for Commonwealth Education: Seminars

Institution: Faculty of Education

Created: Wed 21 Aug 2013

Students tell how the Primary Masters course has benefited them and the schools they teach in.

Collection: Primary Masters - Masters Matters

Institution: Faculty of Education

Created: Thu 11 Jun 2015

Hip Hop is now the most listened to genre of music in the world, yet it is not widely implemented for educational, therapeutic or cross-cultural uses despite incredible potential...

Collection: Arts & Creativities Research Group

Institution: Faculty of Education

Created: Fri 23 Mar 2018

This paper foregrounds the experiences of schooling among young female and male Kenyan youth aged between 18 and 25 years living in conditions of relative material poverty in...

Collection: RECOUP - Research Consortium on Educational Outcomes and Poverty

Institution: Faculty of Education

Created: Fri 13 Nov 2009

Jon Chiffins, IT Manager, and Connor Carter, Senior IT Technician, describe their experience of implementing and using Booker, the University's room booking system, at the Faculty...

Collection: UIS Initiatives

Institution: University Information Services

Created: Mon 20 May 2019

The purpose of the 2016 seminar was to examine education Goal 4 of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development – Towards inclusive and equitable quality education and lifelong...

Collection: Leadership for Learning

Institution: Faculty of Education

Created: Mon 25 Apr 2016

On 1 October 2010, in a ceremony in Cambridge's Senate House, Sir Leszek Borysiewicz was admitted to office as the 345th Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge. He was...

Collection: Vice-Chancellor

Institution: Governance and Compliance Division

Created: Thu 30 Sep 2010

Tim Unwin, CEO of the Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation and UNESCO Chair in ICT4D, presents on ICT for Development, to alleviate poverty and improve quality of...

Collection: Centre for Commonwealth Education: Seminars

Institution: Faculty of Education

Created: Tue 22 May 2012

A hybrid panel discussion around three talking points related to ‘Challenges and Fundamentals of Dialogic Teaching and Learning’, held as part of the 2023 CEDiR review day

Collection: CEDiR: Cambridge Educational Dialogue Research Group

Institution: Faculty of Education

Created: Wed 12 Jul 2023

This video is a recording of the virtual Book Launch for 'Research Methods for Educational Dialogue' co-authored by Faculty of Education and CEDiR group members Ruth Kershner,...

Collection: CEDiR: Cambridge Educational Dialogue Research Group

Institution: Faculty of Education

Created: Mon 30 Nov 2020