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Join Natalie, one of our summer interns, at last week's UK Festival of Education ✨ As the Festival of Education's official #sustainability partners, Cambridge University Press & Assessment ensured that climate-action and sustainability were on the agenda at the influential two-day event. In this video, Natalie shows us around the 'Cambridge Sustainability Zone' and chats to Festival goers about the role of #ClimateEducation in building a sustainable future 🌏 Read highlights from our sessions and activities at #EducationFest 2024 here ➡️ https://cambrid.ge/4cU2qsT

#FromTheArchives: Can you guess the year this exam question was designed? 📝 'Describe the various ways in which a sum of £5 could be paid, and explain the advantages of each method.' From our Assessment Archives, this question is taken from the subject #exam paper for 'Hygiene'. Comment with your guess, and we'll reveal the correct answer later today... ⏳ Explore more of our exam #archives here: https://cambrid.ge/3VUaxif

Have you read a 'romantasy' novel? 📖 Our Cambridge Dictionary defines 'romantasy' as a type of fiction that combines elements of romance and fantasy. This new genre has gained popularity on social media in recent years, but should this word be added to the dictionary? ➡️ Have your say and discover more genre-related #NewWords: https://cambrid.ge/3XSimrp

As official sustainability partners for the second year running, Cambridge University Press & Assessment drove the climate conversation at last week's UK Festival of Education 🌍🌱 With thousands of attendees across the education sector, the Festival is an ideal place to reach a wide range of people with real ability to create change. Through our Cambridge Sustainability Zone and climate-themed sessions, we were able to further our goal of ensuring that climate action and sustainability are at the heart of conversations around education. Read highlights from Cambridge at this year's #EducationFest here: https://cambrid.ge/3XVz6hp

Highlights from the #CambridgeSchoolsConference in Cambridge this weekend! ✨👇

Our legacy in #assessment dates back to 1858, when 370 school students in the UK sat end of school examinations for the first time, set by Cambridge. Today, millions of candidates in over 170 countries take qualifications provided by Cambridge University Press & Assessment through our three exam boards. Our Cambridge International Education qualification, the Cambridge IGCSE, is now the most popular international qualification for 14 to 16 year olds worldwide. 🌎 But what year did we first offer the IGCSE? ⬇️ Find out the answer and discover more interesting facts about our unique history in assessment here: https://cambrid.ge/3W139Tl #FromTheArchives #Exams #WeAreCambridge

We need greater visibility and articulation of the crucial role education plays in tackling climate change, says our Global Director for Climate Education, Christine Ozden, following London Climate Action Week. London Climate Action Week is one of the world’s largest independent climate change events, bringing together individuals and communities in London for events and collaboration to find global solutions to #ClimateChange. During the week-long event, Christine spoke in a panel discussion titled 'Empowering Futures: Integrating Inclusion in Climate and Education Systems' and attended the Flagship Climate Action Innovation Forum as a Climate Leader Delegate, where she had the opportunity to engage with other globally renowned climate leaders to share expertise, experiences and solutions. Here Christine reflects on #LCAW2024 and highlights the important role of education in the fight against climate change: https://cambrid.ge/3L7WSza #ClimateEducation

📸️ Photos from June 1. A double rainbow over the field at our Cambridge campus, taken by our colleague Philip after a Cambridge University Press & Assessment cricket match 2. Our colleagues met with Sri Lanka's President Ranil Wickremesinghe, pledging support for the Cambridge Climate Quest initiative as part of the country's new educational reforms. (Pictured: Preeti Hingorani, Senior Education Advisor at Cambridge; Dr Harsha Alles, Chairman of Gateway Schools Group; Sri Lanka President Ranil Wickremesinghe; Panchalika Kulatunga, Cambridge's Country Manager for Sri Lanka; and Christine Ozden, Cambridge's Global Director for Climate Education) 3. In #Manila, colleagues join Pride PH Festival's annual Pride March at the Quezon Memorial Circle 4. Cambridge Dictionary and External Communications team colleagues attend the Chartered Institute of Public Relations Excellence Awards 2024 in London, where they received the Mark of Excellence for the Cambridge Dictionary Word of the Year 2023 'Hallucinate' campaign 5. Our booth at the #Beijing International Book Fair, where we showcased a collection of 1,000 Cambridge University Press books 6. Sales colleagues attend our North American Sales Conference in #NewYork 7. Our Cambridge Partnership for Education team mark the launch of ‘Reimagining Philanthropy in the Global South: From Analysis to Action in a Post-COVID World’, published by #Cambridge 8. Natalie, one of our 2024 summer interns, on her first day as External Communication & Brand Intern. Welcome, Natalie! 9. Our Global Marketing Director for Cambridge International Education, Elizabeth Cater, visits Pakistan to meet with parents, school leaders, teachers and colleagues

"This book brilliantly demonstrates what queer theory can do for lexicography – and vice versa. An essential read for lovers and scholars of language, dictionaries, and the long arc of LGBTQ+ history." - Jeffrey Masten, author of Queer Philologies New title 'Before the Word was Queer' by Stephen Turton uncovers how same-sex acts, desires, and identities have been represented in English dictionaries published in Britain from the early modern to the inter-war period. 🏳🌈📚 Learn more about this book and explore more Cambridge University Press books, podcast episodes, journals and free-to-read articles and chapters for #PrideMonth here: https://cambrid.ge/45FWPEf

Spend a #DayInTheLife of Dino Danao, LPT, MBA, Senior Business Development Manager in our Academic publishing team, as he joins colleagues at this year's #PrideMarch in Manila ✨🌈 Dino's role involves managing a support team for rights, permissions and sales activities for Cambridge University Press products globally. As the chair of our Pride Staff Network in the #Philippines, Dino helped to organise our participation in this year's Pride March. #PrideMonth #WeAreCambridge #PursuingPotential