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8 December 2023
What We Learn newsletter: latest edition
Our latest What We Learn newsletter is here! We look back over the past few months and mark key moments such as our Global event on Education Evidence Labs, Professor Janet M. Currie receiving the Klaus J. Jacobs Research Prize, and the Digit…
4 October 2023
What We Learn newsletter: Autumn 2023 edition
Our latest What We Learn newsletter is here! We look back over the past few months and mark key moments such as the launch of our Swiss Research Consortium, The Digital Museum of Learning’s multisensory exhibition as part of Zurich’…
17 July 2023
What We Learn newsletter: Summer edition
Our latest What We Learn newsletter includes updates about the Foundation in action, news from across our network, our insights, and a list of what the team at the Foundation are reading and listening to. Highlights include the launch of our 2022 …
20 March 2023
What We Learn newsletter: Spring 2023 edition
Our latest What We Learn newsletter includes updates about the Foundation in action, news from across our network, our insights, and a list of what we are reading. The Jacobs Foundation’s spring edition of their What We Learn newsletter is now ava…
1 July 2021
What We Learn
We are pleased to launch our “What We Learn” newsletter. We will share updates about the work we and our partners are doing to implement our Strategy 2030. The mailing will include lessons learned, impart insights and share inspiration from our ne…
3 December 2019
Grandfathers engage in a baby book battle
Are there wrong and right books to read to babies? A public service announcement produced by fellows of the LSX Fellowship offers interesting answers. The two year fellowship program brings 12 participants from science, journalism, entertainment a…
31 October 2017
Education as key to independence
In this newsletter, we feature a particular initiative by Nestlé and their project to improve women’s literacy and numeracy levels, as implemented by the International Cocoa Initiative (ICI).
20 April 2017
Saving as a tool for women’s empowerment
Farmers in Côte d’Ivoire often live below the poverty line and are hardly able to save money. Elizabeth is 31 years old and has 5 children. She took out a loan of 72 USD and is planning to buy cocoa seedlings to plant 1ha of cocoa farm with it. Th…