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New study Growing Up in the 2020s to track young people's development and educational outcomes
16 May 2025
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Exposure to air pollution in childhood linked to poorer health in late adolescence
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Disadvantaged teens may be missing out on hospital mental health support
25 March 2025
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The UCL Centre for Longitudinal Studies is a world-leading centre for research, scientific development and operational management of a unique series of nationally representative UK longitudinal studies.
1958 National Child Development Study
The 1958 National Child Development Study (NCDS) is following the lives of more than 17,000 people born in England, Scotland and Wales in a single week of 1958.
1970 British Cohort Study
The 1970 British Cohort Study (BCS70) is following the lives of around 17,000 people born in England, Scotland and Wales in a single week of 1970.
Next Steps
Next Steps follows the lives of around 16,000 people in England born in 1989-90.
Millennium Cohort Study
The Millennium Cohort Study (MCS) is following the lives of around 19,000 young people born across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland in 2000-02.
COVID Social Mobility and Opportunities
The COVID Social Mobility & Opportunities study (COSMO) is a national cohort study of more than 12,000 young people from across England, who were in Year 11 in the academic year 2020-21.
Children of the 2020s study
The Children of the 2020s study is a nationally representative birth cohort study of babies born in England at the start of the 2020s.
Early Life Cohort Feasibility Study
The Early Life Cohort Feasibility Study tested the feasibility of sampling and recruitment for a new UK-wide birth cohort study. It is known to participants as Generation New Era.
Growing Up in the 2020s study
Growing Up in the 2020s is a new, nationally representative longitudinal study of secondary school children in England.
The CLS Bibliography is an online database of over 6,000 publications based on cohort data. Search by keywords, author, date range and journal.