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CLS seeking a senior Impact Fellow to maximise the impact of the British cohort studies

10 April 2012

CLS is seeking an Impact Fellow to maximise the impact of the British birth cohort studies. This post is funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC).

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Millennium Cohort Study age 11 survey enters its third month of fieldwork

10 April 2012

The Millennium Cohort Study has entered its third month of fieldwork for the age 11 survey. Over 4,000 interviews have been conducted with cohort families and more than 500 questionnaires have been returned from the children’s class teachers.

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Childhood cognitive ability connected to long-term sick leave in adulthood

3 April 2012

There is a clear relationship between cognitive ability in childhood and the odds of taking long-term sick leave as an adult, a new study suggests.

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Dr Kirstine Hansen speaks to Channel 4 News on the number of British families facing multiple risk factors

2 April 2012

It is very easy for UK families to slip from zero to multiple challenges to their children’s development, Dr Kirstine Hansen has told Channel 4 News.

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ESRC social mobility briefings draw on evidence from birth cohort studies

21 March 2012

Briefings draw on evidence from cohort studies to show how education, health, parenting and poverty influence social mobility.

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British Medical Journal paper challenges widely-held views on premature babies’ health prospects

2 March 2012

Children born just a few weeks early have a slightly higher risk of health problems in early childhood, new research based on the Millennium Cohort Study suggests.

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More than one in four UK children facing multiple risks to development, study finds

7 February 2012

More than one in four UK youngsters are growing up in families facing multiple challenges such as parental depression and financial hardship that can have a damaging effect on children’s development, new research suggests.

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Fieldwork begins for age 11 survey of the Millennium Cohort Study

7 February 2012

Interviewing has begun for the age 11 survey of the Millennium Cohort Study (MCS). Over the course of the year, thousands of children and their families across England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland will be visited for the fifth time.

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Dr Alice Sullivan speaks to BBC about single-sex schools

6 February 2012

Parents’ individual choices to send children to single-sex or co-ed schools may lead to undesirable social outcomes, Dr Alice Sullivan has told the BBC.

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Welcome to our new website!

25 January 2012

CLS’s new website helps researchers, cohort members, policymakers and others access information about the 1958, 1970 and millennium cohort studies.

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More girls than boys at the highest ability levels

16 December 2011

There are more girls than boys in the top 10 per cent of the ability range at age 5, a new Millennium Cohort Study analysis has found

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Pupils from wealthier backgrounds are five months ahead at age 5

15 December 2011

The children of high earners start school five months ahead of pupils from low and middle-income homes, according to new research based on the Millennium Cohort Study.

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