Training and support

Welcome to the CLS training and support page.

Here you will find recordings from key CLS training events, including our Getting Started webinar and Introductions to our four national cohort studies.

Please explore the resources using the menu below.

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1. Getting started

This video gives an overview of how to access and get started using the data in our four British cohort studies. It’s suitable for Masters or PhD students interested in using the cohorts for a dissertation or thesis as well as researchers in academia or the third sector new to the studies.

Getting started: An introduction to four British cohort studies

(2023, 78 mins)

This 90-minute session gives first-time users an overview of the 1958, 1970, Next Steps and millennium cohort studies – unique data resources available for researchers across the biomedical and social sciences.

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Watch the webinar on the CLS YouTube page

2. Introductions to our cohort studies

The videos in this collection give first-time users and researchers less familiar with our cohort studies a comprehensive overview of their content and design. They also take a look at some of the types of research that can be conducted using the studies, including linked administrative data opportunities.

Introduction to the 1958 National Child Development Study

(2023, 83 minutes)

This webinar gives first-time users and researchers less familiar with the 1958 National Child Development Study (NCDS) an insight into this invaluable longitudinal cohort study.

Resources: Slides (PDF format, opens in a new window).

Full slide deck

Watch the webinar on the CLS YouTube page

Introduction to the 1970 British Cohort Study

(2022, 72 minutes)

This short webinar gives first-time users and researchers less familiar with the 1970 British Cohort Study (BCS70) an insight into this invaluable longitudinal cohort dataset.

Resources: Slides (PDF format, opens in a new window).

Full slide deck

Watch the webinar on the CLS YouTube page

Introduction to Next Steps: a longitudinal study in England

(2023, 48 minutes)

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This training webinar gives first-time users and researchers less familiar with Next Steps an insight into this unique cohort of ‘millennials’ in England. It includes an introduction to the study aims, content and design as well as a helpful look at some of the types of research that can be conducted using the study

Resources (all PDF slides opens in a new window):

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Watch the webinar on the CLS YouTube page

Introduction to the Millennium Cohort Study

(2023, 49 minutes)

This webinar gives first-time users and researchers less familiar with the Millennium Cohort Study an insight into this unique longitudinal cohort dataset born at the turn of the century.

Resources (all PDF slides opens in a new window):

Full slide deck

Watch the webinar on the CLS YouTube page

3. Methods and data handling

Watch our latest webinars on different methods for analysing longitudinal data.

Introduction to longitudinal data: structure and visualisation

(2023, 114 minutes)

An overview of the tools and strategies available to manage and visualise longitudinal cohort studies.

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Handling missing data in the British cohort studies

(2023, 190 minutes)

View this webinar to learn why principled methods of missing data handling are usually required to obtain unbiased estimates in long-running cohort studies, learn how to undertake such analyses, and observe a demonstration of how to do so in practice using Stata, with a focus on multiple imputation.

00:00 Introduction
11:39 Missing data theory
40:14 Introduction to CLS cohorts
56:45
CLS Missing Data Strategy
2:01:14
Demonstration (using Stata)
2:33:22
Q & A session

Slides – all open as a PDF on the CLS website in a new window

0. Introduction Richard Silverwood
1. Missing Data Theory George Ploubidis
2 Introduction To CLS Cohorts Brian Dodgeon
3. CLS Missing Data Strategy Richard Silverwood
4. Missing Data Strategy Practical Martina Narayanan

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4. Scientific areas

Watch webinars on thematic ways to explore the data from our four national cohort studies. The webinars are run by experts from CLS and partner organisations.

Examining ageing in the British cohort studies: measurement, research and access

(2024, 51 minutes)

This webinar gives an overview of data for the study of ageing available in four internationally renowned cohort studies run by the Centre for Longitudinal Studies (CLS). It also gives examples of research using these fantastic data resources.

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Watch the webinar on the CLS YouTube page

Care in the Cohorts: measurement, research and access

(2023, 46 minutes)

 

This webinar gives an overview of the data available on care and research opportunities in the four internationally-renowned cohort studies run by the Centre for Longitudinal Studies (CLS).

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Mental health in four British cohort studies: measurement, research and access

(2023, 44 minutes)

 

This short webinar explores the wide-ranging opportunities for mental health research using British cohort studies.

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Introducing longitudinal population studies from a biomedical science perspective

(2023, 46 minutes)

Resources (all PDF slides opens in a new window):

Full slide deck (available from the CLOSER website)

Watch the webinar on the CLOSER YouTube page

5. Specialist data

These videos look in detail at some of the enhanced data collected by researchers using our four national cohort studies. They look closer at the data linked to our studies, including administrative health and education data.

An introduction to linked health administrative data in four cohort studies

(2022, 86 minutes)

Several administrative health datasets have been linked to the CLS cohort studies survey data, opening up new possibilities for health researchers. In this webinar we focus on Hospital Episode Statistics (HES): what’s included in the linked datasets, how to access them and how to analyse the data.

Resources (all PDF slides opens in a new window):

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Millennium Cohort Study linked education administrative datasets

(2020, 10 minutes)

This webinar introduces data users to the MCS linked education administrative datasets. Cohort members education records up to the age of 16 have been linked to their survey data by the Department for Education. Data sets are available from the UK Data Service Secure Lab under study number 8481.

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Millennium Cohort Study: Time use diaries and accelerometry data

(2018, 44 minutes)

This webinar gives data users an overview of the time use diaries and accelerometry data collected during the Millennium Cohort Study Age 14 Sweep.

Resources (all PDF slides opens in a new window):

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Email: clsdata@ucl.ac.uk

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