Events

Here you can find out what events we have coming up and book your place. These include training workshops and webinars for new and experienced CLS data users, academic conferences, and briefings aimed at policymakers.

Webinar recordings and presentations
Search our events archive below for details of past CLS events. Tick ‘previous events’ and search to view completed events. Our training and support page includes recordings of selected webinars and events. In August 2020 and June 2021 we ran COVID-19 online training sessions which are available here. If you can’t see what you’re looking for, please email us.

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Webinar
20 Sep 2023

Care in the Cohorts: measurement, research and access

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).

Location: Online
Public lecture
24 May 2023

Healthy longevity in the 21st century: A cross-generational life course perspective

George Ploubidis gave his Professorial Lecture on 24 May 2023. He explored findings from across several generations suggesting how to delay the onset of chronic illness and promote health and wellbeing.

Location: Online
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Webinar
18 May 2023

Introduction to the Millennium Cohort Study

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

Location: Online
Webinar
19 Apr 2023

Introduction to Next Steps: a longitudinal study in England

This training webinar gives first-time users and researchers less familiar with Next Steps an insight into this unique cohort of ‘millennials’ in England.

Location: Online
Webinar
27 Apr 2022

Introduction to Next Steps: a longitudinal study in England

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

Location: Online
Webinar
24 Nov 2021

Getting started: An introduction to four British cohort studies

? This webinar gives first-time users an insight into four internationally-renowned cohort studies run by the Centre for Longitudinal Studies (CLS). Resources (all PDF slides opens in a new window): Part 1 – Introduction Part 2 – Content by ‘subject area’ Part 3 – Overview of the type of analysis Part 4 – Getting started […]

Location: Webinar
Webinar
27 Mar 2019

Investigating obesity in the UK – what data can I use?

This webinar is jointly organised by CLOSER and the UK Data Service as part of the ESRC-funded data resource’s collaborative webinar series, ESRC data resources: discovering data and how to use it.

Location: Online
Webinar
12 Jun 2018

New data from the Millennium Cohort Study: Time use diaries and accelerometry at Age 14

This webinar introduced users to the new MCS6 (Age 14) time use diary and accelerometry data deposit. A recording of the webinar is available to view on the event page.

Location: Online
Conference
8-9 Mar 2018

NCDS 60 years of our lives: a scientific conference celebrating the NCDS at 60

The National Child Development Study (NCDS) turned 60 years old in March 2018. We organised a special scientific conference to celebrate this anniversary.

Location: London
Conference
1-2 Nov 2017

Inequalities: Evidence from longitudinal studies

CLOSER’S 2017 conference on inequalities was an opportunity to share ideas and innovations with longitudinal researchers from across disciplines and sectors, both from the UK and abroad.

Location: British Library Conference Centre
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Workshop
26 Jan 2017

Longitudinal data across life: an introduction to cohort data, and its uses in social and health research

Held at the University of Manchester, this workshop gave both first-time and more experienced data users an insight into four of the UK’s internationally-renowned cohort studies run by the Centre for Longitudinal Studies (CLS).

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Event enquiries

Richard Steele
Events and Marketing Officer

Phone: 020 7911 5320
Email: ioe.clsevents@ucl.ac.uk

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London WC1H 0AL

Email: clsdata@ucl.ac.uk