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Welcome to our news and blogs section. Here you’ll find the latest developments and insights from across our longitudinal studies.
Rates of obesity, high blood pressure and high cholesterol are lower among British adults in midlife compared to their counterparts in the US.
Should all children be allowed to delay their entry to school, or should that option only be available to those born in the summer?
Engaging children in sports from a young age significantly increases the likelihood of them being physically active in later life, according to new research based on the 1970 British Cohort Study (BCS70).
People living close to the English coast have higher vitamin D levels on average than those living inland, according to a new study based on the 1958 National Child Development Study.
Individuals who experience stressful events as children show more signs of physical ‘wear and tear’ by midlife, according to a new study of people born in 1958.
Next week another significant step on the road to gender equality will be taken with the consecration of the Rev. Libby Lane as the Bishop of Stockport – the first female bishop to be appointed by the Church of England. But a less talked-about gender divide in religion, which arguably supports the case for more […]
Professor Heather Joshi, the founding director of the Millennium Cohort Study, has been awarded the CBE in the New Year honours list. Professor Joshi, who is now Professor Emerita of Economic and Developmental Demography in Education at UCL Institute of Education, received the award for her contribution to longitudinal and women’s studies. She was director […]
It is only natural for parents to want to help their sons and daughters find a good, well-paid job. However, many people now accept that this human instinct can have some negative consequences and make it harder to create a more meritocratic society. Unpaid internships that often lead to lucrative, high-status jobs are a prime, […]
How can more young people be encouraged to consider careers in science, technology, engineering and maths?
Today the Institute of Education (IOE) will join UCL as a single Faculty School, to be known as the UCL Institute of Education. One advantage of the merger is that all five UK birth cohort studies will be housed together for the first time in history. The IOE’s Centre of Longitudinal Studies (CLS) currently manages […]
Today the Institute of Education (IOE) will join UCL as a single Faculty School, to be known as the UCL Institute of Education.
Do children born in the UK at the beginning of the new millennium have some reasons to be cheerful? Yes, it appears that they do.
More than half of the children born in the UK at the turn of the millennium experienced poverty at some point during their first 11 years, a new study shows.
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The CLS Bibliography is a searchable database of published work based on our cohort studies. Search by keyword, author, date range and journal.
Data from our studies are mainly available through the UK Data Service. We run training to support researchers who are interested in using our studies in their work.
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