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New NCDS and BCS70 data available to researchers

18 August 2014

New data have been released from the 1970 British Cohort Study (BCS70) and the 1958 National Child Development Study (NCDS). Revised NCDS childhood dataset: additional variables from the birth survey Researchers can now access a new version of the NCDS childhood dataset, which covers information collected from 1958-1974 in the first three NCDS surveys. The […]

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New MCS Briefings published

24 May 2010

Fourteen Briefings, which distil the key findings of the first three surveys of the Millennium Cohort Study, as collected in Children of the 21st century (Volume2): The first five years are now available:

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New longitudinal study into the effects of COVID-19 on young people begins

23 September 2021

Tens of thousands of secondary school pupils across England will be invited to take part this week in COSMO – the largest study of its kind into the effects of COVID-19 on a generation of young people.

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New issue of Longitudinal and Life Course Studies

2 February 2011

A new issue of the journal Longitudinal and Life Course Studies appeared this week, featuring three new sets of findings from birth cohort data

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New international children’s cohort network awarded funding

20 December 2007

The European Science Foundation has awarded funding to a joint project which aims to bring together leaders of national and regional children’s cohort studies, including the Millennium Cohort.

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New harmonised data on childhood circumstances now available to researchers

30 October 2019

Harmonised data from the 1946, 1958 and 1970 British birth cohorts on childhood environment and experiences are now available to the global research community via the UK Data Service.

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New guide to physical activity measures in longitudinal studies now available to researchers

23 October 2020

A new, searchable, online guide on physical activity measures used in six longitudinal studies, including the 1958, 1970 and Millennium birth cohorts, has been launched by CLOSER.

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New guide on analysing MCS using SPSS

17 November 2010

It is now possible to use the SPSS package to analyse data from the Millennium Cohort Study – this guide shows you how

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New Guidance on nonresponse weight adjustments for researchers using Millennium Cohort Study data

1 October 2010

A new CLS Working Paper is published this week giving guidance on how to adjust for nonresponse in MCS sweep 3.

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New European network on child cohort studies inaugurated in Strasbourg

13 June 2008

New network aims to promote the exchange of information and ideas between those running and analysing cohort studies of children in different countries.

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New ESRC Resource Centre puts British Birth Cohort Studies on a firm footing

5 April 2005

From October 2004 the new ESRC Resource Centre, based at the Institution of Education, has been able to provide a secure home for three of the British Birth Cohorts.

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New director takes over at Centre for Longitudinal Studies

30 March 2010

Professor Jane Elliott is to take over as director of the Centre for Longitudinal Studies, which houses three of Britain’s internationally-renowned birth cohort studies. She will succeed Professor Heather Joshi, who is stepping down after seven years in the post.

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