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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.

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Getting started: An introduction to four British cohort studies

10 October 2024

New to the CLS cohort studies? This webinar will give you an overview of four internationally renowned national cohort studies and the wide range of opportunities they offer to researchers.

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Giving a voice to the whole population

30 July 2024

This blog discusses different ways that population subgroups can be analysed and how sample sizes and statistical power are maintained.

Families and relationships in four British cohort studies: measurement, research and access

11 July 2024

This webinar highlights some examples of research on families and relationships using CLS’ unique series of UK national cohort studies.

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Improving the nation’s numeracy: what can we learn from the British cohorts?

4 July 2024

What can cohort evidence tell us about the predictive power of early maths skills and what policymakers can do to boost the nation’s numeracy?

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Private school education linked to better midlife health

19 June 2024

People who went to private school are more likely to be a healthy weight and have lower blood pressure in their mid-40s compared to their state school counterparts.

Generational health drift: perspectives, evidence, and consequences from the British birth cohorts

5 June 2024

Less than a week after the general election CLS hosted an event presenting the evidence on generational health drift. The event focused on data from the CLS cohorts, which provide a powerful tool to understand generational changes in health as well as inequalities in health.

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Staying social helps people keep physically active in midlife

22 May 2024

People who remain members of clubs and societies throughout their lives tend to have a higher daily step count and exercise more in their mid-40s.

Introduction to geo-linking cohort and admin data to social and physical environmental data

16 May 2024

This workshop introduces participants to linking small-area level data on the local physical (air quality, greenspace etc) and social (access to services, deprivation) environment to cohort and administrative data.

Handling missing data in the 1970 British Cohort Study

21 March 2024

This webinar provides guidance on how to handle missing data in the 1970 British Cohort Study.

Cross-cohort comparative analysis in the British cohort studies: opportunities and challenges

21 March 2024

Comparative research initiatives are increasingly prominent components of health and social sciences, yet they require more specialised methods. This webinar discusses the challenges of cross-study comparative research and possible solutions.

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Children of care leavers risk inheriting parents’ emotional scars

7 February 2024

The trauma associated with care experience casts a long shadow on mothers’ mental health and that of their children, finds new UCL research released today (7 February 2024).

Genetics and epigenetics data in the British cohort studies

23 December 2023

This webinar will highlight the genetic and epigenetic data available in our studies, and how to access them.

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