The Age 42 survey of the 1970 British Cohort Study has now begun. Over the course of the year we hope to speak to more than 9,000 study members for the 9th time.
Understanding linguistic diversity among London's schoolchildren is key for the city’s future as a 'global player', research shows.
An all-party parliamentary group has launched a report outlining seven “truths” about social mobility and the challenges they pose for policy-makers.
The challenges facing first-time parents are examined in a new briefing paper from the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children.
Professor Jane Elliott, Director of CLS, will speak at the Methods in Dialogue workshop, Researching Imagined Futures, at the University of Manchester on 30 May 2012.
Deadline for applications: 21 May 2012
CLS is seeking an Impact Fellow to maximise the impact of the British birth cohort studies. This post is funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC).
The Millennium Cohort Study has entered its third month of fieldwork for the age 11 survey. Over 4,000 interviews have been conducted with cohort families and more than 500 questionnaires have been returned from the children’s class teachers.
There is a clear relationship between cognitive ability in childhood and the odds of taking long-term sick leave as an adult, a new study suggests.
It is very easy for UK families to slip from zero to multiple challenges to their children’s development, Dr Kirstine Hansen has told Channel 4 News.
Briefings draw on evidence from cohort studies to show how education, health, parenting and poverty influence social mobility.
Extended deadline for abstracts: 5pm May 31st 2012
A conference on use, value and impact of cohort studies, links between research and policy, and other issues.
Institute of Education | University of London
Speaker: John Hobcraft, ESRC Strategic Adviser for Data Resources and Professor of Demography and Social Policy, University of York
This two day course is for social researchers and analysts who want to learn the principles of survey sampling and acquire an in-depth understanding of the practical considerations regarding different sampling and weighting methods.