27/01/2010 Economic inequality in the UK
The National Equality Panel today (27 January) published a major report: An Anatomy of Economic Inequality in the UK.

22/01/2010 Growing Up in Ireland report published
Ireland’s longitudinal study of children, tracking the lives of over 8,500 nine-year-olds, has published its first major report. Growing Up in Ireland – The lives of 9-year-olds was launched on 7 December 2009 at the Study’s inaugural research conference in Dublin.

07/01/2010 CLS attendance at ESRC Pathfinders Workshop, Beijing
Leading UK social scientists met at Beijing Normal University on 17–18 December 2009 for discussions with Chinese researchers about data resources that underpin social research.

21/12/2009 French birth cohort study wins funding
The Millennium Cohort Study’s ‘sister’ project in France has finally secured funding for the first round of data collection.

16/12/2009 Millennium Cohort Study Sweep 3 Scotland Report published
Focusing on Scottish data, this report, published 15 December 2009 by the Scottish Government, presents findings from the third survey of the UK-wide Millennium Cohort Study (MCS3).

11/11/2009 Major new think-tank report uses MCS data
Demos, a think tank focusing on power and politics, released a major report on 8 November identifying strong links between parenting style and character development in children.

08/10/2009 MCS5 (2012) Consultation process
The fifth sweep of the Millennium Cohort Study is scheduled to take place in 2012 when the cohort children will be aged 11.