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UCL Centre for Longitudinal Studies
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CLS is home to a unique series of UK national cohort studies. We conduct research and produce policy evidence to improve lives.

We are based at UCL Institute of Education (IOE). We are funded by the ESRC.

https://cls.ucl.ac.uk
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📢Are you a researcher who works in longitudinal population studies and wants to help shape an AI training platform? Join us on 9 December for an online workshop where we’ll discuss pain points, learning needs, and the training journey.

Register today: shorturl.at/HblI4
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November 25, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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CPC-CG's @ann-berrington.bsky.social will discuss #partnership & #fertility trajectories, drawing on #BCS70 data, as part of @ucl.ac.uk #Quantitative #SocialScience & @clscohorts.bsky.social seminar series.

Weds 26 Nov
13:00-14:00
Hybrid

Register: www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/events/2... @bspsuk.bsky.social
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November 24, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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Last chance to apply! Today (Monday, 17 November) is the deadline to submit expressions of interest for joining our Scientific Advisory Network. Find out more about this exciting UK-wide opportunity and fill in the simple form here: bit.ly/4o4qyiD
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November 17, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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🌎 This #WorldDiabetesDay, discover the harmonised data on diabetes from five UK cohort studies. Watch our training webinar to learn how the data can help enhance cross-cohort research about people’s experiences of diabetes across generations and how to use them in your analyses 👇
Harmonising physical health measures in five national cohort studies
In this Centre for Longitudinal Studies webinar, discover new harmonised asthma and diabetes measures in five national cohort studies available to researchers, find out how you could use these to…
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November 14, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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So lovely to see our mascot on tour! 🐻🦎
georgiatomova.bsky.social Georgia Tomova @georgiatomova.bsky.social · 11d
A special day for Cohort Membear from @clscohorts.bsky.social who travelled to Luxembourg to meet its mascot counterpart from @uni.lu ACADI 🧸🦎

Loved talking about causal inference with compositional data to a lovely audience from @liser.lu and LIH.

Many thanks @spilleron.bsky.social & @fnr.lu!
November 14, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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It's not long until our showpiece webinar Getting started: An introduction to four British cohort studies on Thursday, 27 November. Let's unpack why you shouldn't miss it!👇
Book now on the CLS website: buff.ly/5lEsBVp
Why should you attend our next free training webinar? Getting started: An introduction to four British cohort studies Thursday, 27 November 2025, 12:30-2pm UK time We are the UCL Centre for Longitudinal Studies (CLS). Our studies follow multiple generations across the whole of their lives. If you are researching the lives of people in the UK, born between 1958 and 2002, then our free-to-access resources may be a good match! Our 'Getting started' webinar introduces the wide range of data available including: family, education measures, mental health, economic status. Most of our data can be accessed easily from the UK Data Service. Evidence from our studies has helped influence policy and improve lives. You will regularly see our studies in the media and influential research papers. Whatever your experience level, attend the webinar and start your journey using our longitudinal data. Book now on the CLS website.
November 14, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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We are delighted to announce that Professor @emlafitzsimons.bsky.social is to be the new director of the Centre for Longitudinal Studies from Monday, 1 December 2025. Prof Fitzsimons has been director of the groundbreaking Millennium Cohort Study since joining CLS in 2014. Read more: bit.ly/3Lvhjtp
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November 13, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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🚨 Are you interested in the aspirations, opinions and voting patterns of millennials? A new and exciting dataset from the Next Steps 2019 web survey is now available to download from the @ukdataservice.bsky.social. Find out more on the CLS website 👉 buff.ly/1m0GPHL
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November 11, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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A really exciting opportunity 👇
dmorenoagostino.bsky.social Darío Moreno-Agostino @dmorenoagostino.bsky.social · 15d
📢8 days to apply to this 2-year postdoc!📢

Join @jdasmunshi.bsky.social + @georgeploubidis.bsky.social + me to do research using data from @clscohorts.bsky.social and beyond, as well as linkages to health and administrative data, to examine population mental health inequalities over the life course!
dmorenoagostino.bsky.social Darío Moreno-Agostino @dmorenoagostino.bsky.social · 20d
🚨Job alert!🚨

We are looking for a 🧮 quant postdoc researcher to join the AMAZING Jay Das-Munshi @jdasmunshi.bsky.social George Ploubidis @georgeploubidis.bsky.social & myself at @kingscsmh.bsky.social in collab with @clscohorts.bsky.social

All info: my.corehr.com/pls/kclrecru...

Closes 18 Nov!
November 10, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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Out now – the new issue of the CLS Data Update! This newsletter's the one for you if you’re interested in hearing about new cohort study data, training and other free resources to support your research. Follow the link to subscribe and catch up on what you might have missed.
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November 5, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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Want to learn more about harmonised fertility datasets in four British cohorts?

Read the latest CLS working paper to find out how these data can enhance cross-cohort research on fertility and family life and how they compare with ONS statistics on fertility. Read now 👉 buff.ly/u66v1Nt
A young boy washing a cup while his mother overlooks. New working paper: Harmonised fertility histories in four British longitudinal cohort studies By Aase Villadsen, Samantha Parsons, Alice Goisis Centre for Longitudinal Studies
October 29, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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✨ Join us! We're inviting expressions of interest from experts wishing to join our Scientific Advisory Network. This is an exciting opportunity to play a vital role in shaping the scientific direction of our longitudinal cohort studies. Deadline Monday, 17 November. Find out more: bit.ly/4o4qyiD
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October 27, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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What questions should we ask parents of new babies? Generation New Era is the first new UK-wide birth cohort study in 25 years. Our online consultation event (6 Nov) is an opportunity for researchers, policymakers & practitioners to help us with our plans. Please join us for this! bit.ly/3JiDfXQ
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October 23, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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Thanks for a really great day!
ulsteruni.bsky.social Ulster University @ulsteruni.bsky.social · Oct 23
The Northern Ireland launch of Generation New Era, a landmark UK-wide study set to follow 30,000 babies from birth, was hosted by Ulster University this week at Titanic Hotel, Belfast.

Read more: https://ow.ly/PRJt50XgenK

#WeAreUU | Department of Health | UCL | UCL Centre for Longitudinal Studies
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October 23, 2025 at 8:33 AM
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📣 Coming soon: this flagship @clscohorts.bsky.social webinar is the best place to get started with using our unique series of UK national cohort studies. Register now 👉 buff.ly/r4ZefJC
An image of a senior lady with two adult daughters in front of an apartment building. Getting started: An introduction to four British cohort studies Webinar: Thursday, 27 November 2025 12:30 - 2pm UK time Centre for Longitudinal Studies
October 21, 2025 at 11:19 AM
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🌞Cohort data users may find this of interest 👇
dingdingpeng.the100.ci Julia M. Rohrer @dingdingpeng.the100.ci · Oct 20
Today is the day 👀
dingdingpeng.the100.ci Julia M. Rohrer @dingdingpeng.the100.ci · Oct 6
Happy to announce that I'll give a talk on how we can make rigorous causal inference more mainstream 📈

You can sign up for the Zoom link here: tinyurl.com/CIIG-JuliaRo...
October 20, 2025 at 8:27 AM
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New UCL research using harmonised data from four UK cohort studies shows how cigarette smoking has declined over the past five decades.

The researchers undertook the analyses to highlight the research opportunities available using harmonised data.

Read more on the CLS website -
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Latest harmonised data on UK smoking rates showcased in new study | CLS
New UCL research using harmonised data from four UK cohort studies shows the extent of the decline in cigarette smoking over the past five decades.
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October 16, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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📺 Missed our latest free training webinar? We’ve got you covered.
Visit the CLS training YouTube channel to catch up on the latest recording: find out about the range of freely available polygenic scores in CLS cohorts and explore the unique research opportunities they offer. Watch: buff.ly/XXpmjf9
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October 15, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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The CLS team (and our mascot!) had an amazing time at our Generation New Era consultation event at @edfuturesinstitute.bsky.social. Come meet us in Cardiff or Belfast for the final two of our in-person events and help shape a new birth cohort study for the UK! bit.ly/4oft9G8
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October 9, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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Join us in Cardiff, Tuesday 14 Oct for an open consultation event to help shape the next UK birth cohort study, Generation New Era, which will follow the lives of more than 30,000 babies born in 2026.

What questions do we need to ask when children are 9-11 months and at 3-4 years? bit.ly/47lsSL1
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October 8, 2025 at 11:06 AM
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🔈 Do you want to use programming language R in your longitudinal data analyses? Take part in a two-day in-person, paid short course running on 3–4 November 2025 at UCL’s Bloomsbury Campus. Head to the UCL Online Store to find out more and register 👉
K26 Using R for Longitudinal Data Analysis | UCL Online Store
This is an in-person two-day course for quantitative researchers wanting to perform longitudinal data analyses with the programming language R. The course
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October 7, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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🚨 NEW DATA! Data from the Age 9-10 Months Sweep of the Early Life Cohort Feasibility Study are now available to download from the @ukdataservice.bsky.social. Find out more on the CLS website: buff.ly/PPgvUTq
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October 6, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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Our Generation New Era open consultation events have begun! We're pleased to be joined by so many data users and early years experts today in London. Mascot Cohort MemBear has been listening to all the feedback. Next up is our Edinburgh consultation event on Wednesday, 8 October: bit.ly/3WuZXid
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October 6, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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⏰ Reminder: send your comments on the draft questionnaire for the joint sweep of NCDS at age 68 and BCS70 at age 56 by this Sunday 5 October.

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Reminder Scientific consultation: joint sweep of NCDS at 68 and BCS70 at 56 Visit the consultation webpage for full details Send your comments on the draft questionnaire by Sunday, 5 October. Centre for Longitudinal Studies
October 3, 2025 at 9:33 AM
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NEW DATA! Harmonised data on diabetes from five British cohorts – born in 1946, 1958, 1970 and 1989-90 and 2000-02 – are now available for the scientific community to download from the @ukdataservice.bsky.social

Find out more on the CLS website –
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Diabetes research enhanced with new harmonised datasets | CLS
Harmonised data on diabetes from five UK cohort studies are now available for the scientific community to download from the UK Data Service.
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September 30, 2025 at 8:32 AM