Centre for Longitudinal Studies Resource Centre 2022 - 2025
Lead Research Organisation:
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON
Department Name: Social Science
Abstract
The Centre for Longitudinal Studies (CLS, or the Centre) is home to four longstanding UK national birth cohort and longitudinal studies, the Millennium Cohort Study (MCS, born 2000/1), Next Steps (born 1989/90, followed since adolescence), the 1970 British Cohort Study (BCS70), and the 1958 National Child Development Study (NCDS). Together with the 1946 National Study of Health and Development (NSHD), also at UCL, these form the only series of national birth cohort studies in the world, which generate impactful scientific research and policy evidence using their rich, multidisciplinary life course data. In addition to the scientific and policy value of the studies themselves, the Centre brings together scientific and operational expertise in the leadership, design, and delivery of longitudinal data collection and research.
This proposal is to support the Centre over the next three years in order to carry out major data collection projects in each of the four CLS cohorts (MCS at Age 22, Next Steps at Age 32, BCS70 at age 51, NCDS at age 62). These will be highly valuable data resources, providing evidence in the immediate aftermath of the pandemic and in the context of major economic and social change. We will create new linkages to the studies, including to health and criminal justice records, and to geo-spatial data on local environments, socio-economic conditions and amenities. A programme of work on harmonisation will create newly harmonised data and code on physical health, families, and genetic risks, facilitating cross-cohort research.
Maintaining representation and minimising attrition are central goals, which we will achieve through innovations in participant engagement and cohort maintenance, including the use of incentives and digital tracing, and by giving participants a greater voice in the development of the studies. We will undertake a programme of work in survey methods and applied statistical methods, to provide evidence on the primary challenges of minimising attrition and maximising data quality, and supporting data users in the related analytical challenges of handling missing data, adjusting for measurement error, and making causal inferences.
The data from all our data collections and linkages will be made available via UKDS and other Trusted Research Environments. We will make the studies easier to use by simplifying our data outputs, making available code to help users merge data within sweeps and longitudinally, and by developing tools to support the discoverability of our data, as well as by offering training to support diverse users and needs.
We will create and demonstrate impact by undertaking policy-relevant research on our major new data outputs, capitalising on the longitudinal value of the CLS cohorts, and cross-cohort comparisons made possible by the harmonisation work undertaken as part of this grant.
A key aspect of our work over the next three years will be deepening the academic collaborations of the Centre, including through joint working with the MRC Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing at UCL, and through scientific collaborators with expertise in policy research, administrative and geo-data linkage, harmonisation, and systematic review. We will work closely with key elements of the UK's data infrastructure including ESRC's own investments and wider UKRI initiatives, and in international networks of longitudinal studies.
We have a strong Senior Leadership Team comprising highly experienced scientific and operational leads, together with a number of experienced Co-Investigators. A formal programme management approach, combined with a robust governance structure and strong institutional support, will ensure that our team can deliver this ambitious programme of work.
This proposal is to support the Centre over the next three years in order to carry out major data collection projects in each of the four CLS cohorts (MCS at Age 22, Next Steps at Age 32, BCS70 at age 51, NCDS at age 62). These will be highly valuable data resources, providing evidence in the immediate aftermath of the pandemic and in the context of major economic and social change. We will create new linkages to the studies, including to health and criminal justice records, and to geo-spatial data on local environments, socio-economic conditions and amenities. A programme of work on harmonisation will create newly harmonised data and code on physical health, families, and genetic risks, facilitating cross-cohort research.
Maintaining representation and minimising attrition are central goals, which we will achieve through innovations in participant engagement and cohort maintenance, including the use of incentives and digital tracing, and by giving participants a greater voice in the development of the studies. We will undertake a programme of work in survey methods and applied statistical methods, to provide evidence on the primary challenges of minimising attrition and maximising data quality, and supporting data users in the related analytical challenges of handling missing data, adjusting for measurement error, and making causal inferences.
The data from all our data collections and linkages will be made available via UKDS and other Trusted Research Environments. We will make the studies easier to use by simplifying our data outputs, making available code to help users merge data within sweeps and longitudinally, and by developing tools to support the discoverability of our data, as well as by offering training to support diverse users and needs.
We will create and demonstrate impact by undertaking policy-relevant research on our major new data outputs, capitalising on the longitudinal value of the CLS cohorts, and cross-cohort comparisons made possible by the harmonisation work undertaken as part of this grant.
A key aspect of our work over the next three years will be deepening the academic collaborations of the Centre, including through joint working with the MRC Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing at UCL, and through scientific collaborators with expertise in policy research, administrative and geo-data linkage, harmonisation, and systematic review. We will work closely with key elements of the UK's data infrastructure including ESRC's own investments and wider UKRI initiatives, and in international networks of longitudinal studies.
We have a strong Senior Leadership Team comprising highly experienced scientific and operational leads, together with a number of experienced Co-Investigators. A formal programme management approach, combined with a robust governance structure and strong institutional support, will ensure that our team can deliver this ambitious programme of work.
Organisations
- UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON (Lead Research Organisation)
- OFFICE FOR NATIONAL STATISTICS (Collaboration)
- NHS Scotland (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF YORK (Collaboration)
- UK Data Service (Collaboration)
- Peking University (Collaboration)
- The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute (Collaboration)
- University of Rhode Island (Collaboration)
- University of Zurich (Collaboration)
- University College Hospital (Collaboration)
- Government of Scotland (Collaboration)
- What Works Centre for Wellbeing (Collaboration)
- Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (Collaboration)
- Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (Collaboration)
- Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort (MoBa) (Collaboration)
- Ministry of Justice (Collaboration)
- University College London (Collaboration)
- DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION (Collaboration)
- The British Library (Collaboration)
- Home Office (Collaboration)
- NHS England (Collaboration)
- Free University of Amsterdam (Collaboration)
- London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) (Collaboration)
- Genomics England (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH (Collaboration)
- Barcelona Institute for Global Health (Collaboration)
- Institute for Fiscal Studies (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF SAN CARLOS (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER (Collaboration)
- Bradford Institute for Health Research (BIHR) (Collaboration)
- University of Southern California (Collaboration)
- University of Helsinki (Collaboration)
- Lancaster University (Collaboration)
- McPin Foundation (Collaboration)
- University of Bristol (Collaboration)
- University of Southampton (Collaboration)
- Cohort & Longitudinal Studies Enhancement Resources (Collaboration)
- British Society for Population Studies (BSPS) (Collaboration)
- Economic and Social Research Council (Collaboration)
- Fatherhood Institute (Collaboration)
- KING'S COLLEGE LONDON (Collaboration)
- HUNT Research Centre (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST (Collaboration)
- Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science (Collaboration)
- Duke University (Collaboration)
- SAIL Databank (Collaboration)
- University of Oregon (Collaboration)
- University of Queensland (Collaboration)
- Murdoch Children's Research Institute (Collaboration)
- University of Bonn (Collaboration)
Publications
Akimova ET
(2025)
Polygenic prediction of occupational status GWAS elucidates genetic and environmental interplay in intergenerational transmission, careers and health in UK Biobank.
in Nature human behaviour
Allinson JP
(2023)
Lower respiratory tract infections in early childhood - Authors' reply.
in Lancet (London, England)
Arellano Spano M
(2024)
Genetic associations of risk behaviours and educational achievement
in Communications Biology
Armstrong J
(2024)
LGBT+ representation higher education in England and Wales
in British Journal of Sociology of Education
B Wielgoszewska
(2024)
Women's pay and job quality: initial findings from Next Steps at age 32
| Title | Original artwork celebrating the Millennium Cohort Study's 21st annniversary |
| Description | To mark the 21st anniversary of the Millennium Cohort Study, we commissioned three artists to each produce an artwork to represent and celebrate the study. The three artists we selected for this project, Cat Sims, James Hutch, and Pevê Azevedo, were chosen for their different styles. We worked with the artists closely to determine which characteristics of the study they would focus on in their pieces. We printed the three pieces as a set of three postcards, which we sent to each study member in March 2023, to thank them for their contribution so far. On the back of each postcard we included a thank you message from one of our researchers, explaining how they have used the study in their work, as well as some words from the artist about their piece. In addition to the postcards, we produced 21 fine art quality prints of each piece in A4 size to give to study members through a ballot; 218 study members entered the ballot to receive one of these and the recipients were selected at random. |
| Type Of Art | Artwork |
| Year Produced | 2024 |
| Impact | We received a number of thank you messages from study members who had received one of the A4 fine art prints through the ballot. |
| URL | https://childnc.net/about/21-years/ |
| Description | Citation by NESTA - The UK's innovation agency for social good |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
| URL | https://media.nesta.org.uk/documents/Investigating_the_impact_of_loneliness_and_social_isolation_on_... |
| Description | Citation in Children's Commissioner Independent Family Review |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| URL | https://www.childrenscommissioner.gov.uk/family/family-review/ |
| Description | Citation in DfE report: State of the nation 2021: children and young people's wellbeing |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
| URL | https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/state-of-the-nation-2021-children-and-young-peoples-wellb... |
| Description | Citation in DfE report: State of the nation 2022: children and young people's wellbeing |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
| URL | https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/state-of-the-nation-2022-children-and-young-peoples-wellb... |
| Description | Citation in House of Lords Food, Diet and Obesity Committee Report |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
| URL | https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld5901/ldselect/ldmfdo/19/19.pdf |
| Guideline Title | COVID-19 rapid guideline: managing the long-term effects of COVID-19 |
| Description | Citation in NICE guideline on long Covid |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in clinical guidelines |
| Impact | The NICE guideline provides recommendations to GPs on identification; planning care; multidisciplinary rehabilitation; follow up, monitoring and discharge; and service organisation. We also updated the list of common symptoms, emphasising that these may be different for children. The guideline cites research from the National Core Studies Longitudinal Health and Wellbeing programme using 10 longitudinal studies (including MCS, Next Steps, BCS70 and NCDS) which found long COVID is associated with a range of sociodemographic and pre-existing health factors. |
| URL | https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng188 |
| Description | Citation in Nesta policy briefing on NHS investment on prevention |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
| URL | https://media.nesta.org.uk/documents/How_to_save_the_NHS__primary_prevention.pdf |
| Description | Citation in POSTNote: Children's wellbeing in schools |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
| Description | Citation in POSTNote: Children's wellbeing in schools |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
| URL | https://post.parliament.uk/research-briefings/post-pn-0739/ |
| Description | Citation in children and young people's mental health report from Health and Social Care Committee |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
| URL | https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm5802/cmselect/cmhealth/17/report.html#footnote-223-backlink |
| Description | DHSC advice |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Impact | Evidence from the Millennium Cohort Study on the cognitive benefits of breastfeeding helped make the case for a £50 million programme of breastfeeding support led by the Department for Health and Social Care. |
| Description | Evidence Submitted to EHRC Statutory Review |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| URL | https://www.equalityhumanrights.com/en/our-statutory-review |
| Description | Evidence submission to POST - Children's wellbeing in schools |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Description | Evidence submission to the House of Lords Committee on Food, Diet and Obesity |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| URL | https://committees.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/130587/pdf/ |
| Description | Impact Case Study - Generational Health Drift |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to new or improved professional practice |
| Impact | Evidence from the British birth cohorts suggests that younger generations are living longer, but in worse health. Cohorts born more recently are suffering from worse mental health, higher prevalence of diabetes, asthma, and obesity than older generations did at the same age. Termed 'the Generational Health Drift', this earlier onset and decline in general health has considerable consequences for population ageing, mortality trends and the economy. Analysis of BCS70 produced for NHS England helped the healthcare body make the case to HM Treasury for the need to take action to reduce health-related labour market inactivity. This led to the establishment of NHS England Health and Growth Accelerators, announced by Government in the November 2023 Budget. This initiative supports the current Government's Missions for economic growth and an NHS fit for the future. |
| Description | Impact Case Study - Improving infant feeding support |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to new or improved professional practice |
| Impact | At the 2021 Spending Review, the Government announced £300m for a joint DHSC/DfE Family Hubs and Start for Life programme. The DHSC programme funding includes £50m to improve infant feeding services, leading to increased breastfeeding rates and improved health outcomes for mothers and babies. Across 75 LAs with high levels of deprivation. CLS research on the link between breastfeeding and cognitive development for a sample of low-educated mothers enabled DHSC to develop the evidence base by strengthening their assessment of the economic benefits of breastfeeding. |
| Description | Influence on the Domestic Abuse Act 2021 |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
| Impact | Action for Children commissioned analysis of Millennium Cohort Study data by CLS researchers Prof Emla Fitzsimons, Dr Praveetha Patalay and Dr Aase Villadsen to investigate outcomes or children whose parents had been victims of domestic violence. The findings were published in the Action for Children report, Patchy, piecemeal and precarious: support for children affected by domestic abuse. Action for Children used the report to successfully advocate for an amendment to the Domestic Abuse Bill 2021 to recognise the children whose parents are victims of domestic violence are victims themselves, and thus deserving of dedicated support. |
| URL | https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/domestic-abuse-bill-2020-letter-from-ministers-to-jess-ph... |
| Description | Research on youth provision and life outcomes research from Department for Culture Media and Sport |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
| URL | https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/youth-provision-and-life-outcomes-research |
| Description | Submission to the Home Affairs Select Committee inquiry on drugs |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| URL | https://committees.parliament.uk/work/6534/drugs/ |
| Description | UCL Grand Challenge of Mental Health & Wellbeing Executive Group |
| Geographic Reach | Local/Municipal/Regional |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Description | What Works Centre for Wellbeing and Campaign to End Loneliness Recommendations and the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
| Description | 8770373 Investing in Digital Skills for Research: Education Administrative Data and Beyond (IDS-READY) |
| Amount | £407,876 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | UKRI306 |
| Organisation | United Kingdom Research and Innovation |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2024 |
| End | 03/2027 |
| Description | A comprehensive evaluation of the short- and medium- term impacts of Sure Start |
| Amount | £181,623 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Nuffield Foundation |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2021 |
| End | 06/2024 |
| Description | All women are born (un)equal: menopause, HRT and women's well-being |
| Amount | £295,386 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Nuffield Foundation |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2025 |
| End | 03/2027 |
| Description | Consolidating the UK Longitudinal Linkage Collaboration for the longitudinal research community. |
| Amount | £948,847 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | ES/X000567/1 |
| Organisation | Economic and Social Research Council |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 07/2022 |
| End | 12/2025 |
| Description | Developing the economic case for early intervention by quantifying the benefits of improving outcomes of babies, children and young people |
| Amount | £642,422 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | NIHR207675 |
| Organisation | National Institute for Health and Care Research |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 06/2025 |
| End | 12/2027 |
| Description | ESRC Impact Acceleration Account (IAA) award to UCL 2023-28 (Grant Reference ES/X004627/1) |
| Amount | £17,884 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | ES/X004627/1 |
| Organisation | Economic and Social Research Council |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 08/2023 |
| End | 02/2024 |
| Description | Early Life Cohort Feasibility Study (ELC-FS) |
| Amount | £4,480,627 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | ES/V016814/1 |
| Organisation | Economic and Social Research Council |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2021 |
| End | 06/2024 |
| Description | Education and Outcomes Panel Studies (EOPS) - C |
| Amount | £5,373,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Department for Education |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2024 |
| End | 03/2030 |
| Description | Evaluation and co-creation to optimise use and benefits of the Healthy Start Scheme |
| Amount | £863,787 (GBP) |
| Organisation | National Institute for Health and Care Research |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 05/2022 |
| End | 11/2024 |
| Description | Examining credibility of current evidence for welfare as a public health measure: pathways, causation and cost-benefit of further research |
| Amount | £614,660 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | NIHR163264 |
| Organisation | National Institute for Health and Care Research |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2025 |
| End | 02/2027 |
| Description | External exposome, social disadvantage and biological ageing |
| Amount | £47,602 (GBP) |
| Organisation | University of Essex |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2025 |
| End | 12/2025 |
| Description | External exposome, social disadvantage and biological ageing |
| Amount | £47,602 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EBBL100 |
| Organisation | Economic and Social Research Council |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2025 |
| End | 12/2025 |
| Description | Finding the 'missing environmentality' (FindMe) |
| Amount | £1,266,529 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/Y023080/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2023 |
| End | 10/2028 |
| Description | Genetic Insights into Regional Economic Inequality and the Obesity Epidemic |
| Amount | £38,134 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Economic and Social Research Council |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2024 |
| End | 09/2025 |
| Description | HDR UK QQ2 |
| Amount | £4,999,742 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | HDRUK2023.0029 |
| Organisation | Health Data Research UK |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2023 |
| End | 03/2028 |
| Description | Harmony: A global platform for contextual harmonization, translation and cooperation in mental health research - Phase 1 to 3 |
| Amount | £302,798 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | 226697/Z/22/Z |
| Organisation | Wellcome Trust |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 08/2022 |
| End | 05/2024 |
| Description | Independent Review Of Data Collection On Sex And Gender |
| Amount | £200,742 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | ES/X004627/1 |
| Organisation | Economic and Social Research Council |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2024 |
| End | 08/2024 |
| Description | Influence of Prenatal and Early Childhood Home-Visiting by Nurses on Development of Chronic Disease: 29-year Follow-Up of a Randomized Clinical Trial |
| Amount | $5,345,399 (USD) |
| Organisation | National Institutes of Health (NIH) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United States |
| Start | 05/2020 |
| End | 06/2024 |
| Description | LPS Future Supporter - NSHD |
| Amount | £65,238 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | MR/Y014022/1 |
| Organisation | Economic and Social Research Council |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2024 |
| End | 03/2029 |
| Description | Local Learning, National Change: Data And Voice To Improve Children's Lives |
| Amount | £2,837,712 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Nuffield Foundation |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2021 |
| End | 10/2026 |
| Description | Long-Term Modelling Tools for Adolescent Mental Health and Wellbeing Research |
| Amount | £766,718 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | MR/X002837/1 |
| Organisation | Medical Research Council (MRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 04/2023 |
| End | 04/2026 |
| Description | Making the margins visible: quantifying intersectional inequalities in youth mental health across time and place |
| Amount | £736,598 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | 304283/Z/23/Z |
| Organisation | Wellcome Trust |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2025 |
| End | 04/2030 |
| Description | Methods and Evaluation of Separating Mode Effects and Mode Selection |
| Amount | £258,910 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Economic and Social Research Council |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2024 |
| End | 05/2026 |
| Description | National Centre for Research Methods 2020-2024 |
| Amount | £3,382,070 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | ES/T000066/1 |
| Organisation | Economic and Social Research Council |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2020 |
| End | 12/2024 |
| Description | National Evaluation of Start for Life: What works for whom under what circumstances |
| Amount | £202,023,666 (GBP) |
| Organisation | National Institute for Health and Care Research |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2023 |
| End | 07/2026 |
| Description | National evaluation of trials to test innovative early years workforce models |
| Amount | £833,367 (GBP) |
| Organisation | National Institute for Health and Care Research |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2023 |
| End | 03/2026 |
| Description | New approaches to digital skills development |
| Amount | £472,730 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | OPP630 |
| Organisation | United Kingdom Research and Innovation |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2024 |
| End | 04/2027 |
| Description | Population Research UK Co-ordination Hub |
| Amount | £9,642,801 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | ES/Y008340/1 |
| Organisation | Economic and Social Research Council |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2024 |
| End | 12/2028 |
| Description | Scoping the feasibility of a new longitudinal birth cohort study of children at risk of poor outcomes across the UK |
| Amount | £55,252 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | APP36226 |
| Organisation | Economic and Social Research Council |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 05/2024 |
| End | 05/2025 |
| Description | Survey Data Collection Methods Collaboration: Securing the Future of Social Surveys |
| Amount | £2,390,125 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | ES/X014150/1 |
| Organisation | Economic and Social Research Council |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 06/2023 |
| End | 06/2026 |
| Description | The Geography Of Genetics: How Are Polygenic Traits Distributed Around The United Kingdom? |
| Amount | £47,392 (GBP) |
| Organisation | University of Essex |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2024 |
| End | 09/2025 |
| Description | The impact of ageing on household energy consumption and the well-being of older adults; a UK-China cross-national study using large-scale cross sectional and longitudinal datasets |
| Amount | £19,920 (GBP) |
| Organisation | University College London |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 11/2023 |
| End | 07/2024 |
| Description | Transforming Justice: The Interplay Of Social Change And Policy Reforms |
| Amount | £57,534 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | SFS/FR-000024937 |
| Organisation | Nuffield Foundation |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 05/2024 |
| End | 05/2028 |
| Description | Transforming Justice: The Interplay Of Social Change And Policy Reforms |
| Amount | £2,503,750 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Nuffield Foundation |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 05/2024 |
| End | 05/2028 |
| Description | UK Longitudinal Linkage Collaboration: the transformative Trusted Research Environment for the UK longitudinal research community |
| Amount | £6,631,094 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | MR/X021556/1 |
| Organisation | Medical Research Council (MRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 05/2023 |
| End | 05/2028 |
| Description | What are the most beneficial models used by community food assets to prevent the need for emergency food aid? A longitudinal qualitative study conducted in two multi-cultural populations in the North and South of England |
| Amount | £929,994 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | NIHR151034 |
| Organisation | National Institute for Health and Care Research |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2023 |
| End | 10/2025 |
| Description | Working with young people to transform understanding of how sex and sexism cause anxiety in teenage girls and young women: international, interdisciplinary & intersectional approaches |
| Amount | £4,159,049 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | 309118/Z/24/Z |
| Organisation | Wellcome Trust |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2025 |
| End | 03/2030 |
| Title | A Guide to Social Isolation Variables in the British Cohort Studies |
| Description | In this guide, we present a multi-context, multi-domain framework of social isolation and describe the application of the framework to the British cohort studies. We summarise our harmonisation process and available variables at different life stages, offer practical considerations and potential uses of the data. By sharing our process and findings, this guide aims to provide a resource for future researchers interested in studying social isolation in the United Kingdom (UK) and its constituent nations. In order to help other researchers interested in studying social isolation using the British cohort studies, we have created an OSF webpage to accompany this guide which can be accessed here: https://osf.io/rabk8/. The OSF webpage includes: · Excel sheet used to initially compile potentially relevant social isolation variables across the five cohorts - titled 'Social Isolation Variable Guide by Cohort.xlsx' · Excel sheet used to organise variables by which relational context - titled 'Social Isolation Variable Guide by Context.xlsx' · Example Stata code for generating social isolation indicators for each of the five cohorts - titled '[cohort name] social isolation example code.do' |
| Type Of Material | Improvements to research infrastructure |
| Year Produced | 2025 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | This tool (the Guide and OSF page including variable records and code) will help future researchers interested in using the British cohort studies to investigate social isolation. |
| URL | https://osf.io/rabk8/ |
| Title | BCS70 Age 46 Biomedical Sweep: interview questionnaire |
| Description | The questionnaire documentation is provided to enable the research community to review the type of questions asked in this particular survey and as well as providing further detail how they were worded, routed and what check questions were in place (for data quality purposes). |
| Type Of Material | Improvements to research infrastructure |
| Year Produced | 2019 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | The Age 46 Survey, conducted as part of the 1970 British Cohort Study, provides high-quality data for scientific investigations across a full range of domains of individuals' lives, thus, the questionnaires are a valuable resource for the research and policy-making communities within the UK and elsewhere. |
| URL | https://cls.ucl.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/BCS70_collated-CAPI-specs_FINAL.pdf |
| Title | BCS70 Age 46 Survey Technical Report |
| Description | The technical report provides an account of the design, development and conduct of the BCS70 Age 46 Survey which took place between 2016-2018. |
| Type Of Material | Improvements to research infrastructure |
| Year Produced | 2018 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | The Age 46 Survey, conducted as part of the 1970 British Cohort Study, provides high-quality data for scientific investigations across a full range of domains of individuals' lives, thus, the technical report is a valuable resource for the research and policy-making communities within the UK and elsewhere. |
| URL | https://cls.ucl.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/BCS46_Technical-Report_FINAL.pdf |
| Title | BCS70 Age 46 Survey User Guide |
| Description | This document accompanies the deposit of the data collected during the Age 46 Survey at the UK Data Service. It is a tool for those using the data to help them use the data effectively by providing further information on the background to the study as well as providing details on the data provided. |
| Type Of Material | Improvements to research infrastructure |
| Year Produced | 2023 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | The Age 46 Survey, conducted as part of the 1970 British Cohort Study, provides high-quality data for scientific investigations across a full range of domains of individuals' lives, thus, the user guide is a valuable resource for the research and policy-making communities within the UK and elsewhere. |
| URL | https://cls.ucl.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/bcs70_age_46_survey_user_guide.pdf |
| Title | BCS70 Age 51 Questionnaires - main and paper self-completion |
| Description | There are two questionnaire documents - the main questionnaire which details the questions asked to BCS70 cohort members during their interview and the paper questionnaire which was provided to cohort members prior to the interview for them to complete and return either by post or by providing to the interviewer at the end of the interview. |
| Type Of Material | Improvements to research infrastructure |
| Year Produced | 2025 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | The Age 51 Survey provides high-quality data for scientific investigations across a full range of domains of individuals' lives, thus, the questionnaires are a valuable resource for the research and policy-making communities within the UK and elsewhere. |
| URL | https://cls.ucl.ac.uk/cls-studies/1970-british-cohort-study/bcs70-age-51-sweep/ |
| Title | BCS70 Age 51 Technical Report |
| Description | This document was produced on behalf of CLS by the fieldwork agency who conducted the fieldwork for the Age 51 Survey. It provides a detailed account of how the survey was conducted and the overall response. |
| Type Of Material | Improvements to research infrastructure |
| Year Produced | 2025 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | The Age 51 Survey provides high-quality data for scientific investigations across a full range of domains of individuals' lives, thus, the technical report is a valuable resource for the research and policy-making communities within the UK and elsewhere. |
| URL | https://cls.ucl.ac.uk/cls-studies/1970-british-cohort-study/bcs70-age-51-sweep/ |
| Title | BCS70 Age 51 User Guide |
| Description | This research tool has been produced as a guide for users of the age 51 BCS70 data. It provides a background to the survey and how it was conducted as well as key information on the data available and how it can be used e.g. scales used/derived variables/weighting/mode effects. |
| Type Of Material | Improvements to research infrastructure |
| Year Produced | 2025 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | The Age 51 Survey provides high-quality data for scientific investigations across a full range of domains of individuals' lives, thus, the user guide is a valuable resource for the research and policy-making communities within the UK and elsewhere. |
| URL | https://cls.ucl.ac.uk/cls-studies/1970-british-cohort-study/bcs70-age-51-sweep/ |
| Title | Centre for Longitudinal Studies Cross Cohort COVID-19 Survey Waves 1-3 Questionnaires, User Guides and Technical Report |
| Description | During the coronavirus pandemic, CLS ran a series of surveys to find out about the experiences of the participants in five national longitudinal cohort studies. The aim was to understand the economic, social and health impacts of the COVID-19 crisis, the extent to which the pandemic is widening or narrowing inequalities, and the lifelong factors which shape vulnerability and resilience to its effects. Three waves of the survey were completed. Participants in all four of the national longitudinal cohort studies that we manage at CLS, as well as participants in the MRC National Survey of Health and Development, took part. In March 2021, study participants who had taken part in any of these three COVID-19 surveys were asked to provide a blood sample to be analysed for COVID-19 antibodies. Questionnaires, technical reports and user guides are made available on the CLS website and at the UKDS in order to facilitate research. |
| Type Of Material | Improvements to research infrastructure |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | The questionnaires, user guides and technical reports have been vital resources for the many researchers who have made use of the COVID-19 survey data for research. |
| URL | https://cls.ucl.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/COVID-19-Online-Survey-Questionnaire-Wave-1-April-2... |
| Title | MCS Age 14 Survey: Questionnaires |
| Description | The Age 14 Survey was a major initiative, with important new additions to the study including: the collection of saliva samples from cohort members and biological parents, enabling studies of genetic influences on life course events and trajectories; physical activity and sedentary behaviour, through wrist-worn accelerometers; and detailed time-use information, through mobile phone apps/online completion. These new additions were alongside a much extended cohort member questionnaire, and continuing parent questionnaires. |
| Type Of Material | Improvements to research infrastructure |
| Year Produced | 2016 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | The Age 14 Survey provides high-quality data for scientific investigations across a full range of domains of individuals' lives, thus, the questionnaires are a valuable resource for the research and policy-making communities within the UK and elsewhere. |
| URL | https://cls.ucl.ac.uk/cls-studies/millennium-cohort-study/mcs-age-14-sweep/ |
| Title | MCS Age 14 Survey: Technical Report |
| Description | The technical report provides a detailed description of survey processes specific to the Age 14 Survey, including in relation to the sample, survey development, fieldwork procedures, response rates, and data preparation (including coding). |
| Type Of Material | Improvements to research infrastructure |
| Year Produced | 2017 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | The Age 14 Survey provides high-quality data for scientific investigations across a full range of domains of individuals' lives, thus, the technical report is a valuable resource for users of the data. |
| URL | https://cls.ucl.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/MCS6-Technical-Report.pdf |
| Title | MCS Age 14 Survey: User Guide |
| Description | The User Guide consolidates information on the initial sample design and response rates / attrition over the first 14 years of the study. It also describes survey development processes specific to the Age 14 Survey, as well as fieldwork procedures and data handling considerations (including dealing with non-response and weighting). |
| Type Of Material | Improvements to research infrastructure |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | The Age 14 Survey provides high-quality data for scientific investigations across a full range of domains of individuals' lives, thus, the user guide is a valuable resource for users of the data. |
| URL | https://cls.ucl.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/MCS6_User_Guide_ed2_2020-08-10.pdf |
| Title | MCS Age 17 Survey: Questionnaires |
| Description | The Age 17 Survey marked an important transitional time in the cohort members' lives, where educational and occupational paths can diverge significantly. It was also an important age in data collection terms since it was the last sweep at which parents were interviewed and happened at an age when direct engagement with the cohort members themselves rather than their families was crucial to the long-term viability of the study. The Age 17 Survey questionnaire included: 1. A household interview (conducted with a resident parent if they were willing and able to do so, or with the cohort member themselves if no such parent was available) 2. An interview CAPI (computer-assisted personal interview) with the cohort member, including a section asking for permission to carry out various administrative data linkages 3. A self-completion (CASI) interview with the cohort members conducted in the household 4. Cognitive assessment (number activity) for cohort member Completion of a paper Strengths and Difficulties questionnaire (SDQ) by one parent 5. Completion of the SDQ by the cohort member for the first time (done in CASI) 6. Physical measurements of the cohort member 7. An online questionnaire for each of the parents 8. An online questionnaire for the young person (completed after the main interview) |
| Type Of Material | Improvements to research infrastructure |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | The Age 17 Survey provides high-quality data for scientific investigations across a full range of domains of individuals' lives, thus, the questionnaires are a valuable resource for the research and policy-making communities within the UK and elsewhere. |
| URL | https://cls.ucl.ac.uk/cls-studies/millennium-cohort-study/mcs-age-17-sweep/ |
| Title | MCS Age 17 Survey: Technical Report |
| Description | The technical report provides a detailed description of survey processes specific to the Age 17 Survey, including in relation to the sample, survey development, fieldwork procedures, response rates, and data preparation (including coding). |
| Type Of Material | Improvements to research infrastructure |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | The Age 17 Survey provides high-quality data for scientific investigations across a full range of domains of individuals' lives, thus, the technical report is a valuable resource for users of the data. |
| URL | https://cls.ucl.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/MCS7_Technical_Report.pdf |
| Title | MCS Age 17 Survey: User Guide |
| Description | The User Guide consolidates information on the initial sample design and response rates / attrition over the first 17 years of the study. It also describes survey development processes specific to the Age 17 Survey, as well as fieldwork procedures and data handling considerations (including dealing with non-response and weighting). |
| Type Of Material | Improvements to research infrastructure |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | The Age 17 Survey provides high-quality data for scientific investigations across a full range of domains of individuals' lives, thus, the user guide is a valuable resource for the research and policy-making communities within the UK and elsewhere. |
| URL | https://cls.ucl.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/MCS7-user-guide-Age-17-ed2.pdf |
| Title | MCS Age 23 Survey: Questionnaires |
| Description | The Age 23 Survey updates information on the current circumstances of cohort members across key domains, including housing, cohabiting relationships, fertility and births, children and wider family, income and wealth, economic activity, life-long learning, physical and mental health, health behaviours and social participation. There is also a survey for cohabiting partners of study members. |
| Type Of Material | Improvements to research infrastructure |
| Year Produced | 2023 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | The Age 23 Survey provides high-quality data for scientific investigations across a full range of domains of individuals' lives, thus, the questionnaires are a valuable resource for the research and policy-making communities within the UK and elsewhere. |
| URL | https://cls.ucl.ac.uk/cls-studies/millennium-cohort-study/mcs-age-23-sweep/ |
| Title | Next Steps Age 25 Survey Technical Report |
| Description | The technical report provides an account of the design, development and conduct of the Next Steps Age 32 survey which took place between 2015-2016. |
| Type Of Material | Improvements to research infrastructure |
| Year Produced | 2017 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | The Age 25 Survey provides high-quality data for scientific investigations across a full range of domains of individuals' lives, thus, the technical report is a valuable resource for the research and policy-making communities within the UK and elsewhere. |
| URL | https://cls.ucl.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Next-Steps-Age-25-Technical-Report.pdf |
| Title | Next Steps Age 25 Survey User Guide |
| Description | This document accompanies the deposit of the data collected during the Age 32 Survey at the UK Data Service. It is a tool for those using the data to help them use the data effectively by providing further information on the background to the study as well as providing details on the data provided. |
| Type Of Material | Improvements to research infrastructure |
| Year Produced | 2017 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | The Next Steps Age 32 Survey provides high-quality data for scientific investigations across a full range of domains of individuals' lives, thus, the user guide is a valuable resource for the research and policy-making communities within the UK and elsewhere. |
| URL | https://cls.ucl.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/NextSteps_Age_25_Survey_User_Guide.pdf |
| Title | Next Steps Age 25: Interview Questionnaire |
| Description | The questionnaire documentation is provided to enable the research community to review the type of questions asked in this particular survey and as well as providing further detail how they were worded, routed and what check questions were in place (for data quality purposes). |
| Type Of Material | Improvements to research infrastructure |
| Year Produced | 2017 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | Sweep 8 of Next Steps broadens the topics covered in previous sweeps of the study, and provides high-quality data for scientific investigations across a full range of domains of individuals' lives, thus, the questionnaires are a valuable resource for the research and policy-making communities within the UK and elsewhere. |
| URL | https://cls.ucl.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/5545age_25_survey_questionnaire.pdf |
| Title | Next Steps Age 32 Survey - User Guide |
| Description | This document accompanies the deposit of the data collected during the Age 32 Survey at the UK Data Service. It is a tool for those using the data to help them use the data effectively by providing further information on the background to the study as well as providing details on the data provided. |
| Type Of Material | Improvements to research infrastructure |
| Year Produced | 2024 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | The Next Steps Age 32 Survey provides high-quality data for scientific investigations across a full range of domains of individuals' lives, thus, the user guide is a valuable resource for the research and policy-making communities within the UK and elsewhere. |
| URL | https://cls.ucl.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Next-Steps-Age-32-Sweep-User-Guide.pdf |
| Title | Next Steps Age 32 Survey Technical Report |
| Description | The technical report provides an account of the design, development and conduct of the Next Steps Age 32 survey which took place between 2022 and 2023. |
| Type Of Material | Improvements to research infrastructure |
| Year Produced | 2024 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | The Age 32 Survey provides high-quality data for scientific investigations across a full range of domains of individuals' lives, thus, the technical report is a valuable resource for the research and policy-making communities within the UK and elsewhere. |
| URL | https://cls.ucl.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Next-Steps-Age-32-Technical-Report.pdf |
| Title | Next Steps Age 32: Interview Questionnaire |
| Description | The questionnaire documentation is provided to enable the research community to review the type of questions asked in this particular survey and as well as providing further detail how they were worded, routed and what check questions were in place (for data quality purposes). |
| Type Of Material | Improvements to research infrastructure |
| Year Produced | 2023 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | Data from Next Steps Sweep 9 will be made available to researchers mid-2024 via the UKDS. It will provide high-quality data for scientific investigations across a full range of domains of individuals' lives, thus, the questionnaires are a valuable resource for the research and policy-making communities within the UK and elsewhere. |
| URL | https://cls.ucl.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Next-Steps-Age-32-Survey-Questionnaire-2.pdf |
| Title | Set of new webpages about CLS's administrative data and geo data linkages |
| Description | A series of new webpages have been added to the CLS website describing the data linkages that are in place across CLS's portfolio of studies. These include linkages with education and health data as well as geo data. The new webpages describe what data have been linked to the studies and include links to user guides and to information about access arrangements. We promoted the new content in the first edition of the Data Update, our new regular newsletter for data users. |
| Type Of Material | Improvements to research infrastructure |
| Year Produced | 2024 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | The pages are still very new so we need to monitor their impact. |
| URL | https://cls.ucl.ac.uk/data-access-training/linked-data/ |
| Title | Updated Excel data dictionaries for NCDS, BCS70, Next Steps and MCS |
| Description | Updated version of the Excel data dictionaries for NCDS, BCS70, Next Steps and MCS. These have been uploaded to the CLS webpage " Exploring Our Data" |
| Type Of Material | Improvements to research infrastructure |
| Year Produced | 2023 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | None as yet |
| URL | https://cls.ucl.ac.uk/data-access-training/exploring-our-data/ |
| Title | BCS70 genomics - genotype QCd and imputed genetics data: CLS DAC (NEW) |
| Description | 1) BCS70 Genotype QCd dataset: The raw data were QCd using stringent thresholds and a standardised CLS pipeline. Genotyping for 5905 samples (5807 individuals) was performed on the Infinium Global Screening Array-24 v3.0. The final dataset consists of 5807 individuals and 654,027 genetic variants. 2) BCS70 TOPMed dataset: The raw data were quality controlled (QCd) using stringent thresholds and a standardised CLS pipeline. These data were then imputed using the TOPMed imputation server which incorporates the TOPMed imputation panel; the most up to date reference panel, incorporating the largest number of whole genomes (N=133,597) compared to other panels. After imputation and QC, the dataset contains 5,598 individuals and 8,640,849 genetic variants. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2023 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | None as yet |
| URL | https://cls-genetics.github.io/docs/BCS70.html |
| Title | BCS70 genomics - polygenic risk scores: CLS DAC (NEW) |
| Description | BCS70 polygenic risk scores available via direct request to the CLS Data Access Committee (CLS DAC). Topics: Social outcomes; Mental health and cognition; Physical health / anthropometrics. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2025 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | None as yet |
| URL | https://cls-genetics.github.io/docs/PRS.html |
| Title | BCS70 genomics- epigenetics data: CLS DAC (NEW) |
| Description | BCS70 epigenetic data: DNA methylation data were generated for 255 samples on the Illumina EPIC array. After following a standardised QC pipeline, the final dataset consists of 249 individuals and 799,653 DNA methylation probes. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2023 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | None as yet |
| URL | https://cls-genetics.github.io/docs/BCS70.html |
| Title | BCS70: Age 46, Sweep 10, 2016-2018 (2nd Edition) |
| Description | For the second edition (July 2023), a new data file including newly derived nutritional intake variables based on the food composition table from the UK Nutrient Databank (UKNDB) has been added to the study. In addition, four data files (main, employment, relationships and dietary questionnaire) have been updated to remove information at the request of the cohort members (GDPR request). A new version of the user guide is available. Sensitive survey data for Sweep 10 is now available under restrictive access conditions under SN 9115. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2023 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | None as yet |
| URL | https://beta.ukdataservice.ac.uk/datacatalogue/studies/study?id=8547 |
| Title | BCS70: Age 51, Sweep 11, 2021-2024 (NEW) |
| Description | BCS70: Age 51, Sweep 11, 2021-2024 (New): The BCS70 Age 51 Survey took place between 2021 and 2024 and is the eleventh sweep of the study. The survey has gathered very comprehensive data to understand midlife outcomes across various life domains and their determinants over the life course, building on the wealth of data collected in previous sweeps. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2025 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | None as yet |
| URL | https://beta.ukdataservice.ac.uk/datacatalogue/studies/study?id=9347 |
| Title | BCS70: Linked NHS Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), England, 2000-2022: Secure Access (3rd edition) |
| Description | 1970 British Cohort Study: Linked Health Administrative Datasets (Hospital Episode Statistics), England, 1997-2022: Secure Access. For the third edition, the ECDS and Consents datasets were added and medical records for the financial years 2017-2022 were added. The User Guide and Variable List have also been updated. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2024 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | None as yet |
| URL | https://beta.ukdataservice.ac.uk/datacatalogue/studies/study?id=8733 |
| Title | BCS70: Sweeps 1-10, 1970-2016: Secure Access (NEW and 2nd Edition) |
| Description | The first edition (July 2023) includes sensitive data files 'bcs_age46_child_died' and 'bcs_age46_unsuccessful_pregnancies'. These data files were previously available as safeguarded data under EUL, have been classified as controlled data by CLS and can only be accessed via the UKDS SecureLab, subject to the UKDS Secure Access licence. The second edition (January 2024) includes the Secure Access activity histories supplementary dataset to the standard End User Licence (EUL) access study 1970 British Cohort Study: Activity Histories, 1986-2016 study (SN 6943). These data were formerly available as SN 8787 and contain all the same content as previously, now within a combined deposit for BCS70 restricted access survey data. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2023 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | None as yet |
| URL | https://beta.ukdataservice.ac.uk/datacatalogue/studies/study?id=9115 |
| Title | BCS70: Sweeps 1-11, 1970-2024: Secure Access (3rd Edition) |
| Description | BCS70: Sweeps 1-11, 1970-2024: Secure Access (3rd Edition): in this edition (March 2025), sensitive data from the Sweep 11/age 51 survey have been added, such as benefits, debts, employment, housing, pregnancies, regular income, savings, and a core sweep 11 data file that also covers health and emigration. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2025 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | None as yet |
| URL | https://beta.ukdataservice.ac.uk/datacatalogue/studies/study?id=9115 |
| Title | Generalised Land Use Database |
| Description | These data update longitudinally the ODPM-produced GLUD last released in 2007 (based on 2005 Ordnance Survey Topographic Layer data). Great Britain-wide data are now available for 2007, 2008, 2012, 2015, 2018 and 2021. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2023 |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | Over 300 papers have been produced which used the 2005 GLUD, garnering more than 20,000 citations. It is anticipated that there will be interest from the wider longitudinal research community in accessing and using these data. |
| Title | MCS Sweep 4 update (9th edition) |
| Description | Millennium Cohort Study: Age 7, Sweep 4, 2008. For the ninth edition (October 2022), a new data file mcs4_family_interview has been added due to the family level data being split out from the parent-level data to make future merging with MCS8 onwards easier. Two data files (mcs4_parent_interview and mcs4_parent_cm_interview) have been updated to include variables that were missed from the previous edition (mainly from the income and employment module) due to a technical error. There have also been edits to some variable labels that had been found to be incorrect. In addition, the number of cases in the mcs4_hhgrid data file have changed due to updates. Users are advised to check the Longitudinal Family File held under SN 8172 for the sample size. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | None as yet |
| URL | https://beta.ukdataservice.ac.uk/datacatalogue/studies/study?id=6411 |
| Title | MCS Sweep 5 update (6th edition) |
| Description | Millennium Cohort Study: Age 11, Sweep 5, 2012. For the 6th edition (October 2022), a new date file mcs5_family_interview, has been added due to the family level data being split out from the parent-level data to make future merging with MCS8 onwards easier. Two data files (mcs5_parent_interview and mcs5_parent_cm_interview) have been updated to include variables that were missed from the previous edition due to a technical error (mainly from the income and employment module). There has been some further restructuring of datasets (parent responses moved out of mcs5_cm_interview and placed into mcs5_parent_cm_interview). Derived SDQ scores have been added to mcs5_cm_derived and a derived Kessler score has been added to mcs5_parent_derived. In addition, the number of cases in the mcs5_hhgrid data file have changed due to updates. Users are advised to check the Longitudinal Family File held under SN 8172 for the sample size. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | None as yet |
| URL | https://beta.ukdataservice.ac.uk/datacatalogue/studies/study?id=7464 |
| Title | MCS at SAIL Databank: all sweeps (2n Edition) |
| Description | New version of the survey data from all MCS survey sweeps, now including MCS6 and MCS7 have been released to SAIL DataBank for reseach data sharing. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2024 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | None as yet |
| URL | https://saildatabank.com/data/explore-the-data/ |
| Title | MCS genomics - imputed genetics data: CLS GAC (NEW) |
| Description | MCS TOPMed imputed data: The raw data were quality controlled (QCd) using stringent thresholds and a standardised CLS pipeline. These data were then imputed using the TOPMed imputation server which incorporates the TOPMed imputation panel; the most up to date reference panel, incorporating the largest number of whole genomes (N=133,597) compared to other panels, enhancing imputation capabilities and enabling improved accuracy in genetic analyses, particularly for underrepresented populations which is beneficial for the MCS cohort. After imputation and QC, the dataset contains 20,257 individuals and 8,720,874 genetic variants. In this dataset there are 7,841 cohort members, 7,781 mothers, 4,635 Fathers and 3,119 trios. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2023 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | None as yet |
| URL | https://cls-genetics.github.io/docs/MCS.html |
| Title | MCS genomics - polygenic risk scores: CLS DAC (NEW) |
| Description | MCS polygenic risk scores available via direct request to the CLS Data Access Committee (CLS DAC). Topics: Social outcomes; Mental health and cognition; Physical health / anthropometrics. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2025 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | None as yet |
| URL | https://cls-genetics.github.io/docs/PRS.html |
| Title | MCS genomics - whole exome data: CLS DAC (NEW) |
| Description | MCS whole exome sequencing (WES) data: The WES data were generated and QCd by Sanger. 14,791 individuals from MCS, including 7,807 children and 6,975 of their parents, were exome-sequenced using TWIST capture baits (Twist Custom Panel: Core exome plus Broad panel; Twist Design ID: NGSTECustom_0001418) and Illumina NovaSeq S4 100PE, to an average depth of ~68X. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2023 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | None as yet |
| URL | https://cls-genetics.github.io/docs/MCS.html |
| Title | MCS: Age 3, Sweep 2, 2004 (12th Edition) |
| Description | For the twelfth edition (February 2024), some edits and improvements have been applied to four data files (mcs2_cm_cognitive_assessment, mcs2_hhgrid, mcs2_parent_cm_interview, mcs2_parent_interview). Data file mcs2_family_level file has been removed from this edition and will be redeposited at a later date. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2024 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | None as yet. |
| URL | https://beta.ukdataservice.ac.uk/datacatalogue/doi?id=5350 |
| Title | MCS: Linked Education Administrative Datasets (KS1-KS3), Wales: Secure Access (NEW) |
| Description | These datasets include education administrative records for Wales up to age 16 to survey data for cohort members in the MCS. The main aim of this data linkage exercise is to enhance the research potential of the study, by combining administrative education records with the rich information collected in the surveys. Datasets include anonymised Local Education Authorities (LEA) to allow comparison of results across LEA. The data were obtained only for children whose parents/carers gave consent to data linkage, and who were successfully matched. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2023 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | None as yet |
| URL | https://beta.ukdataservice.ac.uk/datacatalogue/studies/study?id=9085 |
| Title | MCS: Linked Education Datasets (National Pupil Database, KS1-KS5): Secure Access (3rd Edition) |
| Description | Millennium Cohort Study: Linked Education Administrative Datasets (National Pupil Database), England: Secure Access. For the third edition (November 2024), exam and pupil KS5 (A levels) data have been added to the study. Main topics: school type; educational attainment scores; test and examination results; school absences; ethnic group; eligibility for free school meals; language group; special education needs; deprivation indices. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2024 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | None as yet |
| URL | https://beta.ukdataservice.ac.uk/datacatalogue/studies/study?id=8481 |
| Title | MCS: Linked Health Datasets, Wales: Secure Access (NEW) |
| Description | Millennium Cohort Study: Linked Health Administrative Datasets (SAIL), Wales: Secure Access. The Welsh health data that have been linked to the MCS survey data (UK Data Archive GN 33359) include data files from the SAIL Databank database for those cohort members and their parents/other adult household members with consent to health data linkage obtained at age 7 (and not subsequently withdrawn). The SAIL Databank contains information about all hospital admissions in Wales. At the fourth survey, when the cohort were around 7 years old, adults with parental responsibility were asked to give consent to link information collected within MCS to their child's routine health records up until their 14th birthday. Parents and other adult household respondents were also asked to consent to their own health records being linked. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2024 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | None as yet |
| URL | https://beta.ukdataservice.ac.uk/datacatalogue/studies/study?id=9310 |
| Title | MCS: Linked Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), England, 2000-2019: Secure Access (NEW) |
| Description | Millennium Cohort Study: Linked Health Administrative Datasets (Hospital Episode Statistics), England, 2000-2019: Secure Access. This includes data files from the NHS Digital HES database for those cohort members who provided consent to health data linkage in the Age 17 sweep. The HES database contains information about all hospital admissions in England. The following linked HES data are available: 1) Accident and Emergency (A&E) data, which details each attendance to an Accident and Emergency care facility in England, between 01-04-2007 and 31-03-2018 (inclusive). It includes major A&E departments, single specialty A&E departments, minor injury units and walk in centres in England; 2) Admitted Patient Care (APC) data, which summarises episodes of care for admitted patients, where the episode occurred between 01-04-2001and 31-03-2020 [DFG1] (inclusive); 3) Critical Care (CC) data, which covers records of critical care activity between 01-04-2008 and 31-03-2020 [DFG2] (inclusive); 4) OutPatient (OP) data, which lists the outpatient appointments between 01-04-2003 and 31-03-2020 [DFG3] (inclusive); 5) Emergency Care Dataset (ECDS) data, which contains emergency care appointments from 01-04-2017 to 31-03-2020. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | None as yet |
| URL | https://beta.ukdataservice.ac.uk/datacatalogue/studies/study?id=9030 |
| Title | NCDS genomics - combined genetics data: CLS DAC (NEW) |
| Description | NCDS combined HRC: Genotyping for 13,738 samples (6,431 unique individuals) was performed across seven different genotyping arrays. These arrays were QCd separately using a standardised pipeline. They were then imputed using the Michigan imputation server and the HRC reference panel. After imputation, the genotyping arrays were combined, keeping the sample with the highest genotyping rate if there were repeats. The final combined and QCd data sets consist of 6,312 individuals and 6,663,631 genetic variants. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2023 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | None as yet |
| URL | https://cls-genetics.github.io/docs/NCDS.html |
| Title | NCDS genomics - epigenetics data: CLS DAC (NEW) |
| Description | NCDS epigenetic data: DNA methylation data were generated for 1,377 (1,169 individuals) using the Illumina EPIC array. These data have been combined with another batch of NCDS DNA methylation data. These datasets have been QCd together. In total there are 1918 samples and 799,600 DNA methylation probes. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2023 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | None as yet |
| URL | https://cls-genetics.github.io/docs/NCDS.html |
| Title | NCDS genomics - polygenic risk scores: CLS DAC (NEW) |
| Description | NCDS polygenic risk scores available via direct request to the CLS Data Access Committee (CLS DAC). Topics: Social outcomes; Mental health and cognition; Physical health / anthropometrics. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2025 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | None as yet |
| URL | https://cls-genetics.github.io/docs/PRS.html |
| Title | NCDS: Age 42 survey, Sweep 6, 1999-2000 (3rd edition) |
| Description | National Child Development Study: Age 42, Sweep 6, 1999-2000. For the third edition (November 2024), 14 new variables have been added. These variables correspond to truncated ICD-10 codes, limited to the first letter, derived from free-text responses regarding general health issues, kidney and bladder conditions, and long-standing illnesses. In addition, a small number of variables have been removed as a result of a disclosure review. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2024 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | None as yet |
| URL | https://beta.ukdataservice.ac.uk/datacatalogue/studies/study?id=5578 |
| Title | NCDS: Proteomics 2002-2004 (NEW) |
| Description | National Child Development Study: Proteomics: Special Licence, 2002-2004. Proteomics analyses were run on the blood samples collected from NCDS participants in 2002-2004. This will substantially enhance NCDS and catalyse a step change in our understanding of the relationship between exposures from birth to midlife and their consequences for multiple physical and mental health disorders. It will provide high-dimensional biological information on these individuals during early midlife (aged 42 to 44), prior to the onset of most chronic disease, and at an age that is underrepresented in most cohorts, including UK Biobank (UKB). |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2024 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | None as yet |
| URL | https://beta.ukdataservice.ac.uk/datacatalogue/studies/study?id=9254 |
| Title | Next Steps genomics - genotype QCd and imputed genetics data: CLS DAC (NEW) |
| Description | 1) Next Steps genotype QCd dataset: Genotyping for 1683 samples was performed on the Infinium Global Screening Array-24 v3.0 (consisting of 654,027 genetic variants). Genotype calling was performed using GenomeStudio (v2.0, Illumina) and quality control was completed. 1681 samples were successfully read into GenomeStudio and mapped to a manifest file with the genome build GRCh38. 2) Next Steps TOPMed imputed dataset: the raw data were quality controlled (QCd) using stringent thresholds and a standardised CLS pipeline. These data were then imputed using the TOPMed imputation server which incorporates the TOPMed imputation panel; the most up to date reference panel, incorporating the largest number of whole genomes compared to other panels. After imputation and QC, the final quality controlled imputed set of genotypes contains 1,568 samples and 8,084,945 genetic variants and are provided in plink format (genome build: hg38). |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2024 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | None as yet |
| URL | https://cls-genetics.github.io/docs/Next_steps.html |
| Title | Next Steps genomics - polygenic risk scores: CLS DAC (NEW) |
| Description | Next Steps polygenic risk scores available via direct request to the CLS Data Access Committee (CLS DAC). Topics: Social outcomes; Mental health and cognition; Physical health / anthropometrics. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2025 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | None as yet |
| URL | https://cls-genetics.github.io/docs/PRS.html |
| Title | Next Steps: Age 32, Sweep 9, 2004-2023 (NEW) |
| Description | Next Steps: Sweeps 1-9, 2004-2023 (17th Edition): The Next Steps Age 32 Survey took place between April 2022 and September 2023 and is the ninth sweep of the study. The Age 32 Survey aimed to provide data for research and policy on the lives of this generation of adults in their early 30s. This sweep also collected information on many wider aspects of cohort members' lives including health and wellbeing, politics and social participation, identity and attitudes as well as capturing personality, resilience, working memory and financial literacy. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2024 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | None as yet |
| URL | https://beta.ukdataservice.ac.uk/datacatalogue/studies/study?id=5545 |
| Title | Next Steps: Age 32, Sweep 9, 2004-2023: Secure Access (NEW) |
| Description | Next Steps: Sweeps 1-9, 2004-2023: Secure Access (3rd edition): data and documentation for Sweep 9 (Age 32) have been added to the Secure Access version of the Next Step data, which include sensitive variables from the questionnaire data for Sweeps 1-9. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2024 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | None as yet |
| URL | https://beta.ukdataservice.ac.uk/datacatalogue/studies/study?id=8656 |
| Title | Next Steps: Linked NHS Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), England, 1997-2023: Secure Access (3rd edition) |
| Description | Next Steps: Linked Health Administrative Datasets (Hospital Episode Statistics), England, 1997-2023: Secure Access. For the third edition (January 2025), the data have been updated to include linked data the financial years 2017-2022. In addition, a new dataset for Emergency Care (ECDS) episodes has been added, along with a dataset detailing the consent for linkage. Furthermore, the study documentation has also been updated. The data cover diverse topics including: diagnosis, maternity, mortality, mental health, types of therapies, treatment's length, Indices of Multiple Deprivation (IMD), service providers, organisations, and regional geographical location. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2025 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | None as yet |
| URL | https://beta.ukdataservice.ac.uk/datacatalogue/studies/study?id=8681 |
| Title | Next Steps: Sweep 9 Geographical Identifiers, 2021 Boundaries: Secure Access (NEW) |
| Description | Next Steps: Sweep 9, 2022: Geographical Identifiers, 2021 Census Boundaries: Secure Access. The geographical indicators include: Country; Region; District/Local Authority April 2023; Electoral Ward May 2023; Westminster Parliamentary Constituency 2014; Census Area Statistic Ward 2003; Index of Multiple Deprivation Rank 2019; Output Area 2021; Lower Super Output Area 2021; Middle Super Output Area 2021 |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2025 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | None as yet |
| URL | https://beta.ukdataservice.ac.uk/datacatalogue/studies/study?id=9337 |
| Title | Next Steps: Sweeps 8 and 9 Geographical Identifiers, 2011 Boundaries: Secure Access (2nd Edition) |
| Description | Next Steps: Sweep 8 and 9, 2016 and 2022: Geographical Identifiers, 2011 Census Boundaries: Secure Access. For this second edition (January 2025), the Sweep 9 data and documentation have been added. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2025 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | None as yet |
| URL | https://beta.ukdataservice.ac.uk/datacatalogue/studies/study?id=8190 |
| Description | "Fertility and Reproductive Health" strand organiser at the British Society for Population Studies conferences |
| Organisation | British Society for Population Studies (BSPS) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Learned Society |
| PI Contribution | I have been organising this strand at the conferences for three years - 2021 (together with Alice Goisis, also based in CLS) ,2022 & 2023 (together with Alyce Raybould, also based in CLS) |
| Collaborator Contribution | The conference brings together international academic and non-academic audiences (ONS researchers, third-sector organisations) to discuss recent findings and policy-relevant issues in the field of Population Studies. |
| Impact | Participation in these conferences always bring new opportunities for collaborations and knowledge exchange as well as invitations to present at various research seminars. |
| Start Year | 2021 |
| Description | 'Soc-B' Centre for Doctoral Training in Biosocial Research |
| Organisation | University College London |
| Department | Research Department of Epidemiology and Public Health |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | CLS provides CLS bio-social data resources to be available to PhD students for their research, plus Ploubidis for CLS leads a significant element of the training, while CLS comms team contributes impact training to the partnership. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Major doctoral training partnership |
| Impact | Too early |
| Start Year | 2016 |
| Description | ActEarly a City Collaboratory approach to early promotion of good health and wellbeing |
| Organisation | Bradford Institute for Health Research (BIHR) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | I co-lead the modelling and simualtions team |
| Collaborator Contribution | Our ActEarly approach focusses on early life changes to improve the health and opportunities for children living in two contrasting areas with high levels of child poverty; Bradford, West Yorkshire and Tower Hamlets, London. In each of these areas, we are working with local communities, local authorities and other national organisations to understand how we can help families live healthier and more active lives. We have found shared priorities for research and together have chosen three key ActEarly themes: Healthy Places, Healthy Learning and Healthy Livelihoods. |
| Impact | Wright J, Hayward A, West J, et al. ActEarly: a City Collaboratory approach to early promotion of good health and wellbeing. Wellcome Open Res. 2019;4:156. Published 2019 Oct 14. doi:10.12688/wellcomeopenres.15443.1 |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | ActEarly a City Collaboratory approach to early promotion of good health and wellbeing |
| Organisation | London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | I co-lead the modelling and simualtions team |
| Collaborator Contribution | Our ActEarly approach focusses on early life changes to improve the health and opportunities for children living in two contrasting areas with high levels of child poverty; Bradford, West Yorkshire and Tower Hamlets, London. In each of these areas, we are working with local communities, local authorities and other national organisations to understand how we can help families live healthier and more active lives. We have found shared priorities for research and together have chosen three key ActEarly themes: Healthy Places, Healthy Learning and Healthy Livelihoods. |
| Impact | Wright J, Hayward A, West J, et al. ActEarly: a City Collaboratory approach to early promotion of good health and wellbeing. Wellcome Open Res. 2019;4:156. Published 2019 Oct 14. doi:10.12688/wellcomeopenres.15443.1 |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | ActEarly a City Collaboratory approach to early promotion of good health and wellbeing |
| Organisation | University of York |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | I co-lead the modelling and simualtions team |
| Collaborator Contribution | Our ActEarly approach focusses on early life changes to improve the health and opportunities for children living in two contrasting areas with high levels of child poverty; Bradford, West Yorkshire and Tower Hamlets, London. In each of these areas, we are working with local communities, local authorities and other national organisations to understand how we can help families live healthier and more active lives. We have found shared priorities for research and together have chosen three key ActEarly themes: Healthy Places, Healthy Learning and Healthy Livelihoods. |
| Impact | Wright J, Hayward A, West J, et al. ActEarly: a City Collaboratory approach to early promotion of good health and wellbeing. Wellcome Open Res. 2019;4:156. Published 2019 Oct 14. doi:10.12688/wellcomeopenres.15443.1 |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | CLOSER Data Linkage Working Group Co-Chair |
| Organisation | Cohort & Longitudinal Studies Enhancement Resources |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Learned Society |
| PI Contribution | The purpose of the group is to share knowledge, develop thinking, and identify collaborative data linkage projects for the group to work on together. My contribution has been chairing the meetings and helping to bring ideas for discussions on subjects related to the data linkage with the attempt to find solutions to challenges in this area and share good work practices and successes with all members. |
| Collaborator Contribution | CLOSER has contributed with funding for these meetings, a co-chair and an administrator who support these meetings, offer technical knowledge, experience in the area and skills. |
| Impact | Collaboration with NHS England to improve their applications process. |
| Start Year | 2023 |
| Description | CLOSER Executive Team |
| Organisation | Bradford Institute for Health Research (BIHR) |
| Department | Born in Bradford |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | The purpose of the Executive Team is to: • To oversee CLOSER's work, providing assurance to the funders that CLOSER delivers on its objectives. • To review and provide guidance on proposed changes in CLOSER's activities. • To provide representation from key stakeholder groups and ensure their input to CLOSER's strategy and activities. |
| Collaborator Contribution | • The types of activities Executive Team members will be responsible for, on behalf of CLOSER, are: o Monitoring CLOSER's progress in delivering on its objectives. o Reviewing and approving changes to planned activities. o Supporting the CLOSER Director in coordinating the work of CLOSER. o Providing insights into the funder landscape and potential funding opportunities. o Providing insights into areas for collaboration. o Fostering and maintaining effective relationships with CLOSER partners, key stakeholders, and user groups. o Managing risk across the project. o Acting as an ambassador, promoting CLOSER's work and networking on CLOSER's behalf. |
| Impact | • The Executive Team meet four times a year (three virtual meetings and one in-person meeting). |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | CLOSER Executive Team |
| Organisation | The British Library |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | The purpose of the Executive Team is to: • To oversee CLOSER's work, providing assurance to the funders that CLOSER delivers on its objectives. • To review and provide guidance on proposed changes in CLOSER's activities. • To provide representation from key stakeholder groups and ensure their input to CLOSER's strategy and activities. |
| Collaborator Contribution | • The types of activities Executive Team members will be responsible for, on behalf of CLOSER, are: o Monitoring CLOSER's progress in delivering on its objectives. o Reviewing and approving changes to planned activities. o Supporting the CLOSER Director in coordinating the work of CLOSER. o Providing insights into the funder landscape and potential funding opportunities. o Providing insights into areas for collaboration. o Fostering and maintaining effective relationships with CLOSER partners, key stakeholders, and user groups. o Managing risk across the project. o Acting as an ambassador, promoting CLOSER's work and networking on CLOSER's behalf. |
| Impact | • The Executive Team meet four times a year (three virtual meetings and one in-person meeting). |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | CLOSER Executive Team |
| Organisation | UK Data Service |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The purpose of the Executive Team is to: • To oversee CLOSER's work, providing assurance to the funders that CLOSER delivers on its objectives. • To review and provide guidance on proposed changes in CLOSER's activities. • To provide representation from key stakeholder groups and ensure their input to CLOSER's strategy and activities. |
| Collaborator Contribution | • The types of activities Executive Team members will be responsible for, on behalf of CLOSER, are: o Monitoring CLOSER's progress in delivering on its objectives. o Reviewing and approving changes to planned activities. o Supporting the CLOSER Director in coordinating the work of CLOSER. o Providing insights into the funder landscape and potential funding opportunities. o Providing insights into areas for collaboration. o Fostering and maintaining effective relationships with CLOSER partners, key stakeholders, and user groups. o Managing risk across the project. o Acting as an ambassador, promoting CLOSER's work and networking on CLOSER's behalf. |
| Impact | • The Executive Team meet four times a year (three virtual meetings and one in-person meeting). |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | CLOSER Executive Team |
| Organisation | University College London |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The purpose of the Executive Team is to: • To oversee CLOSER's work, providing assurance to the funders that CLOSER delivers on its objectives. • To review and provide guidance on proposed changes in CLOSER's activities. • To provide representation from key stakeholder groups and ensure their input to CLOSER's strategy and activities. |
| Collaborator Contribution | • The types of activities Executive Team members will be responsible for, on behalf of CLOSER, are: o Monitoring CLOSER's progress in delivering on its objectives. o Reviewing and approving changes to planned activities. o Supporting the CLOSER Director in coordinating the work of CLOSER. o Providing insights into the funder landscape and potential funding opportunities. o Providing insights into areas for collaboration. o Fostering and maintaining effective relationships with CLOSER partners, key stakeholders, and user groups. o Managing risk across the project. o Acting as an ambassador, promoting CLOSER's work and networking on CLOSER's behalf. |
| Impact | • The Executive Team meet four times a year (three virtual meetings and one in-person meeting). |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | CLOSER Executive Team |
| Organisation | University of Manchester |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The purpose of the Executive Team is to: • To oversee CLOSER's work, providing assurance to the funders that CLOSER delivers on its objectives. • To review and provide guidance on proposed changes in CLOSER's activities. • To provide representation from key stakeholder groups and ensure their input to CLOSER's strategy and activities. |
| Collaborator Contribution | • The types of activities Executive Team members will be responsible for, on behalf of CLOSER, are: o Monitoring CLOSER's progress in delivering on its objectives. o Reviewing and approving changes to planned activities. o Supporting the CLOSER Director in coordinating the work of CLOSER. o Providing insights into the funder landscape and potential funding opportunities. o Providing insights into areas for collaboration. o Fostering and maintaining effective relationships with CLOSER partners, key stakeholders, and user groups. o Managing risk across the project. o Acting as an ambassador, promoting CLOSER's work and networking on CLOSER's behalf. |
| Impact | • The Executive Team meet four times a year (three virtual meetings and one in-person meeting). |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | CLOSER Interim Director |
| Organisation | Cohort & Longitudinal Studies Enhancement Resources |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Learned Society |
| PI Contribution | I took on the role of CLOSER Interim Director for an 18 month period from early 2022 whilst CLOSER was recruiting for a permanent Director. I supported the delivery of the grant during this period and line managed several members of the CLOSER team. |
| Collaborator Contribution | CLOSER team supported me in this role and I worked with the senior team to ensure the deliverables were achieved. |
| Impact | Delivery of CLOSER grant during the 2022-23 period. I also played a key role in the recruitment of new CLOSER Director, through three interview rounds. |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | CLOSER Interim Director |
| Organisation | Cohort & Longitudinal Studies Enhancement Resources |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Learned Society |
| PI Contribution | I took on the role of CLOSER Interim Director for an 18 month period from early 2022 whilst CLOSER was recruiting for a permanent Director. I supported the delivery of the grant during this period and line managed several members of the CLOSER team. |
| Collaborator Contribution | CLOSER team supported me in this role and I worked with the senior team to ensure the deliverables were achieved. |
| Impact | Delivery of CLOSER grant during the 2022-23 period. I also played a key role in the recruitment of new CLOSER Director, through three interview rounds. |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | CLOSER Technical Committee |
| Organisation | Cohort & Longitudinal Studies Enhancement Resources |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Learned Society |
| PI Contribution | Attendance and provision of CLS strategic and technical input on technical aspects to the CLOSER Discovery Platform. |
| Collaborator Contribution | CLOSER Metadata team and other UK longitudinal cohort senior data managers: attendance and provision of strategic and technical input on technical aspects to the CLOSER Discovery Platform. |
| Impact | https://discovery.closer.ac.uk/ |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | CLS-ICH: Introduction to geo-linking longitudinal environmental and social data |
| Organisation | University College Hospital |
| Department | Special Trustees of University College London Hospital (UCLH) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | CLS and the Institute of Child Health (ICH) are developing a new training event. The aim of this course is to introduce the critical relationship between the environment and human health, while equipping participants with the knowledge and skills to harness and link environmental and other administrative datasets with geospatial features for effective analysis and decision-making in the field of environmental health and social research. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Jointly planning and producing training materials to raise awareness of the data resource. |
| Impact | Multidisciplinary collaboration, including epidemiology, sociology, and geo-spatial researchers. |
| Start Year | 2023 |
| Description | CLS-ICH: Introduction to geo-linking longitudinal environmental and social data |
| Organisation | University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | CLS and the Institute of Child Health (ICH) are developing a new training event. The aim of this course is to introduce the critical relationship between the environment and human health, while equipping participants with the knowledge and skills to harness and link environmental and other administrative datasets with geospatial features for effective analysis and decision-making in the field of environmental health and social research. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Jointly planning and producing training materials to raise awareness of the data resource. |
| Impact | Multidisciplinary collaboration, including epidemiology, sociology, and geo-spatial researchers. |
| Start Year | 2023 |
| Description | Centre for Society and Mental Health |
| Organisation | King's College London |
| Department | Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | I co-lead the cohorts and longotuidnal surveys work package and contribute expertise in longitudinal data analysis and methodology |
| Collaborator Contribution | The Centre for Society & Mental Health explores today's changing world and taps into the social factors that shape and promote mental ill health. We bring together world-leading expertise in psychiatry, neuroscience and the social and human sciences to analyse the major social, economic and cultural transformations affecting our mental health. This includes working closely with those who have experienced mental ill health, as well as with government, non-governmental organisations, policy members, planners, architects and local mental health and community groups to translate our research into practices that will improve the lives of all who are affected. |
| Impact | No outputs yet as the project just started |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | Collaboration network on project on intersectional inequalities in youth mental health |
| Organisation | King's College London |
| Department | MRC Social Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre (SDGP) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Creation of a research programme on intersectional inequalities. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Scientific input/advice; contribution to the scientific, lived experience, or policy and impact advisory board |
| Impact | Collaboration led to award of fellowship by Wellcome Trust (304283/Z/23/Z). Ongoing collaboration throughout duration of project. |
| Start Year | 2023 |
| Description | Collaboration network on project on intersectional inequalities in youth mental health |
| Organisation | King's College London |
| Department | The Policy Institute |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Creation of a research programme on intersectional inequalities. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Scientific input/advice; contribution to the scientific, lived experience, or policy and impact advisory board |
| Impact | Collaboration led to award of fellowship by Wellcome Trust (304283/Z/23/Z). Ongoing collaboration throughout duration of project. |
| Start Year | 2023 |
| Description | Collaboration network on project on intersectional inequalities in youth mental health |
| Organisation | McPin Foundation |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | Creation of a research programme on intersectional inequalities. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Scientific input/advice; contribution to the scientific, lived experience, or policy and impact advisory board |
| Impact | Collaboration led to award of fellowship by Wellcome Trust (304283/Z/23/Z). Ongoing collaboration throughout duration of project. |
| Start Year | 2023 |
| Description | Collaboration network on project on intersectional inequalities in youth mental health |
| Organisation | Murdoch Children's Research Institute |
| Country | Australia |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Creation of a research programme on intersectional inequalities. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Scientific input/advice; contribution to the scientific, lived experience, or policy and impact advisory board |
| Impact | Collaboration led to award of fellowship by Wellcome Trust (304283/Z/23/Z). Ongoing collaboration throughout duration of project. |
| Start Year | 2023 |
| Description | Collaboration network on project on intersectional inequalities in youth mental health |
| Organisation | University College London |
| Department | MRC Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Creation of a research programme on intersectional inequalities. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Scientific input/advice; contribution to the scientific, lived experience, or policy and impact advisory board |
| Impact | Collaboration led to award of fellowship by Wellcome Trust (304283/Z/23/Z). Ongoing collaboration throughout duration of project. |
| Start Year | 2023 |
| Description | Collaboration network on project on intersectional inequalities in youth mental health |
| Organisation | University of Oregon |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Creation of a research programme on intersectional inequalities. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Scientific input/advice; contribution to the scientific, lived experience, or policy and impact advisory board |
| Impact | Collaboration led to award of fellowship by Wellcome Trust (304283/Z/23/Z). Ongoing collaboration throughout duration of project. |
| Start Year | 2023 |
| Description | Collaboration network on project on intersectional inequalities in youth mental health |
| Organisation | University of San Carlos |
| Country | Philippines |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Creation of a research programme on intersectional inequalities. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Scientific input/advice; contribution to the scientific, lived experience, or policy and impact advisory board |
| Impact | Collaboration led to award of fellowship by Wellcome Trust (304283/Z/23/Z). Ongoing collaboration throughout duration of project. |
| Start Year | 2023 |
| Description | Collaboration with Barcelona Institute for Global Health |
| Organisation | Barcelona Institute for Global Health |
| Country | Spain |
| Sector | Multiple |
| PI Contribution | This collaboration is realised as part of small grant provided by the EXPANSE project (funded by a Horizon 2020 grant (https://expanseproject.eu/)). It includes a research visit at IS Global, research development (linking EXPANSE data to the Millennium Cohort Study) and scientific collaboration. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The partners provide data on physical environment (e.g. air pollution, green space), which will be linked to the Millennium Cohort Study. |
| Impact | It is a multidisciplinary collaboration, as it only started a few months ago, there are no outcomes yet. |
| Start Year | 2024 |
| Description | Collaboration with Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science (TMIMS) |
| Organisation | Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science |
| Country | Japan |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Collaborative research programme on youth mental health, including a research visit to the Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Access to data on youth mental health in Tokyo, scientific and substantive input. |
| Impact | Collaboration led to award of grant funding by Wellcome Trust (309118/Z/24/Z). |
| Start Year | 2023 |
| Description | Collaboration with UCL: Faculty of Population Health Sciences and Institute of Cardiovascular Science |
| Organisation | University College London |
| Department | Faculty of Population Health Sciences |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | As Principal Investigator of NCDS, Alissa leads the study in the next pivotal sweep at age 61 and is responsible for the content, design and analysis. For this biomedical sweep, Alissa collaborates with David Batty, Professor of Epidemiology, and Alun Hughes, Professor of Cardiovascular Physiology and Pharmacology. |
| Collaborator Contribution | David Batty and Alun Hughes are Co-PIs to the NCDS age 61 biomedical sweep and complete the multidisciplinary team which have expertise in biomedical, epidemiological, and social science, ageing research on chronic disease using a life course perspective, and advanced statistical analysis. |
| Impact | Biomedical sweep is in design - see contributions above. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Collaboration with UCL: Faculty of Population Health Sciences and Institute of Cardiovascular Science |
| Organisation | University College London |
| Department | Institute of Cardiovascular Science |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | As Principal Investigator of NCDS, Alissa leads the study in the next pivotal sweep at age 61 and is responsible for the content, design and analysis. For this biomedical sweep, Alissa collaborates with David Batty, Professor of Epidemiology, and Alun Hughes, Professor of Cardiovascular Physiology and Pharmacology. |
| Collaborator Contribution | David Batty and Alun Hughes are Co-PIs to the NCDS age 61 biomedical sweep and complete the multidisciplinary team which have expertise in biomedical, epidemiological, and social science, ageing research on chronic disease using a life course perspective, and advanced statistical analysis. |
| Impact | Biomedical sweep is in design - see contributions above. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Collaboration with the MRC Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing (UCL) |
| Organisation | University College London |
| Department | MRC Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The MRC Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing (LHA), and CLS have jointly recruited a new Senior Lecturer to build a social science research programme working across the NHSD (1946 birth cohort) and the four CLS cohorts (NCDS, BCS70, Next Steps and MCS). Their aim is to develop a substantive funding base to support this goal. The UCL Institute of Education has contributed 50% of the funding for this post for 3 years to support its initiation |
| Collaborator Contribution | LHA has contributed 50% of the funding for this post for 3 years to support its initiation. |
| Impact | This is a multi-disciplinary collaboration - across biomedical and social science.The outcome so far is the recruitment of the post |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Collaborative research with Home Office on young people's engagement with neighbourhood crime and shoplifting |
| Organisation | Home Office |
| Department | Home Office Crime Strategy Unit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | In collaboration with Home Office colleagues we produced a short policy briefing paper summarising findings from the Millennium Cohort Study on the prevalence and predictors of young people's engagement in certain types of criminal behaviour (neighbourhood crime and shoplifting) between the ages of 14-17. Since then we have prepared and presented a presentation on our findings to a wider group of Home Office colleagues, introduced our policy engagement strategy at CLS, and had a further meeting to discuss wider criminal and risk taking behaviour measures in the MCS as well as the Next Steps cohort. We continue to liaise closely with Home Office colleagues to identify future opportunities to support them in their policy work on this area. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Home Office colleagues provided active policy steers on different aspects of the analyses that would be of most policy relevance to them and their wider Departmental objectives. They have shared our findings widely with other policy contacts and established separate conversations to support ongoing engagement. |
| Impact | Policy briefing paper on the predictors and prevalence of neighbourhood crime; Various meetings with Home Office colleagues to support the dissemination of these findings and future policy interests. |
| Start Year | 2023 |
| Description | College for Interdisciplinary Educational Research Cohort IV: Millennium Cohort Study Micro Group |
| Organisation | University of Bonn |
| Country | Germany |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | College for Interdisciplinary Educational Research is an international interdisciplinary network of early career researchers into education. As part of the three years that I am part of their fourth cohort, we agree to form a 'micro group' of scholars to produce research on an interdisciplinary topic. I formed and lead a group to specifically look at the Millennium Cohort Study and we are currently forming our research question and approach. |
| Collaborator Contribution | They have brought ideas and their own knowledge from their relevant disciplines (economics and sociology) and an international perspective on how the Millennium Cohort Study can be applied to their own countries of study. |
| Impact | Outputs are currently in preparation, but are multi-disciplinary (education, psychology, sociology, economics) |
| Start Year | 2024 |
| Description | College for Interdisciplinary Educational Research Cohort IV: Millennium Cohort Study Micro Group |
| Organisation | University of Zurich |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | College for Interdisciplinary Educational Research is an international interdisciplinary network of early career researchers into education. As part of the three years that I am part of their fourth cohort, we agree to form a 'micro group' of scholars to produce research on an interdisciplinary topic. I formed and lead a group to specifically look at the Millennium Cohort Study and we are currently forming our research question and approach. |
| Collaborator Contribution | They have brought ideas and their own knowledge from their relevant disciplines (economics and sociology) and an international perspective on how the Millennium Cohort Study can be applied to their own countries of study. |
| Impact | Outputs are currently in preparation, but are multi-disciplinary (education, psychology, sociology, economics) |
| Start Year | 2024 |
| Description | Data Training Resource Network: ESRC-funded resources |
| Organisation | University of Manchester |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The Data Training Resource Network (DTRN) provides a forum to support collaboration between ESRC-funded data services, coordinating and facilitating opportunities to add value to individual member activities, limiting duplication and sharing intelligence. CLS' contribution includes from the SLT lead on training (Professor Morag Henderson) and from the Communications team (Richard Silverwood). In the past year we have attended regular network meetings, provided information on our training programme, shared resources to deliver webinars, promoted events, shared good practice and, from 2024, Henderson is part of a working group responsible for coordinating four DTRN webinars across 2024. The network includes the following centres: ADR-UK AQMeN British Election Study (BES) Centre for Longitudinal Studies (CLS) CLOSER Consumer Data Research Centre (CDRC) English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA) European Social Survey (ESS) Health Data Research UK (HRD UK) Longitudinal Studies - Research Support Units Northern Ireland Cohort for the Longitudinal Study of Ageing (NICOLA) National Centre for Research Methods (NCRM) UK Data Service Understanding Society Urban Big Data Centre |
| Collaborator Contribution | The above named centres have shared good practice, promoted events, developed and delivered a webinar programme, discussed strategy and topics. |
| Impact | https://www.ncrm.ac.uk/resources/online/ |
| Start Year | 2021 |
| Description | ESRC Future Data Services Expert Groups |
| Organisation | Economic and Social Research Council |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Provision of CLS strategic insight into the following ESRC Future Data Services Expert Groups: - Data Access, User Support & Training - Discovery and Curation - Data Linking |
| Collaborator Contribution | Provision of strategic insight into the ESRC Future Data Services Expert Groups |
| Impact | None as yet |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | Fatherhood Institute: contributed to the review |
| Organisation | Fatherhood Institute |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | The Next Steps Study researcher provided statistics and information on the data collected in Next Steps. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Statistical analysis, summary of information, checking of content. |
| Impact | The link to the report we contributed to: https://www.fatherhoodinstitute.org/_files/ugd/ae3317_699323bf23284e0c8e82ca0f37fc16f1.pdf |
| Start Year | 2023 |
| Description | IFS Deaton Review early years inequalities |
| Organisation | Duke University |
| Department | Center for Genomic and Computational Biology |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Professors Alissa Goodman, led the early inequalities strand for the IFS Deaton Review, a comprehensive five-year study of inequalities in society funded by the Nuffield Foundation. The early years chapter of the review has now been published and widely disseminated, CLS cohort data to examine inequalities in early development, and the contribution of early years' development to longer-term economic and broader inequality. The collaboration involves partners from IFS and Duke University. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Collaborators are contributing expertise in the study of early child development and estimation of econometric models (IFS), and use of genomic data in research on parental investments and child outcomes (Duke). |
| Impact | The chapter involves multi-disciplinary collaboration between academics from economics, statistics, and developmental psychology. |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | IFS Deaton Review early years inequalities |
| Organisation | Institute for Fiscal Studies |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | Professors Alissa Goodman, led the early inequalities strand for the IFS Deaton Review, a comprehensive five-year study of inequalities in society funded by the Nuffield Foundation. The early years chapter of the review has now been published and widely disseminated, CLS cohort data to examine inequalities in early development, and the contribution of early years' development to longer-term economic and broader inequality. The collaboration involves partners from IFS and Duke University. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Collaborators are contributing expertise in the study of early child development and estimation of econometric models (IFS), and use of genomic data in research on parental investments and child outcomes (Duke). |
| Impact | The chapter involves multi-disciplinary collaboration between academics from economics, statistics, and developmental psychology. |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | Impact of paternal obesity on offspring brain structure and function |
| Organisation | Lancaster University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Collaboration on an Alzheimer's Research UK funded project where I am providing statistical and life course epidemiological expertise in the analysis of the Framingham Heart Study. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Partners are leading the project which involves analysis of the FHS and mouse models. |
| Impact | None |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit |
| Organisation | University of Bristol |
| Department | MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Exchange of research ideas, methodological expertise, knowledge of CLS datasets. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Exchange of research ideas, methodological expertise, knowledge of external datasets. |
| Impact | Pagoni P, Higgins JP, Lawlor DA, Stergiakouli E, Warrington NM, Morris TT*, Tilling K*. Meta-regression of Genome-Wide Association Studies to estimate age-varying genetic effects. European Journal of Epidemiology. 2024. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10654-023-01086-1 Power GM, Sanderson EC, Pagoni P, Fraser A, Morris TT, Prince C, Frayling T, Heron JE, Richardson TG, Richmond R, Tyrrell J. A systematic literature review of methodological approaches, challenges, and opportunities in the application of Mendelian randomisation to lifecourse epidemiology. European Journal of Epidemiology. 2023. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10654-023-01032-1. Bowman S, Morris TT, Dickson M, Rice F, Howe LD, Hughes AM. Maternal depressive symptoms and young people's higher education participation and choice of university: evidence from a longitudinal cohort study. Journal of Affective Disorders. 344:339-346. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2023.10.061. |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | Max Planck - University of Helsinki Center for Social Inequalities in Population Health |
| Organisation | Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research |
| Country | Germany |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Exchange of research around social trends in educational performance and educational inequalities in Finland and the UK. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Exchange of research around social trends in educational performance and educational inequalities in Finland and the UK. |
| Impact | Lahtinen H, Korhonen K, Martikainen P, Morris TT. Polygenic prediction of education and its role in the intergenerational transmission of education: cohort changes among Finnish men and women born 1925-1989. Demography. 2023. 60(5):1523-1547. https://doi.org/10.1215/00703370-10963788. Lahtinen H, Martikainen P, Korhonen K, Morris TT, Myrskylä M. Educational tracking and the polygenic prediction of education. Pre-print: https://ideas.repec.org/p/dem/wpaper/wp-2023-015.html. |
| Start Year | 2021 |
| Description | Max Planck - University of Helsinki Center for Social Inequalities in Population Health |
| Organisation | University of Helsinki |
| Country | Finland |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Exchange of research around social trends in educational performance and educational inequalities in Finland and the UK. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Exchange of research around social trends in educational performance and educational inequalities in Finland and the UK. |
| Impact | Lahtinen H, Korhonen K, Martikainen P, Morris TT. Polygenic prediction of education and its role in the intergenerational transmission of education: cohort changes among Finnish men and women born 1925-1989. Demography. 2023. 60(5):1523-1547. https://doi.org/10.1215/00703370-10963788. Lahtinen H, Martikainen P, Korhonen K, Morris TT, Myrskylä M. Educational tracking and the polygenic prediction of education. Pre-print: https://ideas.repec.org/p/dem/wpaper/wp-2023-015.html. |
| Start Year | 2021 |
| Description | Member CLOSER Executive Team |
| Organisation | Cohort & Longitudinal Studies Enhancement Resources |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Learned Society |
| PI Contribution | Member of CLOSER Executive Team, advising on operational and strategic issues |
| Collaborator Contribution | CLOSER aims to maximise the use, value and impact of UK's longitudinal studies. |
| Impact | Contributions to CLOSER operational and strategic activity |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | Member CLOSER Executive Team |
| Organisation | Cohort & Longitudinal Studies Enhancement Resources |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Learned Society |
| PI Contribution | Member of CLOSER Executive Team, advising on operational and strategic issues |
| Collaborator Contribution | CLOSER aims to maximise the use, value and impact of UK's longitudinal studies. |
| Impact | Contributions to CLOSER operational and strategic activity |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | Member of ADR UK Conference 2023 Scientific Organising Committee |
| Organisation | University of Southampton |
| Department | Administrative Data Research Centre for England |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | As a member of the Scientific Committee, I am involved in all decisions concerning the scope of the conference, including decisions around inclusion of specific themes and sessions. |
| Collaborator Contribution | ADR UK is responsible for organising and running the conference |
| Impact | As the conference will take place in Nov 2023, the result, which is a three-day conference, has yet to materialise. |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | Millennium Cohort Study working group on cognitive development and academic achievement |
| Organisation | University of Rhode Island |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | With a colleague from another IOE department, we work with a scholar from the University of Rhode Island on using the Millennium Cohort Study for questions pertaining to how cognitive development can be tracked using the cohort. I am the lead author on these papers and I am also the only one with access to the linked Millennium Cohort Study data which the papers rely upon. I conduct analyses and project manage. |
| Collaborator Contribution | They advise on topics, provide statistical advise and feedback on manuscripts. |
| Impact | The manuscript "Relations between childhood spatial skills, visual spatial working memory and adolescent STEM achievement: Evidence from a UK longitudinal birth cohort" is currently under review at Learning and Instruction |
| Start Year | 2023 |
| Description | Newborn Genome Programme |
| Organisation | Genomics England |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Since early 2022, Alissa Goodman, Pasco Fearon and Karen Dennison (ELC-FS SDLT) have maintained regular contact with the Newborn Genome Programme at Genomics England to share learnings on methods and ethics. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The Newborn Genome Programme have set-up monthly meetings with the ELC-Fs team to exchange learning. |
| Impact | No outputs yet |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | Population Research UK |
| Organisation | University of Bristol |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Alissa Goodman is Co-Director of Population Research UK a new national initiative to maximise the use and benefits of UK Longitudinal Population Studies |
| Collaborator Contribution | The partnership is between University of Bristol, UCL and Swansea, and includes representation from organisations include CLOSER, UK LLC, ScotCen and Bradford |
| Impact | The PRUK project is in early stages of delivery, with outcomes planned 2025-2028 |
| Start Year | 2024 |
| Description | Record linkages with Ministry of Justice |
| Organisation | Department for Education |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | CLS is working with MoJ to enact linkage of Police National Computer (PNC) database records (by linking to an MoJ-DfE data share) with Next Steps and the Millennium Cohort Study, and to share this data with researchers via the Office for National Statistics Secure Research Service/Integrated Data Service. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Enacting this data linkage for access by the wider research community will proceed once the ONS Integrated Data Service becomes available. In the meantime, a specific research project with CLS/UCL involvement, for access via the ONS Secure Research Service, had been approved and linkage will be underway soon. |
| Impact | CLS has completed a Data Protection Impact Assessment. |
| Start Year | 2021 |
| Description | Record linkages with Ministry of Justice |
| Organisation | Ministry of Justice |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | CLS is working with MoJ to enact linkage of Police National Computer (PNC) database records (by linking to an MoJ-DfE data share) with Next Steps and the Millennium Cohort Study, and to share this data with researchers via the Office for National Statistics Secure Research Service/Integrated Data Service. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Enacting this data linkage for access by the wider research community will proceed once the ONS Integrated Data Service becomes available. In the meantime, a specific research project with CLS/UCL involvement, for access via the ONS Secure Research Service, had been approved and linkage will be underway soon. |
| Impact | CLS has completed a Data Protection Impact Assessment. |
| Start Year | 2021 |
| Description | Record linkages with Ministry of Justice |
| Organisation | Office for National Statistics |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | CLS is working with MoJ to enact linkage of Police National Computer (PNC) database records (by linking to an MoJ-DfE data share) with Next Steps and the Millennium Cohort Study, and to share this data with researchers via the Office for National Statistics Secure Research Service/Integrated Data Service. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Enacting this data linkage for access by the wider research community will proceed once the ONS Integrated Data Service becomes available. In the meantime, a specific research project with CLS/UCL involvement, for access via the ONS Secure Research Service, had been approved and linkage will be underway soon. |
| Impact | CLS has completed a Data Protection Impact Assessment. |
| Start Year | 2021 |
| Description | Record linkages with NHS Digital for tracing and research |
| Organisation | NHS England |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | The aim of this collaboration is to achieve linkage between data provided by a number of bodies via NHS digital to the CLS cohorts, and to achieve agreement for onward sharing with researchers. |
| Collaborator Contribution | NHS has provided CLS with data for tracing purposes, so that CLS can re-contact cohort members before a survey. It has also notified CLS of cohort members deaths or embarkations. NHS has provided health data linked to four CLS cohort Studies (MCS, Next Steps, BCS70 and NCDS). CLS gained permission from NH S Digital to share the linked data with the research community. Data is now available through the UK Data Service . New linkage - NHS has approved CLS's request to access mortality cause of death and use it for research. |
| Impact | Methodological work on the data . The creation of three health linked databases: https://beta.ukdataservice.ac.uk/datacatalogue/studies/study?id=8681 https://beta.ukdataservice.ac.uk/datacatalogue/studies/study?id=8733 https://beta.ukdataservice.ac.uk/datacatalogue/studies/study?id=9030 https://beta.ukdataservice.ac.uk/datacatalogue/studies/study?id=8697 |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Record linkages with NHS Scotland |
| Organisation | NHS Scotland |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | CLS worked in close partnership with NHS Scotland to enact linkage of health records to the CLS cohorts (BCS, NCDS and MCS), and to share this data with researchers via the UK Data Service (UKDS). We aim to apply in future to update the linkages to obtain more recent records. |
| Collaborator Contribution | NHS Scotland provided CLS with linked data and approved its onward sharing. The data are available via the UKDS. |
| Impact | Linked data have been deposited with the UKDS. |
| Start Year | 2015 |
| Description | Record linkages with SAIL Databank for Welsh Education and Health |
| Organisation | SAIL Databank |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | CLS has worked with SAIL Databank to enact linkage of Welsh education and health records to the Millennium Cohort Study and the data are available to researchers via the SAIL Databank. CLS will continue to deposit new and updated MCS cohort data with SAIL Databank. SAIL Databank has provided CLS with linked education and health data. CLS have deposited the linked education data with the UK Data Service and are preparing the linked health data for deposit. |
| Collaborator Contribution | SAIL Databank provides the research community with access to the linked education and health data. They have also provided CLS with linked education and health data for deposit with the UK Data Service. |
| Impact | Millennium Cohort Study data are available through SAIL and researchers can apply to link the data to the Welsh health records and Welsh education records. Several research teams are using the data. Linked education records (KS1-KS4) and linked health records are also available through the UK Data Service. |
| Start Year | 2013 |
| Description | Record linkages with Scottish Government |
| Organisation | Government of Scotland |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | We are working with the Scottish Government and the Statistics Public Benefit and Privacy Panel to link in education records for MCS Cohort Members in Scotland. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Providing guidance on selection of variables for linkage and assisting with data application. |
| Impact | Data sharing agreement signed and application approved. Linkage is underway and data expected in Spring 2025. Once the data are received, we expect to deposit linked data with the UK Data Service. |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | Records Linkage with UCAS |
| Organisation | Office for National Statistics |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | CLS is working in close partnership with UCAS to enact linkage of Universities and Colleges admissions data to the CLS cohorts (MCS and Next Steps), and to share this data with researchers via the UK Data Service (UKDS) I think to add ONS as a collaborator, that we would make data available with them via ONS SRS and also discussing if via UKDS would be possible (requiring UCL accreditation as data processor under DEA) |
| Collaborator Contribution | UCAS has in principle, agreed to link and share their data with CLS data and for this linked dataset to be onward shared with the researchers via the ONS Secure Research Service (SRS). Also discussing if possible to disseminate data via UKDS (requiring UCL accreditation as data processor under DEA). No formal agreement has yet been achieved. This is currently put on hold as ONS is prioritising ADRUK projects. . |
| Impact | Many research papers will be created by the research community as a outcome of this partnership. |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | Records Linkage with UCAS |
| Organisation | Universities and Colleges Admissions Service |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | CLS is working in close partnership with UCAS to enact linkage of Universities and Colleges admissions data to the CLS cohorts (MCS and Next Steps), and to share this data with researchers via the UK Data Service (UKDS) I think to add ONS as a collaborator, that we would make data available with them via ONS SRS and also discussing if via UKDS would be possible (requiring UCL accreditation as data processor under DEA) |
| Collaborator Contribution | UCAS has in principle, agreed to link and share their data with CLS data and for this linked dataset to be onward shared with the researchers via the ONS Secure Research Service (SRS). Also discussing if possible to disseminate data via UKDS (requiring UCL accreditation as data processor under DEA). No formal agreement has yet been achieved. This is currently put on hold as ONS is prioritising ADRUK projects. . |
| Impact | Many research papers will be created by the research community as a outcome of this partnership. |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute |
| Organisation | The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | Full exome sequencing of Millennium Cohort Study cohort members (approx N =9500). Sanger is carrying this out, at a cost of approx. £500,000. This important new resource will be made available to researchers under appropriate mechanism when complete. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Contributed approx. £500,000 Wellcome Funding to full exome sequencing of MCS cohort member genetic data. |
| Impact | The Sanger Institute, under Matthew Hurles, is conducting full exome sequencing on MCS genetic data. Hurles leads a team focused on deciphering the genetic causes of severe developmental disorders, and understanding how DNA mutates as it is passed from generation to generation. This is a highly multi-disciplinary collaboration across the social and biomedical sciences. |
| Start Year | 2021 |
| Description | The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute |
| Organisation | The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | Full exome sequencing of Millennium Cohort Study cohort members (approx N =9500). Sanger is carrying this out, at a cost of approx. £500,000. This important new resource will be made available to researchers under appropriate mechanism when complete. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Contributed approx. £500,000 Wellcome Funding to full exome sequencing of MCS cohort member genetic data. |
| Impact | The Sanger Institute, under Matthew Hurles, is conducting full exome sequencing on MCS genetic data. Hurles leads a team focused on deciphering the genetic causes of severe developmental disorders, and understanding how DNA mutates as it is passed from generation to generation. This is a highly multi-disciplinary collaboration across the social and biomedical sciences. |
| Start Year | 2021 |
| Description | UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health |
| Organisation | University College London |
| Department | Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | This grant has facilitated a new collaboration between researchers working at the UCL Centre for Longitudinal Studies and the UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health. We (research team based at the UCL Centre for Longitudinal Studies) have provided the opportunity for collaborators at the UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health to conduct research using our world-renowned national longitudinal population studies linked to administrative data sources. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Collaborators at the UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health have provided expertise in the analysis of linked health data. They have contributed to the conception and design of each study within the project, aided with the interpretation, edited and revised the papers. The collaboration has developed beyond this initial research grant, with collaborators now taking specialist leadership roles in a large grant based at the UCL Centre for Longitudinal Studies. |
| Impact | All outputs from the grant have been in collaboration with researchers at the UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health. |
| Start Year | 2021 |
| Description | UCL-PKU Strategic Collaboration |
| Organisation | Peking University |
| Country | China |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | This collaboration is supported by the UCL-PKU Strategic Partner Fund (PI David Bann, based in CLS). Dr. David Bann and I are preparing a visit to China in early April to give a series of talks introducing Cohorts data and our research and discuss potential for future research. We will also host a 4-weeks research visit from a PKU-based PhD student and collaborate with him on the use of Cohorts data. |
| Collaborator Contribution | As part of the collaboration, Prof Gong Chen gave a talk at CLS on "Changing Patterns of Disability Types, Evolving Needs, and Disability Prevention Practices in China" during his academic visit to the UK in January 2024. Colleagues in PKU are organising a scientific conference around the dates of our visit to PKU in April. |
| Impact | The collaboration is ongoing. More outputs are expected after out visit to China in early April 2024. |
| Start Year | 2023 |
| Description | What Works Centre for Wellbeing Collaboration |
| Organisation | What Works Centre for Wellbeing |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | We have provided research findings to the What Works Centre for Wellbeing to translate into lay reports, evidence briefings and blogs. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The What Works Centre for Wellbeing have translated our research findings into reports, evidence briefings and blogs. |
| Impact | What Works Centre for Wellbeing (2023). Social isolation and loneliness in later life: learnings from the pandemic. Available from https://whatworkswellbeing.org/blog/social-isolation-and-loneliness-in-later-life-learnings-from-the-pandemic/ What Works Centre for Wellbeing (2023). Exploring social isolation: insights from five British longitudinal studies. Available from https://whatworkswellbeing.org/blog/exploring-social-isolation-insights-from-five-british-longitudinal-studies/ What Works Centre for Wellbeing (2023). Trends in social isolation. Available from https://whatworkswellbeing.org/resources/trends-in-social-isolation/ |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | Within-family Consortium |
| Organisation | Free University of Amsterdam |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | In collaboration with colleagues at the MRC IEU (Dr Neil Davies and Prof George Davey Smith), Dr Tim Morris established an international consortium focused on within-family analysis. This consortium currently involves over 50 academics from around the world and through these academics the consortium has access to over 30 international datasets. In addition to establishing this consortium, we are leading on the analysis and publication of multiple research projects. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The international partners have contributed through data provision and analytical advice. Future contributions will include the writing of papers and grant applications. |
| Impact | Brumpton et al. Within-family studies for Mendelian randomization: avoiding dynastic, assortative mating, and population stratification biases. https://doi.org/10.1101/602516. Under Review. |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | Within-family Consortium |
| Organisation | HUNT Research Centre |
| Country | Norway |
| Sector | Learned Society |
| PI Contribution | In collaboration with colleagues at the MRC IEU (Dr Neil Davies and Prof George Davey Smith), Dr Tim Morris established an international consortium focused on within-family analysis. This consortium currently involves over 50 academics from around the world and through these academics the consortium has access to over 30 international datasets. In addition to establishing this consortium, we are leading on the analysis and publication of multiple research projects. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The international partners have contributed through data provision and analytical advice. Future contributions will include the writing of papers and grant applications. |
| Impact | Brumpton et al. Within-family studies for Mendelian randomization: avoiding dynastic, assortative mating, and population stratification biases. https://doi.org/10.1101/602516. Under Review. |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | Within-family Consortium |
| Organisation | Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort (MoBa) |
| Country | Norway |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | In collaboration with colleagues at the MRC IEU (Dr Neil Davies and Prof George Davey Smith), Dr Tim Morris established an international consortium focused on within-family analysis. This consortium currently involves over 50 academics from around the world and through these academics the consortium has access to over 30 international datasets. In addition to establishing this consortium, we are leading on the analysis and publication of multiple research projects. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The international partners have contributed through data provision and analytical advice. Future contributions will include the writing of papers and grant applications. |
| Impact | Brumpton et al. Within-family studies for Mendelian randomization: avoiding dynastic, assortative mating, and population stratification biases. https://doi.org/10.1101/602516. Under Review. |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | Within-family Consortium |
| Organisation | University of Edinburgh |
| Department | Edinburgh Genomics |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | In collaboration with colleagues at the MRC IEU (Dr Neil Davies and Prof George Davey Smith), Dr Tim Morris established an international consortium focused on within-family analysis. This consortium currently involves over 50 academics from around the world and through these academics the consortium has access to over 30 international datasets. In addition to establishing this consortium, we are leading on the analysis and publication of multiple research projects. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The international partners have contributed through data provision and analytical advice. Future contributions will include the writing of papers and grant applications. |
| Impact | Brumpton et al. Within-family studies for Mendelian randomization: avoiding dynastic, assortative mating, and population stratification biases. https://doi.org/10.1101/602516. Under Review. |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | Within-family Consortium |
| Organisation | University of Queensland |
| Department | Queensland Institute of Medical Research |
| Country | Australia |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | In collaboration with colleagues at the MRC IEU (Dr Neil Davies and Prof George Davey Smith), Dr Tim Morris established an international consortium focused on within-family analysis. This consortium currently involves over 50 academics from around the world and through these academics the consortium has access to over 30 international datasets. In addition to establishing this consortium, we are leading on the analysis and publication of multiple research projects. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The international partners have contributed through data provision and analytical advice. Future contributions will include the writing of papers and grant applications. |
| Impact | Brumpton et al. Within-family studies for Mendelian randomization: avoiding dynastic, assortative mating, and population stratification biases. https://doi.org/10.1101/602516. Under Review. |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | Within-family Consortium |
| Organisation | University of Southern California |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | In collaboration with colleagues at the MRC IEU (Dr Neil Davies and Prof George Davey Smith), Dr Tim Morris established an international consortium focused on within-family analysis. This consortium currently involves over 50 academics from around the world and through these academics the consortium has access to over 30 international datasets. In addition to establishing this consortium, we are leading on the analysis and publication of multiple research projects. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The international partners have contributed through data provision and analytical advice. Future contributions will include the writing of papers and grant applications. |
| Impact | Brumpton et al. Within-family studies for Mendelian randomization: avoiding dynastic, assortative mating, and population stratification biases. https://doi.org/10.1101/602516. Under Review. |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | 1-week of two-way knowledge exchange collaboration between researchers at the UCL Centre for Longitudinal Studies (CLS) and national and international non-academic organisations, including Administrative Data Research UK (ADR UK), UK Statistics Authority (UKSA) and National Statistics Institute of Chile (INE). |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The activity consisted of a knowledge exchange collaboration held between 11-17 Nov 2023 between researchers at the UCL Centre for Longitudinal Studies (CLS) and national and international non-academic organisations, including Administrative Data Research UK (ADR UK), UK Statistics Authority (UKSA), National Statistics Institute of Chile (INE) and a Consortium of Chilean Universities. Its aims were twofold. First, to understand the challenges public organisations face in the UK and Chile when translating academic research into improved policy decisions and efficient public services. Second, to maximise the global reach of the research conducted by the Centre for Longitudinal Studies on administrative data linked to UK longitudinal population studies and its influence internationally. Most of the highlights of the project concentrated around the week when a Chilean delegation visited the UK and participated in several activities. First, a workshop was held at Administrative Data Research UK (ADR UK) facilities with people from ADR UK and the Office for National Statistics (ONS) that lasted a whole day. Second, the participation over three days at the ADR UK Conference in Birmingham, including side meetings with relevant stakeholders for the project. Third, the workshop held at the Centre for Longitudinal Studies (CLS) including researchers from CLS, members of the Chilean delegation, researchers from the Centre for Education Policy and Equalising Opportunities (CEPEO), Department for Education (DfE), University College London (UCL), University of the West of England (UWE), among others. The project has been useful in shaping the discussion around the Integrated Data Infrastructure that is intended to be implemented in the Chilean case, allowing the United Kingdom experience to influence the direction in which the structure of the system is thought, rescuing the most valuable characteristics of it which seem applicable in the Chilean context. It also proved helpful for UK authorities from different institutions (ADR UK, ONS, DfE, CLS, etc.), as they were able to question some of the culturally rooted characteristics of the system that they usually do not have the opportunity to analyse retrospectively. The project also generated some specific and useful inputs for future steps into the agenda to develop an Integrated Data Infrastructure, including: • A working paper/policy brief synthesising key elements learned from the Chilean delegation visit and the activities held during those days, and further meetings sustained afterwards in the same context. • A budget proposal for the implementation of an Integrated Data Infrastructure in Chile following a similar structure to the one present in the British case. Finally, a new partnership was developed through the project. The new partner was the Integrated Data Infrastructure Consortium from Chile, which was formed by five research centres from four Chilean universities. Three members of the Consortium participated as members of the Chilean delegation that visited the UK for five days and participated in all the activities organised in the context of the project. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023,2024 |
| Description | 2 x AI workshops on AI and the future of social science (MethodsCon: Futures 2024) with Liam Wright |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Designed and delivered 2 x workshops on AI and the future of quantitative social science / epidemiology (Methodscon 2024) with Liam Wright. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://www.ncrm.ac.uk/training/MethodsCon2024/ |
| Description | 39% of young people in the most deprived areas struggling to get mental health support |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | News story on CLS website/homepage about new COSMO study research, led jointly by the UCL Centre for Education Policy and Equalising Opportunities (CEPEO), CLS and the Sutton Trust, |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://cls.ucl.ac.uk/39-of-young-people-in-the-most-deprived-areas-struggling-to-get-mental-health-... |
| Description | A delegation of CLS researchers showcase methodological research at the Panel Survey Methods Workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | A delegation of four researchers-Lisa Calderwood, Matt Brown, Tugba Adali, and Alessandra Gaia-attended the 8th Panel Survey Methods Workshop, held on 11-12 July 2024 at Utrecht University, Netherlands. They presented methodological research findings from the cohort studies. A short presentation handout, along with the presentation slides, is available online: https://panelsurveymethods.wordpress.com/earlier-panel-survey-method-workshops/panel-survey-methodology-workshop-2024-utrecht-preliminary-programme/. The discussions following each presentation focused on improving survey practices for longitudinal studies, both nationally and internationally. Notably, Professor Lisa Calderwood is one of the six members of the workshop's scientific committee. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://panelsurveymethods.wordpress.com/about/ |
| Description | Abu Dhabi Child Data Symposium, UAE |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | I was invited to speak at the highly predtigious and exclusive Abu Dhabi Child Data Symposium, UAE - in front of local policymakers, on policies to promote child development in UAE. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Academia et al podcast |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | The podcast was founded in 2022 by myself and Dr Keri Wong (IOE, UCL) with an aim of facilitating honest conversations about figuring out life in modern academia, sharing experience among early career colleagues and those who've been there, done that. The first pilot season of Academia et al. launched in January 2022 attracted over 1,500 listeners around the world, covered a range of topics including diversity and community in academia, job security and retirement, academic journeys and finding success. Our second season was focused on discussing career options outside of academia. Our third season (in production) is focused on the discussion of practical and relevant skills for young professionals (postgraduate students, early career academics). The first two seasons were funded by IOE, the third season is supported by the UCL Doctoral School Researcher Networks and Academic Societies Fund. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022,2023,2024 |
| URL | https://www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/about-ioe/ioe-life/digital-and-social-media/podcasts/academia-et-al |
| Description | Alex Timpson Trust Rees Centre Round Table on child mental health and well-being |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | A roundtable event bringing together a small group of MPs, senior officials and sector leaders from policy, practice and research to develop policy on the contribution of schools to children's mental health and well-being. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Article in the Survey Research Association magazine "Research Matters" by Richard Silverwood |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Article in the Survey Research Association magazine "Research Matters" by Richard Silverwood on "Linked health data provide new research opportunities". Research Matters is sent out to ~1500 Survey Research Association members. Its readership includes social researchers working in academia, local and central government, agencies, third sector organisations, and freelancer and independent researchers. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://the-sra.org.uk/common/Uploaded%20files/Research%20Matters%20Magazine/sra-research-matters-ju... |
| Description | Attendance at Obesity Policy Research Group |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Attendance at new Obesity Policy Research Group, set up by the Obesity Health Alliance, a network of academics and policy professionals set up to drive the influence of obesity-related research on policymaking. Relationships established with a wide network of contacts. Will attend future meetings and input with CLS evidence and data on this issue as needed. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Attendance at youth-led roundtable on knife crime |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | Invite to attend a roundtable event on youth crime in London led by a team of young researchers involved in the Peer Action Collective. Up to 100 participants from across the third sector, local police service, local authority, Parliament and academia were invited to attend to hear the work of the research team and provide input. MCS evidence on criminal and risk taking behaviours was put forward in table discussions and new relationships with policymakers in this space brokered. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | BCS70 annual birthday mailing 2024 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | In April 2024, CLS sent its annual engagement mailing to BCS70 study members. The update covered an update on fieldwork, stereotypes of only children, and the connection between living close to fast food restaurants and obesity, among other findings. The mailing also included a birthday card. The postal mailing was accompanied by an email newsletter, which received a 69% open rate and a 19% click-to-open rate. The participant website and Facebook page were also refreshed at the time of the mailing, and saw a spike in traffic following the mailing. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://bcs70.info/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2024/03/BCS70-update-2024.pdf |
| Description | BCS70 participant enewsletter October 2024 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | This issue of the BCS70 email newsletter included first findings from the Age 51 Sweep, an update on the BCS70 woodland, and research findings UK vs US midlife health, the importance of keeping active, returns to higher education, emotional problems facing Long Covid patients, and the relationship between club membership and physical activity. The issue had a 69% open rate and a 17% click-to-open rate. The initial findings were the most popular content among clickers. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | BCS70 participant website and social media 2024-25 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | The BCS70 website is aimed at study participants to keep them up to date with the latest news, findings and impact of the study. From April 2024 to February 2025, Google analytics tracked over 2,900 users to the site and over 33,000 page views. Content that was shared in the email newsletters throughout the year received the most traffic, highlighting the value of email in amplifying content. As of February 2025, BCS70 has 1,330 followers on Facebook. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024,2025 |
| URL | https://bcs70.info/ |
| Description | BCS70 website and Facebook |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | The BCS70 website is aimed at participants in the BCS70 study and keeps them up to date with the study's latest news and findings. Google changed the way it records visitors to the website, so between July 2023 and March 2024 the website received 23,176 views and 3,713 users. The top page was the Life in your early 50s survey page. Between April 2023 and July it received 4,174 pageviews with 1,512 users. The BCS70 Facebook now was 949 followers. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023,2024 |
| URL | https://bcs70.info/ |
| Description | Behind the scenes of collaborating on a Covid-19 National Core Study |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | This blog post reflects on the importance of good communication in the collaboration on the Covid-19 Longitudinal Health and Wellbeing National Core Study, a project that is generating new data-driven insights into the Covid-19 furlough scheme. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://blog.ukdataservice.ac.uk/behind-the-scenes-collaboration/ |
| Description | Being an only child doesn't affect children's development |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Repurposing Professor Alice Goisis' Conversation blog on the CLS website - which already had good media coverage and social media output. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://cls.ucl.ac.uk/being-an-only-child-doesnt-affect-childrens-development/ |
| Description | Blog - Improving the nation's numeracy: what can we learn from the British cohorts? |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Dr Charlotte Booth wrote a comment piece for the IOE blog outlining cohort study findings on the importance of maths skills for education, work and life. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://blogs.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/2024/07/04/improving-the-nations-numeracy-what-can-we-learn-from-the-bri... |
| Description | Blog - Who is at risk of early menopause? |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Cross-cohort study research examining risk factors for early menopause was featured in a IOE London blog. The study, which uses data from the 1958 and 1970 cohorts found that while the age a woman reaches the menopause is strongly influenced by her genes, non-genetic factors can also play a role. The study found that women had 30% higher odds of experiencing early menopause if they were never breastfed or breastfed for less than a month, and 24% higher odds if their mothers smoked while pregnant. Women's own smoking habits were also linked to early menopause. Women who smoked at age 16 had 51% higher odds of early menopause, compared to those who did not smoke at this age. An infographic summarising the findings in a visually engaging format was also produced - https://bpb-eu-w2.wpmucdn.com/blogs.ucl.ac.uk/dist/5/694/files/2024/03/Early-menopause-risk-factors-infographic-0a7440b95adb8f95.pdf |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://blogs.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/2024/03/04/who-is-at-risk-of-early-menopause/ |
| Description | Blog based on results from a recent research study: To tackle exclusion we need a whole school social pedagogic approach, starting in the primary years |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | This blog was published in connection with the publication of a paper that examined the bidirectional association between school connectedness and school exclusion and truancy. It outlined the results and discussed the implications for policy and practice. Within a couple of days it had attracted over 100 views. We were contacted by a practitioner in the field who expressed an interest and wanted to know more about future and ongoing work. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2025 |
| URL | https://blogs.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/2025/03/05/to-tackle-exclusion-we-need-a-whole-school-social-pedagogic-a... |
| Description | Blog post - Changing the narrative on youth violence and knife crime: turning evidence from young people into policy change |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Blog post written after attending event on youth violence and to link up existing MCS research findings on weapons carrying, shoplifting and neighbourhood crime in young people. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://blogs.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/2024/07/19/changing-the-narrative-on-youth-violence-and-knife-crime-turn... |
| Description | Blog published on BCS70 in the SRA 'Explore the Data' series |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Matt Brown, Carole Sanchez and George Ploubidis published a blog describing BCS70 in the SRA 'Explore the Data' series. The blog serves as an introduction to BCS70 and describes how the data can be used for research. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://the-sra.org.uk/SRA/SRA/Blog/ExploretheDataThe1970BritishCohortStudy.aspx#:~:text=The%201970%... |
| Description | Body dissatisfaction linked with depression risk in children |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | News report on new research based on findings from the Millennium Cohort Study. On the CLS website and homepage. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://cls.ucl.ac.uk/body-dissatisfaction-linked-with-depression-risk-in-children/ |
| Description | CAP 2030: Research to Policy Consultation: Dashboards, intersectoral policies and governance for child health and wellbeing |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The presentation "A Lifecycle Developmental Approach to Policy: Promoting Child Well-Being at Scale" by Gabriella Conti emphasises the critical role of early childhood in shaping lifelong outcomes, highlighting how adult inequalities originate in childhood due to socioeconomic factors, with disparities in well-being starting as early as the womb. The economic burden of child maltreatment is substantial, reinforcing the need for early investments in child well-being. Conti presents a framework where child development-spanning cognitive, socio-emotional, and health aspects-is shaped by prenatal and postnatal investments, parental well-being, and environmental factors. Policy recommendations include holistic interventions like Sure Start, which integrated health, education, and social services to support families, yielding long-term health and economic benefits. The importance of early interventions, such as the Carolina Abecedarian Project and the Nurse Family Partnership, is demonstrated through improved health, education, and economic returns. A key international example is Ecuador's SAFPI program, designed to address the lack of preschool access for 60% of 3-4-year-olds by deploying preschool teachers for home and group visits. The enriched version of SAPFI (which Conti has been working on since 2022) integrates technology-powered support, including Samsung tablets, an educational app (SAFPI TICS), and continuous professional development using the Reggio Approach. With 700 teachers supporting 20,000 children, SAFPI leverages digital tools to enhance teacher training, monitoring, and motivation. The presentation calls for sustained, scalable policies that integrate multiple sectors, engage local communities, and harness technology to improve child development and reduce intergenerational inequality worldwide. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | CLS Corporate Website Statistics 2023-24 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The purpose of the CLS website is to give users up-to-date information about the British cohort studies and to inform users of new data, research and any new projects. Users can also access all of our publications and research through our webpages. Google changed the way stats are recorded halfway through 2023, so we can report that January-July 2023 we saw 121, 318 pageviews, 44,027 users, and from July-December there were 132, 095 views, 42,911 users. Looking at the year from the last report, from April 2023-mid March 2024, that's approximately: 236,661 views and 80,852 users. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023,2024 |
| URL | https://cls.ucl.ac.uk/ |
| Description | CLS Data Update newsletter 2024 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Three issues of the CLS Data Update were sent to over 1,800 contacts in January, July and December 2024. The newsletter provides subscribers with a biannual update on data resources available for research across a range of fields. In 2024, it averaged a 35% open rate and an 18% click-to-open rate. An online archive of issues is available on the CLS website sign-up page. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://cls.ucl.ac.uk/signup/ |
| Description | CLS Evidence Update enewsletter 2024-25 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Two issues of the CLS Evidence Update were sent to over 1,800 contacts in June 2024 and January 2025. The newsletter provides subscribers with a biannual update on the latest cohort research across a range of themes. Across the first two issues, the open rate increased by 9% (30% to 39%) and averaged a 22% click-to-open rate. An online archive of issues is available on the CLS website sign-up page. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://cls.ucl.ac.uk/signup/ |
| Description | CLS Spring School 2024 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | For a second year, CLS hosted Year 12 pupils for the 'CLS Spring School', an immersive and multidisciplinary course about the power of longitudinal research and how this can be harnessed to impact policy. Taking place over seven-weeks, the course delves into the different topics that are researched using CLS' data, such as social sciences, psychology, economics and population health. Pupils learned how longitudinal research can be used to influence policy, and how research findings can be presented in an engaging format. They carried out a hands-on project to communicate research findings effectively by creating infographics and blogs, and even visited the Houses of Parliament. The course was also designed to give target Widening Participation pupils a taste of university life. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://cls.ucl.ac.uk/cls-year-12-spring-school/ |
| Description | CLS Summer School: Harnessing the power of longitudinal research for policy impact |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | The CLS Summer School (Spring School 2024) engaged Year 12 A-level students from London with a 7-week programme, exploring research produced at UCL using the CLS datasets (https://cls.ucl.ac.uk/cls-year-12-spring-school/). The students produced and infographic and blog over the course, which was published on the CLS website: https://cls.ucl.ac.uk/cls-year-12-summer-course/2023-student-projects/. In evaluations of the project, 80% of students said they were very satisfied with the course, and 60% of respondents said they were more likely to go to university/apply to UCL in particular. The CLS Summer School was nominated for a COP Widening Participation Award in 2024. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023,2024 |
| URL | https://cls.ucl.ac.uk/cls-year-12-summer-course/2023-student-projects/ |
| Description | CLS blog - Giving a voice to the whole population |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | This July 2024 blog discusses different ways that population subgroups can be analysed and how sample sizes and statistical power are maintained. As of February 2025, it had 157 views. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024,2025 |
| URL | https://cls.ucl.ac.uk/giving-a-voice-to-the-whole-population/ |
| Description | CLS corporate Bluesky 2024-25 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | CLS joined Bluesky in November 2024 to connect with the growing community of data users joining the platform, with followers quickly growing to 620. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024,2025 |
| URL | https://bsky.app/profile/clscohorts.bsky.social |
| Description | CLS corporate Linkedin 2024-25 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | In June 2024, CLS joined Linkedin to connect with a growing number of data users joining the platform. Followers quickly grew to 519, with content receiving more than 23,000 impressions and 600 reactions since launch. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024,2025 |
| URL | https://www.linkedin.com/company/ucl-centre-for-longitudinal-studies |
| Description | CLS corporate Twitter 2023-24 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | We now have 6,921 followers, adding about 400 followers since last year. We joined a new social media scheduling tool which is helping us with BAU social media. Some top posts include a tweet about the new Introduction to Longitudinal Data: Structure and Visualisation webinar, which saw 81 clicks to find out more and a 4.2% engagement rate. Webinars and recordings continue to drive engagement with the account. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023,2024 |
| URL | https://twitter.com/CLScohorts |
| Description | CLS corporate X(Twitter) 2024-25 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | In line with trends on the platform following the UK summer riots and the US election, engagement with CLS content on X has declined. At the end of 2024, CLS reduced its presence on the platform, opting instead to grow followings on other social media. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024,2025 |
| URL | https://x.com/CLScohorts |
| Description | CLS corporate YouTube |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | In 2023 we re-organised our YouTube channel to make it easier for different audiences to find the most up-to-date videos that are relevant to them. Between 2023 and 2024, we had over 5,500 views over our content, with 260 subscribers (adding about 100 subscribers over the year). The most popular video for participant audiences was the 2019 video Celebrating the first 60 years of NCDS (731 views in this time), and the next most popular, for data users, was the recording of the new Missing Data webinar (July 2023), which has had 336 views |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023,2024 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/@CLScohort |
| Description | CLS corporate Youtube 2024=25 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Between 2024 and 2025, we had over 7,300 views over our content, with 376 subscribers (adding about 110 subscribers over the year). The most popular video was the 2019 video Celebrating the first 60 years of NCDS (881 views in this time), followed by the 2022 webinar 'Introduction to the Millennium Cohort Study' (710 views) and the 2023 webinar 'Introduction to longitudinal data: structure and visualisation' (627 views). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024,2025 |
| Description | CLS corporate website 2024-25 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The purpose of the CLS website is to give users up-to-date information about the British cohort studies and to inform users of new data, research and any new projects. Users can also access all of our publications and research through our webpages. Changes to Google Analytics 4 cookie consent this past year have meant that data can now only be captured for a fraction of visitors to the CLS website, and this cannot be repaired through the platform's behavioural modelling because of the relatively small size of the CLS website. From April 2024 to February 2025, the site tracked more than 127,000 pageviews from over 30,000 users. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024,2025 |
| URL | https://cls.ucl.ac.uk/ |
| Description | CLS representative at the SATRE UK TRE working group |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The SATRE project provides a Standard Architecture for Trusted Research Environments (TREs). It incorporates knowledge and best practices from multiple institutions and sectors across the UK. This includes all aspects of TRE provision such as information governance procedures, computing technology, data management and other capabilities. It aims to standardise the capabilities of TREs, making it easier for users, operators, and developers to work with sensitive data, and making the operation of TREs more transparent to data owners and the general public. This specification should be useful for i) a TRE Operator wanting to evaluate or improve their TRE with the suggested capabilities; b) a Developer or Builder of new TREs looking for guidance in their thinking and decision making |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023,2024 |
| URL | https://satre-specification.readthedocs.io/en/stable/evaluation.html |
| Description | CLS representative at the UK Health Data Research Alliance |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The UK Health Data Research Alliance (the 'Alliance') is an independent alliance of leading healthcare and research organisations united to establish best practice for the ethical use of UK health data for research at scale. Its members include organisations representing national organisations, NHS trusts, research institutes and charities. the members offer an exceptional opportunity to provide access to rich and diverse health data for research and innovation, in particular via the Health Data Research Innovation Gateway (the 'Gateway'). Research based on data that reflects diversity of culture, healthcare conditions and aspects such as race, ethnicity, gender and age improves the ability to generalise results and enables new discoveries and understanding about disease. In turn this provides fairer and more equal access to the latest treatments and medical technologies, benefiting as many people across the UK as possible. By working in partnership, the members of the Alliance are developing and co-ordinating the adoption of tools, techniques, conventions, technologies, and designs that enable the use of health data in a trustworthy and ethical way for research and innovation. The aim is to help researchers to answer some of the most difficult questions and address the most important health challenges faced in the UK. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://ukhealthdata.org/members/ |
| Description | CLS representative at the UK Safe Data Access Professionals (SDAP) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The Safe Data Access Professionals (SDAP) network was established in 2011, and has grown significantly alongside a growth in the number of Trusted Research Environments (TREs). SDAP currently has over 60 members, from over 20 organisations and provides a forum that enables staff working in these facilities to share experiences and good practice about how to set-up, manage, and evolve these settings. Regular meetings and events are staged often involving guest speakers and exploring a range of topics that includes, but is not limited to the use of secure technology, information security standards, auditing and assurance practices, risk-management of profiles; confidential sources of data for analysis/research purposes; managing analysts and researchers; statistical disclosure control. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020,2021,2022,2023,2024 |
| URL | https://ukdataservice.ac.uk/about/research-and-development/safe-data-access-professionals-sdap-netwo... |
| Description | CLS representative at the UK TRE Community |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The aims of the UK Trusted Research Community (UK TRE) Community are: 1) Bring the community together: There are many people working in the TRE space in the UK and abroad, facing similar issues and problems when building this complex critical infrastructure. The primary aim of these meetings is to bring this community together to learn from each other, and move forwards together; 2) Share knowledge: Through presentations, workshops and breakout discussions, these meetings provide the space for the community to learn about the TRE landscape, latest TRE developments, and what work others are doing in the space; 3) Collaboratively solve problems: These meetings are a chance for the community to bring forward problems they are facing day-to-day in their TRE work, and resolve these issues in a group setting. This helps promote the benefits of knowledge sharing and community engagement in achieving success; 4) Identify and advance community work: As well as learning about individual project teams' work, these meetings are a chance to hear about our working groups, and identify the work we want to take forwards as a community. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023,2024 |
| URL | https://www.uktre.org/en/latest/events/wg_workshops/index.html |
| Description | CLS representative at to the ESRC Future Data Services: "Discovery, Data and Curation" Expert Group |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The aim of the Future Data Services (FDS) programme is to establish what is needed for the next generation of data services beyond 2024. To achieve this, ESRC is gathering evidence for, exploring and assessing the future needs of its communities, and developing options while recognising that research is more interdisciplinary than ever before. I was invited to join the FDS "Discovery, Data and Curation" Expert Group. The areas that I contributed to were: • Data management, data classification and data sharing issues, including anonymisation vs pseudonymisation; • Discovery and Data Curation, specifically data citation; • Data Access; • Data Linkage; • Data Discovery; • Researchers experiences of data curation; • How to get the most out of consultations with service staff, researchers and the public |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.ukri.org/what-we-do/browse-our-areas-of-investment-and-support/future-data-services/ |
| Description | Call for Evidence: Men's Health |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Submitted evidence in response to call from UK Parliament on men's health, submitted on behalf of the Centre for Longitudinal Studies outlining evidence from the CLS datasets. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://committees.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/124384/pdf/ |
| Description | Campaign - BCS70 birthday card 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | For the 2022 BCS70 birthday card we commissioned an artist to paint a picture of an area close to a woodland we have planted to mark 50 years of the study. The painting was used for the study member birthday card and we also ran a promotion to give away 50 prints of the painting. The painting will be added to the BCS70 archives. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://bcs70.info/50years/painting-the-local-landscape/ |
| Description | Centre for Childhood Health engagement in 2024 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | David Bann took part in engagement activities with the Danish Centre for Childhood Health. In 2024, an invited keynote presentation (incorporating cohort research findings); and then an invited international collaborator/expert in a 2-day workshop to help inform the Centre for Childhood Health's future project funding focusing on social inequalities in obesity. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://sundtlivogtrivsel.dk/en/event/talk-social-inequality-overweight-obesity-and-health |
| Description | Centre for Longitudinal Studies Mental Health Theme Third Sector Event |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | In line with the Centre for Longitudinal Studies' (CLS) mission to produce high-quality longitudinal evidence, resources for research, and methodological innovation to inform policy and practice, the Mental Health Theme Third Sector Event aimed to: 1) Showcase the mental health data and resources available from the British birth cohort studies managed by CLS to maximise their use by third sector organisations and policy makers 2) Promote mental health research conducted by CLS to maximise scientific, economic, and societal impact 3) Identify mental health research priorities and evidence gaps within the third sector that the CLS cohorts could potentially fill 4) Gain insights to improve the quality and utility of the mental health data by engaging the third sector in conversations around data collection and linkage 5) Understand the current policy landscape to identify upcoming opportunities for providing high-quality mental health evidence from the CLS cohorts to inform policy and practice Ten of the UK's leading third sector mental health organisations were invited to attend a 1.5 hour session led by Professor Praveetha Patalay, Dr Rosie Mansfield and Professor Alissa Goodman. Seven of the 10 organisations attended, with representatives from: • Centre for Mental Health • McPin Foundation • UNICEF UK • Education Policy Institute • Sutton Trust • Children's Society • National Children's Bureau Attendees held director and senior research and policy roles within their organisations. The event started with a presentation providing an overview of the British birth cohort studies managed by CLS and details of the mental health data and resources available. Attendees were signposted to the UK Data Service, user guides, questionnaires and technical reports, the CLOSER mental health harmonisation report, and the Catalogue of Mental Health Measures (www.cataloguementalhealth.ac.uk). Examples of mental health research produced by CLS were presented to showcase the possibilities for the types of research questions that can be answered using data from the cohort studies. For the remaining hour of the session, a focused discussion was facilitated by CLS staff to gather comments and suggestions for research priorities, evidence and data gaps, and upcoming policy agendas that CLS research can provide evidence for. Overall, recommendations were for a mental health and wellbeing focus, prioritising the prevention and early intervention of mental health difficulties as opposed to focusing on diagnosable mental disorders. In line with preventive approaches, childhood and adolescence were highlighted as important life stages for mental health research. Other priority areas for which there was a perceived opportunity for CLS's research to impact policy and practice included: • Demographic and place-based inequalities in mental health • The mental health impacts of engaging with state systems e.g., social care and benefit system • More in-depth study of social media usage, gaming, and mental health, including parents' screen time • The mental health impacts of sexual harassment and youth violence, specifically knife crime • School-based mental health provision • Linking CLS cohort data to data relating to health visiting services and childcare provision to understand the mental health impacts of early parental support and childcare precarity • Using geo-linked CLS cohort data to evaluate the effectiveness of new government early intervention hubs for reducing mental health difficulties • Evaluating the societal costs and benefits of political inaction and intervention The findings from the event have been drafted in a report, currently only in internal circulation within CLS. A summary will be shared with attendees and there are plans to circulate this report more widely. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Chair of the Operational Management Group (OMG) of the UCL Data Safe Haven |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Chair of the Operational Management Group (OMG) of the UCL Data Safe Haven. The OMG exists to manage the Data Safe Haven's Information Security Management System (ISMS). The Group ensures that effective and informed decisions are made in relation to the operation of the ISMS and that evidence of this is reported to the Information Risk Governance Committee (IRGC). OMG may also escalate risks to IRGC that cannot be resolved by the Group |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023,2024 |
| URL | https://www.ucl.ac.uk/isd/sites/isd/files/ucl-ig35_isms_operational_group_tor.pdf |
| Description | Chaired 4-nation Policy Roundtable on mental health |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Policy Roundtable with representatives from all 4 -nations and various different government departments in each nation. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Changing families SAN meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Facilitate a roundtable discussion around SAN members' views and suggestions on the scientific direction of the cohorts in the Families theme and the future areas of priority from a research as well as policy point of view. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Child of the New Century 21st anniversary mailing |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | To mark the first 21 years of Child of the New Century (known as the Millennium Cohort Study to researchers), in March 2023 we are sending a special mailing to study members. This comprises three postcards which have each been designed by a different artist, commissioned by us, and which each represent the study in some way. Each postcard features some words of explanation from the artist and a thank you message from one of the many researchers who have used the study in their work. The mailing also includes a thank you card which we are asking study members to pass on to their parents. The physical mailing is complemented by an email which will link through to the '21 stories' social campaign (see separate entry). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Child of the New Century participant website and social media 2024-25 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | The Child of the New Century website is aimed at study participants to keep them up to date with the latest news, findings and impact of the study. From April 2024 to February 2025, Google analytics tracked over 3,000 users to the site and over 25,600 page views. Content about the Age 23 Survey was the most popular, which is as expected in a fieldwork year. As of February 2025, CNC has 425 followers on Instagram and 713 followers on Facebook. In response to recent trends on the platform, CLS opted to retire its participant X/Twitter accounts in line with UCL guidance. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024,2025 |
| URL | https://childnc.net/ |
| Description | Child of the New Century website and social media |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | The Child of the New Century website is aimed at study participants and helps them to find out about the study's latest news, findings and impact. The way Google records websites changed in July 2023, so for April-July 2023 it reported 794 users and and 1,923 pageviews. From July 2023-March 2024, it reported 3,882 users and 31,721 views. We revamped the content of the site to reflect the new Age 23 Survey, which was the second-most popular page after the homepage in the second half of the year. We also ran the #21stories campaign across all the social media channels to celebrate two decades of CNC, with new infographics and videos. In March 2024: CNC Facebook had 658 likes and 707 followers. CNC Twitter had 211 followers CNC Instagram had 401 followers |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023,2024 |
| URL | https://childnc.net/ |
| Description | Children of care leavers risk inheriting parents' emotional scars |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | News story based on new UCL research. The research, supported by the Nuffield Foundation, involved mothers and their children taking part in the Millennium Cohort Study. There was also an infographic and a social media campaign, which attracted some interest and engagement. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://cls.ucl.ac.uk/children-of-care-leavers-risk-inheriting-parents-emotional-scars/ |
| Description | Class of 2023 more likely to be 'stay-at-home students' |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | CLS website news story about new UCL and Sutton Trust research, using data from the COVID Social Mobility & Opportunities (COSMO) study, released around A level results day. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://cls.ucl.ac.uk/class-of-2023-more-likely-to-be-stay-at-home-students/ |
| Description | Co-leadership of the UCL Research Data Stewardship Community |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Organisation and co-chairing of two UCL-wide lunch events to bring together the community of research data stewards from all research disciplines across UCL. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024,2025 |
| URL | https://www.ucl.ac.uk/advanced-research-computing/research-data-stewardship-community-practice |
| Description | Conference keynote |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | The Campaign to End Loneliness international conference. There was a lot of discussion and various panels on similar topics followed. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Conference presentation at SLLS in Munich |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | This was a presentation for the annual conference of the Society for Lifecourse and Longitudinal Studies. The title of the presentation was: "Association of school connectedness with exclusion and truancy: Evidence from the UK Millennium Cohort Study" |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Conversation blog piece |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Wrote a piece for the conversation to discuss Only Child project's findings. The article was read by over 65K people. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://theconversation.com/being-an-only-child-doesnt-affect-your-development-family-background-mat... |
| Description | Conversation blog piece |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Article in the Conversation discussing two papers on mental health trajectories and later outcomes written to inform policy and general public |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://theconversation.com/people-with-a-history-of-poor-mental-health-were-more-likely-to-face-psy... |
| Description | Cross generational approach to healthy and inclusive ageing |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Keynote speech at the International Longevity Centre Future of Ageing conference |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://ilcuk.org.uk/future-of-ageing-2023/ |
| Description | DWP methods Advisory Group presentation |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | DWP methods advisory group on the uses of AI in DWP research |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Dataset promotion - MCS linked health data (Hospital Episode Statistics) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | NHS administrative data (Hospital Episode Statistics) have been linked to the Millennium Cohort Study data and made available to researchers through the UK Data Service. The new data release means that these NHS administrative data have now been linked to all four CLS cohort studies. To promote the new dataset to researchers, we published a news item on our website and a Twitter thread (the first tweet in the thread made nearly 3000 impressions). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Dataset promotion - NCDS legacy data (BSAG) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Data collected by the 1958 National Child Development Study from cohort members' teachers, more than 50 years ago, was made available through the UK Data Service for the first time. To promote the release of this legacy data, we published a news item on our website and a Twitter thread (first tweet in the thread made over 4,000 impressions). The data provides detailed information from teachers about cohort members' conduct in the classroom, their attitudes, and their interaction with other children when they were aged 7 and 11. Only limited information from this data collection had previously been available to researchers. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Department for Education Roundtable: Research on Supporting Children and Young People to Thrive |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | A roundtable event focusing on research and data which explores how school-aged children and young people can best be supported to thrive in their lives. The event is designed to bring together a select group of researchers and experts to build an evidence-based understanding; expert input to help DfE to test their current thinking, identify what evidence exists, and determine where further research is needed. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | DfE CSCAR Seminar 'Health determinants for children receiving statutory support' |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | We presented research results to public servants at the Department for Education in the CSCAR Seminar 'Health determinants for children receiving statutory support'. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | DfE multi stakeholder workshop on genomics |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | A multi-stakeholder workshop including government officials, academics and various organisations relating to education genomics, to help with a project on the integration of genomics in education. The workshop aimed to ascertain the changes that have occurred in the field of genomics for education in recent years and was commissioned by the Science team of the Department for Education (DfE). The workshop was used to develop scenarios about the future in relation to education and genomics and understand their potential implications. The workshop is being used to allow the Department of Education to consider and weigh up the threats and opportunities that may arise in the short, medium and long term. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Dinner at the House of Commons - ILC panel on the future af ageing |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Dinner at the House of Commons organised by the International Longevity Centre. MPs from all parties and CEOs of various companies (AVIVA for example) were presented. Policy priorities regarding the future of ageing in the UK were discussed. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Discussion with US National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | One hour discussion with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM), as part of their work into 'Understanding Breastfeeding Promotion, Initiation and Support Across the United States'. The Committee aims to leverage available data and literature to conduct a consensus study on policies, programs, and investments to better understand the landscape of breastfeeding promotion, initiation, and support across the United States. The study will provide an evidence-based analysis of the macroeconomic, social, and health costs and benefits of the United States' current breastfeeding rates and goals. The study will build on what is known about inequalities in breastfeeding rates and reducing racial, geographic, and income-related breastfeeding disparities. The Committee will identify existing gaps in knowledge, areas for needed research, and will discuss challenges in data collection to address said gaps. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | EPA Section in Epidemiology and Social Psychiatry |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Dr Rosie Mansfield presented findings from a study on social isolation in mid-life and its association with psychological distress, life satisfaction and self-rated general health at the EPA Section on Epidemiology and Social Psychiatry. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | ESRC FDS Pilot project 'Talk data to me!': focus groups on the acceptability of Large Language Models (LLMs) for the discovery of research datasets |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The ESRC funded Federated Data Services Pilot project 'Talk data to me!' organised a series of focus groups discussing the acceptability of Large Language Models (LLMs), such as OpenAI's Chat-GPT, for the discovery of secondary research datasets. The focus groups consisted of researchers and data analysts who are involved in using secondary datasets as part of their roles. The insights were really helpful in shaping the project and making sure that it will be valuable. The next steps are to analyse all of the data collected in the focus groups to identify the key themes that were mentioned. The aim is to these insights widely in 2025. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Early Life Cohort Feasibility Study - brand development and implementation |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | The aim of this project is to develop a brand and visual identity for the new Early Life Cohort Feasibility Study which would be used in all materials aimed at study participants. Findings from the 2021 focus groups with parents (target audience) fed into the final decisions on the brand in 2022. A set of brand guidelines have been developed and are now being implemented on all communications aimed at study participants. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Early Life Cohort Feasibility Study - website |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | We are building a website aimed at (potential) participants in the new Early Life Cohort Feasibility Study. This is planned to launch in April 2023. Accessibility is a priority, and the website will feature a page with guidance to users on the tools they can use to get the most out of the content on the site. The website will play a key role in encouraging people to take part in the study and will include examples of impact from other cohort studies. There will also be detailed information about what's involved in taking part and answers to many questions participants may have. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022,2023 |
| Description | Email newsletters |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | In January 2024, we launched the Data Update, a new biannual email newsletter. The first issue was sent to 1,119 respondents, with a 33% open rate. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://cls.ucl.ac.uk/signup/ |
| Description | European Survey Research Association - 2023 Conference - Centre for Longitudinal Studies Presentations |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Centre for Longitudinal Studies staff had an exceptionally strong presence at the 2023 European Survey Research Association conference in Milan. A total of 16 presentations were given including 6 based on the core CLS cohorts (NCDS, BCS70, Next Steps and MCS), 6 based on the 'new' cohorts (ELC, COTS2020 and COSMO) and 3 on various aspect of data management (in two sessions organised by the CLS Research Data Management Team). A full list of presentations is provided below: • Experiences of video interviewing in two UK national cohort studies - Carole Sanchez • Efforts to boost response and maximise representativeness in the Next Steps Age 32 Survey - Matt Brown • Reducing the respondent burden of income questions in a longitudinal study - Tugba Adali • Examining the Quality and Target Population Representativeness of Linked Survey and Administrative Data: Guidance and Illustration Using Linked 1958 National Child Development Study and Hospital Episode Statistics Data - Richard Silverwood • Using Linked Hospital Episode Statistics Data to Aid the Handling of Non-response and Restore Sample Representativeness in the 1958 National Child Development Study - Richard Silverwood • How to Mitigate Selection Bias in COVID-19 Surveys: Evidence from Five National Cohorts - George Ploubidis Presentations based on new cohorts: • Developing an innovative new birth cohort study in the UK: the Early Life Cohort Feasibility Study (ELC-FS) - Lisa Calderwood • Incorporating participant voices into a new UK birth cohort feasibility study - Alyce Raybould • Developing an innovative new birth cohort study in England: Children of the 2020s - Marialivia Bernardi • Using an Innovative Smartphone App (BabySteps) for Data Collection and Participant Engagement on a Large-scale Birth Cohort Study - Laurel Fish • Do targeted higher-value conditional incentives improve survey response and representation in longitudinal studies? Evidence from the COVID Social Mobility and Opportunities Study (COSMO) in England - Luke Taylor (Kantar) • The COVID Social Mobility & Opportunities study (COSMO): challenges and opportunities of using push-to-web to recruit a new youth cohort study in England during the pandemic - Becky Hamlyn (Kantar) Data Management: • Tiered Data Classification for Safe Sharing of Longitudinal Cohort Data - Aida Sanchez • Research Data Management Setup for the UK National Cohort Studies - Aida Sanchez • A Case of In-House Data Engineering Tools for Longitudinal Cohort Data - Vilma Agalioti-Sgompou Other: • Harmony: Development and use of a Natural Language Processing tool to facilitate measurement harmonisation across studies - Bettina Moltrecht |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.europeansurveyresearch.org/conference/milan-2023/ |
| Description | Eurpoean Survey Research Association Conference 2023 presentation by Richard Silverwood (1) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Eurpoean Survey Research Association Conference 2023 presentation on "Examining the Quality and Target Population Representativeness of Linked Survey and Administrative Data: Guidance and Illustration Using Linked 1958 National Child Development Study and Hospital Episode Statistics Data" by Richard Silverwood, including Q&A session. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.europeansurveyresearch.org/conference/milan-2023/ |
| Description | Eurpoean Survey Research Association Conference 2023 presentation by Richard Silverwood (2) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Eurpoean Survey Research Association Conference 2023 presentation on "Using Linked Hospital Episode Statistics Data to Aid the Handling of Non-response and Restore Sample Representativeness in the 1958 National Child Development Study" by Richard Silverwood, including Q&A session. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.europeansurveyresearch.org/conference/milan-2023/ |
| Description | Event (0nline) Introduction to Longitudinal Data: Structure and Visualisation |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | This webinar provided an overview of the tools and strategies available to manage and visualise longitudinal cohort studies. Over 290 people registered and over 110 attended the webinar live. As of 11/03/24 the recording had been viewed over 210 times on YouTube. The presenters were CLS researchers Darío Moreno Agostino and Nicolás Libuy. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://cls.ucl.ac.uk/events/intro-to-longitudinal-data/ |
| Description | Event (Hybrid) - Healthy longevity in the 21st century: A cross-generational life course perspective |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | George Ploubidis gave his Professorial Lecture on 24 May 2023. He explored findings from across several generations suggesting how to delay the onset of chronic illness and promote health and wellbeing. Some of the audience attended this public lecture live and other via a YouTube live stream. As of 12/03/24 there were over 580 views of the recording on YouTube. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://cls.ucl.ac.uk/events/healthy-longevity-in-the-21st-century/ |
| Description | Event (In-person) CLS Launch Reception |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | In the evening of day one of the Children of the Noughties conference on 13 June, CLS held a reception to mark the new grant period. Conference participants were joined by VIP guests including members of ESRC, staff and members of the CLS strategic advisory board. CLS head Alissa Goodman spoke and attendees were encouraged to ask questions of different CLS representatives. There were over 100 participants. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://cls.ucl.ac.uk/events/children-of-the-noughties/ |
| Description | Event (In-person) Children of the Noughties Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | In June 2023 we celebrated 21 years of the Millennium Cohort Study (MCS) and other longitudinal studies with a two day scientific conference in London. The programme featured an exciting line up of around 75 inter-disciplinary presentations and over 150 attendees. Presenters mainly discussed their research findings using MCS data, however we also heard from researchers who have looked at data from other longitudinal studies of the same era. To encourage participation from early career researchers, they were offered free attendance. We also had a small number of sixth form students attend as part of a widening participation programme that CLS was organising. There was a very special panel discussion with seven members of the cohort from across the UK. They talked openly about their participation in the study and the audience got to see study members in-person, a very rare and invaluable opportunity for researchers. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://cls.ucl.ac.uk/events/children-of-the-noughties/ |
| Description | Event (In-person) Mental Health Data Tools: Harmony & TIDAL Workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | An in-person and practical Harmony and TIDAL joint workshop in August 2023 in London with networking for early career researchers. During this half-day in-person event attendees got an introduction to two new digital tools that were designed for researchers working with longitudinal data with a particular focus on mental health research. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://cls.ucl.ac.uk/events/mental-health-data-tools-workshop/ |
| Description | Event (Online) - Genetics and epigenetics data in the British cohort studies |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | This webinar is aimed at researchers of all disciplinary backgrounds who are interested in hearing about the genetic and epigenetic resources available in the CLS cohort studies. The presenters were CLS researchers Gemma Shireby, Tim Morris and David Bann. There were over 200 registrants and over 100 live attendees. The event recording will be added to YouTube. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://cls.ucl.ac.uk/events/genetics-epigenetics-data/ |
| Description | Event (Online) - Handling missing data in the British cohort studies |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The event introduced principled methods of missing data handling that are usually required to obtain unbiased estimates in long-running cohort studies, including learning how to undertake such analyses, and observe a demonstration of how to do so in practice using Stata, with a focus on multiple imputation. The presenters were CLS researchers George Ploubidis, Richard Silverwood, Martina Narayanan, Brian Dodgeon and Michalis Katsoulis. There were over 190 registrants and 90 live attendees. As of 12/03/24 there were over 340 views of the recording on YouTube. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://cls.ucl.ac.uk/events/missing-data-workshop-2023/ |
| Description | Event (Online) - Introduction to Next Steps: a longitudinal study in England |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | This training webinar gave first-time users and researchers less familiar with Next Steps an insight into this unique cohort of 'millennials' in England. It included an introduction to the study aims, content and design as well as a helpful look at some of the types of research that can be conducted using the study, including linked administrative data opportunities. The presenters were CLS researchers Morag Henderson and Vanessa Moulton. There were over 110 registrants and over 50 live attendees. As of 12/03/24 there were over 60 views of the recording on YouTube. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://cls.ucl.ac.uk/events/introduction-to-next-steps-23/ |
| Description | Event (Online) - Introduction to the Millennium Cohort Study |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | This short webinar gave first-time users and researchers less familiar with the Millennium Cohort Study (MCS) an insight into this unique longitudinal cohort dataset born at the turn of the century. This session focused on an overview of the study aims and content, as well as examples of recent research using geographical linked data in the MCS. The presenters were CLS researchers Emla Fitzsimons, Vanessa Moulton and Morag Henderson. There were over 160 registrants and 60 live attendees. As of 12/03/24 there were 166 views on YouTube of the recording. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://cls.ucl.ac.uk/events/introduction-to-mcs-2023/ |
| Description | Event (Online) - Mental health in four British cohort studies: measurement, research and access |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | This short webinar exploredthe wide-ranging opportunities for mental health research using British cohort studies. It was presented by CLS researchers Praveetha Patalay, Vanessa Moulton and Morag Henderson. Over 330 registrations and over 120 live attendees. As of 12/03/24 there were 145 views on YouTube. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://cls.ucl.ac.uk/events/mental-health-in-four-british-birth-cohort-studies/ |
| Description | Event (Online), 20 Sep 2023 Care in the Cohorts: measurement, research and access |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | This webinar gave an overview of the data available on care and research opportunities in the four internationally-renowned cohort studies run by the Centre for Longitudinal Studies (CLS). Over 170 people registered and over 70 attended the webinar live. As of 11/03/24 the recording had been viewed over 40 times on YouTube. The presenters were CLS researchers Sam Parsons and Vanessa Moulton. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://cls.ucl.ac.uk/events/care-in-the-cohorts/ |
| Description | Event (Online), Examining ageing in the British cohort studies: measurement, research and access |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | This webinar described data on ageing and key life-course transitions using CLS cohort studies, and highlighted future research opportunities to a range of CLS stakeholders. Over 230 people registered and over 90 attended the webinar live. As of 11/03/24 the recording had been viewed over 70 times on YouTube. The presenters were CLS researchers George Ploubidis and Vanessa Moulton. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://cls.ucl.ac.uk/events/ageing-british-cohort-studies/ |
| Description | Event (Online), Getting started - An introduction to four British cohort studies |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | This webinar gave new and inexperienced users an overview of the 1958, 1970, Next Steps and millennium cohort studies - unique data resources available for researchers across the biomedical and social sciences. Over 260 people registered and over 110 attended the webinar live. As of 11/03/24 the recording had been viewed over 203 times on YouTube. The presenters were CLS researchers Morag Henderson, Richard Silverwood and Vanessa Moulton. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://cls.ucl.ac.uk/events/getting-started-an-introduction-to-four-cohort-studies-2023/ |
| Description | Examining cognitive ability across generations: As easy as ABC, to Generation Z! |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | As part of the MCS conference 2023 - the cognition Strategic Advisory Network were invited to attend the presentation to give them an overview of cognitive measures in the cohorts, to hear about the type of cognitive work and to meet after. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Expert Advisory Group of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) Menopause in the Workplace Literature |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | o In January 2025, I have been nominated in the Expert Advisory Group of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) Menopause in the Workplace Literature Review. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2025 |
| Description | Expert roundtable on menopause and the workplace |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | o In May 2024, I have been invited to an expert roundtable to help understand the evidence base on the relationship between access to health interventions for menopause and workplace productivity, organised by the UK Government Office for Science and Department for Health and Social Care's Women's Health team. Two of my papers have been cited in the resulting GO Rapid Review. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/menopause-and-workplace-productivity/menopause-and-workpl... |
| Description | French conversation piece |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The piece I wrote for the conversation, was translated into French and published in the French conversation. The article was read by more than 90K people. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://theconversation.com/oubliez-les-cliches-sur-les-enfants-uniques-214510 |
| Description | Generation New Era website and social media |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | A new website was launched for Generation New Era, the participant-facing name of the Early Life Cohort Feasibility Study. From July 2023-March 2024 it has had 2,603 users and 7,482 users. As of March 2024, the new Instagram account has 51 followers. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023,2024 |
| URL | https://gnestudy.info/ |
| Description | Generational Health Drift event |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | One day event hosted by CLS showcasing new findings on the "generational health drift" and discussing policy implications for changing health trends. The event was attended by a mixed audience of academics, policymakers, practitioners and third sector organisations. Multiple new relationships were established as a result, alongside requests for further information and future joint work with CLS on the topics of obesity, mental health changes, etc. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://cls.ucl.ac.uk/events/generational-health-drift/ |
| Description | Geo-spatial linked data consulatation event |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | This was a consultation on the geo-spatial research held on 9th May with a selected specialist group invited from across Europe to discuss the CLS geo-data strategy and hear the needs of these highly specialised researchers. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Health Studies User Conference 2022 presentation by Nasir Rajah |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Health Studies User Conference 2022 presentation on "Using linked Hospital Episode Statistics data to aid the handling of missing cohort data" by Nasir Rajah, including Q&A session. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://ukdataservice.ac.uk/events/health-studies-user-conference-2022/ |
| Description | IOE Blog: Can we level the social sciences playing field? Reflections from CLS's first-ever summer school |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | IOE blog reflecting on the CLS Summer School |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://blogs.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/2023/10/24/can-we-level-the-social-sciences-playing-field-reflections-fr... |
| Description | IOE Impact Meet-Up: Enabling Outstanding Impact |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | IOE Impact Meet-Up: Enabling Outstanding Impact: This session aimed to provide a better understanding of the role of major funders as enablers of outstanding impact and celebrate the achievements of the Millennium Cohort Study (MCS), a longitudinal birth cohort study following children across the UK born at the turn of the new century. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/events/2024/feb/ioe-impact-meet-enabling-outstanding-impact-esrc-and-mille... |
| Description | IOE blog post |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Project's findings were summarized in an IOE blog post titled 'Only children in the UK are doing just fine' which was viewed by over 100 people through social media and other channels. It generated interest in the project's findings and potentially a change of view around only children and their uniqueness. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://blogs.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/2022/07/12/only-children-in-the-uk-are-doing-just-fine/ |
| Description | International Population Data Linkage Network Conference 2022 presentation by Nasir Rajah |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | International Population Data Linkage Network Conference 2022 presentation on "Using linked Hospital Episode Statistics data to aid the handling of missing cohort data" by Nasir Rajah, including Q&A session. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://ijpds.org/article/view/1997 |
| Description | International Population Data Linkage Network Conference 2022 presentation by Richard Silverwood |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | International Population Data Linkage Network Conference 2022 presentation on "Examining the quality and sample representativeness of linked 1958 National Child Development Study and Hospital Episode Statistics data" by Richard Silverwood, including Q&A session. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://ijpds.org/article/view/1990 |
| Description | International Population Data Linkage Network Conference 2024 presentation by Richard Silverwood |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | International Population Data Linkage Network Conference presentation on "Using linked cohort data to help address residual confounding in analyses of population administrative data" by Richard Silverwood, including Q&A session. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://ijpds.org/article/view/2544 |
| Description | Interview in the Psychologist Magazine |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | As the official publication of The British Psychological Society, The Psychologist is as a forum for communication, discussion and debate on a range of psychological topics. The Psychologist is read by more than 50,000 Society members in print. I featured in the October 2023 issue discussing the Child of the New Century (Millennium Cohort Study). On foot of this, I have been invited to deliver the keynote address to the National Association of Principal Educational Psychologists UK (NAPEP) in May 2024. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.bps.org.uk/psychologist-issue/2023/october/psychologist-october-2023 |
| Description | Interview with the Times journalist to discuss trends in cohabitation and marriage among younger cohorts in the UK |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | I was approached by the journalist who was commissioned to write a piece about the rise in early marriages among Gen Z. During the interview, I convinced the journalist that this group is very small on the national scale and is not rising. I referred to the ONS materials and my own publication on that. The journalist did change the narrative of the article and indeed highlighted that this group is a minority, referring to the references recommended by me and my publication. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-young-domestics-meet-gen-zers-desperate-to-settle-down-msw0jd... |
| Description | Invited Lecture as John Bynner Prizewinner - Placing Context in Longitudinal Research. SLLS Annual Conference. Ohio State University, October 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | An international audience of creators and analyst of longitudinal data. Delivered online. Text available afterwards in Society's journal, Longitudinal and Life Course studies. Argues for using contextual data in the study of both neighbourhood effects and labour market trajectories. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Invited Talk: Life in England, University of Oxford. 16th July 2024. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | 60 university students from the USA (Brown University) visited University of Oxford and this seminar consolidated my social inequality and sociological theory. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Invited at the Virtual Academic Workshop - Early Years Healthy Development Review. Invited by the Rt Hon. Dame Andrea Leadsom MP |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | I was invited at the Virtual Academic Workshop - Early Years Healthy Development Review by the Rt Hon. Dame Andrea Leadsom MP to advise about the new government policy on children. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Invited presentation at ONS Survey Inclusivity and Incentives workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Invited presentation at ONS workshop on increasing survey inclusivity. AR and LC attended to present on public engagement work done for the ELC-FS. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Invited speaker at the Data Resources Training Network (DRTN) 'Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic' webinar series chaired by the National Centre for Research Methods (NCRM) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Dr Rosie Mansfield invited to present at the Data Resources Training Network (DRTN) 'Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic' webinar series chaired by the National Centre for Research Methods (NCRM). The presentation will be titled 'Social isolation and loneliness among older adults before and during the COVID-19 lockdown: evidence from multiple British birth cohorts and a multigenerational ageing cohort.' |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://www.ncrm.ac.uk/resources/video/?id=4957 |
| Description | JPAL LAC Early Work Seminars: Early Childhood Development Programs |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | The Early Work Seminars 2nd Edition: Early Childhood Development Programs, hosted by J-PAL LAC, invites researchers working on Randomized Controlled Trials (RCTs) in Early Childhood Development (ECD) to participate in an interactive seminar on December 13th at 9:00 AM (ET) via Zoom. This initiative aims to promote rigorous research and foster meaningful exchanges between early-career and experienced researchers in the field. Researchers are encouraged to submit their work by November 12 for discussion. The event features Pedro Carneiro (J-PAL Affiliate, UCL) and Gabriella Conti (J-PAL Invited Researcher, UCL) as discussants, offering expert insights into ECD interventions across Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). Conti has provided key feedback on two research projects: a WhatsApp chatbot for pregnancy support, where she emphasises scalability, engagement challenges, and the need for mixed chatbot-human interaction, and an RCT in Uruguay on father involvement in parenting, where she suggests improvements in participant selection, social networks, and long-term impact measurement. These discussions contribute to enhancing early childhood policies and interventions, ensuring they are data-driven, effective, and scalable. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Keynote Lecturer for the Royal Economic Society Easter School on Health Economics |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | I gave one of the two keynotes at the Royal Economic Society Easter School, giving an overview of my research and the frontier in Health Economics. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Keynote at the 2023 Meeting of Young Economists (MYE2023) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | I gave the keynote at the 2023 Meeting of Young Economists (MYE2023) on health and early interventions, especially home visiting at scale and working with policymakers |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Keynote at the Annual Conference of the Chilean Economic Society (SECHI) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | I gave the keynote at the Annual Conference of the Chilean Economic Society (SECHI), on my research on health and early intervention. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Keynote at the Canadian National Perinatal Research Meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | I gave the Keynote at the Canadian National Perinatal Research Meeting, where I featured my research on early interventions |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Keynote at the City/Royal Holloway workshop on Family and Health Economics. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | I gave the keynote at the City/Royal Holloway workshop on Family and Health Economics on promoting child development at scale and working with policymakers |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Keynote at the Conference on Sustainable Development co-organised by Monash University and the World Bank in Kuala Lumpur. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | I gave the keynote at the Conference on Sustainable Development co-organised by Monash University and the World Bank in Kuala Lumpur, on promoting child development at scale. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Keynote at the Institute of Government & Public Policy's virtual event entitled 'Advancing Menopause Policy In The Workplace' |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | I gave the keynote at the Institute of Government & Public Policy's virtual event entitled 'Advancing Menopause Policy In The Workplace' on the cost of menopause. It was a great event with the MP in charge of the government committee giving the introductory speech and many representatives from HR departments of major companies. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Keynote at the Institute of Health Visiting Annual Conference "Creating Healthy Children, COVID and beyond" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | I gave one of the keynotes at the Institute of Health Visiting Annual Conference "Creating Healthy Children, COVID and beyond", featuring my research on redeployment of health visitor during the pandemic. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Keynote at the Institute of Health Visiting Annual Conference "Evidence-Based Practice" (Virtual).*+ |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | I gave two keynotes at the Institute of Health Visiting Annual Conference "Evidence-Based Practice" (Virtual), in September and December 2021 - featuring my latest research on Health Visiting in England. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Keynote at the Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association (LACEA) Health Economics Network |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | I gave the Keynote at the Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association (LACEA) Health Economics Network on my research on home visiting at scale |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Keynote at the Workshop "Children in out-of-home care", University of Copenhagen, Denmark. (Virtual) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | I gave the keynote at the Workshop "Children in out-of-home care", University of Copenhagen, Denmark, featuring my research on the costs of child maltreatment and interventions aimed at reducing it |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Keynote presenation (along with Alissa Goodman) on AI and secondary data analysis - Department for Work and Pension's 2024 Learning Day |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | David Bann delivered, along with Alissa Goodman, an invited keynote presentation on AI at the Department for Work and Pension's 2024 Learning Day. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Keynote speaker at National Association of Principal Educational Psychologists (NAPEP) Annual Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Keynote presentation 'Evidence on the Lives of Children of the New Century' to open conference |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://www.napep.info/conference |
| Description | Keynote talk by Professor Praveetha Patalay - Advancing population mental health through inclusion and innovation |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Professor Praveetha Patalay gave a key note talk at the Society for Mental Health Research, Sydney Australia Nov 2024. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | MCS8 co-funder bi-annual meetings |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Bi-annual meetings with the MCS8 co-funders group to update on progress and discuss departmental priorities: Dept of Health and Social Care, Dept for Education, Home Office, Welsh Government, Dept of Economy Northern Ireland, Dev top Education Northern Ireland. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021,2022,2023,2024,2025 |
| Description | MRC National Survey of Health and Development - participant engagement work - Social Isolation Summary |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | A summary of our social isolation research was sent to NSHD study members as part of participant engagement work. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2025 |
| Description | Maternity Staffing Roundtable |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Discussion between academics and midwifery leads about challenges facing maternity wards in UK. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2025 |
| Description | Media interview - Professor Emla Fitzsimons interview with The Psychologist |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Professor Emla Fitzsimons spoke with The Psychologist magazine's Shaoni Bhattacharya about the Millennium Cohort Study. In the article, Prof Fitzsimons discussed the history of MCS and the British birth cohorts, key findings, and its impact on policy and practice. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.bps.org.uk/psychologist/children-new-century |
| Description | Media pitch/exclusive - Baby boomers living longer, but in poorer health than previous generations |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Research comparing the health of baby boomers with earlier born generations was pitched as an exclusive to the Press Association's Jane Kirby. Co-authored by CLS PhD candidate, Laura Gimeno and Professor George Ploubidis, the study found people born in the late 1940s and 1950s - in England, the US and Europe - were more likely to experience multiple health problems in their later years than their earlier born counterparts. The story was picked up on the wire by numerous national and international media outlets, including BBC World Service, The Times (139 comments), Guardian, Mail (738 comments), Independent, Telegraph (371 comments), Evening Standard, Daily Star, Daily Express and CNN. Laura Gimeno was interviewed on the radio by BBC World Service and LBC. The findings were later discussed in comment pieces and features in The Times and Observer. The Guardian's news article was posted on Reddit where it received 13,000 upvotes and generated 498 comments. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://cls.ucl.ac.uk/baby-boomers-living-longer-but-in-poorer-health-than-previous-generations/ |
| Description | Media pitch/exclusive - Being an only child doesn't affect your development - family background matters more |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Research on the changing lives of only children and their families was offered as an exclusive to Grace Allen at The Conversation. The story was published on their website and has so far gained almost 90,000 views. The research was then picked up by various international media outlets, including BBC News Brasil, BBC News Mundo (Latin America), BBC News Gahuza (Rwanda), BBC News Pidgin (Nigeria), RTE (Ireland), Channel News Asia (Singapore), Ouest France, Greater Good Magazine, University of Berkeley (USA). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://cls.ucl.ac.uk/being-an-only-child-doesnt-affect-childrens-development/ |
| Description | Media pitch/exclusive - Being excluded or truant from school leads to mental health problems - and vice versa |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Research examining the relationship between mental ill-health and truancy and exclusion from school was featured in a Conversation blog in February 2024. The report, which uses data from the Millennium Cohort Study, has gained almost 2,000 views and attracted six comments. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://theconversation.com/being-excluded-or-truant-from-school-leads-to-mental-health-problems-and... |
| Description | Media pitch/exclusive - Children of care leavers risk inheriting parents' emotional scars |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Research examining the educational and mental health outcomes of care leavers and their children was pitched as an exclusive to the Press Association's Aine Fox. Her story included expert commentary from Clare Bracey, from Become, the national charity for children in care and young care leavers, and Paul Carberry, chief executive at Action for Children. The story was picked up on the wire by The Independent, Mail and numerous regional media outlets. Dr Sam Parsons' interview with a radio news bulletin service was featured on various radio stations across the UK. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://cls.ucl.ac.uk/children-of-care-leavers-risk-inheriting-parents-emotional-scars/ |
| Description | Media pitch/exclusive - Future graduates will pay more in student loan repayments - and the poorest will be worst affected |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Research using Next Steps student loans linked data was featured in a Conversation blog article in February 2024. The research examined which graduates would be most negatively impacted by the student loans reforms introduced last year. The blog has received more than 5,000 views from readers across the world. It has also sparked discussions online, with 39 comments on The Conversation website. The study's findings were also published in a policy briefing on the CLS website - https://cls.ucl.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Student-loans-reforms-CLS-policy-briefing-FINAL.pdf |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://theconversation.com/future-graduates-will-pay-more-in-student-loan-repayments-and-the-poores... |
| Description | Media pitch/exclusive - Going to private school makes you twice as likely to vote Tory, study finds |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | A an exclusive pitch was produced by the academic journal's press team to promote research co-authored by Professor Dick Wiggins, Dr Sam Parsons and Professor George Ploubidis. Using data from the 1970 British Cohort Study, the research found that people educated at private schools were twice as likely to be consistent Conservative voters as those who had a state education The study was covered by The Observer. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.theguardian.com/education/2023/apr/08/going-to-private-school-makes-you-twice-as-likely-... |
| Description | Media pitch/exclusive - Only a quarter of millennials who want children are trying for them |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Next Steps research on millennials' fertility intentions was pitched as an exclusive to the Press Association's Aine Fox. Co-authored by Dr Alina Pelikh and Dr Alice Goisis, the study found two fifths of 32-year-olds in England want children - or more children, if they are already parents - but only one in four of them are actively trying to conceive. The story was initially picked up on the wire by The Daily Mail, Independent and a range of regional news outlets. Dr Goisis was interviewed for BBC Radio West Midlands, and the research was featured on radio station news bulletins, including Capital Radio. A link to the Independent news story was posted on Reddit, where it received more than 2,300 upvotes and 400 comments. The research findings were then included as background information in a BBC news story about fertility rates in England and Wales. As a result of this coverage on the BBC, the research has since been referenced in numerous news and feature articles in top-tier national and international media outlets, including The Times, Financial Times, Guardian, Telegraph, Daily Express, Sky News, Economist, New Statesman and New York Post. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://cls.ucl.ac.uk/only-a-quarter-of-millennials-who-want-children-are-trying-for-them/ |
| Description | Media pitch/exclusive - Pandemic may have triggered second 'midlife crisis' in mental health for over-50s, study finds |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Research examining the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health of over-50s was pitched as an exclusive to The Guardian's Amelia Hill. The story was covered on The Guardian's website, and had an accompanying feature article including people's reflections on how they fared during the outbreak. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/apr/04/pandemic-triggered-second-midlife-crisis-among-over-... |
| Description | Meeting with Helen Heyes, MP and Shadow minister for Children and Early Years |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | I arranged a meeting with Helen Hayes, MP and Shadow Minister for Children and Early Years. During the meeting, we talked about CLS, its policy relevant work and how the British Cohort Studies can inform policy relevant questions. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Meeting with Cross Governmental Family Policy Analyst group |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Gave a presentation to a x-governmental family policy group in which family theme co-leaders: - introduced CLS and its mission - talked about work done by CLS in the family area - introduced British cohort studies - presented the idea of working together/co-producing knowledge together |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Meeting with Department for Business and Trade on potential for future collaboration |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | An introductory conversation with a colleague at the Department for Business and Trade outlining the work of CLS and discussing potential future opportunities for collaboration, potentially via bespoke analysis on policy areas of interest. Relevant to the labour markets and skills and poverty, inequality and social mobility themes. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Meeting with Department for Work and Pensions on potential for future collaboration |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | An introductory conversation with the Department for Work and Pensions outlining the work of CLS and discussing potential future opportunities for collaboration, potentially via bespoke analysis on policy areas of interest. Relevant to the labour markets and skills and poverty, inequality and social mobility themes. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Meeting with Home Office colleagues on neighbourhood crime and shoplifting research analysis |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | A conversation with Home Office colleagues following bespoke analysis produced for them on neighbourhood crime and shoplifting in young people. Agreed CLS would come to present to a wider group of policy contacts on the analysis and on the utility of the cohorts in broader policy development. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Meeting with Low Pay Commission colleagues on potential for future collaboration |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | An introductory conversation with colleagues at the Low Pay Commission outlining the work of CLS and discussing potential future opportunities for collaboration, potentially via bespoke analysis on policy areas of interest. Relevant to the labour markets and skills and poverty, inequality and social mobility themes. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Meeting with charity trustee - children of care leavers research findings |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | A meeting between lead researcher on the children of care leavers research project and trustee for Become, a charity supporting children in care and care leavers. Discussion around whether or not the research findings would support his campaigning work on making "care experienced" a protected characteristic. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Meeting with local government colleagues on care experienced young people |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Discussion between lead researcher on children of care leavers project, Dr Sam Parsons, and local government contacts seeking expert advise and support whilst setting up a pilot project looking to provide a basic income for care-experienced young people. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Meeting with the Permanent Secretary at the Department for Education |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Attended a meeting with the Permanent Secretary at the Department for Education at the Cambridge Centre for Science and Policy to discuss the potential (mis)use of genomics in education. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2025 |
| Description | Member of ALSPAC Scientific Advisory Board |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Member of the ALSPAC Scientific Advisory Committee; activities include regular meetings; support for and review of ALSPAC funding proposal. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021,2022,2023,2024 |
| Description | Member of the ESRC-convened Programme Board for the UK Data Service |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The Programme Board for the UK Data Service (UKDS) is responsible for: 1) Supporting ESRC decision-making regarding the objectives or delivery approach of UKDS; 2) Monitoring UKDS ongoing activities, KPIs and risk management; 3) Providing strategic support to ESRC. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2025 |
| Description | Member of the EU iRImote Expert Group 2 - Data sharing, Data access and Security |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The eRImote project is a group of 5 European expert groups dedicated to addressing various questions related to Remote and Digital Access Provision. The Expert Group II covers Data sharing, Data access and security (CESSDA-UKDS and CESSDA-ISSDA). This expert group will consider how we manage and enable timely and effective access to data, whilst upholding security and ensuring obligations to data owners are met. Topics for discussion will span technical and process solutions that address: authentication and authorisation of users and RI staff; data classification models and related modes of access; licensing and contracts; and infrastructure security measures. The expert group has met throughout 2023 and 2024 to allow discussion of existing solutions as well as identifying challenges arising from the implementation of remote access. The group will provide an opportunity for participants to network with colleagues from across a diverse range of research domains. The information shared will be captured and made available to the wider RI community through the eRImote information platform as well as informing recommendations for future remote access developments. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023,2024 |
| URL | https://erimote.eu/expert-groups |
| Description | Member of the PRUK LPS Skills Development Advisory Board |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The aim of the PRUK LPS Skills Development Advisory Board is to increase the skills of professional/operational staff working on Longitudinal Population Studies (LPS) such as data managers, data sharing officers, record linkage staff, etc. PRUK has funded this proposal centred on broadening the skills and expertise needed to support the wider sharing of and increased use of LPS data resources. The Advisory Board play an integral role in guiding the project and its members will provide insights into the specific needs of the community and ensure the successful delivery of the project's objectives. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023,2024 |
| Description | Member of the UCL Research Data Working Group |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The objectives of the UCL Research Data Working Group are to: - identify gaps in processes and provide guidance and support to enable best practice for researchers in managing their data; - identify gaps in the organisational infrastructure (e.g. data security, data management policy, data curation, risk assessment etc.) and advise on potential solutions for consideration by IRGC; - improve accountability and visibility and encourage a culture of continual improvement and reduction of risk; - ensure research data policy and associated procedures are up to date, streamlined and effectively communicated across the university; - advise on complex data management processes that have been brought to the attention of a RDWG member but require collective input from other members. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023,2024 |
| URL | https://www.ucl.ac.uk/library/open-science-research-support/research-data-management |
| Description | Member of the UK Advisory Group on Anonymisation and Data Access |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Member of the newly set up UK Advisory Group on Anonymisation and Data Access, yet to meet for the first time in 2025 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2025 |
| Description | Men's overconfidence helps them reach top jobs |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | News story on CLS website based on data from BCS70. Also media interest and social media. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://cls.ucl.ac.uk/mens-overconfidence-helps-them-reach-top-jobs/ |
| Description | Mental health and parenthood: preliminary findings from Next Steps age 32 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Dr Rosie Mansfield presented initial findings from Next Steps age 32 to CLS' families theme, scientific advisory network. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Meritocracy and Mental Health - research workshop with Common Room Consulting - lived experience in mental health experts |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Patients, carers and/or patient groups |
| Results and Impact | Dr Rosie Mansfield led a research workshop with young experts by experience from Common Room Consulting, an organisation led by lived experience in mental health. The workshops informed Dr Mansfield's British Academy Post-doctoral Fellowship application, which proposes the use of data from Next Steps. Dr Mansfield was successfully shortlisted for the fellowship and had recently submitted her second stage application. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Millennium Cohort Study email newsletter updates |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Established bi-monthly email newsletters to all Millennium Cohort Study co-funder organisations (the Home Office, Department of Health and Social Care, Department for Education, Department for Business and Trade, and representatives of the Welsh, Scottish and Northern Irish governments and executives). Provides an update on recent developments in the MCS, including progress of the sweep, and points recipients to new research using the MCS. Three newsletters have now been issued and forwarded to well over 100 civil service contacts to raise the profile of CLS and the MCS. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024,2025 |
| Description | N-IUSSP blog publicaton |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Wrote a blog post for N-IUSSP based on the published article: Chanfreau, J. and A. Goisis (2022a). "Patterns of help and care by adult only children and children with siblings." Ageing & Society. N-IUSSP is read by a range of academic and non-academic audiences, so the article is likely to have had a wide reach. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.niussp.org/family-and-households/looking-after-mum-and-dad-caregiving-by-adult-only-chil... |
| Description | NCDS annual birthday mailing 2025 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | In March 2025, CLS sent its annual engagement mailing to NCDS study members. The update covered an update on retirement, how age 11 essays predicted future outcomes, and how life experiences impact health. The mailing also included a birthday card. The postal mailing was accompanied by an email newsletter, which received a 30% open rate and a 25% click-to-open rate. The participant website was also refreshed at the time of the mailing, and saw a spike in traffic following the mailing. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2025 |
| Description | NCDS participant website and social media 2024-25 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | The NCDS website is aimed at study participants to keep them up to date with the latest news, findings and impact of the study. From April 2024 to February 2025, Google analytics tracked over 3,300 users to the site and nearly 30,000 page views. News content that was shared in the email newsletters throughout the year received the most traffic, highlighting the value of email in amplifying content. CLS launched an NCDS Facebook page in March 2025, which already has 169 followers within its first two days. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024,2025 |
| URL | https://ncds.info/ |
| Description | NCRM Research Methods e-Festival 2023 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Richard Silverwood and myself from CLS both presented Powerpoint slide presentations on the following theme: "How to handle missing data and restore sample representativeness in longitudinal surveys" My own presentation was specifically 'Introduction to the British Birth Cohort Studies" Liam Wright from CLS did a presentation on "Many Models: Conducting Sensitivity Analyses in R" ; and Liam Wright and David Bann did a presentation on "Investigating change across time: the challenges of cross-study comparative research and possible solutions". |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | National Child Development Study website and social media |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | The NCDS website is aimed at study participants, and keeps them up to date with the latest news, findings and impact of the study. In 2023, Google changed the way it reports on website analytics. So from April-July 2023, it reports 3,375 pageviews and 1,718 users. From July 2023-March 2024, it reports 36,838 views and 8,092 users. A big spike in traffic came in March 2024 with the NCDS birthday email, which saw 564 users and 514 engaged sessions come via email. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023,2024 |
| URL | https://ncds.info/ |
| Description | National University of Singapore Board of Trustees visit to UCL |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | National University of Singapore Board of Trustees - presentation about UK cohorts: looking for potential partnerships between CLS and Singapore cohorts, and sharing of best practice internationally |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | New data campaign - Next Steps Age 32 data release |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The new Age 32 Sweep of the Next Steps data was released at the UKDS on 12th September 2024 along with the accompanying documentation, the User Guide, questionnaire and the Technical Report. A news announcement and recorded training session outlining the features of the data was published on the CLS website and Youtube to coincide with the release (110 views of the news announcement to date and 61 views to date for the training video). The release has been promoted to our user email list (sent initially to 1,721 contacts with 34% open rate and 10% click-to-open rate) and social media channels (2,906 impressions on X and 290 impressions on Linkedin). The announcement has also been reshared by key partners, including UKDS, CLOSER, DTRN and NCRM, and sent to a range of relevant JISCmail lists. The data release was the main feature of our sponsorship and exhibition stall at the most recent SLLS Conference in Colchester, where CLS academics also hosted a symposium showcasing the opportunities in the new data through the initial findings. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://cls.ucl.ac.uk/next-steps-age-32-data-now-available/ |
| Description | New data release: COSMO Wave 2 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | News story about just-released data from Wave 2 of the COVID Social Mobility and Opportunities study. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://cls.ucl.ac.uk/new-data-release-cosmo-wave-2/ |
| Description | News announcement - New data release: COSMO Wave 2 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Data from Wave 2 of the COVID Social Mobility and Opportunities (COSMO) study was made available to researchers in November 2023. A news announcement about the new data was published on the CLS website and promoted on social media. As well as exploring how COVID-19 and the cost of living crisis has affected the lives of 17-18-year-olds across England, this latest release features data on the different paths young people are now taking towards adulthood, whether they leave education, progress through sixth form or college, take up an apprenticeship or start working. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://cls.ucl.ac.uk/new-data-release-cosmo-wave-2/ |
| Description | News item - A&E waiting times longer for disadvantaged teens |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | A news item about Next Steps' research findings was published on the CLS website and promoted on social channels. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://cls.ucl.ac.uk/ae-waiting-times-longer-for-disadvantaged-teens-new-study-finds/ |
| Description | News item - Baby boomers with private pensions and housing wealth more likely to retire early |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | 1958 National Child Development Study research authored by CLS academics was disseminated through a briefing paper and news item on the CLS website. The study was also promoted on social channels. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://cls.ucl.ac.uk/baby-boomers-with-private-pensions-and-housing-wealth-more-likely-to-retire-ea... |
| Description | News item - Does access to greenspace matter for teens' sleep? |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Millennium Cohort Study research authored by academics based at UCL and the University of Glasgow was written up as a news item for the CLS website. This was promoted on social channels and through the biannual CLS evidence update. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2025 |
| URL | https://cls.ucl.ac.uk/does-access-to-greenspace-matter-for-teens-sleep/ |
| Description | News item - Does where you live matter when it comes to applying for university? |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | A news item about Next Steps' research findings was published on the CLS website and promoted on social channels. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://cls.ucl.ac.uk/does-where-you-live-matter-when-it-comes-to-applying-for-university/ |
| Description | News item - New data release: Children of the 2020s study, Wave 1 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | A news story was published on the CLS website to announce the release of data from the first wave of the Children of the 2020s study. This was also promoted on CLS social channels. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://cls.ucl.ac.uk/new-data-release-children-of-the-2020s-study-wave-1/ |
| Description | News item - Private school education linked to better midlife health |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | 1970 British Cohort Study research authored by UCL academics was issued as a press release by the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. The release was repurposed for the CLS website and promoted via CLS social channels. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://cls.ucl.ac.uk/private-school-education-linked-to-better-midlife-health/ |
| Description | News item - Private schools lose GCSE results edge |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Millennium Cohort Study research authored by UCL academics was issued as a press release by the UCL media relations team. This was repurposed as a news item for the CLS website and promoted on CLS social channels. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://cls.ucl.ac.uk/private-schools-lose-gcse-results-edge/ |
| Description | News item - Quitting smoking is more difficult for those who start early |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | This May 2024 news item promotes research from the University of Toulouse in France using NCDS data, which found that people who begin smoking by the age of 16, and have experienced a challenging childhood, are more likely to find it harder to give up than those who started smoking later and had not experienced the same problems. As of February 2024, it has had 158 views. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024,2025 |
| URL | https://cls.ucl.ac.uk/quitting-smoking-is-more-difficult-for-those-who-start-early/ |
| Description | News item - Staying social helps people keep physically active in midlife |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | A news item based on BCS70 research findings was published on the CLS website and promoted on social channels. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://cls.ucl.ac.uk/staying-social-helps-people-keep-physically-active-in-midlife/ |
| Description | News item - What children write about may predict future mental health |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | This May 2024 news item promotes research from Chapman University in the US using NCDS data, which found that children who express positive thoughts and feelings in their creative writing are less likely to show symptoms of depression at the age of 23. As of February 2025, the news item had over 100 views. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024,2025 |
| URL | https://cls.ucl.ac.uk/what-children-write-about-may-predict-future-mental-health/ |
| Description | News item - Young adults taking longer to find work than preceding generation |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Research authored by CLS academics was issued as a press release by the UCL media relations team. The story was repurposed for the CLS website and social channels. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://cls.ucl.ac.uk/young-adults-taking-longer-to-find-work-than-preceding-generation/ |
| Description | Next Steps Participant Engagement - Exploring Social Isolation |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | Work from our social isolation project was summarised as part of Next Steps' participant engagement work. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Next Steps annual engagement mailing 2024 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | In June 2024, CLS sent its annual engagement mailing to Next Steps study members. The update included initial descriptive statistics from the Age 32 Survey, findings from the study on regional inequalities in social mobility, young people's life satisfaction, and student loan reform. The postal mailing was accompanied by an email newsletter, which had a 56% open rate and a 13% click-to-open rate. The participant website and social media channels were refreshed in advance of the mailing and saw spikes in traffic. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://nextstepsstudy.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/05/Next-Steps-2024-update_website.pdf |
| Description | Next Steps genetic data: mini new data campaign |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | CLS promoted the availability of new genetic data from Next Steps through enhanced website content, social media promotion across X, Linkedin and Bluesky, and an email bulletin to existing CLS genetic data users. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024,2025 |
| URL | https://cls.ucl.ac.uk/data-access-training/genetic-data-and-biological-samples/ |
| Description | Next Steps participant enewsletter January 2025 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | This issue of the Next Steps email newsletter included first findings from the Age 32 Sweep, and research findings on A&E wait times, returns to higher education, and social isolation. The issue had a 53% open rate and a 7% click-to-open rate. The online contact form and the initial findings were the most popular content among clickers. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2025 |
| Description | Next Steps participant website and social media 2024-25 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | The Next Steps website is aimed at study participants to keep them up to date with the latest news, findings and impact of the study. From April 2024 to February 2025, Google analytics tracked over 2,000 users to the site and over 39,600 page views. The online contact form and content about the Age 32 Survey was the most popular, however news content also performed well this year. As of February 2025, CNC has 151 followers on Instagram and 232 followers on Facebook. In response to recent trends on the platform, CLS opted to retire its participant X/Twitter accounts in line with UCL guidance. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024,2025 |
| URL | https://nextstepsstudy.org.uk/ |
| Description | Next Steps website and social media |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | The Next Steps website is aimed at study participants to keep them up to date with the latest news, findings and impact of the study. The way Google reports on website analytics changed in 2023, so from April-July 2023 it reported 2,508 pageviews and 966 users. From July 2023-March 2024 it reported 24,033 views and 2,862 users. After the homepage the most popular page was the Age 32 Survey. As of March 2024, Next Steps Twitter has 112 followers Next Steps Facebook has 212 likes and 229 followers Next Steps Instagram has 151 followers. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023,2024 |
| URL | https://nextstepsstudy.org.uk/ |
| Description | Organisation of a data linkage symposium at the 2024 SLLS conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Organised a symposium on the SLLS conference on linked administrative data with presenters from CLS and other UCL departments. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Organisation of a methods symposium at the Society for Longitudinal Studies Conference 2024 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Centre for Longitudinal Studies organised a symposium at the SLLS 2024 conference to showcase methodological innovations in the CLS cohort studies. Presentations covered use of video interviewing in NCDS and BCS70, the results of a mode experiment in MCS, experimental evidence on the use of targeted incentives in Next Steps (and other innovations) and developments in approaches to handling missing data. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://hubble-live-assets.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/slls/file_asset/file/1117/2024_SLLS_CONFERENCE... |
| Description | Pandemic may have triggered second 'midlife crisis' in mental health for over-50s, study finds |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | CLS website news story based on new research published in PLOS Medicine, taking data from three different cohort studies. Media coverage and social media. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://cls.ucl.ac.uk/pandemic-may-have-triggered-second-midlife-crisis-in-mental-health-for-over-50... |
| Description | Panel speaker at the Conservative Party Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | I was invited to speak at a Panel "Is there a distinctively Conservative approach to public service reform?", together with former MP and the UCL Provost Michael Spence. I spoke about early years programmes. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGl1kP_Fxb4 |
| Description | Parental Mental Health Initial Findings from Next Steps age 32 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Dr Rosie Mansfield presented initial findings from Next Steps age 32 data collection sweep on parenthood and mental health at the Society for Longitudinal and Lifecourse Studies Conference at the University of Essex. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Participant engagement: BCS70 2024 birthday mailing |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | In April 2024, CLS will send its annual study update and birthday card to members of the 1970 British Cohort Study. This booklet thanks study members for taking part in the Life in Your Early 50s survey and includes some figures on response rates as well as on use of the data by researchers since the last major survey. The booklet features write-ups of some of the recent research findings from the study. It also invites study members to complete a short feedback survey about their experiences of taking part. A birthday email will also be sent to all study members for who we have a valid email address, to complement the physical mailing. This will include links to news items on the study website, to our online form for updating contact information, and to the feedback survey. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://bcs70.info/resources/ |
| Description | Participant engagement: NCDS 2024 birthday mailing |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | In March 2024, CLS sent its annual study update and birthday card to members of the National Child Development Study. This booklet thanked study members for taking part in the Life in Your Early 60s survey and included some figures on response rates as well as on use of the data by researchers since the last major survey. The booklet also included write-ups of some of the recent research from the study as well as a crossword inspired by the essays the study members wrote for the study when they were 11 years old. The booklet also included an invitation to complete a short feedback survey about their experiences of taking part in the study. A birthday email was also sent to all study members for who we have a valid email address. The email complemented the physical mailing and included links to news items on the study website, to our online form for updating contact information, and to the feedback survey. The email had an open rate of 73% and of those who opened it, 28% clicked on a link. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://ncds.info/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/NCDS-Booklet-2024-web.pdf |
| Description | Participation in 1st Survey Futures Survey Practice Forum |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | CLS staff are leading two research strands of the Survey Futures project. Matt Brown presented plans for the video-interviewing research strand and Lisa Calderwood presented plans for a research strand focused on collecting complex measures in self-completion surveys. Research plans will draw extensively on data collected in the CLS cohorts. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://surveyfutures.net/events/2023/09/21/survey-practice-forum-2/ |
| Description | Participation in 3rd Survey Futures Survey Practice Forum |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Centre for Longitudinal Studies are leading two research strands in the Survey Futures project. At this online event, which had a focus on changing survey modes, Matt Brown presented emerging findings from the research strand focused on video interviewing, which included findings based on NCDS and BCS70. Lisa Calderwood and Sebastian Kocar presented findings from an experiment conducted in the Next Steps Age 32 Survey which sought to evaluate a new approach to occupation coding - part of the research strand focused on collecting complex measures in self-completion surveys. The event was attended by a large audience of survey practitioners. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://natcen.ac.uk/events/3rd-survey-practice-forum-changing-data-collection-modes |
| Description | Participation in an expert panel advising on the survey design of the European Values Survey |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Invited to participate (as one of four experts) in an panel advising on the survey design of the Italian round of the European Values Study. The panel focused on enhancing the representativeness of a hard-to-reach group-immigrants residing in Italy -by refining the sampling design and optimizing response maximization strategies. The four experts were: Alessandra Gaia (Centre for Longitudinal Studies), Annamaria Bianchi (University of Bergamo), Peter Lynn (University of Essex) and Pierfrancesco Perri (University of Calabria). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2025 |
| URL | https://europeanvaluesstudy.eu/ |
| Description | Participation in video-interviewing special interest group |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Matt Brown and Carole Sanchez have joined and participated in the meetings and activities of a 'special interest group' focused on video-interviewing. The working group brings together survey practitioners from across the world to discuss and share findings related to the development of this new approach to conducting interviews. The aim is to develop best-practice and deepen understanding of the impact of this new mode on data quality and measurement. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022,2023 |
| Description | Peking University workshops in 2024 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Designed a 2-day workshop at Peking University, and delivered sessions on: -comparative research -an introduction to cohort studies -social inequalities in health |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Population Research UK Community Consultation Workshops |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | 5 workshops across the UK and one online to understand LPS community needs |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Presentation at AAPOR Conference on findings of an experimental study evaluating different approaches to measuring income |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Tugba Adali presented findings from an experimental study evaluating different approaches to measuring income in surveys at the 77th American Association for Public Opinion Research(AAPOR) conference in Chicago, USA. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://aapor.org/aapor-78th-annual-conference/ |
| Description | Presentation at City University/NatCen Survey Methods Webinar on Video Interviewing |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Carole Sanchez presented a webinar focused on the CLS experience of conducting interviews by video in NCDS and BCS70. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8Hh_PhbnHo |
| Description | Presentation at Dondena Centre at Bocconi University |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Presented findings at the Dondena Seminar Series at Bocconi University and received feedback on work in progress |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Presentation at Panel Survey Methods Workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Matt Brown attended Panel Survey Methods Workshop - an international expert workshop involving those running longitudinal studies. Matt presented the findings of a project evaluating the accuracy with which information about childhood can be recalled during adulthood using evidence from NCDS. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://panelsurveymethods.wordpress.com/earlier-panel-survey-method-workshops/2020-workshop-in-laus... |
| Description | Presentation at Physical Health SAN network meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Brief presentation of our work harmonising physical health variables across 5 cohorts, including preliminary prevalence findings. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Presentation at SLLS conference, Cleveland, USA introducing the COSMO study |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation: 'A new youth cohort study on the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on young people's education and wellbeing: The COVID Social Mobility & Opportunities study (COSMO)' delivered by Tugba Adali at Society for Lifecourse and Longitudinal Studies conference in Cleveland, USA. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.slls.org.uk/events/slls-2022-annual-international-conference |
| Description | Presentation at Survey Futures Early Career Researcher Conference on impact of video interviewing on measurement and data quality |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Marc Asensio presented initial findings from an experiment seeking to compare how the measurement properties of data collected by video interviews compares with data collected online and face-to-face. There is a lack of evidence about the impact of video interviewing on measurement and data quality so these findings make an important contribution to our understanding of this emerging mode for conducting social surveys. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2025 |
| URL | https://surveyfutures.net/events/2024/11/18/1st-survey-futures-early-career-researchers-conference/ |
| Description | Presentation at the Society for Longitudinal Studies Conference 2023 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Presentation titled 'Developing an innovative new birth cohort in the UK: The Early Life Cohort Feasibility Study (ELC-FS)'. Given at a special session on developments in youth and child cohort studies to an academic audience. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Presentation at the Society for Longitudinal and Lifecourse Studies (SLLS), 'Growing Up and Growing Older Across Societies: Harnessing the Power of Comparative Research' |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | I presented the paper 'Income volatility and maternal psychological distress: evidence from the UK' at the SLLS 2022 conference, which led to a submission to a Journal. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Presentation in Study Abroad Program |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Talk on the Millennium Cohort Study to students and programme leads from Oregon State University in the U.S. as part of Study Abroad summer 2024 Programme. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Presentation of Wiegoleszewska paper to SLLS confernence by Heather Joshi |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Paper became a contribution to an international collection about the consequences of natural disasters. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10161243/ |
| Description | Presentation to Department for Business and Trade on Labour Markets and Skills research at CLS |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Up to 40 people from the Department for Business and Trade (DBT)'s Employment Rights Directorate attended a presentation introducing the CLS cohorts, recent research on the Labour Markets & Skills theme and our new strategic approach to policy engagement. DBT were interested in working together in future to support evidence building using the cohorts on a number of research questions. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Presentation to Department of Health and Social Care on ageing measures and research in the CLS cohorts |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Presentation given to the Department of Health and Social Care's Adult Social Care Group, made up of a mix of policy and analytical colleagues working on social care issues. Introduction given to CLS, the ageing measures and recent and upcoming research. A number of follow up questions were asked. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Presentation to Department of Health and Social Care on physical health measures and research in the CLS cohorts |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Presentation given to the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC)'s Health, Science and Engineering Network to introduce the CLS cohorts and showcase the physical health measures and recent research. Also set out CLS's new approach to policy engagement. A number of further requests for information and ideas for working jointly were made after the event. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Presentation to Home Office on weapons carrying analysis and wider CLS policy engagement |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Up to 35 policymakers in the Home Office (HO) crime analysis division attended a presentation on recent CLS research on the predictors and prevalence of weapons carrying in young people using MCS data. A secondary presentation was made on CLS's new strategic approach to policy engagement and policy-relevant research, and HO colleagues requested future working with CLS on our evidence on criminal and risk taking behaviours. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Presentation to ONS Survey Strategy Group on Video Interviewing |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Carole Sanchez and Matt Brown invited to ONS Survey Strategy group to present our experiences of conducting interviews by video in the CLS cohorts. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Presentation to Video Interviewing Special Interest Group |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presented on - 'Experience on interviewing in two UK national cohort studies' to a group of survey practitioners who have a special interest or experience on video interviewing. This forum is used to share experiences and discuss how best to more widely document and disseminate findings in this area. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Presentation to the Welsh Longitudinal Studies Network |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Alissa Goodman and Lucy Griffiths were invited to present to the Welsh Longitudinal Studies Network about the Early Life Cohort Feasibility Study |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Press release - British adults healthier in midlife than US peers |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | A press release was issued to media outlets to disseminate 1970 British Cohort Study research findings comparing the midlife health of British adults with their US peers. Co-authored by Dr Charis Bridger-Staatz and Professor George Ploubidis, the study showed rates of obesity, high blood pressure and high cholesterol were lower among British adults in midlife compared to their counterparts in the US. The research was covered by top-tier media outlets, including The Times (285 comments by readers), Daily Mail (123 comments), Independent, Daily Mirror, Sky News, and ITV News, as well as numerous regional and specialist outlets. Dr Staatz was also interviewed by Trisha Goddard on Talk TV. The research was shared on Reddit where it was upvoted 14,000 times and received 1,100 comments. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://cls.ucl.ac.uk/british-adults-healthier-in-midlife-than-us-peers/ |
| Description | Press release - Millennial women paid less than male colleagues in similar jobs |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | A press release was issued to media outlets to publicise Next Steps research findings about gender differences in employment and pay. The study, which was co-authored by Dr Bozena Wielgoszewska, revealed that working women in their early 30s in England are paid less than men of the same age, in the same types of jobs, who have similar levels of education and work experience. The findings were covered in both The Times print edition and online, where it received 117 comments. It was also featured on specialist industry websites, including on Dentistry.co.uk. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://cls.ucl.ac.uk/millennial-women-paid-less-than-male-colleagues-in-similar-jobs/ |
| Description | Press release - Today's parents still prioritise playtime, despite added pressures |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | A press release was issued to media outlets to disseminate the first findings from the Children of the 2020s study. The research was covered by BBC Radio 4 Today programme, The Times, Independent, Evening Standard, Mail, Nursery World, Irish News, Science Daily and The National. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://cls.ucl.ac.uk/todays-parents-prioritise-playtime/ |
| Description | Privately-educated are twice as likely to be consistent Conservative voters, says research |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | CLS website news story based on BCS70 research. The study, led by researchers from the UCL Centre for Longitudinal Studies, is the first to follow a group of people over decades to quantify how private or state education affected their voting and attitudes during the four general elections between 1997 and 2010. Also social media and piece in the Observer newspaper. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://cls.ucl.ac.uk/privately-educated-are-twice-as-likely-to-be-consistent-conservative-voters-sa... |
| Description | Professional Development workshop at the Methods Con conference (Manchester Sept 2022) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Workshop on "Investigating change across time: the challenges of cross-study comparative research and possible solutions" which included theory and a practical on conducting cross-cohort work. The session sparked a lot of interest and questions on the practicalities of doing this type of work and on ways to overcome challenges. The session was well attended by policymakers and they noted it was extremely useful session. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.ncrm.ac.uk/MethodsCon/programme.php |
| Description | Qualitative Study with MCS cohort members |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | A qualitative research project was conducted in collaboration with Ipsos Mori. MCS participants were invited to take part in a series of focus groups and in-depth interviews which focused on participant reflections on taking part, barriers to participation, how best to engage study members, how best to make contact, preferences regarding survey mode, collecting information from other family members and other aspects of participation. The findings have been used to inform the design of the forthcoming Age 23 Survey. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | RIDGE Policy Debate on Early Childhood, Montevideo |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | I was invited to take part in a debate about early childhood policy at scale at the RIDGE Policy Debate on Early Childhood, Montevideo-with the Ministry of Social Inclusion of Uruguay, the former Ministry of Health of Chile and expert from IADB. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Research presentation to the Youth Endowment Fund |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | This was a presentation to the Youth Endowment Fund (YEF) on findings from a recent report on adverse and positive childhood experiences in relation to youth violence. This was attended by around 30 staff at the YEF. This lead to discussion and follow up emails about further research being undertaken and funded by the YEF. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2025 |
| Description | Royal Statistical Society International Conference 2022 presentation by Richard Silverwood (1) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Royal Statistical Society International Conference 2022 presentation on "Examining the quality and sample representativeness of linked 1958 National Child Development Study and Hospital Episode Statistics data" by Richard Silverwood, including Q&A session. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://rss.org.uk/training-events/conference2022/ |
| Description | Royal Statistical Society International Conference 2022 presentation by Richard Silverwood (2) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Royal Statistical Society International Conference 2022 presentation on "Using linked Hospital Episode Statistics data to aid the handling of missing cohort data" by Richard Silverwood, including Q&A session. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://rss.org.uk/training-events/conference2022/ |
| Description | Royal Statistical Society International Conference 2023 presentation by Richard Silverwood |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Royal Statistical Society International Conference 2023 presentation on "Using linked cohort data to help address residual confounding in analyses of administrative data" by Richard Silverwood, including Q&A session. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://rss.org.uk/training-events/conference-2023/ |
| Description | Royal Statistical Society South West Local Group seminar by Richard Silverwood |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Royal Statistical Society South West Local Group seminar on "Using linked administrative data to aid the handling of non-response and restore sample representativeness in cohort studies: The 1958 National Child Development Study and Hospital Episode Statistics data" by Richard Silverwood, including Q&A session. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Royal Statistical Society seminar presentation - video interviewing |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presented on - 'Experience on interviewing in two UK national cohort studies'. This provided information and guidance on how video interviewing was conducted on NCDS and BCS70. This guidance can then be used by other survey practitioners/methodologists in considerations about future survey design. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | SLLS presentation |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Academic conference presentation on the relationship between attainment in GCSEs and mental health |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://www.slls.org.uk/events/2024-slls-annual-international-conference |
| Description | Singaporean Ministry of Education visit to Centre for Longitudinal Studies |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Singaporean Ministry of Education visited CLS to learn more about the CLS cohorts and our innovative practices, and to seek advice on a number of longitudinal study initiatives in Singapore |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Social Inequalities |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | This was an invited talk at the British Educational Research Association conference from 12-14 September 2023 on the topic of social inequalities. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.bera.ac.uk/ |
| Description | Social media campaign - Child of the New Century 21 stories in 21 weeks |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | The Millennium Cohort Study/Child of the New Century (CNC) and its study members turned 21 during 2020-22. To celebrate this milestone, we published 21 stories about the study and its research findings each week from 24 March - 25 August 2023. We posted content on participant-facing social media channels, including Instagram and Facebook, to celebrate the contribution of CNC participants and their families, and to reengage them in anticipation of the age 23 survey. During the 21 stories campaign (24 March - 25 August 2023), visits to the CNC Instagram and Facebook accounts increased substantially (by 574.2% and 328.5% respectively) compared to the previous quarter (October 2022 - March 2023). Also, 83% of visits to the Instagram account (600 of 725) and 69% of profile visits to the CNC Facebook account (707 of 1021) in 2023 occurred during the 21 stories campaign. There was an increase in new followers (Instagram by 100% and Facebook by 300%) during the 21 stories campaign compared to the previous quarter; and, 89% of new Instagram followers (129 of 145) and 80% of our new CNC Facebook followers (4 of 5) in 2023 during the 21 stories campaign. This is almost a third (31%) of our total Instagram followers. The top ten most popular stories were either animations or videos, supporting the decision to focus on creating dynamic multimedia content. Altogether, the videos and animations were watched 3,407 times on Instagram. Participants' favourite story themes were mental health (3 stories), and families and home life (2 stories). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.instagram.com/childofthenewcentury/ |
| Description | Society for Longitudinal and Lifecourse Studies (SLLS) Annual International Conference 2024 - abstract submission |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | SLLS Annual International Conference 2024 is an international academic conference - abstract has been submitted to present in 2024 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Society for Longitudinal and Lifecourse Studies Annual International Conference 2024 presentation by Richard Silverwood |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Society for Longitudinal and Lifecourse Studies Annual Internation Conference presentation on "Using linked cohort data to help address residual confounding in analyses of population administrative data" by Richard Silverwood, including Q&A session. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Society for Social Medicine & Population Health 68th Annual Scientific meeting - abstract submission |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Society for Social Medicine & Population Health 68th Annual Scientific meeting is an international academic conference - abstract has been submitted to present in 2024 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Sponsorship: ILC Future of Ageing Conference 2025 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | CLS sponsored the Future of Ageing 2025 conference, as part of ongoing relationship building activity with the International Longevity Centre UK. Around 90 delegates attended from across the UK and abroad, with significant representation from the private and third sectors. Prof George Ploubidis gave a keynote talk on the value of the cohort studies for understanding ageing, and hosted a breakout session showcasing the value in detail. CLS also exhibited at the event - the majority of delegate engaged were previously unfamiliar with the cohort studies. One delegate was prompted to write a blog on what she learned about the cohorts during the conference: https://elderberries.substack.com/p/impact-data-and-daughters?r=2aki2?dRedirect=true |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2025 |
| URL | https://ilcuk.org.uk/foa-2025/ |
| Description | Sponsorship: SLLS conference 2024 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | CLS sponsored the SLLS Annual International Conference 2024. The CLS exhibition stand engaged with new and experienced cohort data users, primarily showcasing new and forthcoming data releases. CLS hosted multiple seminars and presentations showcasing the research potential of the cohort data, including a well-attended symposium on the new Next Steps Age 32 data and a second symposium on findings from the CLS Impact Evidence Programme. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://www.slls.org.uk/events/2024-slls-annual-international-conference |
| Description | St. George's University of London Population Health Research Institute Seminar by Richard Silverwood |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Invited seminar at St. George's University of London Population Health Research Institute on "Using linked Hospital Episode Statistics data to aid the handling of missing cohort data" by Richard Silverwood, including Q&A session |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Stakeholder advisory meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Stakeholders interested in the project and it's findings from government, third sector and academics attended this meeting where we presented findings and discussed implications. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Submission of analyses to the Home Office on shoplifting and neighbourhood crime using the Millennium Cohort Study. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Submission of analyses requested by the Home Office in relation to prevalence and predictors of shoplifting and neighbourhood crime at age 17 using the Millennium Cohort Study. This is part of an ongoing collaboration between CLS and the Home Office. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023,2024 |
| Description | Symposium on ageing in the cohorts |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Symposium on opportunities for ageing research using the CLS cohorts at the 2024 British Society of Gerontology conference. Around 20 people attended, sparking questions around using the CLS data resources for ageing research. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Talk at The Conception to Age Two All-Party Parliamentary Group (Virtual). |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | I was invited to talk about my research at the The Conception to Age Two All-Party Parliamentary Group (Virtual). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Talk at the Klaus J. Jacobs Research Prize symposium |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Supporters |
| Results and Impact | I was invited to talk about my home visiting at scale research to the prestigious Klaus J. Jacobs Research Prize symposium, an exclusive invitation-only event for international experts in Zurich. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Talk at the Workshop "Children well-being and longitudinal studies: a policy perspective"* (in Florence) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Supporters |
| Results and Impact | I was invited to talk at the Workshop "Children well-being and longitudinal studies: a policy perspective" (at UNICEF Innocenti in Florence), where I talked about the importance of collecting longitudinal data to track child development. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Talk presenting findings at a conference to celebrate the Millennium Cohort Study |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | I gave a presentation of a paper titled: Clustering of adverse health and educational outcomes in adolescence following early childhood disadvantage. I was contacted afterwards regarding methods for someone who was doing their own analyses on the Millennium Cohort Study. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | The gender furlough gap: Why did women stop working at higher rates than men? |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | A blog post summarising one of our research paper in non-academic language has been published at Transforming Society website (https://www.transformingsociety.co.uk/2023/09/28/the-gender-furlough-gap-why-did-women-stop-working-at-higher-rates-than-men/). This blog has subsequently been re-posted also on UKDS website (https://blog.ukdataservice.ac.uk/the-gender-furlough-gap/). Both links were also shared on social media. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.transformingsociety.co.uk/2023/09/28/the-gender-furlough-gap-why-did-women-stop-working-... |
| Description | Today's parents still prioritise playtime, despite added pressures |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | News story on the CLS website alongside social media and significant media coverage. News story based on the first report from the Children of the 2020s study, led by UCL. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://cls.ucl.ac.uk/todays-parents-prioritise-playtime/ |
| Description | UCL Centre for Longitudinal Studies Lunchtime Talk by Richard Silverwood |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | UCL Centre for Longitudinal Studies Lunchtime Talk on "Using linked cohort data to help address residual confounding in analyses of administrative data" by Richard Silverwood, including Q&A session. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | UCL FAIR Data Accelerator Pilot: interview |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Personal interview as partof the UCL FAIR Data Accelerator Pilot. Thisresearch project that will explore how digital infrastructure is changing research practices in science communities to make hidden social and cultural challenges and barriers to data sharing visible. This project runs from November 2023 to June 2025 funded by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) and the UK Government Department for Science Innovation and Technology (DSIT). This study brings together sociology, educational research and digital research infrastructure expertise and explores how science communities using Digital Research Infrastructures (DRIs) change their ways of working and research practices (e.g. data sharing). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/departments-and-centres/centres/ucl-knowledge-lab/current-research/fair-da... |
| Description | UCL Institute of Epidemiology and Health Care Methods Seminar by Richard Silverwood |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | UCL Institute of Epidemiology and Health Care Methods Seminaron "Using linked cohort data to help address residual confounding in analyses of population administrative data" by Richard Silverwood, including Q&A session. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2025 |
| Description | UCL Quantitative Social Science Quantitative Methods Reading Group presentation by Richard Silverwood |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | UCL Quantitative Social Science Quantitative Methods Reading Group presentation on "Handling missing data and restoring sample representativeness in the British cohort studies" by Richard Silverwood, including Q&A session. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | UCL- Chile Knowledge Exchange: data management talk |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The objective of the Chilean Visit to CLS was to learn about the UK Integrated Data Infrastructure (IDI) and how administrative and survey data is used by academia and government to deliver highly relevant research that improves public policies and impact people's life. Representatives of different UK institutions presented to the Chilean group about their experience producing high-impact policy research using UK administrative and survey data. Then, we had an open and guided discussion in which Chilean delegates will ask you questions. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.adruk.org/news-publications/news-blogs/international-knowledge-sharing-public-good-data-... |
| Description | Unraveling Gene-Environment Interactions in Child Development |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Event at the Leverhulme Demography Centre at the University of Oxford. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2025 |
| Description | Unraveling Links Between Chronic Inflammation and Long COVID: Current State, Challenges, and Opportunities |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Invited to deliver a talk at the National Institute of Health event on Unraveling Links Between Chronic Inflammation and Long COVID: Current State, Challenges, and Opportunities. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://epi.grants.cancer.gov/events/inflammation-long-covid/ |
| Description | Using linked administrative data: Hospital Episode Statistics linked with the CLS cohorts |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | UCL Centre for Longitudinal Studies training event on "Using linked administrative data: Hospital Episode Statistics linked with the CLS cohorts" led by Richard Silverwood. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | WHO webinar on Environmental Health Inequalities |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Talk on environmental inequalities which summarised a report prepared for the WHO European office. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Webinar - 1970 British Cohort Study at age 51: explore the new data |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | This webinar - part of an ongoing new data series - explored the new data available from the 1970 British Cohort Study at age 51, including the value of this national cohort study for research into midlife and ageing, and outlined opportunities for cross-cohort comparisons. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2025 |
| URL | https://cls.ucl.ac.uk/events/bcs70-at-51/ |
| Description | Webinar - Cross-cohort comparative analysis in the British cohort studies: opportunities and challenges |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | This webinar focused on conducting cross-study comparisons across time, in the British birth cohorts and other datasets. The session provided insights into the benefits and importance of conducting cross-study comparisons in the social and health sciences, offering guidance and suggestions on methodological issues and other considerations. It was attended by 55 delegates from across a range of organisations, disciplines, regions and experience levels. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://cls.ucl.ac.uk/events/cross-cohort-comparative-analysis-in-the-british-cohort-studies-opportu... |
| Description | Webinar - Families and relationships in four British cohort studies: measurement, research and access |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | This webinar illustrated a wide range of measures that relate to the characteristics of an individual's family of origin and own family formation behaviours (household composition, fertility, partnerships, living arrangements, etc.), showcase the value of taking a life course approach and look at changes in family dynamics over time and across cohorts, and highlight how it can be effectively combined with other research areas including health and ageing, and highlighted some examples of research on families and relationships using the British cohort studies. It was attended by 111 delegates from across a range of organisations, disciplines, regions and experience levels. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://cls.ucl.ac.uk/events/families-and-relationships-in-four-cohort-studies/ |
| Description | Webinar - Getting started: An introduction to four British cohort studies |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | This webinar gave attendees an overview of four internationally renowned national cohort studies run by CLS, and the wide range of opportunities they offer to researchers. It was attended by 138 delegates from across a range of organisations, disciplines, regions and experience levels. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://cls.ucl.ac.uk/events/getting-started-an-introduction-to-four-cohort-studies-2024/ |
| Description | Webinar - Handling missing data in the 1970 British Cohort Study |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | This webinar covered the relevant missing data theory before discussing missing data methods and their application. There was a particular emphasis on why and how variables other than those required for the analysis should be included in missing data handling. Speakers presented findings from their recent work in BCS70 and provide guidance for how users of data from this study can handle missing data in their own analyses. It was attended by 59 delegates from across a range of organisations, disciplines, regions and experience levels. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://cls.ucl.ac.uk/events/handling-missing-data-in-the-1970-british-cohort-study/ |
| Description | Webinar - Handling survey mode effects in the UK cohort studies |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | This webinar demonstrated to data users how to consider the elements of mixed mode data collection in the CLS cohorts and provided frameworks and relevant empirical evidence to help researchers think about the possible consequences of mode effects in their own analyses. It was attended by 71 delegates from across a range of organisations, disciplines, regions and experience levels. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2025 |
| URL | https://cls.ucl.ac.uk/events/handling-survey-mode-effects/ |
| Description | Webinar - Introduction to geo-linking cohort and admin data to social and physical environmental data |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | This workshop introduced delegates 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. It was attended by 26 delegates across a range of organisations, disciplines, regions and experience levels. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://cls.ucl.ac.uk/events/intro-to-geolinking-cohort-data/ |
| Description | Webinar - Next Steps at age 32: explore the new data |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | This webinar - part of an ongoing new data series - provided delegates with an opportunity to explore the new data available from Next Steps, learn why this national cohort study of millennials is such a valuable research resource and discover some of the first findings at age 32. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2025 |
| URL | https://cls.ucl.ac.uk/events/next-steps-at-32/ |
| Description | What Works Centre for Wellbeing Research Update |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | Research team updated the What Works Centre for Wellbeing on research findings and future plans for the project. Plans were made for future related activity e.g., blogs, research summaries. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Workshop on comparative research - University of Zurich 2025 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | David Bann was invited to give a workshop on comparative research at the University of Zurich on comparative research (invited by Laura Bechtiger and Clarissa Janousch). This half-day workshop was delivered, along with Nikki Shure. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2025 |
| Description | Workshop on obesity research in Copenhage University for PhD students |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | David Bann delivered 2 lectures/workshops in a teaching programme at Copenhagen University in 2025. These focused on: 1) obesity/cohort research and 2) using AI to accelerate research. Audience was 20 Phd students and the group lead Prof Berit Heitmann. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2025 |
| Description | blog on The Decline and Deceleration of GWG |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Summary of the research programme, originally presented at the end-of-award workshop at the British Academy. Also posted on the project website. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://blogs.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/2024/07/03/the-gender-wage-gap-decline-and-deceleration |
| Description | workshop on the Gender Wage Gap at British Academy |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | A one-day event in a central London venue on June 5th. Presentations of research based on cohort data from the research team, and invited speakers reporting research on other data. The programme ended with a policy panel. Speakers from the government had to withdraw from this because of election purdah. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10193327/ |