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Director: Professor Alissa Goodman
The Centre for Longitudinal Studies (CLS) is an Economic and Social Research Centre (ESRC website) Resource Centre.
Our centre manages four of the UK's internationally-renowned cohort studies:
- 1958 National Child Development Study (NCDS).
- 1970 British Cohort Study (BCS70).
- Millennium Cohort Study (MCS).
- Next Steps, formerly Longitudinal Study of Young People in England.
Birth cohort studies
Learn more about our internationally-renowned cohort studies.
Research and consultancy
Find out about research and consultancy activities in the Centre for Longitudinal Studies (CLS).
News
Why engaging with the media (as a PhD) will help your career
In this episode Dr Alina Pelikh speaks to in-house media relations expert Chris Lane, who works in UCL's central press office team. We discuss the ins and outs of communicating research and expertise to the wider world via the media.
24 Jun 2024
UCL and University of Bristol to lead support hub for UK’s longitudinal population studies
UCL and the University of Bristol will lead the Population Research UK (PRUK) co-ordination hub, part of an existing strategic investment from the UKRI Infrastructure Fund.
27 Mar 2024
In memory of John Bynner (1938 – 2023)
A tribute to the founding director of the UCL Centre for Longitudinal Studies and Professor of Education who sadly passed away on 22 August 2023.
05 Sep 2023
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