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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
Poor mental health doubled likelihood of experiencing financial hardship during pandemic
Up to one in five adults with a history of poor mental health reported they were ‘much worse off’ financially a year into the COVID-19 pandemic, compared to one in ten of those who had never had psychological problems in adulthood, according to a new IOE study.
19 Jan 2023
Almost half of young people report mental health problems
Poor mental health among young people aged 16 and 17 has increased by more than 25% since 2017, with those who identify as non-binary among the most affected, according to research by UCL and the Sutton Trust.
23 Nov 2022
IOE academics awarded prestigious UKRI prize for social and economic impact
Professors Heather Joshi and Lorraine Dearden have been recognised for their work in inequality and access to education at the 10th ESRC Celebrating Impact Awards.
03 Nov 2022
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