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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

Professor Jennifer Symonds appointed Director of CLOSER

Dr Jennifer Symonds from University College Dublin has been appointed as Professor and Director of Cohort and Longitudinal Studies Enhancement Resources (CLOSER) at the UCL Social Research Institute. She takes up the role today, Monday 4 September 2023.

04 Sep 2023

REF results highlight UCL’s research strength and power in Education

UCL’s submission to the Education Unit of Assessment (UoA23) has been ranked first for research strength and research power in the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2021, according to the Elsevier REF 2021 Results Analysis Tool.

12 May 2022

IOE named World Number 1 for Education in QS subject rankings

IOE, UCL’s Faculty of Education and Society, has been named Number 1 for Education in the QS World University Rankings by Subject for the ninth year in a row.

06 Apr 2022

New demo animations created for the CLOSER Learning Hub

A new set of ‘Getting started’ animations have been launched on the CLOSER Learning Hub.

10 Mar 2022

Women who experience early menopause spend 4 months fewer in work during their early 50s

The onset of menopause before age 45 reduces months spent in work by 9% - around 4 months’ employment - for women during their early 50s, finds new research by the UCL Social Research Institute.

24 Jan 2022

IOE. For Life. Celebrating 120 years of excellence.

I am delighted to launch IOE’s year of celebrations to mark our 120th anniversary and our record of excellence, collaboration and impact.

10 Jan 2022

Next Steps and new COVID-19 variables added to CLOSER Discovery

Over 18,000 new variables have been added to CLOSER Discovery – the UK’s most detailed search engine for longitudinal population studies.

22 Oct 2021

Wide disparities in children’s body fat between most deprived and advantaged areas

Children who live in the most deprived UK areas see far higher increases in body fat, between the ages of seven and 17, compared to those from most advantaged areas, finds a new study by UCL Institute of Education (IOE) researchers.

30 Jul 2021

UCL Institute of Education ranked world number one for Education in QS subject rankings

UCL Institute of Education (IOE) has been rated as the world number one for Education for the eighth year in a row, the QS World University Rankings by Subject published today (3 March) reveal.

03 Mar 2021

Four new animations launched to explain data analysis techniques

Four new animations introducing methods for the analysis of data from longitudinal studies have been published by the Cohort and Longitudinal Studies Enhancement Resources (CLOSER), based in UCL Institute of Education’s (IOE) Social Research Institute.

17 Feb 2021

COVID-19 variables added to CLOSER Discovery

CLOSER Discovery – the UK’s most detailed search engine for longitudinal data – now includes COVID-19 metadata.

24 Nov 2020

New studies join the CLOSER consortium in first phase of expansion

Eleven new studies have joined UCL Institute of Education’s (IOE) Cohort and Longitudinal Studies Enhancement Resources (CLOSER) consortium in the first phase of its expansion.

14 Sep 2020

IOE’s Department of Social Science renamed as the Social Research Institute

The UCL Institute of Education (IOE) has renamed its Department of Social Science as the Social Research Institute (SRI) today (3 August 2020).

03 Aug 2020

UCL Institute of Education retains world number one position for Education in QS subject rankings

UCL Institute of Education (IOE) has been ranked as the world number one for Education for the seventh year in a row, the latest QS World University Rankings by Subject published today (4 March) reveal.

04 Mar 2020

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