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Dominic Kelly

@dominicpkelly.bsky.social
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Developmental psychologist. Postdoc at CEPEO, UCL. 1st gen. Researches daily cognition, methods + gender. 🇮🇪 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 #GoBlue

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UCL Social Research Institute @sriucl.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Analyses of the latest data from the Millennium Cohort Study on mental health rates in young adults, led by @dominicpkelly.bsky.social, was cited by BBC News today. Take a look: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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The debate over young people taking prescription drugs instead of alcohol
Increasingly, young adults are taking anxiety medication to feel "drunk" at parties. But it's not a free lunch, experts warn.
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UCL Social Research Institute @sriucl.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
The @clscohorts.bsky.social team have been working hard on making their datasets easier to use. A key part of that is the release of MCS Core- a dataset which combines data from all 8 sweeps of the study into a single dataset of the most useful variables. Learn more: cls.ucl.ac.uk/mcs-core-dat...
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MCS core dataset: a new, consolidated ready-to-use resource for research | CLS
A single dataset, which brings together a wide range of core variables from across all sweeps of the Millennium Cohort Study (MCS), is now available.
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UCL Centre for Education Policy & Equalising Opportunities @cepeo-ucl.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
The government has announced a cap of 6% interest on plan 2 and 3 student loan interest ahead of the publication of the March RPI inflation figure, which is used to set interest rates for the following academic year. Who will benefit? [1/5]
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UCL Centre for Longitudinal Studies @clscohorts.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
📢 New @ucl.ac.uk research using data from the latest sweep of the Millennium Cohort Study finds one in seven young people (14%) across the UK are not in education, employment or training (NEET) at age 23. Read more on the CLS website: bit.ly/4uYft6C
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One in seven not in work, training or education in their early 20s | CLS
One in seven young people (14%) across the UK are not in education, employment or training (NEET) at age 23, according to new UCL research.
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Lindsey Macmillan @lindseymacmillan.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
A big thank you to everyone who made the effort to come and sit in a boiling hot room to listen to my inaugural professorial lecture last night. It's been 7 years in the making, and it was worth it to see so many people who mean so much to me there. I managed to not cry until Alissa put this one up
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Carl Cullinane @carlcullinane.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
A really fantastic evening celebrating Lindsey's amazing achievements as a researcher, a policy adviser and as a person!
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UCL Social Research Institute @sriucl.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Prof. Lindsey Macmillan (@lindseymacmillan.bsky.social) is delivering her inaugural lecture as a professor (just a couple of years late!) The lecture hall is quite literally full of her friends and colleagues. We are so proud of her and everything she has achieved. Congratulations Lindsey!
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UCL Centre for Longitudinal Studies @clscohorts.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
🎉 We are pleased to announce that Professor Morag Henderson has been appointed Director of the Millennium Cohort Study. Morag succeeds Professor emlafitzsimons.bsky.social, who recently took up the role of CLS Director. @ioe.bsky.social
Headshot of Prof. Morag Henderson, Director Millennium Cohort Study.
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UCL Centre for Longitudinal Studies @clscohorts.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
📰 Hold the front page! CLS' @dominicpkelly.bsky.social is to join Longitudinal and Life Course Studies as section editor, with Larissa Pople and Liam Wright as associate editors – big news for CLS colleagues! @sllshome.bsky.social @bupjournals.bsky.social Find out more: bit.ly/49RmEDQ
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UCL Centre for Education Policy & Equalising Opportunities @cepeo-ucl.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
This afternoon: Social mobility, regional inequalities and the NEET challenge with Alan Milburn featuring our director @lindseymacmillan.bsky.social and sure to be fascinating www.smf.co.uk/events/socia...
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Social mobility, regional inequalities and the NEET challenge with Alan Milburn - Social Market Foundation.
This event will respond to Alan Milburn’s newly launched review and call for a ‘movement’ to address the rising numbers of young people who are not in education, employment or training.
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UCL Centre for Education Policy & Equalising Opportunities @cepeo-ucl.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
🎟️Book your place! We are so proud that our director @lindseymacmillan.bsky.social is giving her inaugural lecture Come and hear about all her amazing work over the last 20 years to improve the life chances of disadvantaged young people 🔜12 March www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/inaugural-... #inaugyleccy
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Inaugural Lecture: Improving the life chances of disadvantaged young people
Prof Lindsey Macmillan will talk us through her research over the past 20 years on breaking down barriers to opportunity at each life stage.
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Dominic Kelly @dominicpkelly.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
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UCL Centre for Education Policy & Equalising Opportunities @cepeo-ucl.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
We have more of our online courses on using administrative data, supported by ADR UK, coming up soon. ➡ National Pupil Database (NPD) 23-24 Sept www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cepeo-adru... ➡ Longitudinal Educational Outcomes (LEO) 30 Sep - 1 October: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cepeo-adru...
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Per Engzell @pengzell.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
Excessive screentime in early age associated with delayed cognitive development, both directly and indirectly through what it crowds out: play, talk, & exploration. But limited use seems fine.
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Darío Moreno-Agostino @dmorenoagostino.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
Only one more week to go: applications close on 7 August! 📅 📢 I am recruiting a postdoctoral researcher to join me to do research on intersectional inequalities in youth mental health across time and place 📢 More info and how to apply: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNO337/r...
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Research Fellow - Population Mental Health at UCL
An academic position as a Research Fellow - Population Mental Health is being advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Click now to find more details and explore additional academic job opportunities.
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Dominic Kelly @dominicpkelly.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
I wrote a briefing note on early years' screen time and its effects on cognitive development! Take a look...
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UCL Social Research Institute @sriucl.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
Huge congrats to Dom! Great to see early career researchers getting the recognition and support they deserve. @dominicpkelly.bsky.social
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Dominic Kelly @dominicpkelly.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
Thanks so much!
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UCL Centre for Education Policy & Equalising Opportunities @cepeo-ucl.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
⌛Just 24hrs until our annual lecture with @chloergibbs.bsky.social and it couldn't be more topical! With the Best Start in Life strategy released this week, join us to learn about making smart investments in early childhood. 🕕6pm tomorrow, Central Hall Westminster Register: tinyurl.com/bdh3jcky
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CEPEO's 4th Annual Lecture
Join us for the Centre for Education Policy and Equalising Opportunities' 4th Annual Lecture, delivered this year by Professor Chloe Gibbs
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Pam Davis-Kean, PhD @umpamdk.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
Congratulations to Natasha Chaku and Dom Kelly @dominicpkelly.bsky.social on receiving the @srcdorg.bsky.social small grant award to study “Considering a multiverse of pubertal timing effects: Do different operationalizations produce different results?” #devpsych
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UCL Centre for Education Policy & Equalising Opportunities @cepeo-ucl.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Join us this Thursday, 3-4pm to hear from our very own @dominicpkelly.bsky.social. Dom will be presenting his latest research findings on educational trajectories in adolescence using large-scale cohort data in the UK. Sign up for the free online seminar here: ucl.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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UCL Centre for Education Policy & Equalising Opportunities @cepeo-ucl.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
What are the barriers to children’s early learning? Over the last 18 months, @laouthwaite.bsky.social has worked with Ofsted, as part of the URKI Policy Fellowship scheme, to explore this question. Here’s what she found, why it matters, and what we can do about it www.linkedin.com/company/ofst...
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UCL Centre for Education Policy & Equalising Opportunities @cepeo-ucl.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Want to know more about the evidence underpinning the government's focus on equality of opportunity via its Opportunities Mission? Read the latest @cepeo-ucl.bsky.social briefing from @lindseymacmillan.bsky.social and @laouthwaite.bsky.social econpapers.repec.org/RePEc:ucl:ce...
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UCL Centre for Education Policy & Equalising Opportunities @cepeo-ucl.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Five years on from the start of the COVID pandemic, BBC More or Less discuss impacts on young people. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... Among other research, they showcase CEPEO, @suttontrust.bsky.social & @clscohorts.bsky.social's COSMO study, with @beckymontacute.bsky.social discussing our findings.
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More or Less - How did lockdown impact children? - BBC Sounds
Five years on, Tim Harford looks at the data on the effect of lockdown.
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Lindsey Macmillan @lindseymacmillan.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
📣Another blog post I hear you ask? Yes! Here's today's with @clairetyler.bsky.social & Catherine Dilnot: 🎤Testing, Testing – Why are Black applicants not getting graduate jobs?🎓💼 Black applicants are 45% less likely to get a graduate role than their white peers blogs.ucl.ac.uk/cepeo/2025/0...
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Testing, Testing – Why are Black applicants not getting graduate jobs? | UCL Centre for Education Policy and Equalising Opportunities (CEPEO)
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Lindsey Macmillan @lindseymacmillan.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
📢 New blog post 📢 💼Why are working class applicants less likely to be hired? blogs.ucl.ac.uk/cepeo/2025/0... Following on from our @nuffieldfoundation.org report today’s blog post focuses on why working class young people (yp) are less likely to be offered jobs than their more advantaged peers
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UCL Centre for Education Policy & Equalising Opportunities @cepeo-ucl.bsky.social · 21/08/2024
🎓 #GCSE results day is tomorrow! A quick reminder that Oliver Anderson's research explores how GCSE results impact subsequent education and labor market outcomes. 👉 Check out the CEPEO Working Paper! ideas.repec.org/p/ucl/cepeow...
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Walking the line: Does crossing a high stakes exam threshold
This paper offers new insight into the link between success in high stakes exams and subsequent education and labour market outcomes. It is the first study to look at the impact of crossing an importa
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UCL Centre for Education Policy & Equalising Opportunities @cepeo-ucl.bsky.social · 15/08/2024
🎙️Level 3 results day blog post 🎙️ Bouncing off the runway blogs.ucl.ac.uk/cepeo/2024/0... by @jakeanders.uk @lindseymacmillan.bsky.social and @gillwyness.bsky.social Today’s results will be good news for many pupils, but continue to show vast inequality by school type, region, and gender. 📈📉
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Bouncing off the runway – recovery continues (for most) but stark inequalities remain | UCL Centre for Education Policy and Equalising Opportunities (CEPEO)
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UCL Centre for Education Policy & Equalising Opportunities @cepeo-ucl.bsky.social · 08/08/2024
Tricky to understand the situation with exam results in Scotland, given there have been different approaches to marking in each year since 2019. However what we can say for sure is that the attainment gap at Higher was 17.2 percentage points in 2024. tes.com/magazine/news/se…
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Pam Davis-Kean, PhD @umpamdk.bsky.social · 17/10/2023
Fun visit to London with the extra treat to give a talk at UCL and see @dominicpkelly.bsky.social. Always great to talk to people who do the same type of research that I do
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Dominic Kelly @dominicpkelly.bsky.social · 24/10/2023
I originally wrote this piece for UNESCO MGIEP about the future of assessment and where I hope my research can fit into it. It was good to reflect not just on personalised education but the disparities, inequalities and injustices that its implementation will have to deal with. Take a look:
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Too Much, Too Little? Finding the ‘Goldilocks’ Level of Assessment to Advance Personalized Appro...
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Dominic Kelly @dominicpkelly.bsky.social · 03/10/2023
Not sure what to have as my first... Bluesky? BS? So here's a photo of me and a very small pony named Duster on a recent trip to the Shetland Islands instead. Looking forward to sharing more important career updates soon.
me and a pony named Duster
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