Life expectancy in the UK improved dramatically during the twentieth century. Whether more recent generations are also living longer in good health has serious implications for healthcare systems a...

Council of Higher Education promised to take measures to ensure Bilgi University students 'suffer no harm'.

More than a fifth (22%) of generation Z in England report having a longstanding mental health condition in their early 20s, double the rate of millennials (10%) at a similar age ten years earlier.

Being out of work and education between ages 16 and 24 has long-term consequences for people’s employment, finances, physical and mental health in midlife, according to new UCL research.

BMC Medical Research Methodology - Missing data may induce bias when analysing longitudinal population surveys. We aimed to tackle this problem in the 1970 British Cohort Study (BCS70). We utilised...

Inverse probability of treatment weighting (IPTW) is widely used to estimate causal effects, but guidance is limited for count exposures. It is also unclear how IPTW performs when combined with multip...

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.

We explore retirement readiness, gender gaps in pension wealth, and the real-life consequences of inequality across the life course.Dr Amy Harrison speaks with Dr Sam Parsons about what long-running b...

The world’s longest continuously running birth cohort study, which follows thousands of participants born in the first week of March 1946 and is hosted by UCL, is celebrating its 80th birthday.

We explore how data linkages can show where children face barriers to learning.

Mental health difficulties in childhood are linked to irregular sleep patterns in midlife, according to the 1970 British Cohort Study.

A CLS briefing paper shows that more than a quarter of British adults in their early 50s are ‘just getting by’ or ‘finding it quite’ or ‘very difficult’ financially.

More than two thirds of people in the UK are living with their parents at age 23, around three times higher than a generation of millennials when they were a similar age a decade ago.

The aim of this three-day in person short course is to teach methods of causal inference with an emphasis on application. In our experience, many causal inference courses focus on specific methods wh

The CLS Conference 2026 will bring together researchers from across disciplines, sectors and career stages to showcase outstanding life course research using cohort data.

Millennials who faced family financial hardship, parents’ separation or violence in the home during childhood are more likely to have mental health difficulties in their early 30s.