Mothers can continue to face insecurity even after gaining leave to remain, new TCRU research in Newham, London, has found.

UCL research finds that caregiving relationships rooted in trust, understanding and support can better support the mental health of care-experienced people.

Universities have made significant progress with widening participation, but access alone does not create belonging. Here are four ways to build environments that recognise and support Muslim women

Join authors Andrea Doucet and Peter Moss for the launch of Care Leaves and Care Time for All: Towards Caring Democracies, Economies, and Worlds, in conversation with Joan Tronto and Nancy Folbre, moderated by Alison Koslowski. Recorded at a hybrid book launch hosted by the Thomas Coram Research Unit at University College London (UCL) on June 3, 2026. Care Leaves and Care Time for All explores how societies organize time for care and asks how care leaves and care time might be reimagined as part of building more caring democracies, economies, and worlds. Authors Andrea Doucet Peter Moss Discussants Joan Tronto Nancy Folbre Moderator Alison Koslowski Hosted by Thomas Coram Research Unit UCL Institute of Education, University College London This video is shared by Reimagining Care/Work Policies, a research partnership examining care/work policies, practices, and infrastructures and their implications for families, communities, and societies. Book: Care Leaves and Care Time for All: Towards Caring Democracies, Economies, and Worlds Published by Policy Press #Care #CareWork #Care/Work #CarePolicy #BookLaunch #ReimaginingCareWork #ReimaginingCare/Work

Young children deserve urgent, considered and evidence-based action. Their health and wellbeing is in decline, inequalities are widening and service provision is a lottery of funding and distribution....

We explore how conservative Christian women have become influential organisers, campaigners and political actors in the United States. Drawing on a decade of ethnographic research and her new book ...

Once-in-a-generation opportunity to transform parental leave In July 2025, the Labour Government committed to a once in a generation review of parental leave, honouring Labour’s Manifesto pledge to “b...

Christian conservative women aren’t all alike, Katie Gaddini’s book Esther’s Army suggests.

In July we held a special screening event as part of UCL200. Over eighty people joined us to watch a 1978 archival broadcast from Thames Television, featuring Ann Oakley and two first-time mothers fro...

UCL's Thomas Coram Research Unit has been assembling a significant evidence base on parental leave policy design and take-up, examining how policy shapes behaviour and outcomes for families.

Universities often describe themselves as open and inclusive spaces. But belonging takes more than saying everyone is welcome... (read more)

How and why right-wing Christian women have risen to the forefront of American politics

Marriage is at the heart of life in Pakistan, but for undocumented Pakistani Bengalis it's constrained by identity requirements. Read more.

Claiming Space in an exhibition that explores the experiences of Muslim women in London-based universities.

Find policy-ready evidence and expertise from the Thomas Coram Research Unit.

Care doesn’t look the same for everyone. This project shines a light on the complex relationships that shape the mental health of care-experienced young people, uncovering the different pathways through which support, connection, and environment can influence long-term wellbeing. Visit our website to watch the video in full and to discover UCL's strategy for Mental Health & Wellbeing. https://bit.ly/4uvYMy5

Book launch

Almost one in three children in the UK live in poverty. At the same time, around £24.1bn in benefits and social tariffs is expected to go unclaimed in 2025-26. ...

A.J. Bauer will track the rightward shift of structural media criticism in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s.

This year’s joint TCRU/Coram Annual Lecture explored how donor conceived children, young people and adults make sense of identity, origins and belonging... (read more)

With around 600,000 children turning two each year, the 2-2½ year health and development review is a key point of contact between services and families.

Esther's Army examines how and why right-wing Christian women have risen to the forefront of American politics.

A new Ofsted report, published today, describes the challenges some schools and colleges face in supporting children in care to reach their potential, due to inconsistencies in local authority practic...

This seminar will present and discuss Swedish family policies, providing a brief historical overview and addressing current changes.

Find policy-ready evidence and expertise from the Thomas Coram Research Unit.

Based on multi-sited fieldwork in Tower Hamlets and Bangladesh, Ashraf Hoque examines how British Bengalis practice what postcolonial theorists term “political society".

Care leave needs a radical rethink – not as a workplace benefit for some, but as a universal social entitlement across the life course, argues the new book co-authored by UCL Professor Peter Moss.

Coram/TCRU Annual Lecture 2026 – QEII, Coram Campus, 41 Brunswick Sq, Tue 28 Apr 2026 - Stories, silences, and secrets: donor conception, identity and belonging in contemporary families Policy and pra...

Join this event to hear Dr Fahad Rahman discuss securitisation and inclusion.