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15 May 2025
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Tap into CLOSER’s policy expertise – join a policy surgery

Are you looking to inform policymaking with your longitudinal research? Need some tips on how to get your findings on the agenda? Join a policy surgery to get personal advice and bespoke guidance.
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12 May 2025
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Register now: CLOSER Emerging Longitudinal Scholars Symposium 2025

Our inaugural Emerging Longitudinal Scholars Symposium showcases four early career researchers at the frontier of longitudinal exploration covering health, wellbeing and labour market (non-) participation.
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Explore our bespoke guidance, trackers and templates for supporting longitudinal researchers mobilise findings in the policy landscape

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Catch up on the latest Longitudinal News

This month we feature our free introductory short course for those new to using LPS data, video and slides from our recent metadata management webinar, plus the latest news, research and events from the LPS community.

Charting sickness absence rates in the UK

We've added a new interactive graph depicting sickness absence rates in the UK labour market from 1995-2022 to Our Changing Society - our free resource detailing historical context to the lives of longitudinal population study participants.

Advance your knowledge of longitudinal population research

Our Training Hub is a free resource that helps those already familiar with longitudinal population studies increase their knowledge and skills in data management, cross-study research, dissemination, and impact.

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CLOSER Emerging Longitudinal Scholars Symposium 2025

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