CLOSER produces three main newsletters designed to keep you up to date with all the latest news and blogs, research, events, and policy developments from the longitudinal population study community.
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Below you’ll find previous issues of Longitudinal News and ‘In the loop’ – our quarterly policy update.
Longitudinal News
Latest issue: March 2025
In this issue, we highlight a new interactive graph charting sickness absence rates in the UK since the 1990s that has been added to Our Changing Society.
Our Changing Society is our free resource of interactive graphs, downloadable datasets and relevant legislation that provides detailed historical context to the lives of longitudinal population study (LPS) participants.
Also featured in this month’s issue:
- Policy: Catch up on In the loop
- Community news: Insights from Population Research UK’s stakeholder consultation
Read the latest issue of Longitudinal News
Previous issues of Longitudinal News
In the loop
Latest issue: March 2025
‘In the loop’ is CLOSER’s quarterly policy update which features a round up of the latest developments in the policy landscape, open opportunities to engage with policy and decision makers, and new resources for improving your public engagement knowledge & skills.
This month’s issue, covering January – March 2025, features:
- Policy landscape review:
- Government AI announcements carry relevance for researchers
- UK Government review to investigate long-term illness and labour market participation
- UK Government Science Minister shares his view of research funding
- Chief Scientific Advisors questioned by Parliamentarians
- Engagement opportunities:
- New Lords Committee seeking evidence on Social Mobility
- Call for abstracts: CLOSER 2025 Emerging Longitudinal Scholars Symposium
- New Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government ARIs
- Developing your skills:
- Registration open for UPEN 2025 annual conference
- Blog: the invisible work of knowledge brokers
- Watch UPEN Areas of Research Interest Masterclass
Read the March 2025 issue of ‘In the loop’