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: June 2025
In this issue, we feature our new interactive graph depicting UK employment rates over the last 50 years 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 included in this issue:
- Blog: Expanding networks, sharing knowledge: reflections from the CLOSER LCN conference
- News: Book your September policy surgery slot
- News: Population Research UK announce 2025-2028 strategy
Read the latest issue of Longitudinal News
Previous issues of Longitudinal News
In the loop
Latest issue: July 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 April – July 2025, features:
- Policy landscape review:
- Research funding protected in Government Spending Review
- DSIT publishes new Science and Technology Framework
- Council for Science and Technology highlight value of data in preventing ill-health
- Engagement opportunities:
- DHSC publishes Men’s Health Strategy consultation
- Department for Education introduces new areas of research interest (ARIs)
- New UK Parliament inquiry into Healthy Ageing opens call for evidence
- Government Office for Science guide on academic engagement with Government
- Developing your skills:
- Institute for Government ‘policy impact for researchers’ workshops
- UKRI Policy Fellowships
- UPEN academic-policy ecosystem map
- ‘From peanut butter to effective policy impact’ blog
Read the March 2025 issue of ‘In the loop’