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CLOSER produces four 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

Magnifying glass placed on a laptop keyboardLatest issue: March 2024

In this issue of Longitudinal News, we feature our recent blog from CLOSER Metadata Manager, Dr Hayley Mills exploring the transformation of our Discovery research tool from when it first launched to its latest redesign.

Also featured in this month’s issue:

Read the latest issue of Longitudinal News

Previous issues of Longitudinal News

 


In the loop

UK Houses of ParliamentLatest issue: January 2024

‘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 October – December 2023, features:

  • Policy landscape review: the King’s Speech, the new DCMS Chief Scientific Advisor, newly updated DWP Areas of Research Interest, and the Chief Medical Officer’s Annual Report 2023
  • Engagement opportunities: New opportunities announced by the Economic and Social Research Council, Department for Work and Pensions, UK Parliament, and UK Government
  • Developing your skills: UPEN to run series of webinars for researchers looking to build their policy engagement capacities, CAPE’s new database of resources, and a blog on widening the evidence base for policy

Read the January 2024 issue of ‘In the loop’

Previous issues of ‘In the loop’