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How was children’s education impacted by the Covid-19 school closures? New research explores how the move to remote learning affected children during the pandemic period.
Survey methods specialist, Dr Tarek Al Baghal will be helping to lead the UK Household Longitudinal Study.
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The latest wave of the main survey is now available to download from the UK Data Service.
Education data from the Scottish Government has been linked to Understanding Society and is now available for researchers to use.
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How schools, parents and children coped with the biggest challenge in the history of modern education
A new teaching resource for high school students explores quantitative, longitudinal data and social science career paths through Understanding Society.
New research compares teachers to other occupations using biomarker data
School closures were responsible for around half the decline in mental health experienced by mothers during the coronavirus pandemic
The National Foundation for Educational Research's annual report shows that teachers experienced lower levels of wellbeing during the pandemic, but the perceived job security for the profession led to more people applying to become teachers.
Emotional and behavioural problems increased significantly after the first round of school closures.
Understanding Society has launched its tenth Insights report, celebrating 10 waves of data
Join Understanding Society for a week of online debates exploring policy in a 'post-Covid' world.
Education data from the English National Pupil Database has been linked to Understanding Society.
Understanding Society has reached the milestone of 10 waves of data!
New research has highlighted that 74% of independent school pupils benefitted from full school days in April compared to just 38% of state school children.
New data from Understanding Society shows that the vast majority of children were not at school in April, but that 90% were given school work to do at home.
Strong family ties help protect teenagers from experiencing the harsh nature of adolescent bullying, says new report.
The first Wave of the Understanding Society COVID-19 survey is now available to researchers
We've expanded and refreshed the User Guide for the Understanding Society main survey.
The Economic and Social Research Council has announced new support for Understanding Society, taking data collection for the Study up to the end of 2025.
Important information for participants on Understanding Society interviews during the coronavirus outbreak
Understanding Society invites proposals for the content and design of the 2021 Innovation Panel survey.
Understanding Society has launched its ninth Insights report. This year we focus on three areas of research: social integration, work and health, and geographical mobility. .
The latest Wave of Understanding Society has been released and is available to researchers via the UK Data Service.
Playing sport, learning to play a musical instrument or joining a drama group give children vital skills and the chance to socialise with different groups of people, but research from the Social Mobility Commission has found that whether children take part in these types of activity is heavily influenced by how much money their family has.
New research has found that a good Ofsted rating can have a surprisingly negative impact on students.
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Discovering data and how to use it.
Have you used household panel data in your research? Understanding Society is accepting abstracts for its Scientific Conference which will be held on 2-4 July 2019.
The latest wave of data is now available to researchers.
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The Economic and Social Research Council is the primary funder of the study The Study is led by a team at the Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER) at the University of Essex.
