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📢 👇 NCDS and BCS70 director @GeorgePloubidis needs you to help shape the next major sweep of these national cohorts! Last chance to register for a consultation event, or submit your ideas online by 16 May: bit.ly/3Ekb2xh
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🚨Announcement!🚨 The government-commissioned Sullivan Review of Data and Statistics on Sex and Gender has been published by the Department of Science Innovation and Technology @SciTechgovuk (link in reply) @ucl @IOE_London @UCLSocRes
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(3/4) After 10 years at @UCL I’m taking on a new, permanent academic role as Assistant Professor (Lecturer), and Director of the Masters programme in Social Policy & Social Research Methods @UCLSocRes.
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How can #HealthVisiting in England better support families? Parents want caring, accessible services, while policymakers call for evaluations of 'gold standard' practices. This study explores priorities, challenges, and the need for robust research: shorturl.at/sdlIW
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Had the pleasure of attending @KTwamley’s book launch earlier this week at @UCLSocRes. Caring is Sharing? thoroughly examines what goes into the couples’ decision-making when sharing parental leaves and the caregiving in the post-leave period
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NEW DATES ANNOUNCED ⬇️ 'Introduction to Time Use Research' workshop on the 20th - 21st of February 2025 (ONLINE). Join us to learn about #timeuse #timeuseresearch using data available through @UKDataService Bookings are now open at timeuse.org @UCLSocRes
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Baby boomers with private pensions and housing wealth were more likely to retire early, according to new research using data from the 1958 National Child Development Study #NCDS Read more on the CLS website - bit.ly/4fYVTiy
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Last week I presented 'The #Menopause #Penalty' at @ucl #Gender #Workshop organized by @AlexanderBryson. Interesting program on domestic violence, parental leave, honor killings... Our data shows menopause impacts women's earnings, w/ new results on HRT's potential to help!
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Working women in their early 30s in England are paid less than men of the same age, in the same types of jobs, who have similar levels of education and work experience, finds new #NextStepsStudy research published today. Read more: bit.ly/4iFIFsL
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New #NextStepsStudy research on the gender wage gap finds that women in their early 30s are more likely than men to find work stressful, suggesting that they are not accepting lower pay for less pressured and more fulfilling work. Read more: bit.ly/3VOeqWC
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UCL Social Research Institute (SRI) retweeted
Call for abstracts for new @routledgebooks publication! Qualitative researchers often seek out lived experiences to answer research questions and shape narratives. But what about our own – as women, and as researchers? To submit or find out more, email: m.khatwa@ucl.ac.uk.
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great to see our research with @alice_goisis using Next Steps data @CLScohorts got mentioned by BBC! Full report is available by the link cls.ucl.ac.uk/wp-content/upl…
Fertility rate in England and Wales drops to new low bbc.in/3UpZygH
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Great opportunity to join our wonderful department and to shape our exciting new MSc Sociology! jobs.ac.uk/job/DKL095/associ…
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🚨 Exciting news! Our PRUK workshops start TOMORROW in Belfast! For more details and to register at one of our regional workshops, visit: pruk.ac.uk/workshops/ #PRUKWorkshops #Belfast
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24 October 5-7pm @UCLSSEES & @UCLSocRes 🍎I am thrilled to invite you to a discussion panel concerning my book "(Not) kidding: politics in online tabloids", with stellar panelists: @MichalPGarapich, #TonyTravers, moderated by the one and only @RochDW! eventbrite.co.uk/e/dr-helena…
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Ever wanted to know how *not* to study effects of the family environment? Read all about it! academic.oup.com/esr/advance…
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Pleased that this paper exploring how first-time parents express 'gender equality' has now been published with SRO! Written with Charlotte Faircloth. @TCRU_UCL @UCLSocRes @UCLSociology journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf…
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The second episode of The Greatest Good from @UCLpress Play is out! Prof. Philip Schofield hosts Dr @JonathanGalton (@UCLSocRes), to explore his research into the perceived political tension on the progressive left between queerness and Islam 🎙️ ow.ly/nioh50TMtpS
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