Do 2nd chances in high-stakes exams lead to *long-term* gains?🎓 15 years of ed & labor market outcomes in Chile using an RDD => Immediate boosts in scores & enrollment => But zero effects in graduation & wages! 🔍 Full study: docs.iza.org/dp18467.pdf @joshua-goodman.com @agendacaf.bsky.social

🚨 Call for papers deadline extended The submission window for CLS Conference 2026 will now close Tuesday, 14 April 2026. Researchers from across disciplines, sectors and career stages are invited to share their research using data from at least one CLS cohort. Find out more: buff.ly/oO1rZkw

DfE has published new guidance on screen time for under 5s: www.gov.uk/government/n... The recommendations look sensible and in line with the @cepeo-ucl.bsky.social briefing note @dominicpkelly.bsky.social wrote last year summarising the best available evidence at the time.

Around 1 in 7 23 year-olds were not in education, employment or training in 2023. Important new analysis from @clscohorts.bsky.social including contributions from our own @lindseymacmillan.bsky.social and @dominicpkelly.bsky.social cls.ucl.ac.uk/briefings_im...

Coming soon to a university near you: An in-person practical introduction to the LEO dataset using R, starring @cepeo-ucl.bsky.social experts! Monday, Apr 20 from 10:30 am to 4:30 pm Sign up below: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cepeo-adru...

Surprising stat that less than half of all UK first-degree full-time students attend a uni within their local region And a quote from our own @paul-ed-martin.bsky.social who points out that local students can be overlooked by unis targeting WP students and aiming to protect tuition fee revenue.

Next week we're excited to be hosting Dr Matt Easterbrook in our winter seminar series. Make sure you register your place... 👇 ucl.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

There is still time to sign up for this workshop on diversity and productivity in education and the workplace. 📆27 March 2026 📍2 Marylebone Road, London NW1 4DF 👉https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/diversity-and-productivity-from-education-to-work-academic-workshop-tickets-1981699773368

Next week we're excited to be hosting Dr Matt Easterbrook in our winter seminar series. Make sure you register your place... 👇 ucl.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Huge congratulations to our centre director @lindseymacmillan.bsky.social who delivered her inaugural lecture yesterday, covering 20 years of her research on breaking down barriers to opportunity at each life stage.

Learn more about academic research relating to diversity and productivity in education and employment in this free workshop featuring presentations from CEPEO's @paul-ed-martin.bsky.social and @gillwyness.bsky.social Register here today: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/diversity-...

Our latest CEPEO seminar with David Blazar is later this afternoon. Learn more about his research in this article from @jpam-dc.bsky.social

Less than two weeks to go now until our online training course where you can learn more about using the LEO dataset, which links education and earnings data. 📅Mon 23rd Mar 9.30am to Tues 24th Mar 11.30am Sign up here 👇 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cepeo-adru...

Join us this week for the next instalment of the CEPEO seminar series. Dr David Blazar will share his research on the evaluation of a "Grow-Your-Own" teacher recruitment programme in Maryland. 🕒Thu 12th Mar, 3-4pm 📍Online or at B06, Drayton House, WC1H 0AX Sign up: ucl.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

What explains whether the effects of education interventions persist or fade over time? Larger initial effects ✅ Treatment fidelity/dosage ❌ journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.3102/...

We're delighted to have Prof Felix Weinhardt giving the @cepeo-ucl.bsky.social seminar this Thursday! He'll discuss biases introduced when randomising across schools/regions and what we can do about them! 🕕3-4pm Thur 5th Mar 📍Online or in-person (219, 26 Bedford Way) Sign up: tinyurl.com/yanfx8j7

Did you struggle with early morning courses at university? 🥱 That may have affected your choices more than you imagined... onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Want to use the Longitudinal Education Outcomes (LEO) dataset in your research? Two CEPEO–ADR UK trainings this spring: 💻 Online Intro to LEO — 23–24 Mar 2026 🧑‍💻 Practical LEO workshop using R (London) — 20 Apr 2026 Learn how to access, build, and analyse linked education–earnings data.

The long-awaited Schools White Paper, “Every child achieving and thriving,” arrived yesterday with lots to digest. At the UCL Centre for Education Policy & Equalising Opportunities, we study how policy can reduce inequality and improve life chances. Here are 5 takeaways from CEPEO 👇

📊 Interested in using Longitudinal Education Outcomes (LEO) data? Join our CEPEO–ADR UK training this spring: 💻 Online (23–24 March) 🧑‍💻 In-person R workshop (20 April) Find out more and sign up ⬇️ Online: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cepeo-adru... In person: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cepeo-adru...

🚨 We are hiring! 🚨 CEPEO is a really great place to work and you'll be contributing to 2 important projects. This post-doc role involves engaging with practitioners and employers to ensure high-impact research! For more info and to apply: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQK316/p...

And if that's not enough, we have an IN PERSON workshop (using R) to provide new users with practical insight into the content of LEO and how it can be used to address interesting and policy-relevant research questions 20th April from 10:30am to 4:30pm GMT+1 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cepeo-adru...

🤓 CEPEO course alert The @cepeo-ucl.bsky.social team of data experts is running two more admin training courses in March and April! First, we have an online course to learn more about the Longitudinal Educational Outcomes (LEO) dataset 23 March at 9:30am GMT www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cepeo-adru...

🚨 We are hiring! 🚨 CEPEO is a really great place to work and you'll be contributing to 2 important projects. This post-doc role involves engaging with practitioners and employers to ensure high-impact research! For more info and to apply: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQK316/p...

🎓🎓 Don't miss our second seminar of 2026 tomorrow 🎓🎓 Christine from IFS will be telling us about the impacts of early-childhood programme Sure Start There's still time to sign up to join online: tinyurl.com/yanfx8j7

🤓 CEPEO course alert The @cepeo-ucl.bsky.social team of data experts is running two more admin training courses in March and April! First, we have an online course to learn more about the Longitudinal Educational Outcomes (LEO) dataset 23 March at 9:30am GMT www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cepeo-adru...

We're delighted to have @ckfarquharson.bsky.social giving the @cepeo-ucl.bsky.social seminar next week! She'll be talking about her work estimating the impact of Sure Start on education, health and more. 🕕3-4pm Thurs 5th Feb 📍Online or in-person (541, 20 Bedford Way) Sign up: tinyurl.com/yanfx8j7

I contributed a chapter co-authored with @carlcullinane.bsky.social & @beckymontacute.bsky.social and drawing on the work of the whole cosmostudy.uk team @cepeo-ucl.bsky.social & @suttontrust.bsky.social summarising our findings on the unequal impacts of the pandemic.

Don't forget our @cepeo-ucl.bsky.social seminar series kicks off at 3pm today!

🤓The @cepeo-ucl.bsky.social team of data experts is running two admin training courses in February! First, we have an online course for those who wish to learn more about the National Pupil Database Feb 10 and Feb 11 at 9.30am GMT www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cepeo-adru...

Great event on regional inequalities and the NEET challenge hosted by @smfthinktank.bsky.social with Alan Milburn and lots of other great speakers, including one of our fantastic Sutton Trust alums!

❄️Our winter seminar series kicks off next week, with the excellent @hettieburn.bsky.social ❄️ She will be talking about her work on play based learning in early childhood 3pm on Thursday 22nd January sign up below: ucl.zoom.us/webinar/regi... #winterofnewcontent

🎟️Book your place! We are so proud that our director @lindseymacmillan.bsky.social is giving her inaugural lecture Come and hear about all her amazing work over the last 20 years to improve the life chances of disadvantaged young people 🔜12 March www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/inaugural-... #inaugyleccy

This afternoon: Social mobility, regional inequalities and the NEET challenge with Alan Milburn featuring our director @lindseymacmillan.bsky.social and sure to be fascinating www.smf.co.uk/events/socia...

this morning, our director @lindseymacmillan.bsky.social will be part of a panel discussing 'How can policy tackle regional inequalities?' with @andyburnham.bsky.social @xiaoweixu.bsky.social @theifs.bsky.social ifs.org.uk/events/how-c...

Do you want to learn how to use the National Pupil Database? Don't forget you can sign up for our training courses. More information below 👇

🗓️ Also next week - join the @smfthinktank.bsky.social for an afternoon of discussions on social mobility, regional inequalities and the NEET challenge

New post by @jakeanders.uk on @ukdsimpact.bsky.social highlights some things we've learned from Wave 2 of COSMO (our study with @clscohorts.bsky.social & @suttontrust.bsky.social). blog.ukdataservice.ac.uk/cosmo-wave-2/ You can download and use all the COSMO data from @ukdataservice.bsky.social

Our Winter Seminar Series starts next week 🥳 Sign up to our mailing list to register and other exciting updates: ucl.us5.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=...

Our popular seminar series is back for 2026! Join us to hear some of the latest cutting-edge research, and get the chance to have your questions answered. For updates on the seminars and links to register, make sure you've signed up to our mailing list 👇 ucl.us5.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=...

🚨🚨The next sweep of the Millennium Cohort Study is coming!🚨🚨 The Age 23 wave includes UK Gen Z data on: mental health, new families, substance use, higher ed, jobs, political beliefs etc. Join us for an online webinar on the data. When ⏰: 12 Feb, 1pm (UK) Sign up 📝: cls.ucl.ac.uk/events/mcs-a...

Want to learn more about using the National Pupil Database, from experienced CEPEO researchers? Sign up for one (or both!) of our free courses this February... Online, Feb 10-11th: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cepeo-adru... In person (central London), Feb 25th: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cepeo-adru...

We've battled the weather to kickstart the new year with a very well attended workshop on using UCAS data to better understand HE transitions. Well done everyone for making it! And thanks to DfE and @adruk.bsky.social for support. Watch this space for our next training courses coming soon . . .

In our latest CEPEO Working Paper, @drsamsims.bsky.social studies the effects of an intervention to improve A level physics uptake among female students by countering gender stereotypes. Read the results here: econpapers.repec.org/paper/uclcep...

Happy New Year! As we begin 2026, don't miss our latest Impact Report which celebrates some of our biggest achievements from 2025, download here: 👇 discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10...

CEPEO has had another amazing year! ✨ The past 12 months have been full of achievements, and you can read all about them in our 2025 Impact Report. We wish you a joyful festive season, and look forward to working with you in 2026 🎉 Download the report here: discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10...

Interested in learning about the importance of university admissions in youth transitions and social mobility? 👩‍🎓📚 Join us in person for a research showcase with @adruk.bsky.social 🕕Tuesday 6th January, 10.30am-4pm 📍Department for Education, London Register: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/using-ucas...

New publication from @lindseymacmillan.bsky.social and colleagues: Not just a North–South divide: the geography of opportunity in England For young people who grew up in poor neighbourhoods of regional cities, earnings are far lower than those outside cities onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

🎄 CEPEO Xmas Seminar 🎄 Human Capital Spillovers in the United Kingdom 🗣️ Dr Fabien Petit (University of Barcelona) 📍 Room G06A, 26 Bedford Way, London WC1H 0AP 🗓️ Thursday 11 December ⏰ 2 pm (UK time) 🔗 Register here: ucl.zoom.us/webinar/regi... #CEPEOSeminarSeries

It’s @cepeo-ucl.bsky.social last seminar of 2025 this Thursday with one of our own @fabienpetit.bsky.social Join us in person or online to hear about new research on the spillover benefits of education, using LEO data Note: At earlier time of 2pm to allow for the team to then play mini golf ⛳️