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Baby boomers living longer, but in poorer health than previous generations

Baby boomers – those born in the late 1940s and 50s – are more likely to experience multiple health problems in their later years than their older counterparts, finds a study led by UCL researchers.

Only a quarter of millennials who want children are trying for them

Two fifths of 32-year-olds in England want children – or more children, if they are already parents – but only one in four of them are actively trying to conceive.

UCL research project launches inaugural prize to celebrate youth-led making for social good

The Making Good prize, awarded by the UCL-led Making Spaces project, celebrates young people’s innovation in makerspaces and aims to encourage diverse youth engagement with STEM and community engagement.

Multilingual learners reap significant academic benefits and outpace monolingual peers

Research from Professor Roberto Filippi (IOE) shows that early multilingual exposure creates long-term academic benefits for multilingual students compared to their monolingual peers, and its cultural factors offset the negative effects of low socioeconomic status.

British adults healthier in midlife than US peers

IOE achieves Athena SWAN Silver Award

UCL’s Faculty of Education and Society has been recognised for its significant commitment to promoting gender equality.

IOE to co-lead effort tackling grand challenge of creating data-empowered societies

Professor Allison Littlejohn (IOE) and Professor James Hetherington (UCL Centre for Advanced Research Computing) have been appointed as joint Pro-Vice-Provosts to lead the new UCL Grand Challenges Theme of Data Empowered Societies.

How do we reinvigorate language learning for the benefit of culture and society?

Professor Li Wei, UCL IOE Director and Dean and Professor of Applied Linguistics, reflects on the transformative powers of language learning and how IOE works to spread these benefits.

New data offers unparalleled insight into pivotal moments of millennials’ lives

Data from the Next Steps study’s Age 32 Sweep are now available to download from the UK Data Service. It offers new research opportunities into a time of life when many are forming relationships, starting families, buying houses or developing their careers.