Press releases and events

13/10/2008: ESRC: Understanding Society: The UK Household Longitudinal Study Launch

ESRC logo for press releasesESRC logo for press releases

Monday, 13, Oct 2008 12:00

Understanding Society is the UK’s major new household panel study. It will be the largest and most ambitious of its kind in the world, following 40,000 UK households for up to 20 years. The results of the study will assist with understanding the long-term effects of social and economic change. It will help policymakers to develop and assess policies to make people’s lives better. An opportunity to meet the researchers behind ESRC’s internationally renowned portfolio of longitudinal studies and share our enthusiasm for this new ground-breaking study.

This event is being held Church House Conference Centre SW1P3 NZ.

There is no charge to attend the launch, but for registration purposes please indicate if you would like to attend by emailing esrc@vistaevents.co.uk.

Disclaimer:
Press releases published on this page are from key opinion formers who promote their organisation's activities by subscribing to a campaign site within politics.co.uk. politics.co.uk does not endorse, edit, or attempt to balance the opinions expressed on this page. The content of press releases are wholly the responsibility of the originating company or organisation.

Latest press releases

ESRC: Prescription for patient survey

A major reform of the way that NHS hospitals pay for legal liability insurance has led to improvements in patient safety, according to research funded by the Economic and Social Research Council.

ESRC: Major teaching and learning research programme draws conclusions

The Teaching and Learning Research Programme (TLRP), the largest research initiative into education related topics ever undertaken in the United Kingdom, presents its major conclusions on 24th and 25th November after nine years of investigations across all sectors of education, from the importance of preschool education to lifelong learning.

ESRC: Teaching the teachers

Professional standards programme falls short of an “A”, suggests research.

ESRC: Effective global regulation - a gargantuan task

Government ownership of banks – something unthinkable until very recently for the ‘Anglo-Saxon’ model of capitalism –- became a reality early in 2008.