50 Years of Life in Britain
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50 Years of Life in Britain

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Join us as we celebrate 50 years of the 1970 British Cohort Study (BCS70), which has been following the lives of 17,000 people born in Great Britain during a single week in 1970. This podcast series takes listeners on a journey through British social and political history, and explores BCS70’s numerous contributions to British science and society. Across six episodes, the series tells our study members’ story and charts the first five decades of the study.

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English
United Kingdom
7 episodes
since June 16, 2020
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2020, COVID-19 and the future

2020, COVID-19 and the future

Our last episode of the series examines how BCS70 and our study members have been faring during the pandemic and looks to the future of longitudinal research. We find out more about the COVID-19 survey, sent to over 50,000 participants in five of Britain’s cohort studies, including BCS70, an…
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Midlife, the 2010s and health and wellbeing

Midlife, the 2010s and health and wellbeing

In this episode, we move into the 2010s to find out how our study members were faring in their forties. We learn how BCS70 cast light on increasing rates of mental ill-health among men, and find out more about the most recent biomedical survey where participants were given a health MOT. We also cha…
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Social mobility, the 2000s and the gender pay gap

Social mobility, the 2000s and the gender pay gap

We move into the new millennium, when the study enjoyed a golden decade. With BCS70 greatly valued by scientists and policymakers, the study was funded to meet participants on three occasions and was regularly cited by New Labour in government policy. With this new-found recognition, researchers ac…
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A new dawn, the 1990s and skills for life

A new dawn, the 1990s and skills for life

We move into the 1990s to find out how the study and its staff survived the lean years of the 80s and early 90s, and managed to get back in contact with study participants after a 10 year gap. We learn about the study’s stark findings on adults’ numeracy and literacy, which led to the g…
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Youthscan, the 1980s and reading for pleasure

Youthscan, the 1980s and reading for pleasure

We move into the 1980s to find out how Neville Butler kept the 1970 British Cohort Study (BCS70) going during a decade of austerity. We learn about the benefits of reading for pleasure for children’s English and maths skills. We also ask study participants about their teenage years and find o…
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The British Births Survey, the 1970s and Tony Blair

The British Births Survey, the 1970s and Tony Blair

We explore the first decade of the 1970 British Cohort Study (1970) and the impact of its early years research on policy many years later. Guests include: Professor Jean Golding, BCS70 researcher during the 1970s/80s, and founder of the ALSPAC study, known as ‘Children of the Nineties&rsq…
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