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COVID-19: a generation-defining challenge

The COVID Social Mobility and Opportunities (COSMO) study is the largest study of its kind into the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the life chances of a generation of young people.

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About the study

The COVID Social Mobility and Opportunities (COSMO) study is a major national longitudinal study examining the unequal impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the life chances of a generation of young people.

The study is the largest of its kind, capturing the experiences of young people through the pandemic and beyond. COSMO will examine how the pandemic has affected young people’s education and wellbeing, as well as longer term impacts, following their journeys through education and into the workplace.

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Latest news

Explore the latest updates from the COSMO study, including blog posts, press releases and events on the impacts of the pandemic on young people’s life chances.

School gates with the words 'stay safe' written in chalk.

Press release

National study to track the pandemic’s effect on year 11 students’ life chances

A new study to follow the outcomes for 12,000 year 11 students across England will be the largest study of its kind to find out how the pandemic has affected them.

COSMO
23-04-21

Teenagers playing football.

Comment

The challenges of COVID-19 for young people need a new cohort study

The COVID-19 pandemic and its impact is a generation-defining challenge which has already had a profound effect on young people’s lives.

Jake Anders and Carl Cullinane
23-04-21

Teenagers talking to each other.

News

Young people across England invited to take part in major new study

Tens of thousands of young people across England will be invited to take part in a major new research study this week.

COSMO
23-09-21