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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.

Comment

Covid educational inequalities will impact HE inequalities for years to come

Guest author Dr Eliza Kozman reflects on findings from the first wave of the COSMO cohort study.

Eliza Kozman
21-10-22

Lived experience

Skye's story - Losing control

Sutton Trust COSMO Youth Panel member, Skye, shares her experiences of lockdown.

COSMO
19-10-22

Teenagers talking to each other.

Press release

Landmark study shows the impact of the pandemic on young people

Majority of students report that academic progress has suffered and future plans have changed due to the pandemic

COSMO
13-10-22

Comment

Understanding young people’s unequal experience of the pandemic: now and into the future

COSMO's Principal Investigator, Dr Jake Anders, explores the study's first set of findings.

Jake Anders
13-10-22

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

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

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

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