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We are an initiative dedicated to unlocking the potential of the UK’s longitudinal population studies across social, economic, and biomedical research.

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💻 Are you an early-career researcher with an interest in health data?
Apply for Health Research from Home’s hackathon led by our experienced instructors.

📅 13 – 15 May, 2026 | 📍 The University of Manchester | 🧷 Apply now: forms.cloud.microsoft/Pages/Respon...

#healthresearch #healthdata

19.02.2026 14:57 👍 2 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
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Join us for our next webinar taking place on Wednesday 18 March, 2026, 2pm-3pm, GMT where we will hear from Ed Ramos and Katie Baca-Motes as they discuss their recently published remote trial in the metabolic health space, PROGRESS. Book now: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/dcf7f1...

03.03.2026 11:31 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Copy reads: "Creating a t-TRE would allow us to lower the barrier to entry for working with complex, linked longitudinal data.” Richard Thomas, Senior Data Manager, UK Longitudinal Linkage Collaboration, Left side: black text on white background. Right side: Richard Thomas headshot. Population Research UK logo at the top left.

Copy reads: "Creating a t-TRE would allow us to lower the barrier to entry for working with complex, linked longitudinal data.” Richard Thomas, Senior Data Manager, UK Longitudinal Linkage Collaboration, Left side: black text on white background. Right side: Richard Thomas headshot. Population Research UK logo at the top left.

📢 News alert: we’ve appointed UK Longitudinal Linkage Collaboration to develop a pilot training Trusted Research Environment (t‑TRE) containing synthetic data, as part of an £850K project.

Read more: shorturl.at/yEbT2 | @ukllc.bsky.social

19.02.2026 14:44 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

There’s still time to join our workshop next Monday.

We’ll explore:

🔹How AI is used across the research workflow
🔹Current levels of understanding around AI in research
🔹What’s needed for a future AI training platform

Check if this workshop is for you: shorturl.at/2DbcW

18.02.2026 10:44 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Text that reads: Explore 2600+ datasets from across the World. On the atlas of Longitudinal Datasets. A longitudinal datasets discoverability platform funded by the Wellcome Trust. ” 
Logos: MQ, Wellcome, King’s College London and Atlas of Longitudinal Datasets.

A laptop displaying the explore page of the Atlas of Longitudinal Datasets. Text that reads: Explore 2600+ datasets from across the World. On the atlas of Longitudinal Datasets. A longitudinal datasets discoverability platform funded by the Wellcome Trust. ” Logos: MQ, Wellcome, King’s College London and Atlas of Longitudinal Datasets.

The #AtlasLongitudinalDatasets is your one-stop shop for all things longitudinal!
🔎 Search, filter and explore your way through 2,600+ datasets from around the world!
@kingsioppn.bsky.social @popres-uk.bsky.social @wellcometrust.bsky.social @mqmentalhealth.bsky.social

13.02.2026 14:04 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
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🎉 Smart Data Research UK is delighted to announce the recipients of its 15 new Fellowships.

The Fellows will address some of the UK’s most pressing challenges and join SDR UK's growing community of smart data researchers.

👉Meet them here: www.sdruk.ukri.org/2026/02/12/1...

12.02.2026 09:49 👍 7 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 2
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29.01.2026 08:49 👍 5 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 2
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The Wellcome Mental Health Data Prize UK Social Finance is launching The Wellcome Mental Health Data Prize 2026, which supports teams developing new data tools for mental health science.

The UK Wellcome Mental Health Data Prize is opening soon, and strong proposals build on existing data.
www.socialfinance.org.uk/impact/the-w...
Got an idea for a digital tool to support early intervention in mental health but unsure which data or measures to use? Check out our free resources! 1/2

05.02.2026 10:20 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

🎙️The event takes place on 23 February, 2:00 – 3:15 pm and is hosted by us in collaboration with @ukllc.bsky.social @clscohorts.bsky.social and Harmony.

04.02.2026 14:48 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

👉 Note: This session is not an AI teaching or training event.

Instead, it is an interactive, hands-on workshop where participants will work in small groups to complete specific tasks.

Check this form to confirm whether this session is right for you: shorturl.at/2DbcW

04.02.2026 14:45 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

This workshop is for you if:

✅ You have started to use AI data tools in your analysis (e.g. GitHub Copilot, local LLMs, machine‑learning tools, Codex AI, or other open‑source tools)

✅ You have an interest in developing or have already started to code LLMs, ML models

04.02.2026 14:45 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Copy reads: Workshop, Identifying AI training needs for population research, 23 February 2026, 2:00 – 3:15pm. Left side: black text on white background. Right side: AI image. Population Research UK logo at the top left.

Copy reads: Workshop, Identifying AI training needs for population research, 23 February 2026, 2:00 – 3:15pm. Left side: black text on white background. Right side: AI image. Population Research UK logo at the top left.

🖐️Join our workshop to help co‑design a new AI training platform! We’re looking for researchers who work with longitudinal population data, electronic health records, census data, or administrative data & who already use AI data tools in their work. Fill in this form to register: shorturl.at/2DbcW

04.02.2026 14:45 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 1
Copy reads: “Open funding call, policy exchange, Apply by 1 April 2026”. Left side: black text on white background. Right side: word “policy” highlighted in pink. Population Research UK logo at the top left.

Copy reads: “Open funding call, policy exchange, Apply by 1 April 2026”. Left side: black text on white background. Right side: word “policy” highlighted in pink. Population Research UK logo at the top left.

📝 Applications are open for our new £906,250 funding opportunity to enhance the policy impact of longitudinal population studies. Apply by 1 April.

➡️ Watch the webinar: www.youtube.com/watch?v=eChY...
➡️ Access the slide deck: zenodo.org/records/1840...
➡️ Learn more: pruk.ac.uk/policy-excha...

03.02.2026 10:34 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Our friends @popres-uk.bsky.social are holding two workshops for the LPS community to co-design a new AI training platform.

✅ Beginner Workshop | 26 January, 2:00 pm – 3:15 pm

✅ Expert Workshop | 23 February, 2:00 pm – 3:15 pm

👉 Find your fit by completing this quick form: shorturl.at/cE4uX

26.01.2026 10:05 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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We are celebrating 1 year since the launch of the Atlas! We're excited to keep working together to unlock full potential of longitudinal data!
Logos: Wellcome trust, MQ mental health, King’s college London, Atlas of longitudinal datasets

A balloon in the shape of number 1 surrounded by confetti on a blue background with text that reads: We are celebrating 1 year since the launch of the Atlas! We're excited to keep working together to unlock full potential of longitudinal data! Logos: Wellcome trust, MQ mental health, King’s college London, Atlas of longitudinal datasets

One year of the #AtlasLongitudinalDatasets!
Since we launched the Atlas 1 year ago thousands of you have used the platform to explore the global longitudinal dataset landscape!
Thank you for your support and we’re excited to keep working together to unlock the full potential of longitudinal data!

22.01.2026 15:48 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

🖐️Are you working with longitudinal population data, electronic health records, census data, or administrative data? Join our workshops & play a key role in shaping a new AI training platform designed for your needs shorturl.at/cE4uX

21.01.2026 12:12 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

💡There’s still time to join us! Our new funding call will support the creation of a policy exchange to strengthen links between policymakers & LPS researchers.

🗓 28/01/26 | 15:00–16:00 - Hear more about the call’s scope, deliverables, and how to apply shorturl.at/Bf07f

20.01.2026 10:16 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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🎆2025 was a huge year for the #AtlasLongitudinalDatasets, full of launches, updates, milestones, new team members, conferences, webinars and more!
There is even more to come in 2026.
Stay tuned!
@kingsioppn.bsky.social @wellcometrust.bsky.social @mqmentalhealth.bsky.social @popres-uk.bsky.social

16.01.2026 10:50 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

@clscohorts.bsky.social @ukllc.bsky.social

15.01.2026 14:51 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Copy reads: Workshops, Identifying AI training needs for population research. Left side: black text on white background. Right side: AI image. Population Research UK logo.

📢 AI Workshops alert!

We’re bringing together researchers from the LPS community to co-design a new AI training platform. Join one of our workshops:

✅ Beginners – 26 January 2:00 – 3:15pm
✅ Experts – 23 February 2:00 – 3:15pm

👉 Complete the quick form to find your fit: shorturl.at/cE4uX

15.01.2026 14:51 👍 7 🔁 7 💬 1 📌 1
Copy reads: "We’re building a central hub for LPS training - strategic, inclusive & responsive to evolving needs. Neil Kaye, CLOSER Head of Education and Training." Left side: black text on white background. Right side: Neil Kaye headshot. Population Research UK logo at the top left.

Copy reads: "We’re building a central hub for LPS training - strategic, inclusive & responsive to evolving needs. Neil Kaye, CLOSER Head of Education and Training." Left side: black text on white background. Right side: Neil Kaye headshot. Population Research UK logo at the top left.

🚀The UK’s longitudinal research sector is about to get a major upgrade in training.

CLOSER, supported by Population Research UK, is creating a strategic, UK-wide training resource for LPS.

Find out what’s coming: shorturl.at/guRbh

15.01.2026 11:06 👍 5 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
Copy reads: “Funding call webinar, policy exchange, 28 January 2026, 15:00 – 16:00, online”. Left side: black text on white background. Right side: word “policy” highlighted in pink. Population Research UK logo at the top left.

Copy reads: “Funding call webinar, policy exchange, 28 January 2026, 15:00 – 16:00, online”. Left side: black text on white background. Right side: word “policy” highlighted in pink. Population Research UK logo at the top left.

📢 New funding call from Population Research UK! Over £900K available to establish a policy exchange connecting policymakers & LPS researchers. Join our webinar on 28 January to learn more about the scope, expected deliverables and how to apply. Register: shorturl.at/Bf07f

14.01.2026 17:11 👍 9 🔁 11 💬 0 📌 1
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🍂The #CatalogueMHM Autumn 2025 Newsletter is out! 🍂
Check out the news and updates below!

@kingsioppn.bsky.social @popres-uk.bsky.social @wellcometrust.bsky.social @mqmentalhealth.bsky.social @the-sra.org.uk @ukri.org @lborouniversity.bsky.social

28.11.2025 15:52 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

🗓️Don’t miss the opportunity to help shape the design of a new AI training platform for researchers working with population survey data. Join us on 9 December & be part of the discussion!

➡️Register now: shorturl.at/hOG8f

27.11.2025 09:37 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Copy reads: “Funding opportunity, searchable register and UK LPS information hub, apply by 4 December 2025”. Left side: black text on white background. Right side: Zenodo logo. Population Research UK logo at the top left.

Copy reads: “Funding opportunity, searchable register and UK LPS information hub, apply by 4 December 2025”. Left side: black text on white background. Right side: Zenodo logo. Population Research UK logo at the top left.

🖥️Need a quick overview of our funding opportunity?

Our announcement presentation is available on Zenodo - perfect for reviewing the aims, scope & application process for the £1.625M grant.

⬅️View the presentation: shorturl.at/Ia714

26.11.2025 10:00 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

🎙️This workshop hosted by us is co-organised with @ukllc.bsky.social, @clscohorts.bsky.social and Harmony!

25.11.2025 11:01 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Copy reads: Workshop, Identifying AI training needs for population research, 9 December 2025, 2:00 – 3:00 pm. Left side: black text on white background. Right side: AI image. Population Research UK logo at the top left.

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📢Are you a researcher who works in longitudinal population studies and wants to help shape an AI training platform? Join us on 9 December for an online workshop where we’ll discuss pain points, learning needs, and the training journey.

Register today: shorturl.at/HblI4

25.11.2025 11:01 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 1
Promotional graphic for free online webinars by the Atlas of Longitudinal Datasets. The main heading reads “We host Webinars!” followed by text inviting people to join free, online, international webinars. It mentions previous audiences such as researchers, students, and study teams. A call-to-action says “Contact us to set one up today!” with an email address: atlas.longitudinaldatasets@kcl.ac.uk. On the right, there are three icons with text: “Learn about the Atlas,” “Tailored sessions showing how our platform can help you,” and “Engage in a live demo on how to use the Atlas.” Features screenshots of the Atlas platform on desktop, laptop, and mobile. Logos for the Atlas of Longitudinal Datasets, Wellcome Trust, MQ Mental Health, and King’s College London are displayed.

Promotional graphic for free online webinars by the Atlas of Longitudinal Datasets. The main heading reads “We host Webinars!” followed by text inviting people to join free, online, international webinars. It mentions previous audiences such as researchers, students, and study teams. A call-to-action says “Contact us to set one up today!” with an email address: atlas.longitudinaldatasets@kcl.ac.uk. On the right, there are three icons with text: “Learn about the Atlas,” “Tailored sessions showing how our platform can help you,” and “Engage in a live demo on how to use the Atlas.” Features screenshots of the Atlas platform on desktop, laptop, and mobile. Logos for the Atlas of Longitudinal Datasets, Wellcome Trust, MQ Mental Health, and King’s College London are displayed.

🔍 Want to get the most out of the Atlas of Longitudinal Datasets?
We offer free online webinars with a tailored introduction and live demo to help you navigate the platform and make the most of its features.
📩 Interested? Email us to schedule a session: atlas.longitudinaldatasets@kcl.ac.uk

20.11.2025 11:11 👍 8 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
Copy reads: “Funding opportunity, searchable register and UK LPS information hub, apply by 4 December 2025”. Left side: black text on white background. Right side: YouTube logo. Population Research UK logo at the top left.

Copy reads: “Funding opportunity, searchable register and UK LPS information hub, apply by 4 December 2025”. Left side: black text on white background. Right side: YouTube logo. Population Research UK logo at the top left.

⏳Still thinking about applying for our £1.625M funding call? Watch the recording of our funding announcement on YouTube - it covers everything from the purpose of the call to eligibility & application tips.

📹Watch now: shorturl.at/9KrDf

20.11.2025 11:10 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

📣 Last chance!

Applications to become our next PRUK Forum chair close tomorrow – 20 November. Help lead engagement and shape the future of longitudinal research.

🔗 Apply today: shorturl.at/fXByW

19.11.2025 11:27 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0