Research using Child of the New Century has investigated how your aspirations towards science-related careers changed as you got older.

You may have heard that there has been a recent change in the UK’s data protection legislation. As part of this, we’ve updated the ‘privacy and data protection’ FAQs on the study website with more information about GDPR. Please do get in touch if you have any queries or concerns. The key information is included below: What is GDPR? […]

Child of the New Century is helping make the case for better mental health services by raising awareness of the number of young people it affects.

According to findings from CNC, teenagers are far more likely to spend their time on social media and gaming after school than they are to be doing homework.

Research from Child of the New Century discovered that there is a big gender divide in the types of jobs and wages that boys and girls aspire to.

Next up in our “Five minutes with…” series is Nickie Rose. Nickie works for Ipsos MORI, who carried out the interviews for the Age 11 and Age 14 surveys, and who are currently working with us on the Age 17 Survey.

Just under half of young people in the UK had tried alcohol by the time they were 14, with more than one in ten saying they binge drink, new findings from Child of the New Century have revealed.

Seventeen per cent of UK parents have let their children drink alcohol by the age of 14, according to new findings from CNC.

Childhood obesity is a major concern in our society. The Government has proposed an action plan to tackle this by introducing several changes including a soft drinks tax and making school food healthier.

Research using CNC has found that teenagers who read in their spare time know 26 per cent more words than those who never read. Researchers from the Centre for Longitudinal Studies found that teenagers who read often, and those who had access to plenty of books, were more likely to develop a better vocabulary.