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ADR UK Research Fellow Hanna Creese has been using the Education and Child Health Insights from Linked Data (ECHILD) dataset to explore how health and socioeconomic factors relate to school attendance. But data alone rarely tells the whole story. So Hanna turned to the experts themselves: young people with lived experience of struggling to attend school.
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New analysis using linked administrative data suggests that holding multiple jobs in Britain is far more common than official statistics indicate—particularly among young women.
In this blog, ADR UK Research Fellow, Xiaowei Xu, shares her reflections on her project on youth migration using Longitudinal Education Outcomes (LEO) data.
On 3 March 2026, ADR Northern Ireland hosted an event at Parliament Buildings, Stormont - Children’s Social Care and Homelessness in Northern Ireland: Connecting Data, Changing Futures. The event brought together experts by experience, policymakers, data owners, service providers and researchers to explore how using linked administrative data and lived experience can better inform policy and practice to prevent homelessness among social care experienced young people.
ADR UK’s annual PhD student gathering wrapped up this week in Edinburgh, bringing together final-year doctoral researchers from across the UK for two days of learning, reflection and connection. Hosted by ADR Scotland at the Edinburgh Futures Institute, the event marked a key moment for students preparing to move beyond their PhDs and into the next stage of their careers.
