Children from better-off families are spending 30% more time on home learning than those from poorer families. New IFS research finds that educational gaps are growing during the #coronavirus lockdown: ifs.org.uk/publications/1…

Have a continuous exposure but still want to use inverse probability weighing to adjust for exposure-confounding feedback? It’s not easy but it can be done! Check out our new paper lead by the excellent @KerollosWanis, with Arin Madenci & Miguel Hernán journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…

Marking books not safe suggests new coronavirus guidance for teachers theguardian.com/education/2020…

[THREAD] Today’s labour market statistics showed an interesting picture on how the Coronavirus is affecting jobs, hours and pay. (1/n)

Our weekly deaths data for England show of all deaths occurring up to 8 May (registered up to 16 May), 37,154 involved #COVID19 For the same period ▪️ Department of Health and Social Care reported 28,250 COVID-19 deaths ▪️ NHS England reported 23,528 hospital deaths ➡️ ow.ly/pT8f50zK33I

#COVID19 rates continued to increase in England and remain low in Wales. In Northern Ireland & Scotland, the trend of people testing positive was uncertain. Due to low positivity rates, caution should be taken over interpreting small movements in trends ow.ly/1gWU50Fdja5

Our latest data show the percentage of adults testing positive for #COVID19 antibodies has continued to increase across the UK in the week beginning 14 June 2021 ow.ly/t6C650FqCEL

#COVID19 infection rates increased in England and Scotland in the week ending 10 July 2021. In Northern Ireland and Wales the trend was uncertain, but rates in N. Ireland have increased in the last two weeks. England has rates last seen in February 2021 ow.ly/wgqH50Fxm4W

Commenting on today’s results, Sarah Crofts, Head of Analytical Outputs for the #COVID19 Infection Survey, said:

We’ve released data looking at the self-reported symptoms of those who test negative for #COVID19 as part of our COVID-19 Infection Survey in England. ➡️ ow.ly/pe6K50M6MjC

Of those in school Year 7 to 11 who reported symptoms and tested negative for #COVID19: ▪️ 1 in 5 reported having a sore throat ▪️ approximately 1 in 4 reported having a cough. Of those aged 2 to school Year 6 who were COVID-19 negative, 1 in 4 reported having a cough.

This analysis builds into larger work examining if the Infection Survey could be used to monitor respiratory viruses in the community population. Further information can be found in our blog post ➡️ ow.ly/pe6K50M6MjC

We’ve published analysis of symptoms consistent with influenza-like illness, in addition to those of a fever, sore throat and cough, in people testing negative for #COVID19 in England. ➡️ ow.ly/anEX50NbOgK

The COVID-19 Infection Survey is preparing to pause as the UK Health Security Agency works to confirm its approach to #COVID19 surveillance. Read more about this here ⬇️ gov.uk/government/new…

The year in higher education quotes 2013. Some crackers from the pages of last year's THE: ow.ly/sdbjd

What Big Alcohol will never admit #1 bit.ly/1ddQYTy Young adults damage DNA with weekend alcohol consumption.

We're pleased to announce the programme for our annual conference, taking place in Palma, Majorca October 16-18 euspr.org/programme/