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As we close out the year, the GUI team have been reflecting on work achieved during 2025. Click the link in our bio for our latest newsletter featuring 2025 highlights as well as current Cohort Updates. Wishing everyone a safe and happy Christmas🎄✨🧑‍🎄

We’re on the home stretch for #GUIConference25 with the final sessions covering child well-being, pastimes and a session on special surveys in GUI from our CSO colleagues. We’re hoping to share most of today’s presentations on our website in the coming days

Massive thank you to Rutland national school choir for their excellent lunchtime performance at #GUIConference25

Great reaction to Prof James Hall’s keynote lecture on his perspectives on structural inequalities in the early years and the UK experience. Very relevant to the current work programme for #DCDE, #GUIConference25

Department of Children, Disability and Equality Secretary General Kevin McCarthy opens the #GUIConference25 afternoon session followed by Jennifer Banim, Director General @CSOIreland

Many thanks to the reps from Dublin City and Carlow Comhairle na nÓg for sharing their thoughts on the important issues for teens today. Especially relevant for #GUIConference25 as the study starts interviewing Cohort 08 at 17/18. @ComhairleNaNog1

We’re delighted to welcome Minister Norma Foley to her first #GUIConference25 as head of @DeptCDE. Her speech today reflects on both what we’ve learned so far from the study and what is yet to come – especially with the first wave of Cohort 24 just completed!

If you haven’t been able to join us today, you can read all the abstracts online here: growingup.gov.ie/pubs/20251017_…

It’s been a busy morning at #GUIConference25 so far – we’ve had updates on the GUI study plus research papers on mental health, physical health, and transitions in the life-course.

Head of Research and Evaluation in @deptcde Ciara Pidgeon opens today’s Growing Up in Ireland conference! #GUIConference25 #Loveirishresearch

You can read the new ‘What we know from GUI’ report, in conjunction with UCD researchers, Kaat Philippe, Ross Neville and Seaneen Sloan on gov.ie: gov.ie/en/department-… @UCD_Research

It’s the big day! Not only will we be hearing about the latest GUI research but we’re delighted to also launch our latest commissioned report on ‘What we know from GUI’ and our new-look website today #GUIConference25

Just a month to go until the Growing Up in Ireland Annual Research Conference 2025 on 4th Nov and we’re nearly fully booked! Check out the detailed programme and registration link here growingup.gov.ie/information-fo…

Draft conference programme is now available at the following link: growingup.gov.ie/information-fo…

It’s that time of year again! Registration for the Growing Up in Ireland Annual Research Conference on Nov 4th is now open. Places are free on a first-come, first-served basis. See our website for more details growingup.gov.ie/information-fo…

Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) launch new report 'Experience of bullying and bullying behaviours among 13-year-olds' The launch will take place online via Zoom from 11:00am – 12:20pm on Thursday, 28 August. Register your attendance here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

Important news! This year’s conference will now be taking place in the Gibson hotel.

The Growing Up in Ireland study team have issued two Requests for Quotes (RFQs) for research projects using GUI Cohort 98 at 25 data. For further details please visit growingup.gov.ie/information-fo…

A gentle reminder that the call for abstracts for the 2025 Growing Up in Ireland research conference will close on Monday 7th July. For further details please visit growingup.gov.ie

Interested in methodology? A new report on ways to include non-resident parents in studies like GUI has been published by the ESRI. The report and press release can be found at: esri.ie/news/non-resid…