News & Views:

NEW PUBLICATION

International Journal of Education and Ageing (IJEA).

AEA's new journal International Journal of Education and Ageing (IJEA) was officially launched at the Association's annual conference on 22nd July 2010.  Issues 1, 2 and 3 are now available, completing Volume 1. Subscriptions for Volume 2 are now open.  Volume 1 is also still available as a complete set.  This new international journal will, we feel, re-launch the mission of our original journal, Education and Ageing, which was published by the Association through the University of Keele (and latterly by Triangle Publications) from 1985-2003, while also responding to today’s conditions and contexts. Further details on the journal page of this website. IJEA

LARA

LARA (Learning as a Response to an Ageing Society) is a European project involving the University of Leicester, which is looking at curriculum issues around ageing in society - not just about older people. Details of the project and a link to the second issue of the LARA newsletter can be found here: LARA project

EUBIA GUIDE

Last autumn 2010 the University of Leicester published the EuBia Guide - Getting Older People Involved in Learning. This publication is the product of a Learning Partnership called EuBiA – EU Broadening People’s Minds in Ageing (2008 – 2010) and has been funded with support from the European Commission. It includes contributions from all over the EU, including from several members of AEA. The EuBia Guide can be downloaded here: EuBia Guide

Further information on the University of Leicester's European partnerships with regard to both LARA and EuBiA (EU Broadening People’s Minds in Ageing) can be found here on on the university website: lifelong learning and ageing

EUROPEAN NEWS

News from Grundtvig

The Grundtvig pages have recently been reorganised and updated, and now include a wealth of information on the Grundtvig funding opportunities, results of conferences and projects, support to find partners and tools to develop a successful project - for further information go to: Grundtvig

European Year for Active Ageing

2012 has been declared declared EU Year of Active Ageing and Intergenerational Solidarity.  For further information go to:  EU Year of Active Ageing 

An article on the aims and aspirations of the year has been published in the Summer issue of AEA Digest, which will be posted shortly on the Digest page of this website

NEW RESEARCH OPPORTUNITY

The Ageing, Work and Health Research Unit in the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Sydney is currently seeking enthusiastic Postgraduate Research students with a range of projects available. For further information and a listing of current research projects, please visit the news area of our website. Sydney University news area

For further information on post graduate research opportunities, please click here: Sydney University research opportunities

NEW PUBLICATION

A new book by AEA member Alex Withnall, “Improving Learning in Later Life” is now available. It offers a critical overview of the development of theoretical and philosophical approaches to later life learning that have developed over the last three decades, drawing on published work from the USA, UK, Australia and other countries, and documents the individual experiences of older people through a variety of methods. Full details: Improving Learning in Later Life

AEA RESPONSE TO GOVERNMENT POLICIES AND INITIATIVES

With the news spotlight currently firmly on budget cuts rather than spending plans, it is still not clear how the present government will respond to the needs of older learners, although Prime Minister David Cameron in the early days of his premiership expressed his support in principle for the importance of adult learning (see IN THE PRESS lower down on this page)

However there was a plethora of government consultation and policy initiatives from the previous government in 2009, to which AEA was active in responding. For further details see our archive here: AEA response to govt consultations

IN THE PRESS

Links to news coverage of issues relating to older learners.

Both Prime Minister David Cameron and John Hayes, the new Skills & Lifelong Learning Minister have spoken earlier this year about the importance of adult learning...adult learning pm and skills minister

The full text of the Prime Minster's interview in May's "Adults Learning" published by NIACE can be found here .......cameron on adult learning

See also John Hayes speaking at NIACE's lifelong learning policy conference. John Hayes Adult Learning Week speech

For archive news stories of issues affecting older learners, please click here.....In the Press

For news of education activities, please go to our Events page

Please go to ‘Join AEA’ for further information about our services and how to join.