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AEA EVENTS 25th Anniversary Conference and AGM The 2010 conference and AGM, which also mark the 25th anniversary of AEA, will take place in London at Camden Town Hall on Thursday afternoon 22nd July 2010. The theme of the conference is Storytelling and identity in later life. The event will be followed by the Frank Glendenning lecture, which
will be delivered by Dr Alex Withnall on the subject of Exploring the Gender Agenda in Later Life Learning. Full details of both events can be found here: aea 25th anniversary conference AGM & FGL Click here for a map of the venue location: Camden Town Hall
International Conference: AEA in association with Lancaster University, Department of Continuing Education: Reaffirming Teaching and Learning in Later Life The conference took place April 1-3, 2009 at Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK Full details can be found here in our archive. Conference Lancaster 2009
Frank Glendenning Lecture The 2009 Frank Glendenning memorial lecture took place at Lancaster University on Thursday 2nd April and was well attended by AEA members, other delegates to the conference and members of the public. The speaker was Professor Keith Percy, Director of the School of Lifelong Learning and Widening Participation at Lancaster University. The title of his lecture was “The Owl of Minerva: Wisdom, Experience and Learning in Later Life” and the topics he covered included a review of developments in research and educational provision for older people over the past thirty years. He also highlighted the important role that universities have to play in this area and considered what might be the content of a national curriculum for older people. Professor Percy's Powerpoint presentation for the lecture can be downloaded from http://www.lancaster.ac.uk/depts/conted/AEA_conference.htm Please note you will require PowerPoint on your computer to open this presentation. The full text of the lecture will be appearing later on this website.
Regional Consultations with older learners: In the course of the year October 2008-2009, AEA held a number of regional events to consult with older people on the kinds of learning they are doing, or wish to do and how providers can work with them and with other partners to offer learning opportunities. That first stage of the project has now been completed and a report on the results will be appearing shortly on this website. We are now moving on to the next stage and have compiled an updated short questionnaire asking older people what place education and learning has in their lives. If you would like to help us by completing the questionnaire, it is available here in both .pdf and Microsoft Word formats. Please either print off your completed questionnaire and send it to the address on the form or alternatively you can e-mail is as an attachment to aeasecretary@googlemail.com Please put the phrase "AEA Older Learner Survey" in the subject box of your e-mail. Older Learner survey - pdf format Older Learner Survey - MS Word format
EXTERNAL EVENTS RECENT CONFERENCE Universities and Active Ageing This conference, which was held on February 17th, 2010 and sponsored by Universities UK and the National Institute of Adult and Continuing Education. It was devoted to the theme of engaging older learners in education and training and the results of research supported by the Higher Education Funding Council for England investigating the position of older learners in universities were presented to the conference by Dr Chris Phillipson, author of the report,. Dr Phillipson also wrote about his findings on page 5 of the Winter 2010 edition of AEA Digest, which can be found here: AEA Digest Further information can also be found on the Universities UK website: Universities and active ageing
FORTHCOMING CONFERENCE IAUTA Conference IAUTA (The International Association of Universities of the Third Age) aka AIUTA will be holding their next conference on 15th and 16th November at the University of Costa Rica in San
José under the title Older People, Experience and Sustainable Development. Further details will be announced here: IAUTA
EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES AND COURSES The 'New' Ageing Populations King's College London in collaboration University College London and University of Surrey are mounting a new ESRC funded seminar series over the next two years on the theme of The 'New' Ageing Populations. Admission to all seminars in the series is free. Further details on all these events can be found here: The 'New' Ageing Populations
2010 Lifelong Learning, Older People and Society This series of seminars at the University of Leicester is now underway. The second in the series is on Friday 28 May, when
Vanessa Beck of the Centre for Labour
Market Studies, University of Leicester will be talking about Learning and Older Workers in the
Recession. See also summer seminars To book a place or
for further information please contact:
Learning opportunities in drama The Bush Theatre in London's Shepherds Bush is developing a workshop programme for over sixties under the title "Bush Contenders". Details of this and other opportunities are available on their education, development and training page at: Bush Futures AEA Secretary Carol Allen is now teaching a drama class for Over 50s at the New Horizons centre in Chelsea, West London. Classes are open to all over 50s - you don't have to live in the Royal Borough to take part. Details of this and other New Horizon classes, which include pilates, dance, creative writing, IT skills, languages and other subjects can be found on the Activities page at: New Horizons Acting Up is an intergenerational drama project being held in West London in July and August, culminating in a final performance at the Electric Cinema in Portobello Road. Participation in the project is free and open to all over 60s. Details from Ben Long at Age Concern Kensington and Chelsea 020 8969 9105 Silver Comedy is mounting a free four session site specific drama project in late June/July on The Theatre of the Absurd for over 60s culminating in a performance at the Capital Age Festival. Further details can be found here. Theatre of the Absurd If you are interested in taking part please contact Chris Head on
Learning opportunities in dance Last year an edition of the "Imagine" series BBC1 was devoted to the Company of Elders, a dance group of performers ranging in age from 61 to 85 based at Sadlers Wells Theatre in North London. The programme has created renewed interest in many older learners in the art of dance. Full details of Sadlers Wells' dance workshops and other activities for the Over 60's are available here:
If you would like to submit educational events and courses to be considered for inclusion on this page, please send full details including web page address to: aeasecretary@googlemail.com Please put the phrase "Education Activities" in the subject box of your e-mail. Please go to ‘Join AEA’ for further information about our services and how to join.
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