Older People's Learning - What next? What is the future for learning after 50?
Venue: Thistle Marble Arch, Bryanston Street, Marble Arch Hotel, London W1H 7EH
The ageing population is one of the biggest policy challenges facing us. Most people can now expect
20 years in active retirement, and the number living beyond a hundred will quadruple by 2030.
Learning can play an important part in improving the quality of life of older adults and can reduce the costs of expensive medical and social care services. But our current services are not well prepared for this, and the numbers of old people learning have been actually falling in recent years.
In 2009 NIACE presented an agenda for action in its policy paper Older People’s Learning.
This conference aims to carry the debate further forward, by looking at what needs to be done to
enable older people to learn the things they need, and the role of learning in meeting broader social policy objectives.
Download programme and application form here
Closing Date: Thursday 11 March 2010
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