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EWL’s Chris Phillipson providing key note address in Australia
We are pleased to report Professor Chris Phillipson is providing a keynote address as part of the 24th Annual Colloquium of Superannuation Researchers in Sydney on 5th July 2016. http://www.cepar.edu.au/events.aspx The presentation is entitled Extending Working Life: Problems and Prospects … Continue reading
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Europe-wide initiative on impacts of extended working life.
Professor Sarah Vickerstaff is part of team working on a European COST action. COST is the longest-running European framework supporting trans-national cooperation among researchers, engineers and scholars across Europe. It is a unique means for them to jointly develop their own … Continue reading
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GSA Conference 2015 – Florida
A team from the project will be attending the GSA Conference in Florida next week. Professor Sarah Vickerstaff, Dr Mariska van der Horst, Professor Chris Phillipson and Dr David Lain will be presenting some of the findings of the project … Continue reading
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Professor Sarah Vickerstaff vice-chairing COST action
Professor Sarah Vickerstaff is acting as vice-chair of Individuals, Societies, Cultures and Health COST Action in Edinburgh today and will be joined by colleagues Professor Wendy Loretto and Dr David Lain. They will be considering gendered impacts of extended working … Continue reading
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Older women and work
The Scottish Commission on Older Women last week published a report entitle ‘Older Women and Work – Looking to the Future’ exploring the experiences of older women seeking to remain in, or re-enter, the labour market. Professor Wendy Loretto of … Continue reading
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New report considers the future of lifelong learning.
Professor Chris Phillipson, one of the Extending Working Lives project team members has co-authored a report which investigates how lifelong learning, including continuous training within the labour market, can be supported and who will pay for it. The report forms part of … Continue reading
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Presentation to Scottish parliament
Professor Wendy Loretto was a guest speaker at the Scottish Parliament Women’s Dinner on Tuesday 23 June. The dinner was hosted by Elaine Smith MSP and the title of Wendy’s talk was Fuller Working Lives/Can women fit more in?
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EWL seminar for employers, policy makers, NGO’s and researchers
On Thursday members of the EWL team will be joining with our colleagues from Norway to hold a seminar to discuss the challenges arising for employers, workers, policy makers and NGO’s of extending working lives. Representatives from a wide variety … Continue reading
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Professor Sarah Vickerstaff taking part in REC Scale Up Live
EWL’s Professor Sarah Vickerstaff is today attending an event at the The Recruitment & Employment Confederation entitled “REC Scale-Up Live for the Sectors: The role of recruiters in diversifying talent for business growth”. The event is particularly aimed at the professional … Continue reading
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Dr Joanne Crawford presents at Royal College of Nursing
On Thursday 7th May Dr Joanne Crawford, one of the researchers on the EWL project presented at a joint meeting of Arbeit und Leben Niedersachsen and the RCN entitled “European Exchange of experiences on solution strategies and models of good … Continue reading
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