Category Archives: Older workers

EWL team attend GWO 2016

Posted on June 30, 2016 by alb36

Excited to have Professor Sarah Vickerstaff and Professor Wendy Loretto taking part in the Gender, Work and Organisation 2016 event in Keele this week. On Friday Wendy will be presenting on a recent paper http://www.genderportal.eu/events/9th-biennial-gender-work-and-organisation-conference

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GSA Conference 2015 – Florida

Posted on November 12, 2015 by alb36

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

Posted on October 15, 2015 by alb36

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

Posted on September 1, 2015 by alb36

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.

Posted on July 20, 2015 by alb36

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

Posted on June 30, 2015 by alb36

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

Posted on June 16, 2015 by alb36

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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Dr Joanne Crawford presents at Royal College of Nursing

Posted on May 11, 2015 by alb36

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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Professor Wendy Loretto article published in Huffington Post

Posted on April 1, 2015 by alb36

An article written by EWL’s Professor Wendy Loretto in conjunction with Professor Sarah Vickerstaff has been published in the Huffington Post’s lifestyle section. http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/wendy-loretto/retirement-age_b_6968070.html The article entitled “Age of No Retirement Is Over-Stated: Most of Us Would Rather Spend Time … Continue reading →

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Europe-wide project publishes final report – chapters from EWL team members

Posted on February 23, 2015 by alb36

Professor Sarah Vickerstaff and Dr David Lain from the Extending Working Lives project team have each provided chapters in the final report from the research project  “Understanding Employment Participation of Older Workers : Defining Research Needs for Evidence-based Policy” as … Continue reading →

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