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New Ageing & Society article – is the workplace ready for the ageing worker?

A new article from members of the team looks at how organisations are managing an ageing work population. Read the full article here: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/ageing-and-society/article/extending-working-life-and-the-management-of-change-is-the-workplace-ready-for-the-ageing-worker/FFB91DDFBEC29AA2684E61AAC2DFE35A

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Article on the transition from work to retirement

A new article has been published in the Social Policy in Society with findings from our study and looking at the organisational influences on the transition from work to retirement. You can read the full article here: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/social-policy-and-society/article/uncertain-futures-organisational-influences-on-the-transition-from-work-to-retirement/9B73C43EE68C0B71F2242797806A5C48  

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IAGG 2017 – Wednesday 26th July – team appearances

8.00 – 9.30 am. Extending women’s working lives – all the way to the precariat? Sarah Vickerstaff presenting Salon 1-2 Moscone 4.00 – 5.30 am. Work retirement and health Sarah Vickerstaff presentation: Managing the Health Issues of Older Workers: Experience From … Continue reading

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IAGG 2017 – Tuesday 25th July – team appearances

Chris Phillipson will be making several contributions to the conference today as follows: 8.00 – 9.30 a.m Presidential Symposium :Collaborative Urbanism and Coproduction Room 3002 Co-Chair 10.00 – 11.00 a.m. Keynote: Social Inequalities and Social Justice Room 2020 -2022 Discussant … Continue reading

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IAGG 2017 – Monday 24th July – team appearances

Look out for Sarah Vickerstaff, David Lain and Mariska van der Horst today. They will be appearing at the following with news from our study. Symposium: Understanding Later Careers: A Comparative Assessment 8:00am-9:30am Room 3003 (Moscone West) Symposium: Labor Force … Continue reading

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IAGG 2017 San Francisco

Sarah Vickerstaff, Chris Phillipson, David Lain and Mariska van der Horst are attending the IAGG conference in San Francisco next week and will be presenting some findings from the project. Look out for slides from the conference appearing on the … Continue reading

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Team members contribute to publication on gender, ageing and extended working life

Sarah Vickerstaff and Wendy Loretto have provided a UK chapter in the above publication looking at the cross-national perspectives of gender, ageing and extended working life. If you would like to obtain a copy see flyer below for more details and … Continue reading

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Overcoming inequalities event a great success

We were delighted to join with colleagues from UCL’s renEWL project and ILC-UK to host an event at Church House to discuss the many issues arising from extending working lives and the changes in state pension age. We were joined … Continue reading

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Sarah Vickerstaff and David Lain attend Fuller Working Lives event

Sarah and David are attending the event in London bringing together academics working on a number of research council funded projects and any policy and analytical insights arising from their work. Slides from their presentation can be accessed in the findings … Continue reading

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Overcoming Inequalities: Addressing barriers to extending working lives | 5 April 2017

Socio-economic inequalities continue to present challenges to the Government’s Fuller Working Lives programme, with many people forced out of work through a combination of redundancy, ill health or early retirement. This one day conference for policy makers, hosted by the … Continue reading

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