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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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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 Chris Phillipson quoted in the Guardian

EWL team member Professor Chris Phillipson of Manchester University has been quoted in an article in the Guardian entitled “Our cities must undergo a revolution for older people”. http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/mar/15/age-friendly-cities-design-future. It refers to Chris’s term “self-imposed house arrest” which he believes can … Continue reading

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

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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Professor Sarah Vickerstaff to give keynote speech in Berlin

Extending Working Lives project lead Professor Sarah Vickerstaff will be presenting on “The impact of the Domestic Domain on Later Life Work Participation” at the “Understanding Employment Participation of Older Workers : Defining Research Needs for Evidence-based policy” event in … Continue reading

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The International Longevity Centre – UK publish new report setting out why it is vital for Europe’s economy to harness the power of older workers

Thought-provoking report by ILC-UK on the role of older workers in driving recovery in the Eurozone.

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Dr David Wainwright of @UniofBath provides a concise introduction to the Extending Working Lives project.

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Extending Working Lives project

Welcome to the Extending Working Lives project page.  Watch this space for news on all the interesting work our team will be doing over the coming 2 to 3 years.

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