EWL’s Chris Phillipson providing key note address in Australia

Posted on June 20, 2016 by alb36

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 for Older Workers.

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Europe-wide initiative on impacts of extended working life.

Posted on January 13, 2016 by alb36

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 ideas and new initiatives across all fields in science and technology, including social sciences and humanities, through pan-European networking of nationally funded research activities. The goal of this Action is to advance scientific knowledge about the gendered impacts of extended working life on the health and economic well-being of older workers in Europe and to support informed gender-sensitive future policy, explicitly considering the differential needs of women and men. For more information access the COST website here.

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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 so far concerning late career transitions and the effects of working later in life.

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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 life on the health and economic well-being of older workers in Europe. Further information can be found on the COST website http://www.cost.eu/COST_Actions/isch/IS1409?

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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 the EWL team is a member of the commission which can be found here: http://www.stuc.org.uk/news/1183/older-women-report

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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 the governments Future of an ageing population evidence review. https://futureofageing.blog.gov.uk/2015/07/10/education/

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Presentation to Scottish parliament

Posted on June 30, 2015 by alb36


Wendy Loretto picture

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 of backgrounds will be joining us and we are very much looking forward to a lively and informative discussion.

 

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Professor Sarah Vickerstaff taking part in REC Scale Up Live

Posted on June 11, 2015 by alb36

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 sectors such as accounting and financial services, Legal and HR. Sarah will taking part in a panel considering why diversity matters and what recruiters need to consider.

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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 practice in handling the demographic challenges at the enterprise and regional level”.  

Joanne’s presentation was called “Foundations of workplace health management on the basis of age and life-phase appropriateness” and covered physiological and psychological change in relation to work and how we can manage such change and reduce risks.

 

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