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 With Family” concludes that more needs to be done by those producing policy on later working to address the issue of gender difference in decisions concerning extending working lives.

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Professor Chris Phillipson quoted in the Guardian

Posted on March 16, 2015 by alb36

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 be brought about as a result of our cities not being designed or organised with older people in mind.

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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 well as providing a national report for the UK. See the full report here: http://www.jp-demographic.eu/about/fast-track-projects/understanding-employment

 

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Professor Sarah Vickerstaff to give keynote speech in Berlin

Posted on January 29, 2015 by extendingworkinglives-news

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 Berlin on 5th February. The event is the final conference in a Europe-wide initiative entitled “More Years, Better Lives”. The initiative seeks to enhance coordination and collaboration between European and national research programmes related to demographic change.

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EWL member takes up new post

Posted on January 29, 2015 by extendingworkinglives-news

Andy Weyman of Bath University and a member of the EWL team appeared as an expert witness at a the NICE Public Health Advisory Committee D ‘Workplace policies and approaches to promote and protect the health of older employees’ meeting on 7th Jan and has subsequently been appointed in the role of an expert to this committee. Details of his statement should be appearing on the NICE website in the near future.

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Congratulations to Dr Sue Shepherd

Posted on January 29, 2015 by extendingworkinglives-news

New team member from the University of Kent, Sue Shepherd, had her PhD viva on Monday and passed without corrections. Huge congratulations Sue from all the EWL team.

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Professor Sarah Vickerstaff speaking at “Age Limits in the Workplace” event in Oslo

Posted on December 10, 2014 by extendingworkinglives-news

EWL’s project lead Professor Sarah Vickerstaff is attending the above event on Friday 12 December and will giving a talk on “Too Old to Work Too Young to Retire? Changing Retirement Ages in the UK”. Presentation slides to be posted soon.

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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

Posted on November 25, 2014 by extendingworkinglives-news

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.

Posted on November 6, 2014 by extendingworkinglives-news
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Extending Working Lives Team Member appears on BBC

Posted on October 7, 2014 by extendingworkinglives-news

EWL’s Wendy Loretto this morning appeared on BBC radio Hereford and Worcester responding to questions about increases in the statutory pension age.  The questions were prompted by the following report in the Guardian.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/pensions/11144991/Retirement-age-to-rise-by-as-much-as-six-months-per-year.html

 

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