Transitions and the lifecourse: a field for education
This year’s Frank Glendenning Memorial Lecture is to be given by Dr Amanda Grenier, of the University of Toronto. We, …
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Next steps on the curriculum
Gerontology in the UK has struggled to find a place in mainstream academic education. Our next BSG Special Interest Group …
Public toilets in London – the ‘age-friendly’ city starts to get the message!
Think of this as a toilet. KOVE members Lynda, Phyllis, Suzanne and Anne-Marie give their verdict! We were out on …
Can an age-friendly Greater London Authority help deliver toilets in Kilburn?
In July this year Raymond Martin, managing director of the British Toilet Association (BTA), described the shortage of public toilets …
The fight for Mary Feilding Guild
In 1997 at the first – and only – European conference on advocacy in later life in Dublin a team …
Personal, local, global: World Toilet Day concerns us all
The toilet on Gospel Oak station, where I used to pick up my grand-daughter after school, is OK. Despite the …
Needing to spend more than a penny – the future of public toilet provision in an age-friendly London
It’s not easy to do full justice to Jane Hopkins’ formidable survey of public conveniences in the Royal Borough of …
Can further education lead for learning in later life?
The decline in take up of adult and further education (FE) in the UK should be cause for acute concern …
My colleague Sophie Fagan: nurse, gerontologist and caring provocateur
In their seminal proposal for an ageless society Life after work Michael Young and Tom Schuller discuss the impact on …
Adult education – ‘a permanent national necessity’. For a caring democracy?
The report from the Centenary Commission on Adult Education, launched last month, has received some strong endorsements from a wide …
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