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The Reflective Call of Carers Ageing without Children and/or Family: ‘Who will be there for me when I need it?

February 24, 2023

Robin Hadley is an Associate Lecturer at Manchester Metropolitan University, an Early Career Researcher, founder member of the campaign group …

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BSG2022 Conference Report from Anne Jamieson, Reader Emerita, Birkbeck, University of London

August 4, 2022

Thank you to the BSG for granting me a bursary to take part in this year’s conference. It was an …

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October 11, 2021

Mobility aid users aged 50+ face physical, social and psychological barriers to activity. Older mobility aid users face physical, social …

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Owning Silver

September 2, 2020

Irene van Nispen Kress turned 50. Feeling the peculiar weight that attaches itself to this milestone, she set out to …

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The implications of Brexit for older EU migrants in England and Wales

June 2, 2016

As part of the UK in a changing Europe initiative, a research project in the Centre for Population Change and …

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Ethnicity and pensions: a continuing disadvantage?

May 18, 2016

Individuals from certain minority ethnic groups in the UK, such as those from a Pakistani and Bangladeshi background, are among …

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Making the Case for the Social Sciences: No.11. Dementia

March 22, 2016

The mission of the Academy of Social Sciences is to ‘promote social science in the UK for the public benefit’ …

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Why should medical students study Social Gerontology? Guest-blog by Professor Anthea Tinker

January 28, 2016

Great to see this thoughtful piece on the medical curriculum and the teaching of social gerontology.

Re-Presenting Age: Launching the BSG in Northern Ireland in Style

May 15, 2015

Buoyed up by the support and enthusiasm of everyone who supported the launch of the BSG in Northern Ireland, we will continue to challenge negative stereotypes of ageing. Representing Age will provide a focus for the work of the BSG in Northern Ireland for many years to come.

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Women are worse affected by the crisis and changes to pensions

May 5, 2015

The global economic and financial circumstances since the summer of 2007 are without precedent in post-war history. The resultant higher …

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