Presentations from the day

Universities UK and The National Institute of Adult Continuing Education (NIACE) are hosting a one-day conference on engaging older learners in education and training on Wednesday 17 February 2010.  The conference will be held at Woburn House Conference Centre, London WC1.

The day is for those responsible for the development of university strategy as well as those interested in running educational programmes for older people.  It’s also for those who want to expand programmes for professionals who provide care for the elderly.

Speakers include:

• Professor Stephen McNair, Associate director (older learners), National Institute of Adult Continuing Education (NIACE)
• Professor Chris Phillipson, Professor of Applied Social Studies and Social Gerontology, Keele University
• Hugh Pullinger, Head of the Older Persons and Ageing Society Division, Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)
• Tom Schuller, Director of the Inquiry into the Future for Lifelong Learning and former Head of the Centre for Educational Research and Innovation, OECD
• Sir David Watson, School of Lifelong Education & International Development, Institute of Education

A new Universities UK report, produced by Professor Chris Phillipson, will be launched at the conference, which examines the future potential of this market for the higher education sector.

Both the report and conference will look at the ways in which your institution can develop programmes in this area, with a series of discussion groups led by universities that already have programmes in place.