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What Older People Learn
The whys and wherefores of older people learning
This event is now FULL
| Date: | Thursday 6 September 2007 |
| Venue: | NIACE, Renaissance House, 20 Princess Road West, Leicester LE1 6TP |
| Ref: | C15-86/09/07 |
| Fee*: | £35 (includes lunch, tea/coffee and a copy of What Older People Learn priced at £13.15 inc p&p) |
[Background] [Aims] [Audience] [Programme]
Background
The seminar launches the NIACE publication ‘What older people learn: the whys and wherefores of older people learning’. For education providers, funders and policy makers this will be a useful opportunity to hear about an authoritative scientific study of older learners, part of NIACE’s series of annual surveys on adult participation in learning. The publication:
 | examines their subjects of study, motivations to learn, ways of finding out about and getting to learning |
| reports on the benefits they perceive, the ways they learn and their views on qualifications and fees |
| identifies the key barriers to learning, the effects of illness and disability and access to technology. |
Encouraging adult learning in all its forms is under threat; it is important to listen to those who benefit to help us better understand how the complex and broad ways of learning, particularly in later life, is valued. Learning matters in later life. It enables older workers to sustain their productiveness in the workplace and adapt their experience and skills to changing contexts. Older workers matter and the age of retirement is increasing. Moving away from paid work is becoming more of a prolonged process and less of an abrupt transformation.
People who carry on learning lead healthier lives. Learning reduces morbidity and delays the effects of Alzheimer’s on learners social interactions.
Older people are civically active. More people like to vote and they are usually the mainstay of voluntary organisations.
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Aims
| launch 'What older people learn' a new NIACE publication on older learners, based on data from the NIACE series of surveys on adult participation in learning |
| present the findings from the survey |
| discuss the implications of the findings for policy and practice. |
All participants will receive a free copy of the publication ‘What older people learn’.
Participants will find that the seminar and publication will provide them with a full and detailed review of crucial information about an increasingly important group of learners which is invaluable as a source of information and insight.
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Audience
Practitioners, managers and policymakers in adult learning and educational researchers in general.
The conference is aimed at:
| Employers |
| FE colleges and local authority providers |
| Organisations and individuals considering future prospects for supplying adult learning or skills |
| Regional Development Agencies |
| Sector Skills Councils |
| Trades Unions |
| Voluntary and community sector organisations with an interest in lifelong learning |
| Work-based learning suppliers working with adults |
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Programme
| 09:45 | Arrival and registration (tea/coffee available) |
| 10:00 | Welcome and introduction Alastair Thomson, Senior Policy Officer – NIACE What older people learn Questions to speakers Discussion groups |
| 11:00 | Tea/coffee break |
| 11:15 | Older learners: what we don't
know Stephen McNair is himself an older learner, as Director of the Centre for Research into the Older Workforce (CROW) he has been studying the workings of the older labour market, including older peoples' participation in training, for five years. He will respond to the report findings in the light of research into older workers, and explore some of the unanswered questions about the role of learning in later life. Professor Stephen McNair, Director, Centre for Research into the Older Workforce – NIACE Questions to speaker Discussion groups Closing remarks |
| 12:30 | Close of seminar (tea/coffee and lunch available) |
This programme is correct at the time of going to press. The organisers reserve the right to make changes to the published programme in the event of one or more of the advertised speakers being unable to attend. Delegates will have no claim against NIACE in respect of such changes.
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