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RESEARCHING THE HIGH COST OF IGNORANCE
The University of the Third Age today (Tuesday 10 October) welcomed new research showing that staying longer in education helps prevent dementia, and announced two new collaborations with researchers investigating the health benefits of learning in later life.
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GETTING RID OF RETIREMENT AGE: THERE’S A DOWNSIDE
The University of the Third Age today sounded a note of caution amid the euphoria about government proposals to get rid of the default retirement age.
U3A chairman Ian Searle said:
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ADULT EDUCATION STILL NEEDS TO CLAIM DAVID WILLETTS’S ATTENTION, SAYS U3A
The University of the Third Age today called for the government to reverse Labour’s decision to refuse funding for equivalent or lower qualifications to those the student already possesses (ELQs). The U3A also called for an approach to student grants which ensures that universities are not filled with the children of the rich .
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U3A MEMBERS JOIN IN ADULT LEARNERS’ WEEK
Members of the University of the Third Age are using Adult Learners’ Week (15-21 May) to launch new programmes, step up recruitment activities and join other organisations for shared informal learning projects.
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CURB BACKGROUND MUSIC, U3A TELLS BBC
U3A chairman Ian Searle is to write to BBC director general Mark Thompson to ask that television producers should take account of the hearing needs of older people, and ensure that the volume of background music does not prevent older people from hearing the words of television programmes.
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