News
Commonwealth Scholarships for MSc Gerontology (Distance Learning)
16 February 2012
The Centre for Research on Ageing, in collaboration with the Commonwealth Scholarships Commission, is offering ten scholarships for students to study on the MSc Gerontology (Distance Learning) programme in 2012-13.
Residential Course in March 2012
7 February 2012
The Residential Course as part of MSc Gerontology (Distance Learning) will take place at the University of Southampton between 21-25th March 2012.
New paper on unmet need for social care
21 October 2011
A new paper on unmet need for social care has recently been published.
Variety now the spice of mid-life
22 September 2011
The characteristics of mid-life have seen big changes over recent decades, according to our leading research, revealed in the final edition of Population Trends, a journal published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
Multidisciplinary Conference on Ageing and Neuroscience
17 August 2011
Vice-Chancellor Professor Don Nutbeam has the pleasure of inviting you to a showcase of current research in the areas of Ageing and Neuroscience in the Presence of the Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire, Dame Mary Fagan DCVO JP.
Are Older Migrants in Nairobi 'Returning'?
12 July 2011
Centre for Research on Ageing academics join with ESRC Centre for Population Change to explore the determinants of migration in the older age groups.
New ESRC-funded project on the impact of migration
11 July 2011
Members of staff in the CRA have been successfully funded by the ESRC for the project on ‘Left behind? Assessing the impact of internal labour migration on patterns of intergenerational support and the health and well-being of children and older people: the cases of China and South Africa'.
CRA staff at the British Society of Gerontology conference
6 July 2011
Staff members of the Centre for Research on Ageing presented at the 2011 conference of the British Society of Gerontology, which took place in Plymouth between 3-5 July 2011.
New journal article on sleep and care-home residents.
23 June 2011
Dr Rebekah Luff’s article with colleagues on ‘Time spent in bed at night by care-home residents: choice or compromise?’ has been published in the journal Ageing and Society (2011).
Contribution to ‘Mental Health in Later Life’
15 June 2011
Dr Rosalind Willis’ contribution to the chapter “The Croydon Memory Service: Using generic working to create efficiency, job satisfaction and satisfied customers” has been published in the edited volume ‘Mental Health in Later Life: Delivering an Holistic Model for Practice’ (Routledge).