Enhancing Southampton’s research impact
18 December 2012
A new team has been created at the University of Southampton to bring together world-leading researchers with key policy-makers and practitioners.
New paper explores organisation of physical care for older people in Indonesia
17 December 2012
Elisabeth Schröder-Butterfill, together with her Indonesian colleague Tengku Syawila Fithry, has published a paper in Ageing and Society on how physical care to dependent older people is organised and negotiated in Indonesia.
New ESRC project on pensions and ethnic minorities
16 October 2012
Members of staff from the Centre for Research on Ageing have secured funding to examine the pension protection among working-age and retired individuals from ethnic minority groups in the UK.
3 PhD scholarships - deadline this week
8 October 2012
We have a series of three PhD studentships available to explore the challenges around population and ageing.
UN International Day of Older Persons: new Ageing USRG website
1 October 2012
The world will celebrate the 22nd Anniversary of the United Nations International Day of Older Persons on 1 October and on the same day the new Ageing USRG website will be launched.
Teaching award for Gerontology lecturer
12 September 2012
Dr Athina Vlachantoni, Lecturer in Gerontology at the Centre for Research on Ageing, was awarded the Vice Chancellor's Teaching Award.
'Left behind in transition' featured as an ESRC Impact case study
26 March 2012
The results of the project on 'Left behind in transition? Poverty, social networks and social support amongst older people in Central Asia and the Caucasus', has been featured as an Impact Case Study by the Economic and Social Research Council.
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.