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Founded in 1985, the Association for Education and Ageing (AEA) is an international membership organisation, open to all. Its concern is learning in later life. Its aims are to advance knowledge, to improve practice and to contribute to the development of policy. Through AEA, professionals, volunteers, academics, researchers, tutors, policy-makers and older people work together.

SAD NEWS

We are deeply sorry to announce the death of Professor Keith Percy. Keith was a founder-member of the association in 1985, its Chairperson from 2017 to 2022 and, until recently, joint-editor of the International Journal of Education and Ageing. Keith was a hugely influential figure in the world of educational gerontology and his loss has been keenly felt thoughout our global community. He was for many years the Director of Continuing Education at the University of Lancaster. An obituary can be found here:   portal.lancaster.ac.uk/intranet/news/article/professor-emeritus-keith-percy-bsc-soc-ma-phd

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A video of the AEA 2019 Frank Glendenning Memorial Lecture, given by Professor Marvin Formosa, is now available on Vimeo at https://vimeo.com/381161237 Credit: Val Bissland

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