Education

It is now generally accepted that not everyone learns in the same way or at the same pace. The Government's push on lifelong learning recognises this, and it values the fact that, at any age, someone may want to take up a new skill or finally fulfil an ambition to explore something they have been curious about for years.

Education is about everything from learning to read right through to writing your PhD on the unexplored universe. As we get older, we can play an important role as teachers, both formally, through planned visits to schools, and informally, through direct contact with grandchildren and other younger people. We can also begin to learn something new. Of particular interest to older people seems to be technology: computers, email, mobile phones, blogs, social networking websites and so on. AONTAS, a voluntary organisation for Adult Learning, offer factsheets from their web site giving general information on returning to education and contact details for local organisers.

Find out about the Age & Opportunity / DIT Scholarship on Intergenerational Learning.