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The British Society of Gerontology provides a multidisciplinary forum for researchers and other individuals interested in the situations of older people, and in how knowledge about ageing and later life can be enhanced and improved. BSG is a registered charitable company and is the professional organisation representing gerontologists in Britain.

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Mar 2020

Covid-19: Statement from the President and Members of the National Executive Committee of the British Society of Gerontology

A pdf of this statement can be downloaded from the British Society of Gerontology website The British Society of Gerontology …

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Mar 2020

Arts & Aging Day Canada 2020 – an interview with BSG Creative Ageing SIG representative: Kate Dupuis

This interview is with Kate Dupuis, Canadian Representative & NEW Blog Editor of the Creative Ageing SIG. Kate spoke to …

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Mar 2020

COVID-19 vs Social Isolation: the Impact Technology can have on Communities, Social Connections and Citizens

Hannah R. Marston1, Charles Musselwhite2, & Robin Hadley3 1Health and Wellbeing Priority Research Area, The Open University, Milton Keynes. Hannah.Marston@open.ac.uk …

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Dr Paul Nash, Lecturer, Centre For Innovative Ageing at Swansea University talks about the importance of Gerontology

Gerontology: What is it and why is it important?

The 48th

BSG Annual Conference

10 - 12 July 2019
The University of Liverpool

Registration open soon

Events & Courses

20 April 2020 - 22 April 2020

Longitudinal Studies

23 April 2020 - 23 April 2020

Delivering Person-Centred Dementia Care

24 April 2020 - 24 April 2020

Adult Safeguarding 2020: Delivering a Strengths-Based Approach

12 May 2020

Falls Prevention Summit 2020: Reducing Inpatient Falls & Harm from Inpatient Falls

13 May 2020

Day Case Total Hip Replacement

15 May 2020

Hip Fracture Summit 2020

18 May 2020 - 22 May 2020

Edinburgh International Course in Medicine of the Older Adult

22 May 2020

Safeguarding Adults in Mental Health

24 August 2020 - 26 August 2020

An exploration of methodological issues in the study of age and ageing

25 November 2020 - 27 November 2020

BGS Autumn Meeting 2020

Winning Photos from Photocrowd and the British Society of Gerontology

Ageing: the bigger picture

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20 March 2020

PRESS RELEASE FROM BRITISH SOCIETY OF GERONTOLOGY. 20 March 2020

British Society of Gerontology calls on Government to reject policy responses to COVID-19 based only on chronological age

14 January 2020

Review of the Kings Fund Environmental Assessment Tools

Have you used any of the Kings Fund Environmental Assessment tools? If so we would be grateful for your help in reviewing them by completing an online survey.

17 December 2019

Sickness in the Workhouse

Recently published book:Sickness in the Workhouse: Poor Law Medical Care in Provincial England, 1834-1914

17 December 2019

Looking for advice on PhD on social history of families

Stephen Brotherton, who completed his MA in Gerontology at Keele University under the supervision of Professor Miriam Bernard is looking to write a book and do a PhD on changing social histories linked to his mom and dad.

20 October 2019

£15 million to develop a unique Centre focused on Adult Social Care

Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and the Health Foundation partner to support a new UK Centre to enhance the use of research evidence in adult social care

20 October 2019

BSG Centres Page

BSG have a new page on the website aiming to showcase centres of excellence in social and behavioural research into ageing and ageing populations across the UK. These include Research Institutes, Research Centres, and Research Groups. The web-page is open to the public.

Jobs

Deadline: 04 May 2020

Centre for International Research on Care, Labour and Equalities (CIRCLE) at the University of Sheffield.

Professorial Research Fellow (CIRCLE)

Deadline: 31 December 2018

The Centre for innovative Ageing at Swansea University

Postgraduate Programmes in Gerontology & Ageing Studies

Deadline: 31 August 2018

Nanyang Technical University

Visiting Fellow

Deadline: 02 July 2018

Institute of Public Health in Ireland

Evaluations and Interventions Officer – Ageing and public health

Deadline: 02 July 2018

Institute of Public Health in Ireland

Knowledge Translation Officer - Ageing and Public Health

Deadline: 22 June 2018

Institute of Public Health in Ireland

Public Health Interventions Officer - Loneliness