Enhancing our understanding of later life

The BSG and the Centre for Ageing Better have signed a Memorandum of Understanding on working together to enable stronger links between research, policy and practice. The two will collaborate on convening experts working on ageing, supporting researchers, policymakers and practitioners in achieving and measuring impact on the areas which matter to having a good later life.

The Society is very happy to announce that the Archive of the British Society of Gerontology is now freely available via the Richard Burton Archive at Swansea University.

Member of the BSG will be greatly saddened to learn of the death of Hal Kendig, Emeritus Professor of Ageing and Public Policy at the Australian National University (ANU).

The Stroke Association are inviting applications for Postgraduate and Postdoctoral Fellowship Awards in the field of stroke. The Stroke Association UK Lectureship Awards and Joint Stroke Association & Health and Care Research Wales Lectureship Award are still open for application.

Anne Martin-Matthews, BSG member and Professor of Sociology at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, has been named an Officer of the Order of Canada. Established in 1967 by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, the Order of Canada is the cornerstone of the Canadian Honours System, and recognizes outstanding achievement, dedication to the community and service to the nation. Anne was appointed for her extensive research contributions to the field of gerontology, notably in implementing the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging.

Professor Sarah Harper has been appointed Commander of the British Empire (CBE) for her services to the science of demography in this year's Queen's Birthday Honours List.