PGCert Global Ageing and Policy (Distance Learning)

Program Overview

This interdisciplinary program explores the multifaceted aspects of aging, examining its impact on individuals, societies, and institutions. Drawing on fields such as social policy, demography, and health sciences, it investigates the challenges and opportunities posed by aging populations worldwide.

Program Outline

You’ll study ageing over a lifetime and the challenges it presents in different parts of the world, including: China Southeast Asia and South Asiasub-Saharan Africa You’ll examine the changes we undergo as we age, as well as the impact of growing proportions of older people on social institutions, labour markets, welfare systems and families. The study of ageing also investigates the links between generations and the connections between a person's experiences over a lifetime. This course draws on a range of disciplines including: social policy demography sociology biology health sciences psychology economics

Fees for a year's study:

• UK students pay £5,800.
• EU and international students pay £8,100.