The Age-Friendly Academy at the University of Strathclyde consolidates and showcases the university's work related to positive aging and demographic change across five pillars: learning opportunities, research, intergenerational work, career development for older adults, and community partnerships. It features an "Age-Friendly Academy Family" case study highlighting opportunities for people of various generations across these areas, from regular classes and health research for great-grandparents to mentoring, business advice, language learning, and more for other family members. The Academy plans to continue showcasing new aging projects and opportunities, partner with other universities, and develop new local and national collaborations.

1. The Age-Friendly
Academy
Showcasing the University of
Strathclyde’s commitment
to positive ageing
http://www.strath.ac.uk/studywithus/centreforlifelonglearning

2. Our mission
The Age-Friendly Academy (AFA) will consolidate and showcase the
breadth of innovative work which is ongoing at the University of
Strathclyde related to positive ageing and demographic change.
5 key pillars:
• Offering renowned learning opportunities
• Undertaking innovative research
• Intergenerational work
• Promoting career development and
enterprise for older adults
• Forming partnerships to enhance
community engagement

3. The Age-Friendly Academy Family
The University of Strathclyde is a place of useful learning open to
all and is providing a true life course approach to learning

4. Great-grandparents
Alfred and Anna
Alfred:
• Regularly attends CLL daytime
classes (Learning)
• An active member of the 3Ls
Students’ Association (Community
Engagement)
Anna:
• Interested in taking part as a
volunteer in European
Intergenerational Project
(Research/Intergenerational)

5. Grandparents
Alan and Angela
Alan:
• Recently diagnosed with Type 2
diabetes and is interested in taking
part in our research in to
maintaining a healthy lifestyle
(Research)
Angela:
• Always had a passion for writing
and has just signed up for a Creative
Writing class with the CLL Summer
Programme (Learning)
• CLL student ambassador (Community
Engagement)

6. Parents
Andrew and Amanda
Andrew:
• Starting to think about retirement
and passing his skills on to younger
people through the Intergenerational
Mentoring Network (Intergenerational)
Amanda:
• Thinking about taking early
retirement and developing her
passion for photography in to a
business and is looking for advice
(Employability and Enterprise)

7. Four children
Anthony, Amy, Alexander and Abby
Anthony:
• Moving to Italy to live with his girlfriend and interested
in learning the language (Learning)
Amy:
• Recently got promoted to Human Resources Manger
and is concerned with her lack of skills in managing an
ageing workforce (Employability and Enterprise)
Alexander:
• Considering his further education options and looking
in to an Undergraduate degree at Strathclyde - seeking
a mentor for advice (Learning/Intergenerational)
Abby:
• A member of the Children’s University
(Learning/Intergenerational)

8. The Age-Friendly Academy –
what next?
• Continue to showcase new ageing related
research projects and learning
opportunities
• Continue to work with the network of Age-
Friendly Universities on global initiatives
• Develop new local and national
collaborative partnerships and projects

9. For more information on the Age-Friendly
Academy going forward please email me at:
Gemma.Gilliland@strath.ac.uk
http://www.strath.ac.uk/studywithus/centreforlife
longlearning/agefriendlyacademy/
Follow us on Twitter: @StrathclydeAFA
Thank you