Harvard Wins Fans for Advanced Leadership Course

While the UK restricts funding for the courses older people like to do, at Harvard they have big ideas: don't retire, retrain for a new career. Where the Harvard initiative diverges from other models of "ongoing education" – and the reason advocates for older people in the UK are showing an interest – is because of the ambitious and positive message it sends about older people to wider society.

For more, see - http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2010/jan/12/advanced-courses-retirement-harvard