The UK has an elderly population that is swiftly growing. By 2040 predictions suggest 1 in 4 will be over the age of 65. As a consequence, all public services will have to develop to support these elderly people. I believe education systems will therefore too have to respond, allowing people to learn, train and develop their knowledge in later years.

 

Furthermore, these elderly people have a wealth of wisdom that the general populace can, and ought to, benefit from. Educational developments ought to allow the exchange of knowledge between varying groups of people of differing ages.