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DCU offers new programme for retirees

Dublin City University has launched a new programme aimed at engaging the talents of retired and soon-to-be retired professionals who are seeking new challenges into the latter stages of their careers.

The programme will contain core elements as well as optional activities that aim to reflect the interests of the group as a whole in addition to each individual's personal interests. Photograph: Courtesy of College View

Wed Aug 31 2016 - 16:11

The Advanced Transitions Programme will offer a combination of academic, personal and professional activities with the aim for its participants to realise an engaged and purposeful stage in later life through vitalising their skills, knowledge and expertise.

An initial pilot-programme will seek 25 participants in order to combine their expertise into a dynamic and engaging community at the college. A week-long programme ‘Ignite’ will introduce participants and explore their personal motivations for taking part where they will be questioned about their current plans and what they aim to achieve through the programme.

The outcome will provide a personalised plan as to how each individual will engage with the range of activities offered in the programme.

Speaking at the launch of Advanced Transitions, DCU President Brian MacCraith explained that the reason behind its inception was to reinforce the university’s inclusive, age-friendly ethos in order to benefit both the participants and society itself through a meaningful output.

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