Help us get a better understanding of the professional development needs of mature learners and workers.
As part of the SASSI project we are looking at the development needs of mature learners and workers – particularly in the light of the raising of the pension age and the expectation that we keep working for longer. If you are over 50 years of age and consider yourself to be active in the labour market (because you are working or as an active job seeker), we would like to hear your views on this subject.
We would be grateful if you would help us by completing this questionnaire (it is available in several languages) and letting us know what you think. The questionnaire is easy to fill in and won’t take you more than 5 minutes.
I will be leaving a full-time job at the end of this week (25th February 2016) to pursue a career as a freelancer. One of the reasons for this is that, at the age of nearly 62, I’m struggling to work a full 5-day week in a pressurised job, and certainly wouldn’t be able to carry on until November 2019, which is the latest date given to me by the DWP when I first become eligible for a pension.