Category:
User Experience
Net4Age Ontology Terms:
education
, inclusion
, participation
Description:
Age-Friendly University (AFU) Global Network promotes age-friendly environments in higher education institutions
Overview:
The Age-Friendly University (AFU) network consists of institutions of higher education around the globe who have endorsed the 10 AFU principles and committed themselves to becoming more age-friendly in their programs and policies.
Objectives:
Advancing age inclusivity can occur at different levels and junctures within an institution?or example, within a course or academic program, within a specific college, or across an entire campus. This toolkit can be used as a foundation for institutions looking to be more age inclusive in these ways as well as for those interested in becoming members of the Age-Friendly University (AFU) Global Network.
Initiatives:
Promoting long life-learning initiatives in the United States of America
Shortcomings:
Only applicable in the USA
Relevance:
5
Relevance Description:
Inspiring for European universities age friendly transformation
Quality:
3
Opinion:
It could be a good benchmark to build a European Network of Age-Friendly Universities
Recommended:
Yes
Overlap:
No
Overlap Detail:
Sources:
https://www.agefriendlyuniversity.org/
Keywords:
education, higher education, network
Submitted By:
Sandra Ferreira
Email:
miriamcabrita@shine2.eu