SENDA Group held the event of delivery of awards of the 2nd Edition of its Awards in Hotel Intercontinental in Madrid. More than 200 professionals and businessmen of the field, as well as representatives of the Public Administration, associations and universities for older adults attended the meeting. The event, presented by the journalist and writer Teresa Viejo, was chaired by general secretary of Social Policy and Policy on Consumption, Isabel Martínez, who thanked SENDA Group its commitment with the improvement of the quality of life of older adults and congratulated the people and institutions awarded in this edition.

The opening of the Academic Year, for the Senior Citizens University Program “UNIVERSITAT PER A MAJORS”, is taking place tomorrow, 26th September, at the Auditorium of Jaume I University in Castellón.

At the mentioned event, which is going to be chaired by the Director of Jaume I University, Mr. Vicent Climent Jordá, Lecturer Juan Carlos Palmer Silveira is giving the opening lecture “Text genre”.

On behalf of the Spanish National Association of University Programmes for Older Adults  (AEPUM) and the University of Valencia as organizing committee, we announce you that we have extended the deadline to send the summaries of communications and posters to XIII National Older Adult University Programmes Meeting (2013 AEPUM), which is taking place in Valencia from 19th to 21st June 2013.

The new deadline of delivery is 12nd March 2013.

On Tuesday 11th of December 2012, the Decision of the 3rd of December 2012 of the Professional Training General Office, that grants the «Miguel Hernández» Awards, edition 2012, was published in the BOE. The University Program for Older Adults of the University of Pablo Olavide of Sevilla “University Program of Open Classroom for Older Adults” is among the prizewinners.