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Last Sunday 2nd October it took place the 7^th Healthy Walk of ``La Nau Gran´´ organized by the Vicepresidency on Formation Policies and Educative Quality and together, by the University Extension Service and the Physical Education Service and Sports of the University of Valencia.

It is a healthy act, supportive and sustainable which is held every year and that facilitates people from different generations interact and share the public space

Last Thursday 6th October it took place the opening act of the academic year 2016/17 of ``La Nau Gran´´ - University of Valencia on the Botanic Garden of this university.

The opening conference was given by the Honorable Mrs Mónica Oltra Jarque, Vice President and Equality and Inclusive Policies Counselor of "La Generalitat Valenciana". Her conference had per title "To live better, to live more".

They also participated Esteban Morcillo, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Valencia, Concha Bru, President of AEPUM, Ramón López, Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Policies for Formation and Educative Quality and Amparo Pérez, Director of the Service of University Extension on this university.

The act of appointing the Prof. Salvador Cabedo as Honorary Director of the Senior University took place on the 27th of April 2016 at 18:00 in the assembly hall Alfons el Magnánimo at the Faculty of Law and Economics.

Next year the University of Jaume I of Castelló will celebrate its 25th anniversary. Its 18-year training programme of the Senior University will be celebrated as well, which reaches the age of majority.

The Senior University was started at the Jaume I University of Castellón in 1998 by the professor Salvador Cabedo and his team. They were convinced that education is the most effective tool to build a fair and united society, where generations respect each other, support each other and live together in harmony.

Pedro M.ª Garciandía, professor of Criminal Law at the University of La Rioja (UR), has been awarded the Teaching Innovation Prize from the Social Council of the UR for his course “The citizen before justice: Law and engagement of the University of Experience in La Rioja”.

The yearly call of Prizes from the Social Council of the University of La Rioja tries to acknowledge the work done by the university community members and to strengthen the relations and connections between the campus and the Riojan society.

Specifically, the Teaching Innovation Prize expects to acknowledge the educational work and the innovative experiences carried out by the professors of the University of La Rioja. In this edition, the award was given to José Antonio Gómez Cristóbal, professor of the Mechanical Engineering Department of the UR, and to Pedro M.ª Garciandía.

If you are over 50 years old and you are interested in gaining further qualifications for your personal fulfilment, you will be able to find a large number of offers of University Programmes for Older Adults.

More than 44 universities associated with AEPUM provide this opportunity. Check on our website all the available programmes and inquire directly about every one of them (goals, syllabus, contents and structure, the qualification they confer, rates, timetables and schedule).

All this information is available in each one of their websites and information points as well as contact:

• Associated Universities AEPUM and informative websites
• Map of AEPUM associated Universities

The VI Ibero-American Congress of University Programmes for Older Adults (CIPUAM) has as reference a framework for national and international cooperation among researchers’ groups and universities with university programmes for older adults (Open University for Old Age)

The AEPUM takes part in this Congress as the organisation’s advisor entity, and it will provide as well an intervention related to the situation of the University Programmes for Older Adults in Spain. Likewise, it will participate in the RIPUAM assembly (International Net of University Programmes for Older Adults). Dr. Mª Pilar García de La Torre, appointed member of the AEPUM management board and representative of the University of A Coruña, will be in charge of developing these assignments in the VI Ibero-American Congress of University Programmes for Older Adults (CIPUAM).

The Congress takes place from the 14^th to the 17^th July 2015.

Place of development: Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa