The Faculty of Social Work develops educational programmes for older people via intergenerational networking and is part of the so-called Faculty of Active Wisdom, the network of alumni clubs for retired people and\/or people older than 55 years at the University of Ljubljana. Education takes place as part of the Age-friendly University movement. With this activity, we strive to reinforce educational opportunities for older people, promote research on ageing and old age, as well as intergenerational networking, raise further public awareness about ageing and old age, shape study programmes, and promote inclusion and networking in later life. The goals of the Faculty of Active Wisdom include developing the university so that it will be based on creating connections between older people, graduates, and students to strengthen knowledge about ageing and old age. In pursuit of these goals, the Faculty of Social Work is developing new educational programmes that enable the transfer of knowledge and collaboration between gen- erations. A 20-hour educational programme entitled \u201cLife Stories in the Embrace of Memories\u201d takes place in intergenerational pairs of one older and one younger student. The authors of this article, as the middle-aged generation, coordinate the intergenerational educational programme and take care of its positive outcomes. The results of the education presented in this article are based on the analysis of a survey questionnaire filled out by six older participants, as well as the written essays of nine students of social work who were included in the educational programme. The first year of education shows good results on three levels: (1) it promotes intergenerational learning and education for the sharing of expertise between students of different ages; (2) it enables personal and professional development in the second half of life; and (3) it increases the knowledge of ageing, old age and active old age and contributes to the prevention of ageism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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