Joanna Walker

Joanna Walker is currently engaged in postgraduate research on ageing and spirituality at the University of Southampton, following a career in adult education focused on older learners. Whilst a lecturer at the University of Surrey she led a government-funded project to improve the national quality of pre-retirement education by developing a resource centre, a post-graduate training scheme for practitioners, and publishing related books and papers. She chaired the Association for Education and...See more

Joanna Walker is currently engaged in postgraduate research on ageing and spirituality at the University of Southampton, following a career in adult education focused on older learners. Whilst a lecturer at the University of Surrey she led a government-funded project to improve the national quality of pre-retirement education by developing a resource centre, a post-graduate training scheme for practitioners, and publishing related books and papers. She chaired the Association for Education and Ageing (2005-12) and is the Associate Editor of its International Journal of Education and Ageing. She was an adviser to the Bishop of Guildford concerning adult education for fifteen years, until 2014. A common thread in her research and career has been a passion for older people's continuing development. See less