{"id":147,"date":"2014-06-11T17:01:43","date_gmt":"2014-06-11T16:01:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ark.ac.uk\/ap\/?page_id=147"},"modified":"2023-03-30T18:31:40","modified_gmt":"2023-03-30T17:31:40","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ark.ac.uk\/ap\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5>About the ARK Ageing Programme<\/h5>\n<div style=\"height: 1px; width: 320px; background-image: url('\/img\/lines\/1pxgraydots.gif');\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2884\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ark.ac.uk\/ap\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/20120503_zimmermann_featured_640x347-300x162.jpg\" alt=\"20120503_zimmermann_featured_640x347\" width=\"300\" height=\"162\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ark.ac.uk\/ap\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/20120503_zimmermann_featured_640x347-300x162.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ark.ac.uk\/ap\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/20120503_zimmermann_featured_640x347.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">The ARK Ageing Programme is a resource within <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ark.ac.uk\">ARK<\/a> to support engagement between the age and academic sectors. We do this by encouraging and facilitating the production of research that will support lobbying and advocacy, and the sophisticated use of information and evidence by the age sector. In addition, we aim to embed ageing research within Queen&#8217;s University Belfast and Ulster University.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">The programme was initially funded by The Atlantic Philanthropies, as well as Queen&#8217;s University Belfast and Ulster University, and started in October 2013.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Members of the Programme <a title=\"staff\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ark.ac.uk\/ap\/people\/staff\/\">team<\/a> are based across both universities, and the activities are coordinated by:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>Paula Devine, Queen&#8217;s University Belfast, 028 9097 3034, email\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:p.devine@qub.ac.uk\">p.devine@qub.ac.uk<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">An external <a title=\"evaluation\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ark.ac.uk\/ap\/about\/evaluation\/\">evaluation<\/a> process ran from 2013 to 2016.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">To find out more about our work, please have a look through this website, or <a title=\"February 2017\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ark.ac.uk\/ap\/contact_us\">get in touch<\/a>.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-147\" data-postid=\"147\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-147 themify_builder\">\n    \t<!-- module_row -->\n\t<div  class=\"themify_builder_row module_row clearfix module_row_0 themify_builder_147_row module_row_147-0 tb_mzot800\">\n\t    \t    <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top\" >\n\t\t\t<div  class=\"module_column tb-column col-full   first tb_147_column module_column_0 module_column_147-0-0 tb_r70d011\">\n\t    \t    \t        <div class=\"tb-column-inner\">\n\t\t        <!-- module divider -->\n    <div  class=\"module module-divider tb_setg024 solid    \" style=\"border-width: 1px;border-color: #b8b1b1;\">\n\t            <\/div>\n    <!-- \/module divider -->\n\t        <\/div>\n\t    \t<\/div>\n\t\t    <\/div>\n\t    <!-- \/row_inner -->\n\t<\/div>\n\t<!-- \/module_row -->\n\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About the ARK Ageing Programme \u00a0 The ARK Ageing Programme is a resource within ARK to support engagement between the age and academic sectors. 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