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How immigration could push the population of the UK to 72.5 million | Sarah Harper

The Office for National Statistics has projected a population growth of 7.3% between 2022 and 2032; the number is almost entirely based on the net migration of an estimated 4.9 million people over ...


25 Years of the 21st Century: The Age of Changing Families | Sarah Harper

Professor Sarah Harper features in BBC Radio 4 Programme Sideways which explores how technology, changes in social trends, medical innovations, demography and economic factors have altered the...


Concussions 'reactivate dormant virus in brain' | Prof Ruth Itzhaki

A new study co-lead by Prof Ruth Itzhaki has found that repeated head injuries could reawaken a dormant virus in the brain, triggering the onset of Alzheimer's Disease and dementia.  ...


Falling Birth Rates | Sarah Harper

Professor Sarah Harper comments on declining birth rates in a BBC Radio 4 interview.   Listen here: TODAY BBC sounds  (1:42: 00 into the pr0gramme),  1&nb...


Journal of Population Ageing - New Issue Alert

We are pleased to announce that the Journal of Population Ageing Volume 17, Issue 4, December 2024 is now available online. In this Issue:  Editorial notes...


One third of babies are born to overseas mothers | Sarah Harper

Professor Sarah Harper comments on declining birth rates in an article published by The Times on 8 November 2024. "Non-UK born mothers have always tended to have a ...


Science budget cuts

Institute joins call over concerns of science budget cuts ► Times letter: Science budget cuts  ►Oxford vice-chancellor and Brian Cox warn against research cuts


Professor Harper appointed Chair of HelpAge International

HelpAge International has appointed Sarah Harper, Clore Professor of Gerontology at the University of Oxford and founder of Oxford Institute of Population Ageing, as the new Chair of the Board...


The truth about why we stopped having babies | Sarah Harper

Professor Sarah Harper comments on declining birth rates across the globe in an article published by The Independent on 2 September 2024. “When you improve wo...


Journal of Population Ageing - New Issue Alert

We are pleased to announce that the Journal of Population Ageing Volume 17, Issue 3, September 2024 is now available online. In this Issue:  ...


How Britain’s falling birthrate is creating alarm in the economy | Sarah Harper

The total fertility rate across England and Wales fell to 1.49 children per woman in 2022, from 1.55 in 2021, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS). Professor Sarah Harper c...


Journal of Population Ageing - New Issue Alert

We are pleased to announce that the Journal of Population Ageing Volume 17, Issue 1, March 2024 is now available online. In this Issue:  Editorial notes by...


Birth rate drops to new low in England and Wales | Sarah Harper

Professor Sarah Harper comments on on record drop in birth rates in England and Wales in an article in The Financial Times - Birth rate drops to new low in England and...


Rulers and the rules of ageing | Prof Sarah Harper

Professor Sarah Harper comments on the effects of diet on health and longevity in a BBC Radio 4 interview.   Listen here: Rulers and the rules of ageing  (42: 23 on the clock...


Journal of Population Ageing - New Issue Alert

We are pleased to announce that the Journal of Population Ageing Volume 16, Issue 4, December 2023 is now available online. In this Issue:  Editorial notes...