Mr Willetts, who is accompanying David Cameron in India, urged workers older than 60 to give further education serious consideration. “There is certainly a pressure for continuing to get retrained and upskilled,” he said. “Higher education has an economic benefit in that if you stay up to date with knowledge and skills you are more employable.”

Mr Willetts said a university course had “wider” benefits, making people more likely to lead healthy lives.

“Education is such a good thing it is not reserved for younger people,” he said. “There will be people of all ages who will want to study. There is great value in lifelong learning.”

Under previous rules, students in England were eligible for a loan to cover tuition fees only if they were younger than 54.

Latest figures showed that only 1,940 undergraduates starting courses last year were older than 60, out of a total of 552,240 students in Britain. Some 6,455 were aged between 50 and 60, according to the Higher Education Statistics Agency.

(Read by Brian Salter. Brian Salter is a journalist at the China Daily Website.)

双语资讯

(Source: Telegraph)

英国政府建议年龄超过60岁的人回到学校重新接受培训，因为预计这些人的退休年龄会推后。

英国高等教育大臣大卫•威利茨表示，通过参加课程学习最新技能的老年工作者更有可能保住饭碗。

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