Professor John Benyon AcSS, FRSA is the Director of the Institute of Lifelong Learning at the University of Leicester. John Benyon’s current interests include work on education and lifelong learning policies, including research into the aging society and the benefits of learning. He leads a research group working on older people and lifelong learning. As well as lifelong learning issues, Professor Benyon's research interests include public order and political protest, ethnic minorities, citizenship and community relations, and the politics of law and order. He can be reached for questions at JohnBenyon@scarman.freeserve.co.uk.