THE UNIVERSITY OF THE THIRD AGE – INDICATIVE OF A DIFFERENT KIND OF SOCIETY

The article offers a short view on a new perspective concerning the future model of ageing lifestyle. What is called the University of the Third Age (UTA or U3A) represents above all a real cultural revolution born in developed societies.The structure of the article has two parts. The first presents the general context of the emergence of the phenomenon. The second one focuses on a particular exemple represented by the U3A from Liege. The conclusions of the article emphsize the variety of the movement, including in the Romanian experience, as argument for a new social cooperation that should counterbalance traditional approaches.