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PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to explore what drives UK managers aged over 50 to continue progressing in their careers rather than retiring, and their perceptions of career progression at a time in life when opportunities for further promotion may have ceased. It examines subjectively significant personal and organizational influences on career progression and the extent to which older managers perceive that motivation for career progression changes over the career.Design/methodology/approachThe research adopts a qualitative, inductive approach, comprising semi‐structured interviews with 27 male and 13 female managers, aged 50 and over, from two large, UK financial services organizations.FindingsThe findings show that motivation for career progression in managers aged over 50 is driven by individually diverse patterns of career drivers, personal and work‐related influences, and attitudes towards career opportunities. These can be classified into four different orientations towards future career progression, pre‐ and post‐retirement.Originality/valueThe study contributes to knowledge about subjective psychological mobility in late managerial careers and the balance which individuals maintain between organizational and personal aspects of their career. It demonstrates that motivational drivers of career progression are perceived to change over the career and that perceptions of what constitutes career progression are linked to an individual's past, current and predicted future career experiences, in some cases extending past the traditional retirement transition.

Over the last few years a number of books have appeared professing to have been inspired in their methodological considerations by the writings of Quentin Skinner.1 The purpose of this essay is to offer some deliberations upon two important and connected questions. First, in what way are the new histories related to the history of histories of political thought? And, secondly, how far are we on the road to achieving a consensus on the appropriate methods for studying the history of political thought?2 Before these questions can be considered I am obliged to offer a characterization, which in the form given here is little more than a caricature, of the whole of the history of histories of political thought without entering into the detail. What I offer is an attempt to capture its unity without ignoring its diversity.

OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS A NUMBER OF BOOKS HAVE APPEARED PROFESSING TO HAVE BEEN INSPIRED IN THEIR METHODOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS BY THE WRITINGS OF QUENTIN SKINNER.1 THE PURPOSE OF THIS ESSAY IS TO OFFER SOME DELIBERATIONS UPON TWO IMPORTANT AND CONNECTED QUESTIONS. FIRST, IN WHAT WAY ARE THE NEW HISTORIES RELATED TO THE HISTORY OF HISTORIES OF POLITICAL THOUGHT? AND, SECONDLY, HOW FAR ARE WE ON THE ROAD TO ACHIEVING A CONSENSUS ON THE APPROPRIATE METHODS FOR STUDYING THE HISTORY OF POLITICAL THOUGHT?2 BEFORE THESE QUESTIONS CAN BE CONSIDERED THE AUTHOR AM OBLIGED TO OFFER A CHARACTERIZATION, WHICH IN THE FORM GIVEN HERE IS LITTLE MORE THAN A CARICATURE, OF THE WHOLE OF THE HISTORY OF HISTORIES OF POLITICAL THOUGHT WITHOUT ENTERING INTO THE DETAIL. WHAT THE AUTHOR OFFER IS AN ATTEMPT TO CAPTURE ITS UNITY WITHOUT IGNORING ITS DIVERSITY.

The number of older people in prison is growing. As more and more people over the age of 60 struggle to cope behind prison walls, the prison service and the wider community are failing to meet their complex needs, according to Lorraine Atkinson of the Howard League for Penal Reform.

The authors investigated the academic self‐concept of students age 50 and older who are in career transition to identify their perceptions of their academic abilities and the teaching and learning environment.