Chairman’s update for September 2016 The success story continues with the announcement that the 1,000th U3A is about to open. This occasion will be marked with a special event on 22 November in London. Guest speakers include Baroness Frances d’Souza and the only remaining U3A founder, Dr Eric Midwinter. I’m sure that those who set up […]
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Do you see what I see?
There’s been a change in the schedule for our next monthly meeting, when instead of a talk on the polar region we will be hearing from Bill Stevenson on the subject of colour perception. Bill is chair of the Richmond U3A and a leading member of the Society of Dyers and Colourists. He is also an […]
Science at the Royal Institution
Tickets are now on sale for a special U3A event at the Royal Institution in London on Monday 10 October. Three topics will be addressed by experts in their fields with question-and-answer sessions after each presentation. At 1.45pm Jon Copley will focus on hydrothermal vents on the ocean floor and the life that thrives around them; at 2.35pm […]
Conference presentations
U3A conference news The presentations made by the opening and closing speakers at last week’s national conference have been made available online. To view the Powerpoint slides from Chairman Pam Jones’s opening address on the past and present of our organisation as it approaches its 1,000th affiliation click here. The closing presentation, on the future […]
A whole new world
U3A conference news Fears that robots will take over the world any time soon are greatly exaggerated, U3A members have been assured. Even though robots have revolutionised such things as car manufacturing the machines have merely been programmed to carry out simple tasks, Dr Nick Hawes, Reader in AI Robotics at Birmingham University, told delegates […]