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Wales U3A Coastline and Border Celebration
01 February 2019
Stuart Murray from Flintshire U3A reflects on a year of celebrating the great assets we can all draw on – and the different ways to involve others
Electronic Research Journals
10 January 2019
Chris Knight from the U3A National Research Sub-Committee wants U3A feedback about online access to Electronic Research Journals
Opening Doors to Health and Wellbeing
10 December 2018
Jacky Moore, member of Canterbury and District U3A Research Group has become part of an exciting project at the University of Kent’s Centre for Health Studies (CHSS)
Bumblebee Walking
26 October 2018
Alastair Noble who leads the Environmental Research group at Canterbury U3A talks about their special Bumblebee project
112 u3a members recruited in a week
03 October 2018
Michael A’Bear the Publicity and recruitment officer for Farnham U3A talks about how research and learning led to help raise the U3A’s profile and number of its members.
Learning more about Ecology
28 September 2018
Robert Batty from Oban U3A on his experience of becoming a U3A summer school tutor for the first time
A Sparkling Choice
06 September 2018
Brian Thompson, Chairman of Hertford & District U3A and member of one of their Wine Appreciation Groups, looks at the joy of sparkling wine grown closer to home.
Sketching Cottonopolis
29 August 2018
Maggy Simms, Bolton & Bury U3A, talks about one of the projects which are part of Cottonopolis
Philatelic Shared Learning
12 August 2018
U3A volunteers have been involved with a shared project and exhibition at the Royal Philatelic Society in London.
Cottonopolis: one year on
13 July 2018
The Greater Manchester Shared Learning Project has lots of exciting ways to get involved over the summer
A Monastic History in Pictures
02 July 2018
Bob Piper, Norton Radstock U3A, describes a shared learning project he led on Downside Abbey in Somerset
A Question of Balance?
26 June 2018
Lindy and Chris McDonnell (Canterbury and District U3A) took part in a research study on Memory and Balance with the University of Kent.
A comprehensive guide to Hadrian's Wall
28 May 2018
John Sandiford from Tynedale U3A describes years of detailed research and a very popular website developed by the Hadrian’s Wall group.
Five Projects in One
27 May 2018
Janet Whitehouse from Roding Valley U3A introduces five projects which make up the Shared Learning Project – Maps and More
Will the robots take over?
09 April 2018
Trevor Ponman (Wyre Forest U3A) talks about researching issues surrounding computerisation and robots.
Spirits of Sussex
15 February 2018
Louisa Sewell of Sussex U3A Network (SUN) introduces a new SLP on Legends, Myths and Spirits.
Wales Coast and Borders
15 February 2018
Stuart Murray from the U3A Wales Coastline and Border Celebration gives the latest on this large shared learning project.
Learning together with the WRNS
26 January 2018
Maggie Gravelle from South London U3A talks about the award-winning SLP into the 100th anniversary of the Women’s Royal Naval Service.
King's Lynn: wealthy and well-connected
25 January 2018
Ann Higgins of King's Lynn U3A writes about her experience of running a shared learning project.
Why was Repton buried in Aylsham?
11 January 2018
Geraldine Lee of Aylsham & District U3A has embarked on a project to mark the bicentenary of the death of the great landscape designer Humphry Repton.
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