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https://u3acommunities.org/ is a free on-line platform that hosts a number of monthly meetings.

Whilst most of our members are beyond the age of retirement, we do allow anyone to join.

If interested, join here https://u3acommunities.org/subscribe
Current Affairs discussion group: Open Forum

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For our final meeting of the year, I'm once again opening the floor to all of you - our members - to share your thoughts

#currentaffairs #retired #u3a #u3acommunities
November 11, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Quantum Computers

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18th November @ 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm

This month we are fortunate that Professor Winfried Hensinger, from Sussex Universi

#computing #retired #u3a #u3acommunities
November 7, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Uncovering Oxfordshire’s Dinosaur Highway

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Speaker: Dr Emma Nicholls FGS, Collections Manager (Earth Collections), Oxford University Museum of Natural History

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#geology #retired #u3a #u3acommunities
November 7, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Why is Jane Austen so popular today?

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In the past few years Jane Austen adaptations have filled our TV screens. Why?

She lived more than 200 years ago so w

#books #retired #u3a #u3acommunities
October 27, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Tackling the Challenge of Antibiotic Resistance, One Step at a Time

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Armed with a deeper understanding of the drivers of antibiotic resistance, covered at last month’s meeting*, Beryl Oppen

#retired #scienceandtechnology #u3a #u3acommunities
October 26, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Understanding Antibiotic Resistance: Background, bugs, biomes and biofilms

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While most people are aware of the huge concerns about antibiotic resistance, there are often misunderstandings regardin

#retired #scienceandtechnology #u3a #u3acommunities
October 26, 2025 at 11:43 AM
CLIMATE CHANGE, BIODIVERSITY & ECOSYSTEMS

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Biodiversity is a measure all living things on Earth & their interconnection (animals, plants...). Population of living

#climate #retired #u3a #u3acommunities
October 19, 2025 at 10:43 AM
3D Printing

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21st October @ 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm

This month, David Price will be gently taking us through an introduction to a table

#3dprinting #computing #retired #u3a #u3acommunities
October 16, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Tales of a curator

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Speaker: Dr Emma Nicholls FGS, Collections Manager (Earth Collections), Oxford University Museum of Natural History

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#geology #retired #u3a #u3acommunities
October 16, 2025 at 10:43 AM
3D Printing

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21st October @ 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm

This month, David Price will be gently taking us through an introduction to a table

#3dprinting #computing #retired #u3a #u3acommunities
October 14, 2025 at 10:43 AM
The Neuroscience of Consciousness

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Speaker: Professor Anil Seth
University of Sussex
You may well know Anil Seth from television appearances or his pop

#leadingedgeresearch #retired #u3a #u3acommunities
October 13, 2025 at 1:43 PM
3D Printing

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21st October @ 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm

This month, David Price will be gently taking us through an introduction to a table

#3dprinting #computing #retired #u3a #u3acommunities
October 12, 2025 at 1:43 PM
The Demographic Time-bomb

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In common with many other developed countries, the UK's birth-rate has been falling for some time, and now stands at aro

#currentaffairs #retired #u3a #u3acommunities
October 10, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Colour in dinosaurs

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Speaker: Professor Mike Benton, Professor of Vertebrate Palaeontology, School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol

#geology #retired #u3a #u3acommunities
October 9, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Colour in dinosaurs

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Speaker: Professor Mike Benton, Professor of Vertebrate Palaeontology, School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol

#geology #retired #u3a #u3acommunities
October 9, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Colour in dinosaurs

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Speaker: Professor Mike Benton, Professor of Vertebrate Palaeontology, School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol

#geology #retired #u3a #u3acommunities
October 8, 2025 at 1:43 PM
3D Printing

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21st October @ 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm

This month, David Price will be gently taking us through an introduction to a table

#3dprinting #computing #retired #u3a #u3acommunities
October 7, 2025 at 1:43 PM
3D Printing

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21st October @ 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm

This month we have a gentle introduction to a table top scale manufacturing process.

#3dprinting #computing #retired #u3a #u3acommunities
October 7, 2025 at 10:43 AM
The Demographic Time-bomb

u3acommunities.org/event/the-de...

In common with many other developed countries, the UK's birth-rate has been falling for some time, and now stands at aro

#currentaffairs #retired #u3a #u3acommunities
October 5, 2025 at 1:43 PM
The Demographic Time-bomb

u3acommunities.org/event/the-de...

In common with many other developed countries, the UK's birth-rate has been falling for some time, and now stands at aro

#currentaffairs #retired #u3a #u3acommunities
October 5, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Books and Literature Meeting, September 23 at 7pm

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First discussion involving poetry

It is 60 years since the death of Sylvia Plath.

Is she defined by her confession

#books #retired #u3a #u3acommunities
September 23, 2025 at 10:43 AM
ADAPTING TO CLIMATE CHANGE

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Global average temperatures are predicted to rise by 2C by 2050 and 2.6-2.9C by 2100. The impact includes increased heat

#climate #retired #u3a #u3acommunities
September 19, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Wonders of Evolution

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When, exactly 200 years ago in 1825, the young Charles Darwin arrived in Edinburgh to train to be a doctor, little could

#retired #scienceandtechnology #u3a #u3acommunities
September 17, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Understanding Antibiotic Resistance: Background, bugs, biomes and biofilms

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While most people are aware of the huge concerns about antibiotic resistance, there are often misunderstandings regardin

#retired #scienceandtechnology #u3a #u3acommunities
September 13, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Seeing to the Event Horizons of Supermassive Black Holes

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Speaker: Dr. Dan Wilkins
Kavli Institute, Stanford University

On Monday, 29th September at 5:00 PM hear groundbre

#improvinglegislation #leadingedgeresearch #retired #u3a #u3acommunities
September 12, 2025 at 10:43 AM