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How to Deal with Difficult U3Aers
by Graeme Eggins THE problem of “difficult” members is a question that comes up from time to time in U3A committee meetings but is rarely publicly discussed. Yet anyone who has Read More …
Is Untutored Teaching Worth Trying?
by Editor IF you can’t get more tutors, consider alternative teaching methods such as group learning, aka study circles. Experience shows that people gathering to study a subject in which Read More …
U3A’s face challenge attracting new tutors
by Dr Lydia Hebestreit Attracting new tutors is one of the constant challenges facing U3A committee around the nation – and the world. Everybody agrees that good presenters are an essential Read More …
Report from a Survey of U3A members
by Dr Lydia Hebestreit AUSTRALIAN members believe U3A makes a significant and positive difference to their lives. That said, if you want U3A to grow, committees must promote it vigorously because Read More …
Financial Tips
From U3A Conference MANY U3A committees face extra financial challenges this year. The global downturn threatens retirement incomes while operating costs, specially venue hire, are rising. In recent months a Read More …
Ageing Well
by Huffington Post Gerontologists at the Huffington Center on Aging, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, have been following a group of older people for several decades. (Baltimore Longitudinal Study) The Read More …
Ageing Myths
by Research Team in USA A comprehensive study on ageing, conducted by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, (a philanthropic institution in the USA) supports the notion that Read More …
Separating the U3A baby from the bathwater
by Mel Davies We cannot avoid change, we cannot foresee all of it, we can only hope to direct and control some of it. Some change is inevitable and indeed Read More …