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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 been a U3A member for more than a couple of 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 they all have a common interest can be very rewarding. 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 part of any U3A’s continued success. A survey of Presidents 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 many active retirees know nothing about the movement. And, if 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 number of U3As have been forced to move classes from 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 results show that our personalities really don’t change much over 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 lifestyle choices are the key to healthy ageing. In their 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 necessary if U3A is to survive. So what might be Read More …