Latest News
Don't forget to check our blog as well!
You will
find it on the Links Page on the left
If you wish to
contact our secretary by e-mail you can use the following address:
weston.u3a@googlemail.com
There is also another e-mail address to
which you can send any comments you wish to make about this web site.
Suggestions for its improvement will be welcome. The new address
is
webmaster@u3aweston.org.uk
Messages sent to the previous address of
westonviews@aol.com will still go through but these may take longer for a reply
to be received.
Our Long Walks Group
Jack Luxon has given up the leadership of this Group. Hehas handed it over to a regular walking member, Rod Senior. Michael Welch will be second in command
The Open University has provided on the web over 5,000 hours of study
material FREE. All you have to do is to go to the website, browse and then
register (it's easy as well as free) and study a unit of your choice. The
learning material is arranged in units which take from 4 to 50 hours to study.
There are currently over 400 units, (the number is increasing all the time),
arranged in 13 topic areas ranging from Arts and History to Business
Management, Science and Nature. It is good quality learning material taken from
OU courses from Introductory to Masters level. It can be used for individual
study or a group could agree to use material as the basis for study and
discussion, either in single units or a series of units. In Lab Space you can
modify the units to suit your needs. When you register with OpenLearn add the
tag "U3A member" to your list of interests on your profile so that U3A members
can more easily find each other on the OpenLearn site.
http://www.open.ac.uk/openlearn/home.php (Do please let the Secretary know how
you get on)
We hope that it will not be too long before the
pier is rebuilt, and that Weston can once again enjoy this much loved feature
of our town.
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Our
Winter Newsletter
This has now been published and will shortly be
available on this web site.
The deadline for copy for the next issue is Tuesday 3rd March 2009
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Volunteers wanted
We would like to draw everyone's attention
to the fact that volunteers are needed to help in preparing the room for our
coffee mornings held every Tuesday at the Friends' Meeting House in the High
Street and for clearing it up before we leave. Reg Whittaker and Noel Feltwell
have been doing all the work connected with this for many years, and they have
recently been joined once a month by Jack Luxon. However, more volunteers are
needed for the other Tuesdays and for holiday relief.
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Anyone who feels able to help and thus give
something back to our U3A is requested to confirm this by sending an e-mail to
webmaster@u3aweston.org.uk so that the information can be passed to the
appropriate quarter.
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Our Secretary would like to remind members of the U3A Summer Schools. These can be very interesting and instructive. Details are available at coffee mornings or you could e-mail the secretary at the above address for more information.
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Make the most of U3A
As you have been able to find our web site you should have no
difficulty in finding that of U3A's National Office.
We have provided a
quick way of going there on our Useful Links page which you will see on the
left.
Although you do not have to do so you will be able to access much more material if you register with the site. This only involves providing your e-mail address and a password of your choice. Just fill in the boxes on the home page.
If you are not already a subscriber and you do register you can see the latest issue of Sources, U3A's educational journal and also back issues. These can be downloaded and printed out. You can also become a subscriber to these very informative aids. Look for U3A publications in the members' area.
There is also a National Story Telling Network. If anyone in U3A
Weston would like to set up such a group we would be delighted. Anyone doing so
could no doubt receive help and ideas from this
source.
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DON'T FORGET TO CHECK OUR LATEST NEWSLETTER FOR TRIPS BEING ORGANISED ON BEHALF OF MEMBERS
The Third Age Trust now runs 24 online courses, both tutored
and untutored. Information can be found of their web site www.u3a.org.uk
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| Date | Subject | Speaker | |
| Dec 12th | The Science of Happiness | Dr Chris Johnstone | |
| Jan 9th | English Traditional Song & Dance | Brian Heaton | |
| Feb 13th | "Dear Mother - Great War Letters | Researched by Barry Williamson and pupils of Bristol Grammer School | |
| Mar 13th | The Home Guard and preparations for the defence of Cirencester | Bill Irving and Peter Grace | |
| Apr 3rd | Conserving British Owls | Ian McGuire | |
| May 8th | Medieval Music | Jonathon Weeks, who will play at least 18 instruments from the shawm too the bladderpipe |
OTHER NEWS
Further information can sometimes be found on our blog (web log). You can find a link to this and to several other useful local sites by clicking on “Useful Links” on the left.