Welcome to U3ACommunities
U3ACommunities is a free on-line platform for enquiring minds. It hosts a number of subject based groups who meet on-line monthly. It is independent of the Third Age Trust.
Whilst most of our members are beyond the age of retirement, we do allow anyone to join.
Use the GROUPS menu above to browse the groups and SUBSCRIBE to join one or more groups – you’ll then be emailed about new meetings and other posts. Both subscribing and attending meetings are free.
A journey of discovery and appreciation!
Explore, create, inspire the literary journey
Inside every problem lies an opportunity
How computing works under the covers
Have your say on the big issues of the day
All about earth sciences
The immediate and/or the far past
Proposing improvements to current legislation
Meet top scientists sharing their current interests
The ideas & inventions that shape our world
Upcoming Online Meetings
Real time bidding (how targeted ads work)
19th August @ 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm This month we look at the Real Time Bidding (RTB) system - this is the mechanism that provides targeted ads to your[...]
Art History meets alternate 4th Tuesdays at noon
On Tuesday 25th February, be prepared for a tale of murder, obsession and the supernatural involving a painting by one of the Pre-Raphaelite Brothers. Your homework! This is to find[...]
Wonders of Evolution
When, exactly 200 years ago in 1825, the young Charles Darwin arrived in Edinburgh to train to be a doctor, little could he have imagined that, just six years later,[...]
New findings near Black Hole Event Horizons
Speaker: Dr. Dan Wilkins Kavli Institute, Stanford University On Monday, 29th September at 5:00 PM hear groundbreaking perspectives from a leading figure at the Kavli Institute. Recent breakthroughs near black[...]