From Diagnosis to Prediction: How AI Is Changing Primary Health Care. Dr Simon Rudland discusses the evaluation of a test utilising AI to predict heart disease.
Friday 23 January at 10am
Free – online via Zoom
The calendar, time and the cosmos part 1
Accounting for time has numerous purposes. Irene Kyffin traces the progress of this accounting from pre- and early history up to the present.
Friday 23 January at 2pm
Free – online via Zoom
Wellbeing taster morning with u3a subject advisers
This session offers an opportunity to sample a variety of restorative wellbeing activities. Throughout the session, you’ll be able to try tai chi and qigong, seated yoga, mindfulness, meditation, and reflective wellbeing practices – you could attend the whole session or just the parts which interest you.
Monday 26 January at 10am
Free – online via Zoom
Why snails might hold some answers to age-related memory loss
Explore how molluscs can help us to understand how we learn and remember, and how they can be used for studying age-related memory loss, in this Science Network Event with speaker Professor Mark Yeoman.
Tuesday 27 January at 11am
Free – online via Zoom
Laughter yoga with Merrie Maggie: January
Bring more joy and laughter to your life with Laughter Yoga – an aerobic exercise with playful exercises combined with deep yogic breathing.
Tuesday 27 January at 3.30pm
Free – online via Zoom
Cryptic crosswords in context
Their history, how they work, who does them and why – a talk by u3a Cryptic Crosswords Subject Adviser Henry Howarth.
Wednesday 28 January at 10am
Free – online via Zoom
The story of Tootje (Cato) Granaat 1926-2020
Her daughter, Melanie, explains what happened when the Granaat family tried to flee to England and their experiences during the war.
Thursday 29 January at 2pm
Free – online via Zoom
The calendar, time and the cosmos part 2
Accounting for time has numerous purposes. Irene Kyffin traces the progress of this accounting from pre- and early history up to the present.
Friday 30 January at 2pm
Free – online via Zoom
Preparing for an AI world
Do you wish your u3a colleagues and your friends and family were better informed on the current wave of Generative AI – what it can and can’t do, and how and why it is transforming society? This four week course is for you!
A four week course starting
Monday 2 February at 2pm
Free – online via Zoom
Flight inspiration aviation meeting: February
Space and aviation: the new high ground
The line between air and space is fading fast. This talk reveals how space systems now underpin aviation.
Tuesday 3 February at 10am
Free – online via Zoom
After Alzheimer: memory, ageing and what comes next
In this illustrated talk, Dr Mike Bender explores the history of Alzheimer’s disease and how it came to shape our understanding of dementia. Drawing on current research, he highlights practical ways to support and slow memory decline, and considers how communities, including u3a groups, can develop effective self-help approaches.
Tuesday 3 February at 2pm
Free – online via Zoom
How do your medicines work? – hypertension
Mike Trevethick discusses hypertension, the drugs used to treat this condition, and the science of how they work in the body.
Wednesday 4 February at 10am
Free – online via Zoom
The technological challenges in delivering the HS2 railway line
John Butler of u3a Let’s Talk Tech discusses the technological civil engineering challenges being overcome with this project.
Wednesday 4 February at 1pm
Free – online via Zoom
Smashing particles – behind the scenes at CERN
In this talk, Dr Octavio Dominguez CERN explores the European Laboratory for Particle Physics in Geneva.
Thursday 5 February at 2pm
Free – online via Zoom
The mathematicians’ library
Thomas K. Briggs explores some of the publications that have been instrumental in the development of mathematics throughout human history.
Friday 6 February at 10am
Free – online via Zoom
Tech for all: innovations supporting disability and ageing
Matthew from AbilityNet explores how emerging technologies can empower disabled and older people.
Tuesday 10 February at 2pm
Free – online via Zoom
The calendar, time and the cosmos part 3
Part 3 of this series looks at the Aboriginal concept of time as expressed in the Cosmos.
Friday 13 February at 2pm
Free – online via Zoom
How do your medicines work? – pain relief
Mike Trevethick explains how common medicines for pain relief were discovered and the science of how they work in the body.
Wednesday 18 February at 10am
Free – online via Zoom
Laughter yoga with Judith: February
Laughter Yoga combines hearty laughter exercises with deep yoga-style breathing (pranayama). Hosted by Judith Anne Walker of Edinburgh u3a.
Gravy or grave? The ghost in literature
Ghosts are never just ghosts. In this illustrated talk, Gravy or Grave? traces their evolution in literature—from Gothic horrors to psychological hauntings—revealing how writers use the supernatural to explore fear, guilt, and human conscience.
Friday 20 February at 10am
Free – online via Zoom
Mindfulness and meditation continuation session: February
Join us each month as we continue the practices introduced in the Mindfulness and Meditation Series, and introduce new ones.
Thursday 19 February at 10am
Free – online via Zoom
Live cookery demonstration – winter warmers
Chef Alex from ‘Vegetarian for Life’ demos his delicious winter recipes live on Zoom, especially for u3a members.
Friday 20 February at 10.30am
Free – online via Zoom
Memoir writing with Jenny Newman
Everyone has a story to tell. Writing a memoir can be a precious act of self-discovery, and a way of finding meaning in your life.
Friday 20 February at 2pm
Free – online via Zoom
Laughter yoga with Merrie Maggie: February
Bring more joy and laughter to your life with Laughter Yoga – an aerobic exercise with playful exercises combined with deep yogic breathing.
Tuesday 24 February at 3.30pm
Free – online via Zoom
Introduction to cryptic crosswords
Try your hand at solving cryptic clues on this two-hour taster session with Henry Howarth, u3a Subject Adviser for Cryptic Crosswords.
Wednesday 25 February at 10am
Free – online via Zoom
Novel writing with Jenny Newman
This workshop is about becoming a novelist: your sources of inspiration, what skills and techniques to develop and how to sustain your writing practice.
Friday 6 March at 2pm
Free – online via Zoom
Cures from within: can we use chemistry to teach the body to heal itself?
In this Science Network Event, Dr Angela Russell introduces the field of regenerative drug discovery and how it is beginning to impact diseases of ageing.
Tuesday 24 Febuary at 11am
Free – online via Zoom
Mindfulness and meditation series
We welcome back the six week course of Mindfulness and Meditation led by members of Sheffield u3a Mindful Ageing Group John, Mike and Ruth.
Wednesdays at 10am for 6 weeks, starting Wednesday 25 February at 10am
Free – online via Zoom
How AI can save you hours when researching your family history
Steve Doyle shows how, using simple non techie approaches, you can use AI to vastly increase the effectiveness of family history research.
Monday 2 March at 2pm
Free – online via Zoom
Flight inspirations aviation meeting: March
The new space race
The new space race, led by private companies like SpaceX, is transforming exploration through reusable rockets, commercialization, and by making space access sustainable and paving the way for humanity’s multiplanetary future.
Tuesday 3 March at 10am
Free – online via Zoom
Beyond the beam: what we do with lasers
How beams of light are reshaping science, medicine, and our understanding of the universe.
Thursday 5 March at 10am
Free – online via Zoom