Still Life with a Difference Tutor – Jenny Hines Wednesdays 1.00 -3.00 pm Course Limited to 10 Participants Week 1: Wednesday 5th August 2020 – Still Life “Wonky Pots” Week 2: Wednesday 12th August 2020 – Still Life “Fauve” NOTE: NO CLASS 19th AUGUST – SAFTEYWAVE Week 3: Wednesday 26th August 2020 […]
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Medieval Mysteries
Tutor: Michele Mycock. Fridays 7, 14 and 21 August, 1.30 pm – 3.30 pm 3 MEDIEVAL MYSTERIES Analysis of Richard III’s DNA has uncovered 2 cases of illegitimacy in his family tree. We will examine evidence to see if they occurred between the reigns of Edward III to Richard III; because if so, both Richard […]
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Tuesday 28 July and Tuesday 4 August 2020 9.30 am to 11.30 am Tutor Michele Mycock The largest Jewish resistance in World War II took the Germans longer to suppress than it took them to conquer the whole of Poland. Moving & at times confronting; the starving, degraded yet inventive young adults & children […]
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Tuesday 11th August 2020 – Tuesday 27th October 2020. 9.30 am to 11.30 am A HISTORY OF ANCIENT ROME 264BC TO AD117 Presenter: Darrel Roche B.A. (Ancient History) Get ready for an exciting and revealing exposure of a crucial period within the History of Ancient Rome! We’ll be plunging straight into the Second Punic Wars […]
Read moreRe-opening 27 July 2020
On track to re-open next month Here’s the good news we’ve been waiting for … classes will resume at U3A noosa on Monday 27 July. The management committee, which met on Monday, decided it was safe for members, tutors and volunteers to return on that date but with one big proviso. The return to […]
Read moreMembership Code of Conduct Policy
Introduction This Code of Conduct has been compiled to establish acceptable ethical and legally compliant standards of conduct for all members, volunteers and Tutors of U3A noosa when involved in any U3A noosa activities. Purpose To ensure members observe appropriate conduct and ethical standards in their interaction with each other during all U3A noosa classes, […]
Read moreRisk Assessment and Management Policy
Introduction This policy has been developed to formalise the commitment to incorporating the principles of risk management into all aspects of U3A noosa. Purpose This policy provides information and guidance of risk management and enables the Management Committee to identify high level strategic risks to the organisation and how those risks should be assessed and […]
Read moreTechnology and the Brain
USC Monthly Talk – 30 October 2020, 1:15 p.m. for 1:30 start. Presenter: Associate Professor Mike Nagel Synopsis to follow About the Presenter: Dr Michael Nagel is an Associate Professor in Child Development and Learning at the University of the Sunshine Coast where he teaches and researches in the areas of cognition, human development, behaviour […]
Read moreFeminism and World Politics: confronting marginalisation
USC Monthly Talk – 25 September 2020, 1:15 p.m. for 1:30 start. Presenter: Dr Shannon Brincat The talk will explore feminist theory and how it applies to world politics. It will examine problems of exclusion and a range of feminist approaches that attempt to understand and overcome this problem. About the Presenter: Dr Shannon Brincat […]
Read moreBalance Training
USC Monthly Talk – 28 August 2020, 1:15 p.m. for 1:30 start. Presenter: Associate Professor Mark Sayers Synopsis to follow About the Presenter: Dr Mark Sayers Deputy Director, High Performance Sport; Associate Professor in Sports Biomechanics PhD RMIT, MAppSci Canberra, BAppSci CCAE Dr Mark Sayers joined the University in 2005, having worked as a sports scientist since the 1980’s. He […]
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