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New Zoom classes
With our lockdown extended there have been several changes to current courses and some new additions.
Below is information provided by our Course Coordinator on the current situation
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"Your Gateway to learning"
Phone:
9821 0282
Email:
mail@u3ahawthorn.org.au
Office Hours
Currently closed
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I am delighted to be able to offer some new courses on Zoom over the next few weeks as well as some new short courses or single presentations in the rest of the year. Of course, these will depend on COVID restrictions and may be cancelled or moved to Zoom as necessary.
Carol Lancashire
Course Coordinator
Changed dates
21SCI010 Constructing the Alice Springs – Darwin railway line
Presenter: Alan McCann
New date - Thursday 18 November, 1.30pm
21TRA007 Armchair Travel – Ethiopia
Presenters: Shirley and Ian Walker
New date - Thursday 28 October, 1.30in Hall
21TRA009 Armchair Travel – Tasmanian Wilderness
Presenter: Carol Lancashire
New date – Thursday 26 August, 1.30pm ZOOM
21HUM038 Wiser Driver
deferred to later in year, to be face-to-face
Tuesday, 1.30pm – dates not yet confirmed
21HEA006 Delaying the onset of ageing
Presenter: Graham Morgan-Elliss
New date: Thursday 7 October, 11.30am Hall
NOTE: this is a change of day as well as date
New Series
We are pleased to offer a new series on ZOOM in the lockdown period;
Creative Women and their Work
21ARTS33 Fig or Fold, Book As Art
Presenter: Gail Stiffe (President of the Papermakers of Victoria)
single session Thursday 26 August, 10.00 am NEW ZOOM
21ARTS34 Textiles and Travels in Kyushu, Japan
Presenter: Andrea Taylor
Thursday 9 September, 10.00 am NEW ZOOM
New Courses and short courses starting soon - places available
21ARTS07 Movies in Lockdown
Tutor: Adrian Guest NEW
From Friday 20 August (3 sessions) , 11.30am ZOOM
21HEA013 Victoria’s Voluntary Assisted Dying Legislation Presenter: Professor Margaret O’Connor
Single session Thursday 14 October, 1.30pm Hall
21HEA016 Advanced Care Planning
Presenter: Office of Public Advocate NEW
Thursday 11 November, 1.30pm Hall.
Advance Care Planning involves several major issues to be considered when a person has full mental discretionary capacity to make legally binding decisions. Power(s) of Attorney for medical and financial decisions, and estate planning are topics covered by Victorian legislation and this talk is an introduction to these topics.
21HUM035 Studying the New Testament
Tutor: Rose-Marie Prosser
From Monday 23 August (4 sessions), 1.30pm will commence on ZOOM
21HUM039 Wiser walker, Wiser Traveller
Presenter: Sue Leavensley
From Friday 5 November (3 sessions), 11.30am
21HUM040 The Templar Knights – the Monastic Warriors of the Crusades
Presenter: Graham Pratt NEW
Thursday 21 October 1.30pm If possible this will be in the Hall, otherwise will go onto Zoom.
21LIT015 Bioethics and Science Fiction
Presenter: Dr Evie Kendal NEW
From Monday 11 October (6 sessions), 1.30pm in Hall if possible, otherwise on Zoom
This course will look at how bioethical issues are portrayed in literature and film, with a particular focus on the science fiction genre. It will consider the impact of real and fictional case studies on bioethical debate, considering the "yuck" factor, moral spectatorship, and philosophical theories of the imagination.
21HUM033 China Today Term 3
Presenter: Albert Ip
From Monday 30 August (3 sessions), 1.30pm ZOOM
21IT0020 Android phones and tablets
Tutor: Mike Bilsborough
From Thursday 2 September (5 sessions), 11.30am will commence on ZOOM
21IT0021 Getting to know Siri
Tutor: Pam Welsford
Single session Monday 13 September, 11am ZOOM
21IT0026 Basic Video editing
Tutor: Max Thomas
From Tuesday 12 October (6 sessions), 1.30pm
21LEC004 Swords, Germs, and Iron:
What Covid 19 Can Tell us About the Bronze Age Collapse in the Mediterranean (ca. 12th c. BCE)
Presenter: Professor Louise Hitchcock (University of Melbourne)
Wednesday 25 August 1.30pm NEW ZOOM
21SCI011 Transport Policy during Climate Change
Presenter: Bernard Shepherd
Single session Thursday 16 September, 1.30pm, Hall
Look on the Membership system for other IT courses with Mike Bilsborough and Pam Welsford for the rest of the year. If possible they will be face-to-face – otherwise they will be on Zoom.
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Saturday Matinee and Music Program
Saturday 25 September, 2.30pm Saturday Matinee – Alan Cook Russian Arias
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Sunday 3 October, 2.30pm Orchestra of U3A Hawthorn Concert, MLC
$15 payable at the door - cash only
Saturday 23 October, 2.30pm Saturday Matinee – Jenny Lu & Hamish Gould
CHANGED DATE
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Saturday 30 October, 2.30pm Saturday Matinee – String Quintet Quintessential CHANGED DATE
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Saturday 6 November, 2.30pm Gateway Singers Concert at MLC
CHANGED DATE
Sunday 14 November, 2.30pm Orchestra of U3A Hawthorn Concert, MLC
$15 payable at the door - cash only
Please note: these performances rely on COVID restrictions being eased to allow rehearsals and sufficient audience numbers at the venue
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