Here is a link to the March u3a Central newsletter
Author Archives: philcdav
Technology and science
The secret science of sewage on BBC here
Adventures with dentures here
Bee-less honey
Grenfell cladding failures#
Atomic clocks and dark matter
Banking Scam !
Banking Scam – u3as. Please Take Immediate Action
In the last fortnight – two u3as have been scammed by phone calls purporting to be from their bank’s Fraud Department. A number of other u3as have reported similar attempted scams.
What should I do?
The first action you should take is Hang Up! Banks do not make calls of this nature.
Should I call the bank?
If you try to call your bank to check if the call was genuine the fraudsters can intercept your call and convince you to continue. If you do call your bank on a number you know to be genuine use a different phone or leave making the call for some time.
Lockdown quiz – March 19th
u3a radio podcast out now
Episode 6 of our u3a radio podcast has a history theme. It features stories from u3a members about their experiences of the Battle of Britain and the Blitz, an interview with the u3a Egyptology Subject Advisor and our team find out more about a Speaker Swap that’s been happening across u3a British History groups.
Listen to the episode now and find all our previous episodes on our YouTube channel.
Please share this episode with your members and encourage them to share their own stories with our u3a radio team by emailing communications@u3a.org.uk
Technology and science – COVID update
What’s in the Covid jab?
Covid – Different effects on men and women
Corona virus testing methods explained
Lockdown quiz – March 12
Message to all u3a members
Here is a link to the latest video newsletter from Central u3a and here is the text transcript link.
Lockdown quiz – March 05
Technology and science – MRI
The death of Professor John Mallard has just been announced.
He was noted for his pioneering work in ‘body imaging’.
In January 2020 we presented ‘body imaging’ to the T+S group.
You can download the presentation here.