Hope you had a good Christmas and the NY brings all you desire. We restart the group in January with these topics:
Jan 11 AI in medical diagnosis.
Jan 25 ‘Smart home’ technology.
Kensington House for a 2.30 pm start.
If you have a topics for a presentation or fancy a go yourself then please let us know. New members welcome.
Have you heard of Press Reader?
Its an ‘online’ newspaper and magazine repository that can be accessed for free by using your Sefton ‘library card’.
Signup is here
Future topics:
Oct 12 Beer – Eric Purvis
Oct 26 Antennas – Phil
Nov 09 Lasers – Science and application
Nov 23 Placebo effect – Bob Morris
If you have any topics to present or offer then please contact us and we can get organised.
Bob Morris gave a really interesting presentation to the group on Wednesday. Entitled ‘All you need to know about drugs – Mostly the legal ones‘ it gave an insight into pharmacy operations in simple ‘lay persons’ language.
Various topics were covered including: looking after yourself, health literacy, pharmacy speak, the British National Formulary and drug ‘side effects’.
The BNF was particularly of note as it gives anyone the opportunity to examine prescription drug data online.
The public awareness campaign – National Pharmacy week ,
‘Ask Your Pharmacist’ this year will be on 31 October – 7 November.
Well done Bob
September topics.
Sep 14 ‘all you need to know about drugs’ with Bob
Sep 28 ‘magic mushrooms’ with Phil
New members welcome to our ‘science for fun’ sessions, 2.30 at Kensington house.
Here are the subjects for June:
8th More electrical distribution with Bill
22nd GPS update with Colin
We will then close for the summer, resuming on September 14th with a talk on ‘drugs’ with Bob. Have a great break – Colin and Phil
Here are the dates for the T+S talks in May.
All u3a members welcome.
Kensington House, 2.30 pm
11th 10 most dangerous plants
25th archeological dating
28 members attended the Wednesday afternoon meeting for a talk by Molly Toal, the Communications and Engagement Officer of the Lunt Meadows Nature Reserve, part of the Wildlife Trust for Lancashire, Manchester and North Merseyside.
A fascinating story and laptop presentation of the geography, history and archaeology of the Lunt Meadows ‘dig’ gave us a vivid insight into our local prehistory back over 9000 years.
Later this year we will be taking a guided tour of the ‘dig’ so watch this space for news. The presentation was ‘free’. A donation of £50 has been made.
Our next meeting is Feb 9th with Colin discussing computer security.