South East Region U3A Research Conference

U3A and Research

The Conference is open to all U3As in the South East Region

10.00am Registration. Join us for coffee/tea (Put up Posters)
10.30am Introduction – Hilvary Robinson, S E Region Trustee & Rona Hodges Research Ambassador
10.45am Dr Matthew Smith, Magna Carta Legacy Project Manager at Royal Holloway University ‘Citizens exploring the history of liberty, protest, rebellion and reform from Magna Carta to the Suffragettes and beyond. ‘
11.35am Presentations: The Historic Footpaths of the Thames Valley, Patsy Thornton (Wokingham)
11.55pm Bees, Rodney Buckland (Meopham) (Subject Adviser for Research)
12.15pm The effect on the people of Portsmouth of the Battle of Jutland, Carole Chapman (Portsdown)
12.35 – 1.40pm Lunch (to include time to browse Posters about Research undertaken by other U3As)
1.40pm Dr Zara Bergstrom, School of Psychology, Kent University, Canterbury
‘The Cognitive neuroscience of remembering and forgetting’
2.30pm Workshops - Select your choice on booking.
- Research Ethics, Rona Hodges (Canterbury) & Zara Bergstrom
- Archival Research, Colin Mitchell (Wokingham)
- Curious Minds, Andrea Edeleanu (Guildford)
- The journey from interest group to research , Anne Richardson (Lancing & Sompting)
3.30pm Presentations: The experience of interviewing end of life patients at a hospice, Helen West
3.50pm A study of memory with U3A members, Karen Evans, (Canterbury)
4.10pm Thanks Tea/Coffee - Safe journey home