For PUBLIC EVENTS at the University please see University Events
For the forthcoming U3A events listed below booking is essential. Many venues have limited capacity.
To book a place or for further information please email UL Administrator with names, membership numbers and email addresses of ALL who wish to attend. Please also include the date of the event in the subject line of your email.
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RECONNECTING THROUGH FOOD:
Using Food Memories to Foster Conversations Between Generations
about How and What We Eat
A two-part event with
Professor Harry G West, Dr Paul Cleave, and Mirta Pascucci
Session one: 13:30-15:30 on Wednesday, 29th May
Session two: 13:30-15:30 on Wednesday, 26th June
University of Exeter, Streatham Campus, Building One, Constantine Leventis Teaching Room
The past century has been one of extraordinary change in the ways that we produce, prepare and consume food. Some of these changes have been experienced as beneficial, and others problematic. Regardless, just as past changes have profoundly shaped the world in which we now live, the changes that we make going forward will shape the world that we inhabit in future. What lessons can be learned from reflection on past experience as we chart our food future? This is a question that requires inter-generational dialogue about food. The need for this dialogue comes, however, at a time when such conversations are more difficult to have—a trend exacerbated by phenomena such as greater mobility of young people to find work, and the breakdown, even within households, of shared meal times. But have them we must if we are to make our food system healthier, more equitable, and more sustainable. At the same time, sharing memories about food proves a particularly effective way to deepen intergenerational communication at a time when young and old have less interaction with one another, and much to gain by its reestablishment.
In the first of two sessions (13:30-15:30 on Wednesday. 29th May), two University of Exeter academics and a secondary school student will share personal experiences of how conversations about food—starting with sharing food memories—can serve as a powerful device to bring members of different generations together, and to prompt them to reflect on the how our foodways are changing, on the effects of such changes, and on how we might wish to alter the course of change. Attendees will then be provided with orientations to have intergenerational conversations with friends or family members—to exchange food memories—in order to reflect on these questions. A form will be provided for attendees to fill out and return to the speakers.
In the second session (13:30-15:30 on Wednesday, 26th June), the speakers will facilitate the sharing of accounts by attendees, as well as reflections on their broader implications. And of course, participants will be invited also to share food!
To book a place please email UL Administrator stating full name, membership number and contact email address. Please also include the date of the event in the subject line of your email.
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Conversation Cafe is is back!
The Conversation Cafe is organised by Jo Hughes in the INTO centre. It brings together foreign students and u3a members. They learn about English culture and language and we learn about theirs. So if you would like to hear about the education system in Brazil or Korea, or are up to explaining the difference between a cream tea in Devon and a Cornish one, come along and have a chat.
Next term's dates are 23rd and 30th May and 6th and 13th June (Thursdays), all, provisionally at least, at 13.00 to 14.25 in room 102 in the INTO building on campus.
If you are interested, please email Jo Hughes
A Step in the Right Direction: How Your Sense of Direction Might
Signal Dementia, and What You Can Do to Get Back on Track
POSTPONED - New Date will be advised as soon as possible
Venue to be confirmed
Stephen Jeffs, Lecturer in Psychology, and Chloe Webster, Trainee Clinical Psychologist
Approximately one million people in the UK have dementia, but up to a third of cases are due to 'modifiable' factors, and so could be
delayed or prevented. In this seminar, Stephen will explain that 'dementia' is quite a broad term, and can be caused by a variety of
factors. He will then introduce 'modifiable' versus 'non-modifiable' dementia risk factors, such as education versus genetics, and present
current evidence for the effectiveness of targeting these modifiable factors in preventing dementia. He will finish by explaining how changes
in a person's sense of direction may be one of the earliest signs of dementia, before handing over to Chloe, who will outline her research
that attempts to differentiate the signs of dementia from other diseases such as depression. Questions, comments, and discussion, will be welcome throughout.
Stephen has booked the room from 1.30 p.m., if people want to arrive early to catch up with each other. The room itself is near the main entrance to the building. Turn right at reception, through the double doors, and it's the room at the end of the corridor.
To book a place please email UL Administrator stating full name, membership number and contact email address. Please also include the date of the event in the subject line of your email.
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