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“Fashion brings out style qualities in others. It is changing the way we are looking at certain things and acceptance of norms that perhaps as you get older, you struggle with a bit.” Sue Barnes is a photographer, and hair and makeup...
David’s fascination with various chemical compounds, with the potential to become explosive, set him off on a significant, and fascinating career in biochemistry. David Bourne is a U3APP Tutor, currently for the online course ‘Why Insects Matter.” He is a PHD graduate...
“Every building and its setting is an expression of people’s decision making… and working back from that is fascinating.” “The interesting outcome is that we all learn by sharing different perspectives.” Marcel Colman is the facilitator of the U3APP Current Affairs class....
“Poetry is being performed more than ever … poetry is alive … poetry is just evidence of life”. Nancy Corbett is a U3APP Tutor of the Appreciating Poetry Class. Nancy Corbett’s ‘story’ begins in a beautiful rural area of south-eastern Ontario, between...
Dr John Craven became an Officer (AO) in the General Division of the Order of Australia on 26 January 2023. Details of his academic and professional background and portfolios can be read in the U3APP Newsletter – 29 January 2023. John...
Jane has been a member of U3APP for about eight years, (prior to this she was a member of Brighton U3A) she is a tutor and organiser of the Pétanque classes. Jane grew up in Elwood. Her mother was a War Widow....
“I have always been a problem solver…that was always in me… that sense of wanting to solve the problem.” Helen Devereux is a U3APP Tutor and has run a number of courses: Japan from Your Armchair, Grand Ridge from Your Armchair, Trivia...
Jenni is motivated by “being outdoors, being involved in things pertaining to the environment.” Jennifer (Jenni) Eaton joined U3APP 15 years ago. She is a landscape designer, having run her own design business for several years whilst lecturing at various Northern Melbourne...
Kevin, I often see you attending to various types of electronic related needs at the MKC. I would like to know more about your involvement with U3APP, and more specifically about your expertise. “Originally, Karen and I joined U3APP about 12 years...
