Winter School Week
U3A Brisbane Winter School is a week-long activity of specialised talks and presentations by various experts in their field. It covers topics including science, technology, literature, history and medicine. It is conducted during the second week of the mid-year break.
Winter School 2018 is currently being planned and will be held from 9-14 July 2018.
The Winter School is planned by a Committee chaired by Marilyn Wagland. Contact email:
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Winter School 2017 The 2017 program: Presentation Notes Busting some Water Myths Assoc. Prof. Frederic Leucsh Exercise, Ageing and your Health Prof Rob Robergs MOOCs and Wikis Deslyn Taylor Positive Ageing through Music Participation Teresa Kunaeva Staying Safe on the Internet Greg Taylor History of the Northern Territory Greg Cope Cracking the Mysteries of our Universe Dr Janie Hoormann A History of Aboriginal Servicemen Greg Cope The Justice Myth Greg Cudmore KEYNOTE SPEAKER — DR STEVEN SALISBURY
More Information about Australia's Jurassic Park (Image courtesy University of Qld) |
Dr Steve Salisbury and his team have discovered Australia’s Jurassic Park. Along a 25 kilometre stretch of the Dampier Peninsula, in the remote but beautiful Kimberleys, they braved sharks, crocodiles, massive tides and major development to uncover thousands of dinosaur tracks belonging to 21 different types of dinosaurs. This is the most diverse in the world. Steve describes it as the "Cretaceous equivalent of the Serengeti." The tracks are in rocks that are 130 -140 million years old – much older than those found in outback Queensland. Among them is the only confirmed evidence for stegosaurs in Australia. Some of these footprints are 1.7 metres long. What makes Steve’s work even more interesting is the political battle he had to wage because the WA government had selected the site for a $40 billion liquid natural gas project. With the traditional custodians of the land assisting him, the area was declared a National Heritage Site in 2011. Come along to hear Steve, a brilliant speaker, detail his adventures in this remarkable part of the world in his Keynote address for this year’s Winter School. Dinosaurs, Dreamtime and Drones is a fascinating look at the ancient and modern combining to give us answers in the 21st century to a very old question.|
Winter School 2016 Another successful Winter School is now over. We thank the many speakers, volunteers and over 1800 attendees who made the week a success.
Digital Reading Presentation (E-Books etc.) Angela Butler The 2016 program: |
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Winter School 2015 2015 Presentations Anzac Nurses - Philip Castle Text The Rise of China: Whither the West? - Martin Stuart-Fox Text Numbers, Minders and Keepers - Peter Galbraith Online Learning, MOOCs and Wikis - Deslyn Taylor Exercise: Everything you want to know - Dr Tim Henwood The Art of Ageing - Georgia Cummings Renewable Energy: How to get to 100% - Dylan Tusler The 2015 program: |
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Winter School 2014 The 2014 Keynote Address at the State Library Auditorium was presented to 240 attendees by Emeritus Professor Roly Sussex. This was the full program: |