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This presentation by Emeritus Professor Paul Young on 1st October 2025 on the topic The true impact of vaccine science was part of the ongoing collaboration between University of Qld and U3A Brisbane. Talk starts at 15m15s. Click on Fullscreen icon at bottom right for full screen view. (Video courtesy UQ).

On Tuesday 24 June Georgina Robinson from ABC Radio Brisbane visited U3A Brisbane’s Adelaide Street classrooms. Her team visited some classes and interviewed class members and members of the Management Committee.

The radio segment played on Monday, 30 June, and can be heard here:
ABC Radio Breakfast

The video segment can be viewed on Facebook:
ABC Radio Facebook

Class Schedule for Term 1 2026 is now active and enrolments are open. Term 1 commenced on Tuesday 27 January.

To join a new class, enrol through the Class Search page by clicking on the Enrol button, or contact the tutor directly. If you book online you may assume your enrolment is accepted unless the tutor advises otherwise.

You can use the Member Dashboard to view your class enrolment status.

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2026 Term dates:

The Strategic Plan for 2025-28 has been developed by the Management Committee and key U3A leaders. It is available here:
Strategic Plan 2025-2028
 

This 9-minute interview with Sofie Formica was broadcast on 4BC Brisbane on 28 January 2025. It is about connecting seniors with Lifelong Learning, with particular emphasis on creative arts classes and the social benefits of being part of the U3A community.
(Acknowledgement: 4BC Brisbane)

This segment was broadcast on Brisbane Channel 9 News Seniors Report by Bruce Paige on 5 July 2024.
(Acknowledgement: 9News Brisbane)

The classes shown were Lily Buttigieg's J218 Spanish Continuing and Bruce Holdsworth's E16 Politics and the Economy - Hopes and Fears, both Wednesday classes at 232 Adelaide St.

The Management Committee for 2025/26 elected at the AGM is as follows.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is here, and anyone can use it. In order to assist U3A members in understanding AI, we have developed a resource to provide practical information on using the various AI tools publicly available, and to outline some of the thorny social issues AI presents:

Introduction to AI

The technology has advanced more quickly than expected, and has the potential to reshape our world. This resource page is offered primarily to provide information about the numerous ways in which AI can currently be used. In the longer term, there are philosophical and even existential considerations, but the more we know about practical AI, the better we will be equipped to understand the deeper issues for humanity.

We are running various presentations on AI as part of this educational process. Tutors and Members are encouraged to explore the creative opportunities of AI.

See Social Events page for details of social events organised by our Social Events Team.

To keep our members up to date with current and important information, we produce monthly e-newsletters and those are sent to members on our Email mailing list. For details of our classes and timetable, we produce a quarterly Class Schedule issued two weeks before the end of each term.

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U3A Brisbane now has a Discussion Forum, mainly intended for members to discuss class content with each other. In order to access the forum, members who have not otherwise registered a password as Tutor or staff Volunteer need to firstly:
Register a username and password via Website Registration. Make sure you respond to the security email otherwise the password won't be registered. If you ever forget your password, you can re-set it via the same process.

Once you have a username and password:
  1. Login to the system: Login Procedure
  2. Go to Members menu that will then show on the sidebar on the right and select Discussion Forum.

Tutors may request a new forum category for their class. See Discussion Forum explanatory page for more information.

U3A Brisbane recommends Zoom videoconferencing to tutors who do not wish to conduct face-to-face classes. Many tutors are successfully running their classes online at present. This facility will not be appropriate to all classes but should suit those classes where presentations are typically made. It is very easy to use and we encourage all members to join these sessions online when invited by the tutor.Closed Captions are optionally available in Zoom sessions for those members who need them.

Email Discussion Groups
U3A Brisbane is also recommending that tutors consider setting up an Email Discussion Group. This enables class members to join the group for interactive discussion.
  Discussion Group Instructions (for tutors)

U3A Brisbane is required to have COVID-19 Safety plans in place iin order to offer face-to-face classes. Tutors should contact the relevant District Coordinator if you wish to conduct a face-to-face class.