Contacts: (existing members):  science@eastlothianu3a.org.uk

Contacts: (prospective new members):  science.new.members@eastlothianu3a.org.uk

When: Monthly – 4th Monday of the month 2.15 pm – 4.00 pm, September – May (excluding December)

Where: The Star Room, John Gray Centre, Haddington

EL U3A Science Group Programme: 2024 – 25

Date Speaker Topic
23 September Jacklyn Jones, Queen Margaret University The importance of nutrition for healthy ageing.
28 October Torness Power Station Tour
25 November Sheona McHale, Napier University Cardiac rehabilitation
27 January Sebastien Merone, SSE Renewables The science and engineering of off-shore windfarms
24 February Tom Nelson, ex-Northern Ireland Forensic Science Laboratory Every contact leaves a trace
24 March Michael Cranston, Scottish Environment Protection Agency Science behind the flood forecasting service
28 April Jim Buckman, Herriot-Watt University Scanning Electron Microscopy
19 May Rachel Runciman, Topcon Optical Coherence Tomography

EL U3A Science Group Programme: 2023 – 24

Date Speaker Topic
25 September Michael Williams (Eaglescairnie) Green Farming (at the farm)
23 October Gordon McInnes What’s happening to our environment?
27 November Laura Mole Quantum mechanics
22 January Mike Maher Maths in Sport
26 February Luke Daines Long Covid
25 March Alan Bridger The Square km Array Radio Telescope
22 April Peter Murray The Detection of Gravitational Waves
20 May Morgan Flynn Primary Care – the Past, the Present and the Future?