u3a

Shaftesbury & Gillingham

Links

On this page you will find links to other organisations and establishments, locally and nationally, which may be of interest.

Sign up for the u3a monthly newsletter For all the latest information from third Age Trust on whats going on and useful help, it's free.

u3a Online Events Nationally the u3a holds regular online events. They are run by members on topics such as genealogy or in association with institutions such as the National Gallery and the British Library.

Museum of the World Tour The British Museum have teamed up with Google to make a fantastic interactive tour of the world using articles based on items exhibited within the museum.

National Gallery has a whole list of stories inspired by some of their paintings.

The National Portrait Gallery has virtual gallery tours and other information.

Royal Opera House on You Tube Some free to view operas, sometimes with annoying adverts.

The Tate has various virtual tours and other information.

The Wallace Collection an introduction and highlights from this collection.

Curzon Home Cinema A cinema chain showing more "arty" type films which you pay between £2.99 & £9.99 to watch, streaming only and you have 48 hours to watch. A free one when you first sign in.

Project Gutenberg is a free to use site of books most of which are out-of-copyright. The books can be downloaded to your tablet, kindle or other similar device.

Audio Books for free is amazon's free audible books which includes some of it's paid for books You can only stream here not download.

Free Online Courses Enjoy free online courses from the leading UK and international Universities.This site offers many on-line short courses which are completely FREE. They are run by various universities and last from 3-10 weeks.Topics include Shakespeare, Exploring Oceans, Human Psychology,Writing Fiction, Ancient Rome, Ageing Well and there are many others. You can join the course, do as much of it as you wish,leave it if you think it is not what you wanted. There is absolutely no pressure.

Open University Many free courses from the Open University on all sorts of topics

Researching your family tree This is a Strathclyde University course free to access on researching your family tree.

TED Talks These are influential videos from expert speakers on education, business, science, tech and creativity, with subtitles in 100+ languages. Ideas free to stream and download.

Citizens Advice Citizens Advice website

Whats on in Dorset A Dorset Diary