Science & Technology

The Ash u3a Science & Technology Group has been running for over 10 years and continues for the 2026-2027 session at the Victoria Small Hall, Ash, on the first Friday morning of the month.

There is an Organising Team of:

Derek Monds – Programme Coord and Co-Leader

Peter Stratford – IT, publicity and Co-Leader

Reg Phillips – Registration & Finance admin

Point of Contact: Derek Monds – telephone 07557 226046

To give you an idea of the sort of things covered in our meetings, our 2025-2026 programme included presentations on; “Greener Methods to Launch Space Rockets”, “The Climate Crisis”, “Are Self-Driving Cars a Go Idea?” and “How the Human Brain Changes with Ageing”. We watched documentary videos on the massive infrastructure project “London’s Super Sewer” and “Risk Assessment”. We also had discussions on “How to make the best use of the Internet”. We will round off 2026 with our traditional Christmas Quiz. Click on the meeting report icons below for more information.

For 2026-2027, the emphasis continues to be more on Group discussions and shorter presentations by members to ease the load on those volunteering to prepare a topic. Each meeting includes a tea/coffee break for informal discussion and socialising.

Here are the meeting times:

Day: First Friday of the month (except where shown).

Time; From 10:00 to 11:30 am.

Venue; Victoria Small Hall, (rear door on left side), Ash Hill Rd, Ash

Dates; Christmas Quiz – 4th December 2026; Spring Term 2027 – 5th Feb, 5th Mar, 2nd April.

We are hoping to arrange a further technical visit in 2027 after our successful visit to the Farnborough Air Sciences Trust museum of aviation in 2026.

The Group is open to anyone interested in technical issues – you don’t have to be an engineer or scientist to attend – in fact we welcome anyone curious to discover more about historical and current milestones in science and technology or simply to find out how and why things work! There is a small charge each term to cover hall hire and refreshments.

Please telephone Derek for more information on who we are and what our meetings are like.

Click on the images below for details of our upcoming meetings.