Kōrero: Adult education

University of the Third Age student Margaret Pitches, 2008

University of the Third Age student Margaret Pitches, 2008

The University of the Third Age (U3A) is an international organisation that promotes education and mental stimulation for retired people. The first New Zealand branch started in 1989. Dunedin woman Margaret Pitches began taking U3A courses in 2006, aged 90. She began with cosmology and moved on to Russian and Pacific history. Here, she is considering what courses to do next. 

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Otago Daily Times
Reference: 30 April 2008, p. 3
Photograph by Craig Baxter

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Te tuhi tohutoro mō tēnei whārangi:

Kerryn Pollock, 'Adult education - Challenging times, 1980s to 2010s', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/photograph/46615/university-of-the-third-age-student-margaret-pitches-2008 (accessed 29 March 2024)

He kōrero nā Kerryn Pollock, i tāngia i te 20 Jun 2012