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| ID | Description |
| 92 | Researching history of mediaeval port of Fordwich for display boards in new Visitors Centre |
| 93 | Conservation of the Shining Ramshorn Snail |
| 94 | Evaluating care at the Hospice |
| 474 | Analysis of focus group transcripts for Singing and Health projects |
| 604 | An experimental study of ageing and memory with some U3A members ( having received training) as experimenters and others as participants |
| 608 | History of women's war work by analysing films and magazines |
| 694 | Evaluation of reading at home scheme by interviewing parents, children and teachers |
| 695 | An experimental study of the relationship between memory and balance in an older population |
| 726 | Bumblebee conservation - field study. Two separate transects have been registered against Canterbury U3A since 2017. Each transect is walked once a month between March and October and the species and number of Bumblebees recorded are lodged with the Bumblebee Conservation Trust. Material to assist identifying Bumblebee species is available. |
| 727 | Carers Create: Focus group study on benefits of joint participation in Arts activities with carers and the cared-for. |
| 753 | The Swing Riots: Maggie Smith is researching protests by farm labourers in the 1830s that started in the Elham Valley, but which eventually spread to the rest of the county and to Sussex, Surrey and Hampshire, and which were a response to the introduction of threshing machines and a reduction in their already low wages. |
| 754 | Mrs Pankhurst’s Bodyguard: Little is known about Mrs Pankhurst’s Bodyguard which was a fairly secretive organisation and Lesley Griffiths is researching its role, the events in which it participated, and the identity of some of its members. |
| 763 | The way older people engage with and contribute to arts and heritage in North Kent - action research |
| 795 | Experimental design into the effect of psychosocial factors on postural control |
| 814 | Decision making in horses and donkeys - an experimental study |
| 815 | Isometric exercise for patients with hypertension- experimental design |
| 816 | Examining the perceived barriers to using the internet by U3A members - focus group study |
| 817 | Reading emotions in faces - changes in ageing - an experimental study |
| 1073 | Arts engagement and wellbeing during the Covid-19 pandemic: a survey of Canterbury and District u3a members Previous research has shown that the Covid pandemic has had a negative effect on the wellbeing of the general population. It has also suggested that engaging with the arts and creative activities can confer wellbeing benefits. We conducted an online survey and ran focus groups on Zoom to explore members' experiences of this during lockdown. We found that there was engagement with a variety of arts-related activities among our members and that this related to a number of wellbeing dimensions. |
| 850 | The Canterbury Christmas Riots of 1647. In 1647 the celebration of Christmas was declared by Parliament to be a punishable offence. In Canterbury, attempts to enforce this led to discord, rebellion, and violence that erupted in a series of riots. On Wednesday 22nd December 1647 the Canterbury Town Crier declared that Christmas Day would be a normal market day. The mayor ordered the shops to open as usual. However, on Christmas Day one church in the High Street held a service in defiance of Parliament’s decree. The mayor moved in and broke up the service. It was alleged that he beat some of those present, including women and children. |
| 1085 | High Street Project: Canterbury u3a is involved in this national u3a project and is recording pictures of Canterbury city centre. |
| 1091 | Participant experiences of dance for over 50s. Members of Canterbury u3a were invited by Moving Memory Dance Company to provide evidence of feedback from 'Groovin’ Well' workshops across East Kent. These were free dance sessions for those aged 50+ with a focus on co-creation in choreography. We held four group discussion sessions in Canterbury, Dover, Chatham and Margate, with a total of 25 individuals focusing on participant experiences of the workshops in these areas. The discussions were recorded with consent and transcribed using Microsoft Transcribe software, followed by editing. Our analysis was informed by Braun & Clarke’s (2006) guidance on conducting thematic analysis and comprised initial coding for each transcript, followed by the identification of overarching themes covering all four groups. We identified 5 themes: positivity, social connectivity, age sensitivity, cognitive integrity and owning creativity. We provided evidence to support these themes by including supporting quotations from the group discussions. |
| 1093 | A survey to explore the reasons for non-renewal of membership in Canterbury and District u3a 2025 Aim: To explore the reasons why members of Canterbury and District u3a did not renew (or considered not renewing) their membership in 2025. This was prompted by the observation that a considerable number seemed to fall into this category for 2024. Method: An online questionnaire survey, based on findings of similar studies run by other u3as. Findings: Figures obtained from the membership team revealed that 192 (16%) of c.1200 members failed to renew by an extended cut-off date and 49 (25.5%) of these responded to the online questionnaire survey. The most common reason for joining the u3a was interest in a particular course and the most common reason for non-renewal was being too busy/having other commitments (41%), followed by finding travelling to venues difficult (18%), health issues and courses not being available (both 14%) and moving away (12%). A minority (1 to 3 respondents) reported other reasons. Free text comments which respondents were invited to make were overwhelmingly positive of the u3a in question. Possible implications of these findings are discussed. |