The lectures are usually, but not always, held on the third Friday of the month (no lecture in August) at 11.00 am in Cinema 4 at the Showroom, Paternoster Row, Sheffield. The Showroom café is open from 9.00 am for coffee, snacks and lunches. Lectures will usually finish by 12.30 pm.
The lectures are free to all members and usually no booking is required. Greeters wearing u3a lanyards are at the door to welcome members and you may be asked for your Su3a membership number.
The lectures are organised by Deborah Beetham and Mo Cave. Details of upcoming lectures are shown in both Links magazine and the enewsletter. We will also send out a reminder to all members a few days before the event. You can contact the organisers at chair@Su3a.org.uk
Closed Captioning
We aim to have “closed captioning” for all Friday lectures which means that they are accessible even to those with severe hearing issues.
Dates and topics for 2025
Feedback from one of our members:
I just want to say how much the Showroom lectures have been a joy each month. They are diverse and open up and stimulate so many conversations
| April 18th 2025 | Gaudi’s Barcelona – Derek Bacon | The “must see” architecture that puts Barcelona on everyone’s bucket list. |
| May 16th 2025 | Bolsover, a castle in the Heart of England – Lynne Blake | |
| June 13th 2025 | Alternative Modes of Living for an Ageing Population in the Rise of Intergenerational Living – Emily Haycock | The Prizewinner – Former Architecture student Emily Haycock, winner of the Su3a Undergraduate Dissertation Prize will tell us about her findings. |
| July 18th 2025 | Teatime at Peggys – Clare Jenkins | A Glimpse of Anglo India and India’s most endangered community. |
| September 19th 2025 | Nature’s Recovery – Alison Gardner | The work of the Sheffield & Rotherham Wildlife Trust. |
| October 17th 2025 | Emergency Care – Prof Steve Goodacre | Identifying the most urgent cases in A & E. |
| November 21st 2025 | The Hebridean Way – Rachel Firth | A personal journey across this iconic route. |
| December 19th 2025 | Who wants to be a millionaire? – Pat Collard | A lighthearted look at one woman’s brief moment of fame on the small screen. |
Previous Lectures
There are a number of previous lecture reviews available here.