Joining the Groups
Group-based learning is the central activity for all u3as; discovering what groups are running in which u3a is the most useful function Oversights can offer. To achieve that end, individual SiteWorks databases are interrogated over the internet via a Wordpress API (Application Programming Interface) supplied by a member of the SiteWorks team. The group names and page addresses discovered in this way are stored in an Oversights database, along with similar data from the Site Builder database.
Today (14/09/2024) the Oversights database holds 13591 group records from 344 SiteWorks sites and 9713 group records from 305 Site Builder sites. Those proportions will change over time as more sites migrate to SiteWorks. Records from each source are automatically refreshed at short regular intervals to ensure that search results are up-to-date.
The tag cloud below shows the most commonly-occurring topics for u3a groups, based on current information. Click any name there (or enter a name in the search box and press Return or 'Go') to look for matches. When a general topic has many variations, there will be an opportunity to narrow down the search. Try clicking 'History' to see how many different kinds of history are studied by u3a groups!