New members welcome
Keep in touch with former colleagues and make new friends.
Join SURSA for social events, walks, book groups, garden visits, workshops and discussions, and to contribute to our oral history project.
Forthcoming events
Social events
On the first Wednesday of every month we meet for coffee from 10.30am until around noon.
Twice a year we have a lunch party – about forty people usually come. It’s a lively occasion that lasts into the afternoon.
Gardens group
This group meets at regular intervals to visit local gardens or to go on bus trips to places like Culzean Castle in Ayrshire and Dumfries House in the Borders.
Walks group
About once a month a group meets in the morning to do a circular walk in the local area. The walks vary – some on level ground, others involving hill-walking. A special walk visits a local pub for a Christmas lunch.
Book groups
We have two book groups that meet once a month to read and discuss a wide range of books together.
Workshops and discussions
Once a month we have a two-hour session at which a speaker gives a talk followed by tea and a discussion. Topics range from the University’s art collection to the management of pain and encompass subjects such as environmental history, archaeology and translation.
Oral history project
We are recording an oral history of the University from its inception to the present, interviewing a wide range of staff and students, past and present.
For almost twenty years, SURSA has been recording audio and video interviews with those who were there from the beginning, as well as more recent staff members. The project website was launched in 2017 on UNESCO Audio-Visual World Heritage Day.
Images licensed under Creative Commons
1. Sculpture of Adam and Eve by Richard Robbins in Pathfoot Courtyard 4
2. Photograph of Perth by Robin Fernandes