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  • I would like to thank Peter Rose for making The Romans so interesting, amusing and thorough. The course notes are a great start and the use of clicks to websites with further information is just so sensible and useful. I have enjoyed the company of the Discussion Board students and have learned lots from them too. Thank you for providing a facility for those like me who can\\'t undertake other methods of study. But I doubt I would have learned so much in any other way in such a short time. Peter, I have just finished The Etruscan by Mika Waltari and hope to track down The Roman by the same author. I enjoyed the course so much I am thinking of doing it again! There is so much more to learn about The Romans I am sure this would be a good idea. Regards and thanks, Jenny. Thanks to fellow students Jack, Marjorie and Micky too.

  • This method of study helped me overcome my difficulty with being unable to travel to courses. It made a challenging subject amenable to complete. The course not only facilitated study but was also fun to do with the other other students and a great tutor.

  • I would like to thank Peter Rose for making The Romans so interesting, amusing and thorough. The course notes are a great start and the use of clicks to websites with further information is just so sensible and useful. I have enjoyed the company of the Discussion Board students and have learned lots from them too. Thank you for providing a facility for those like me who can\\'t undertake other methods of study. But I doubt I would have learned so much in any other way in such a short time. Peter, I have just finished The Etruscan by Mika Waltari and hope to track down The Roman by the same author. I enjoyed the course so much I am thinking of doing it again! There is so much more to learn about The Romans I am sure this would be a good idea. Regards and thanks, Jenny. Thanks to fellow students Jack, Marjorie and Micky too.

  • The course was just right. The Internet links were very helpful and the course leader was very helpful and understanding. The group discussion was interesting and I found the Discussion Board a useful way of interacting with the Course Leader.

  • Found The Romans very interesting, the material sent me off in many directions. Read books related to the subject that I probably would not have approached in the past.

  • The tutor’s feedback was very useful - he challenged my thinking, and used humour when I wandered outside the discipline of history into speculation. I enjoyed reading other students’ responses.

  • I found the course immensely interesting. The topics were arranged in a logical order. The course notes contained enough information to start us thinking, and the questions posed challenged us to do our own research and form opinions. I am inspired to do further reading on the Romans.

  • A wonderful course that provides a full spectrum on the Romans impact on society then and now. My library is part of the area school, it was hard to obtain the books required, inter-library loans can be slow. Library staff are wonderful. However, there is the Internet, a great research tool.

  • I thought that I knew quite a bit about The Romans but I was happily surprised by the course. I would like to thank Anthony for encouraging me to go that extra mile with my research, I enjoyed every assignment the more because of it.

  • My initial difficulties with technology were quickly overcome by Tutor and Online Coordinator. Illness prevented me from group participation, but the format and content of the course I found brilliant and, with the links, particularly stimulating - I have enough material to see the winter through.

  • My daughter helped me and printed off the notes each week. Notes were excellent. they were all very interesting, easy to read and follow. As this was my first online course with my new laptop I did explore some of the websites with help. I found the U3A site very difficult to get around.

  • The course was pitched at the right level for what I wanted - meaning that it acted as a guide to further research and gave a good overall view of the history of Rome without bogging the reader down in excessive detail given the time constraints. It was extremely good value for money.

  • What I needed was an overview and structure for future study over the entire period. The course fulfilled that need and more.

  • The course provided a clear concise account of Roman history. The internet links were most helpful and led to a wealth of information for further study.

  • Found the information that I read and researched extremely interesting and challenging in areas. Opened my eyes as to the many wonders of this world.

  • Excellent introduction to The Romans with plenty of access to various websites that made it possible to delve more deeply. Text very readable and easy to understand. I found the Brittanica a very good complement to the Notes, and downloaded many many pages during a 'trial' period of access.

  • I've studied all my life, completing several degrees to Masters' level, and I've enjoyed being part of a group and know the advantages of that. However, I now enjoy studying alone and never get lonely. This course has made me realise how much I can still learn in this way. I get plenty of interaction in my other activities. I even discuss the things I'm learning with my family and others, so I'm not exactly isolated. Thanks U3A.

  • This is my second U3A course, having just finished the Biography and Journalling course. I will probably be working on it for the rest of my life; it's so fascinating. I was born and brought up in Yorkshire and was weaned on local Roman history and art. In 1993 and 1995, my husband and I took a camper-van and toured around all the Roman sights, Wales, York, Hadrain's Wall, (an old friend form childhood!) My husband took hundreds of photos and we did miles of walking. Now it's going into a book; but don't hold your breath waiting for it to be published.

  • I enjoyed the course and found a lot of great websites but some specific direction to individual topics on websites would have prevented going through a lot of repetitive stuff. Thanks, tutors, for your work!

  • Just to say how I enjoyed the course on the Romans and after reading Lindsey Davis book THREE HANDS IN THE FOUNTAIN I have a better understanding of the streets of Rome- but what a gruesome book!!!

  • The links to web sites was most useful but time constraints meant that I was unable to use them to their fullest. However I know where to find further details now at my leisure.

  • I found that the contents of the course held my interest from the first session.

  • This course was not quite what I was expecting, I thought it would deal more with the Romans in Britain. If I had one main critique it would be that the Bibliography and the wealth of websites dealing with Roma and the Romans was too much for an eight week course, they will keep me going for the rest of the year at least. The communication on the forum was good among those who used it. Having said that, I enjoyed the course and gained a better appreciation of not only the Roman world but the legacy they left us.