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Thirty-one courses from philosophy to the Chinese tile-based game Mahjong will run across four terms.
But it will not take place at U3A's long-standing home at the Albury-Wodonga Community College.
Committee president Rod Farr said after 30 years at the college, known as the Continuing Education Centre when U3A started on the border, they had found a new home.
"They [AWCC] started limiting our access," he said.
"So, we came to this arrangement with the German Austrian Australian Club who needed us as much as we needed them.
"We are leasing the building for the 42 weeks of our calendar year during the week and they have their functions at the weekend."
U3A Albury-Wodonga is part of a large Victorian network and generally attracts people over the age of 50.
With one learner per every two square metres - 60 upstairs and 40 downstairs - the club on McFarland Rd suits U3A well.
Enrolments took place there last week and courses with availability will be advertised in the new year.
Mr Farr said the courses and activities were important for mental health.
"They are all volunteer presenters and tutors and we have a wide range of topics," he said.
"It's about socialisation through the vehicle of education.
"We have a reasonably high percentage of single people, some who have lost their partners, and we have couples who come."
Like all education providers, U3A had to suspend physical classes and move online to Zoom.
"We had classes here in the first term this year, before COVID interrupted us," Mr Farr said.
"We finished up with probably 50 per cent of our membership; at least 180 at some point of time through the last three terms who were working online.
"Fourteen out of our 30 classes were online.
"It is a pretty big organisation, U3A - we are part of the Victorian network and there's something like 300."
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The Albury-Wodonga U3A was formed in 1990 by a group led by Alan Cracknell.
Since then, it has maintained close to 200 members and above.
The Continuing Education Centre headed by executive director Jim Saleeba offered a home for classes and insurance cover.
Mr Farr said U3A could credit Mr Cracknell and others for the group's longevity, noting buildings were named after Mr Cracknell at AWCC. The college declined to comment on U3A's move.
