Jewellery settings
The Jewellery Settings project is an exciting way for adult learners from the local community to help fill the jewellery industry’s current skills shortage, while exploring a creative career opportunity.
With sessions taking place in hostels, day centres and community facilities in Camden and the City Fringe area, City Lit’s jewellery tutors provide basic training in:
• cutting
• soldering
• shaping
• filing
• polishing.
There are also specialist sessions, such as diamond grading taught by the Gemmological Institute of America, and coloured gem stones taught by Holts Academy. Learning is also taken out of the classroom with visits to the Jewellery Sector in Birmingham and The Vaults at the Natural History Museum.
All participants also benefit from a session with a career and education adviser, to help them make the most from this initial training.
The project - rated ‘very good’ or ‘good’ by 100% of participants – is run by City Lit’s Community Outreach team in partnership with the Visual Arts department. It is funded by the City Fringe Partnership and is part of the Jewellery Sector Investment Plan (JSIP), which aims to build a strong and more competitive jewellery industry in London.
Student Case Study
Calise Cleghorn was unemployed when she decided to join a jewellery taster course at City Lit. For many years she had been employed as a Mental Health worker.“Before signing up for Jewellery Settings, I had no idea what I wanted to do with my life. I have been given the opportunity to change my career path and excel at something completely new.”
After completing the Jewellery Settings course Calise was awarded a bursary for further training.
“I have just started laser welding and I’ve got a part-time job with the Laser Surgery for Jewellery in Hatton Gardens.”
www.cityfringe.org.uk
Browse full range of courses
- Visual arts
- Art foundation and portfolio preparation courses
- Art history
- Basketry
- Bookbinding, book arts and conservation
- Calligraphy
- Ceramics
- Design
- Digital arts and graphics
- Drawing
- Drawing and painting from life
- Fashion and textiles
- Jewellery
- Mosaics
- Offsite and studio development courses
- Painting
- Printmaking
- Sculpture
- View all in Visual arts
- Find out more about the Visual arts department
- Photography
- Beginners
- Business and copyright
- Computer based photography courses
- Documentary and photojournalism
- Exhibiting your photographs
- History, theory and talks about photography
- Lighting and studio techniques
- Photographing London
- Photography and contemporary art practice
- Portfolio and project creation
- Printing courses
- Taking photography further: general
- Taking photography further: specialist
- Traditional techniques
- View all in Photography
- Find out more about the Photography department
- Languages
- Drama, dance and speech
- Accredited courses
- Acting - advanced
- Acting - follow-on
- Acting - introductory
- Acting short courses
- Arts administration
- Comedy
- Communication courses for speakers of other languages
- Communication skills for business
- Dance and movement
- Directing
- Drama teaching
- Drama therapy
- Internet broadcasting
- Musical theatre
- Performance skills
- Professional skills for actors
- Professional theatre company
- Stage combat
- Technical theatre
- TV, radio and sound
- Voice, speech and communication
- View all in Drama, dance and speech
- Find out more about the Drama, dance and speech department
- Humanities
- Music
- Cello
- Clarinet
- Classical guitar
- Flute
- Instrument playing
- Instrumental ensembles
- Jazz and popular music
- Music access course
- Music appreciation
- Music foundation
- Music technology
- Musicianship
- Piano and keyboards
- Record your performance
- Recorder
- Singing
- String ensembles
- Ukelele
- Violin
- View all in Music
- Find out more about the Music department
- Health and movement studies
- Alexander technique
- Anatomy and physiology
- Complementary health studies
- Continuing professional development for therapists
- Energy and healing
- Fitness workouts
- Health and fitness teacher training
- Massage and bodywork: introductory level
- Massage and bodywork: professional practitioner level
- Meditation and stress management
- Movement classes
- Nutrition and food safety
- Professional development for movement instructors
- Self-defence
- Yoga
- View all in Health and movement studies
- Find out more about the Health and movement studies department
- Computing
- Apple Mac
- Basic computing
- Bookkeeping
- Courses leading to a qualification
- Design and illustration
- Desktop publishing
- Digital Inclusion
- Explore your interests using a computer
- Keyboard skills
- Microsoft Office 2007 applications
- Programming
- Technical computing
- Web page design
- Windows and file management
- View all in Computing
- Find out more about the Computing department
- Psychology, counselling & personal development
- English, maths & ESOL
- Deaf education
- Careers in care work
- Access to higher education
- Progress - courses for people with learning difficulties
- Speech therapy
- Teacher & management training
Most popular courses
Last minute availability
Group facilitation
» Course details