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  1. Advanced printmaking: practice and discourse
    Course start date:  Wed 8 Oct 2025

    Location on this date:  Blended (learn both online and in-person)

    Tutors:  Claire Hynds
    This year-long advanced course is aimed at artist-printmakers who wish to develop a sustainable personal practice through the medium of print. With the support of expert tutors, you will be guided through experimental, practice-based research and developmental tasks that challenge your preconceptions of print media including etching, screen-printing, lithography and relief. You will eventually focus on a longer project that encourage both a personal enquiry and the development of an individual methodology. The course involves theoretical, contextual and practical components.
    Full fee £2,099.00 Senior fee £1,679.00 Concession £1,469.00
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  2. Italian intermediate revision
    Evening
    Course start date:  Thu 9 Oct 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Rosanna Carlà
    An evening revision course for learners who have done about three years of Italian and who wish to brush up on the grammar covered so far. If you feel like you could do with another look at some key grammar points, perhaps from a different angle, this course should get you feeling more confident about your grasp of Italian grammar.
    Full fee £159.00 Senior fee £103.00 Concession £159.00
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  3. Spanish preparation for DELE B1
    Evening
    Course start date:  Thu 3 Oct 2024 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Amaia Ibargüen
    Prepare for the 'Diploma de Español como Lengua Extranjera B1'. The course does not include exam fees and each learner will be responsible for their own enrolment in the exam. Please note that you should have studied Spanish for about three years or have an equivalent level.







    Please do not buy the book until after the first session, as if you transfer to another course, you will use a different book.
    Full fee £709.00 Senior fee £709.00 Concession £461.00
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  4. Russian 3: conversation
    Evening
    Course start date:  Thu 9 Oct 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Alla Young
    Revise, consolidate and improve your listening and speaking skills on this lively course, which will help you communicate more confidently in Russian.
    Full fee £119.00 Senior fee £119.00 Concession £119.00
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  5. Italian 4/5: Storia della pittura italiana: Il Medioevo
    Course start date:  Thu 9 Oct 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Ottavia Castellina
    The history of Western art cannot be understood without an understanding of the importance of Italian art. This short course, delivered in Italian, will introduce you to some of the major figures in the history of Italian art. The first module of 5 lessons will cover Medieval painting in Italy and each lesson will be devoted to a particular artist who is representative of their time. The course will be delivered online.
    Full fee £139.00 Senior fee £111.00 Concession £90.00
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  6. Full fee £209.00 Senior fee £167.00 Concession £136.00
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  7. French 5: La France au XXième siècle; Un évènement, un auteur
    Course start date:  Thu 9 Oct 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Frédéric Fournier
    Dans la lignée de Voltaire qui au XVIII siècle annonça la Révolution puis de Victor Hugo qui au XIX annonça la République, les écrivains Francais du XX siècle ne sont pas restés insensibles aux évènements de leur temps. Tous les ont commenté et beaucoup y ont participé. De l’entrée fracassante de Zola dans l’affaire Dreyfus avec son “J’accuse” suivie par le traumatisme de la 1 ere guerre mondiale véçu par Céline, Barbuse et Genevoix, l’engagement sur la question coloniale dans les années 30 avec Malraux, Gide et Duras, la résistance à l’occupation nazie des poètes Vercors, Éluard et Aragon, le conflit est-ouest avec la célèbre querelle de Sartre et de Camus, jusqu’aux année 60 et 70 ou l’engagement et la signature de pétitions deviendront la norme.







    Le XX siècle restera celui de l’engagement des écrivains de des intellectuels. Ils nous a laissé quelques unes des plus belles pages de la littérature Francaise. Nous les découvrirons et les lirons ensemble.
    Full fee £119.00 Senior fee £95.00 Concession £77.00
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  8. Italian 3: practise and consolidate: module 1
    Course start date:  Thu 9 Oct 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Roberto Minardi
    Questa classe di conversazione ti offre la possibilità di consolidare il tuo livello intermedio di italiano praticando e perfezionando I punti grammaticali studiati al livello 3. Adatto a chi frequenta un corso al livello 3 lower or 3 upper oppure a chi ha una conoscenza equivalente della lingua. Attenzione: le lezioni si svolgeranno a settimane alterne, cioè ogni quindici giorni.







    Please note this course takes place every other week.
    Full fee £139.00 Senior fee £111.00 Concession £90.00
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  9. Black British Literature
    Evening
    Course start date:  Thu 9 Oct 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    From Roman society to the present day, from the memoirs of Equiano to the experimental poetics of Kwesi Johnson, Black British writers have significantly impacted British literature, despite limited recognition.



    Through an exploration of social, political and historical contexts, this course examines how diasporic writers decolonised genres and mapped their own metaphors onto the literary landscape.
    Full fee £179.00 Senior fee £179.00 Concession £116.00
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  10. Literary translation in practice (Spanish into English)
    Evening
    Course start date:  Thu 9 Oct 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Do you enjoy reading in Spanish and writing in English? Are you interested in the similarities and differences between the two cultures? Come and join this interactive translation course.
    Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £229.00 Concession £149.00
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  11. Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £19.00 Concession £19.00
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  12. Introduction to contemporary art: ideas and origins
    Evening
    Course start date:  Mon 13 Oct 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Christopher Collier
    Ever wondered what's going on in the mind of contemporary artists? This course explores the ideas and historical background behind some of today’s most intriguing works, from Conceptualism and Video to Body Art and Installation.
    Full fee £179.00 Senior fee £179.00 Concession £116.00
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  13. Literary translation in practice (French into English)
    Evening
    Course start date:  Mon 13 Oct 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Trista Selous
    Do you enjoy reading in French and writing in English? Are you interested in the similarities and differences between the two cultures? Come and join this interactive translation course.
    Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £229.00 Concession £149.00
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  14. Making it Modern: A Survey of 20th century poetry
    Evening
    Course start date:  Mon 13 Oct 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Suzannah V. Evans
    What makes a poet modern? What is the different between modern poetry and modernist poetry? How has modern poetry informed the work of poets writing today? Come and explore the exciting range of poetry written in the twentieth century in a supportive and energising group context.
    Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £219.00 Concession £142.00
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  15. Working with adults who stammer: a course for speech and language therapists
    Course start date:  Mon 13 Oct 2025 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Carolyn Cheasman, Vivien Grant-Jones

    Designed for speech and language therapists, this four-day interactive workshop will cover assessment and selection, stammering modification, interiorised stammering, cluttering, acquired stammering and an introduction to mindfulness. Opportunity to practise teaching techniques to clients included.

    Note: this course runs on these days: October 13-15; and a final follow-up day on March 30..

    Full fee £599.00 Senior fee £599.00 Concession £599.00
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