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- Communicating effectively at work (online)Course start date: Thu 22 Jan 2026
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Jonathan MulquinHow skilfully do you manage the impression you make on people both in person and in online meetings and interviews? Develop your personal effectiveness by looking at voice and body language, assertiveness, sensitive listening, interviewing techniques and communication skills for business meetings. This course will be taught online.Full fee £159.00 Senior fee £159.00 Concession £111.00 - Journaling: a taster
Course start date: Mon 9 Feb 2026Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Julie GartonThis inspiring taster course led by an experienced journaler, encourages students to explore a range of techniques and prompts in order to find an approach to life writing that suits them.Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £40.00 - Debating: beginners (online)Course start date: Mon 16 Feb 2026
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Gavin IllsleyDebating requires the ability to speak English persuasively in public and, crucially, to respond rapidly to other people’s objections to what you say. We will cover the theory and practice of debating, and you will progress quickly in areas of content, strategy and style. A great mental workout. This course will be taught online.Full fee £139.00 Senior fee £139.00 Concession £97.00 - Writing horror Course start date: Tue 17 Feb 2026
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Niki MackayWrite to unsettle, in this six-week trip through the techniques of horror fiction, learning from classic horror authors and contemporary masters of the genre.Full fee £159.00 Senior fee £159.00 Concession £80.00 - Drawing and mindfulness: the imaginationCourse start date: Thu 5 Mar 2026
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Clare Barton-HarveyDiscover the enriching relationship of mindfulness and the imagination, whilst exploring a range of methods for stimulating and connecting to what inspires you. This course offers an introduction to mindful drawing, as well as a context to explore it more deeply through the imagination.
Full fee £209.00 Senior fee £167.00 Concession £136.00 - Lipreading and managing hearing loss: improvers module 3Course start date: Mon 20 Apr 2026 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Nicola HicksDevelop your lipreading skills and strategies for face-to-face communication and keep up-to-date with relevant equipment and services. This course is suitable if you have completed improvers module 1 and 2.
This course will be taught in spoken English and not in sign language.Full fee £169.00 Senior fee £110.00 Concession £85.00 - Journal inspiration: creative approaches to writing about your life Course start date: Thu 23 Apr 2026
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Julie GartonThis inspiring, six-week workshop, led by an experienced journaler, encourages students to explore a range of techniques and prompts in order to find an approach to life writing that suits them. - ACT for people who stammer Course start date: Thu 30 Apr 2026
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Carolyn Cheasman, Rachel EverardThis is a powerful approach to therapy. You'll learn to work more effectively with negative thoughts and feelings through acceptance and mindfulness work. You'll also learn how to identify, and move towards, valued goals and directions in your life.Full fee £129.00 Senior fee £90.00 Concession £26.00 - Dutch beginners: module 3Course start date: Thu 1 May 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Francine van den BergSuitable if you have completed Dutch beginners: module 2 or equivalent. Continue learning Dutch and develop your listening and speaking skills.This communicative class emphasises the practical use of the language.Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £229.00 Concession £149.00 - Argonautica: reading group (in translation) module 3Course start date: Tue 6 May 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Nikoletta ManiotiA reading group focusing on the Argonautica by the Greek poet Apollonius of Rhodes (in English translation).Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £149.00 Concession £97.00 - Arabic beginners: module 2 Course start date: Tue 6 May 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Taïssir K MahmoudLearn Arabic in the heart of London on this live online course taught in Arabic with the emphasis on developing your speaking and listening skills.You should have completed Arabic beginners: module 1 or equivalent. - America in the 40s: culture and society Course start date: Tue 6 May 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Zoe Crombie, Pauline Greene, Mark Malcomson, Dale Mineshima-Lowe, Patricia Sweeney, Ian TucknottThe bombing of Pearl Harbor brought Americans into WW2, while the European need for goods pulled the USA out of the Depression of the 30s, providing new opportunities for women, African Americans and other people of colour.
Post-War America saw a new energy, of hope but also despair. This online intertextual course explores the political, social and cultural context of 1940s America through a study of the literature, history, music, film and art of the period.
With different tutors for each specialism, the course provides a 'taster' in each subject as a gateway to further study in understanding this fascinating period in American culture and society.Full fee £119.00 Senior fee £119.00 Concession £77.00 - Korean beginners: module 3Course start date: Tue 6 May 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Jaeran WonContinue learning Korean on this lively online course for near beginners, with the emphasis on developing your speaking and listening skills.You should have completed Korean beginners: module 2 or equivalent. - Latin 1: module 3 Course start date: Wed 7 May 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Jordan DyckSuitable if you have completed Latin 1: modules 1 and 2 or have an equivalent knowledge. Continue to learn the basic grammatical structures and vocabulary so that you can improve your ability to read and translate straightforward Latin.
Full fee £209.00 Senior fee £167.00 Concession £136.00 - Brazilian Portuguese rapidamente: module 3Course start date: Wed 7 May 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Denise DelfThis course is suitable if you already speak a Romance language such as French, Italian, Romanian or Spanish. It might also be suitable if you would like to learn at a much faster pace.Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £219.00 Concession £142.00
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