- The introduction to art historyCourse start date: Tue 30 Sep 2025
Location on this date: Online
Do you enjoy looking at art but want to understand it more deeply? This introduction to art history course will help you build confidence in interpreting art by exploring topics such as beauty, the role of the artist, gender, the art market, and global art history—giving you fresh insight into what you see in galleries and museums.
Full fee £259.00 Senior fee £259.00 Concession £168.00 - The Altarpiece in Northern European ArtCourse start date: Tue 30 Sep 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Emma Rose BarberThe Northern Renaissance altarpiece is a thing of beauty: exquisitely painted in oil, full of rich, sumptuous decorative details, a broad, vivid and brilliant colour range, artistically innovative, conventional and experimental, distinctive and complex. Come and find out more about these works of art on this ten-week online course, where we cover some of the highlight art made by highlight artists such as Jan van Eyck and Rogier van der Weyden.
Full fee £259.00 Senior fee £207.00 Concession £168.00 - Sanskrit 1: module 1Course start date: Wed 1 Oct 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Roopam AggarwalLearn the basics of Sanskrit. By the end of this module you will be able to read and write in the Devanagari script; understand and apply commonly used noun declensions; identify frequently used verb conjugations; and construct simple sentences in the present tense.Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £219.00 Concession £142.00 - Copywriting
Course start date: Wed 1 Oct 2025 (and 2 other dates)Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Deborah MartinOn this practical course, you’ll learn the skills you need to create great copy and content for websites, social media and print.Full fee £259.00 Senior fee £259.00 Concession £130.00 - Storytelling for business and pleasure 1Course start date: Wed 1 Oct 2025 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Ariella EshedAll cultures respect the world of Story. The ability to tell Stories, in a variety of settings, is a skill that has seen a strong resurgence both in the workplace and in contemporary performance. Gain greater confidence in your communication skills and apply this to your wider experience. This course will be delivered in the college.Full fee £189.00 Senior fee £189.00 Concession £132.00 - Brazilian Portuguese rapidamente: module 1Course start date: Wed 1 Oct 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Denise DelfThis course aims to introduce you to Portuguese mainly as spoken in Brazil, and is taught by a native Brazilian, though you'll cover other varieties of Portuguese as well. You'll learn how to introduce yourself, talk about yourself and your family, and begin building your speaking, listening, reading and writing skills so that you can build a solid base for future study.
This Rapidamente 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 £229.00 Senior fee £229.00 Concession £149.00 - Introduction to Herbal MedicineCourse start date: Wed 1 Oct 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Ellie HollyHerbal medicine has lot to offer when it comes to improving mood, reducing anxiety, improving cognitive function and increasing energy levels. Herbal medicine is the use of whole plant extracts to treat illness and to prevent disease. When used correctly, herbal medicines offer a safe and effective way to improve mental health. Many herbs can be used safely alongside orthodox medicines. This course is all about giving you the knowledge you need to feel confident buying and trying herbal medicines to support your own health.Full fee £69.00 Senior fee £69.00 Concession £69.00 - 3D animation with Blender Course start date: Wed 1 Oct 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Benjamin AustinIf you are new to 3D animation, you’ve had a go at teaching yourself but are not making progress, or perhaps you are transferring to Blender from a different 3D program, this course is for you.
It will take you through a professional approach to creating characters and environments in 3D from scratch, as well as introducing workflows and techniques to help produce polished 3D animations of your own.Full fee £299.00 Senior fee £239.00 Concession £194.00 - Spanish beginners: module 1+2Course start date: Thu 2 Oct 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Cristina CasadoLearn Spanish on this intensive course for beginners, with the emphasis on listening and speaking skills. Suitable for complete beginners. Based on units 1-6 of Nos Vemos Hoy 1 Compacto (Campus Difusión Publishing). Please see the Are there any other costs? section below for details about the book and the ISBN.
Full fee £329.00 Senior fee £329.00 Concession £214.00 - Spanish rápidamente: module 1Course start date: Thu 2 Oct 2025
Location on this date: Online
This intensive Spanish course is suitable if you already speak a romance language like Italian, French, Portuguese or Romanian, or if you want to learn at a much faster pace. Suitable for beginners. Based on 'Aula Internacional Plus 1' (Nueva Edición, Difusión Publishers).
Please do not buy the book until after the first session, as if you transfer to a regular beginners course you will use a different book.Full fee £259.00 Senior fee £259.00 Concession £168.00 - Queens of Crime: Agatha Christie and Dorothy L. SayersCourse start date: Thu 2 Oct 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: William BradyAgatha Christie and Dorothy L. Sayers dominated the inter-war Golden Age of British detective fiction and continue to this day to beguile and enthral readers with their intricate plotting, fiendish twists and formidable detectives. This course critically explores how both authors shaped the detective genre, the publishing history of some of their most celebrated works, and how Christie and Sayers navigated themes of class, gender, morality and justice. Through selected readings, discussions and analysis, we will explore the literary significance and enduring appeal of these Queens of Crime.Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £149.00 Concession £97.00 - Writing an academic essay Course start date: Fri 3 Oct 2025 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: William BradyA crash course in essay writing – beginnings, middles and ends. Suitable for students on A-level and access courses or undergraduates.Full fee £119.00 Senior fee £119.00 Concession £60.00 - Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs: an introduction onlineCourse start date: Sun 5 Oct 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Hugo Cook
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £159.00 Senior fee £127.00 Concession £103.00 - Hitchcock's Horror Thrillers 2: The Birds, scene by sceneCourse start date: Sun 5 Oct 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Jon WisbeyHitchcock's The Birds (1963), sees the director exploring a familiar theme: the 'romantic couple' tested by suspenseful events. But unlike his glossy 1950s hits, Hitchcock opts for muted visuals and performances in an unflinching examination of femininity under threat and masculine cruelty, framed by a dystopian revenge of nature narrative. Explore the master's last great film, scene by scene.Full fee £69.00 Senior fee £55.00 Concession £45.00 - Reflecting the Nation: 21st Century British Drama & SocietyCourse start date: Mon 6 Oct 2025
Location on this date: Online
This course explores how dramatists use their position as commentators to reflect the societal and political issues affecting the nation. Drawing on texts by Laura Wade, Jez Butterworth, Roy Williams and others, we’ll discuss how issues such as class, national identity, queer and black lives, and activism have been interrogated by Britain’s finest contemporary playwrights.Full fee £179.00 Senior fee £179.00 Concession £116.00
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