- Japanese beginners: module 3Course start date: Tue 29 Apr 2025 (and 7 other dates)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Chikako NakagawaContinue learning to speak Japanese on this course for near beginners. The emphasis is on developing your listening and speaking skills. Suitable if you have completed beginners module 2 or 6 months recently
.Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £229.00 Concession £149.00 - Tai Chi Chuan: BeginnersCourse start date: Tue 13 May 2025 (and 4 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Carla DraytonLearn the Yang-style Tai Chi form. This flowing movement sequence contains the basic movements of Tai Chi which will help you to develop and practice smooth movement, good alignment and improved balance. Develop good personal practice that will enable you to fully realise the benefits of this absorbing Taoist art.Full fee £169.00 Senior fee £135.00 Concession £118.00 - Autobiographical writing: intensiveCourse start date: Mon 28 Jul 2025 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Paul LaffanThis shorter version of our introductory autobiographical writing course covers the basic elements of the genre, drawing on memories, diaries, photos, dreams and fantasies with a focus on the forms of autobiography, memoir and the personal essay.Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £149.00 Concession £75.00 - German beginners tasterCourse start date: Mon 8 Sep 2025 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Heiner SchenkeCome and discover German in this lively taster.Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £19.00 Concession £19.00 - London at war - guided walksCourse start date: Tue 9 Sep 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Eleanor JacksonLondon has been shaped by war, conflict and unrest. It's buildings, monuments and even street names reflect our embattled past. These walks examine London's wartime legacy from mediaeval fortifications to the War on Terror.
First lecture delivered via zoom followed by 8 guided walks; no class/break week 7/10/25.Full fee £239.00 Senior fee £191.00 Concession £155.00 - Korean beginners tasterCourse start date: Tue 9 Sep 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Jaeran WonCome and discover Korean in this lively taster. - Dutch beginners tasterCourse start date: Tue 9 Sep 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Francine van den BergCome and discover Dutch in this lively taster.Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £19.00 Concession £19.00 - Hungarian beginners tasterCourse start date: Tue 9 Sep 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Eva PallaghyCome and discover Hungarian in this lively taster.Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £19.00 Concession £19.00 - Playwriting: a tasterCourse start date: Tue 9 Sep 2025 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Nicole AcquahGive playwriting a try in this fun and supportive one-off taster session. Ideal if you want to unlock your imagination and express yourself, but need a bit of encouragement to get started.Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £19.00 Concession £19.00 - Creative writing: a tasterCourse start date: Tue 9 Sep 2025 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Give creative writing a try in this fun and supportive one-off taster session. Ideal if you want to unlock your imagination and express yourself, but need a bit of encouragement to get started.Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £19.00 Concession £10.00 - Writing creative non-fiction: a tasterCourse start date: Wed 10 Sep 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Julie GartonHave you had experiences that will move, delight or entertain readers? This taster session in creative non-fiction explores approaches to capturing your most poignant moments and crafting them into inspiring pieces of literature.Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £19.00 Concession £19.00 - Poetry: a tasterCourse start date: Sat 13 Sep 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Julie IrigarayThis short, fun workshop is the perfect starting point for students who are writing for the first time or new to poetry. Join us for thought-provoking writing exercises and poetry theory for beginners.Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £19.00 Concession £19.00 - Lipreading and managing hearing loss: beginners module 1Course start date: Mon 15 Sep 2025 (and 5 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Nicola HicksThis class is suitable for total beginners who have little or no experience of lipreading or who have completed a lipreading class at any level in the past, but want to go back to basics. You will learn how to recognise some sounds that are visible on the lips and how to use other tactics to support lipreading and how to manage hearing loss.
This course will be taught in spoken English and not in sign language.
See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £239.00 Senior fee £155.00 Concession £120.00 - Piano/keyboards 1DCourse start date: Mon 28 Apr 2025 (and 7 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Sarha MooreThis is the second year of our beginners piano programme and repertoire will be of a pre-grade 1 standard. Improve your eye/hand coordination, your reading and technique. Break weeks: 5th & 26th May 2025.Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £159.00 Concession £139.00 - Lipreading and managing hearing loss: beginners module 3Course start date: Mon 15 Sep 2025 (and 5 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Christine HathwayThis class is suitable for if you have completed beginners modules 1 and 2 or have completed a lipreading class in the past and already have a basic understanding of lipreading theory and fingerspelling. You will develop your lipreading and fingerspelling skills and build your confidence.
This course will be taught in spoken English and not in sign language.
See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £239.00 Senior fee £239.00 Concession £120.00
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