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- Writing for magazines
Course start date: Mon 18 Sep 2023 (and 6 other dates)Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Susan GrossmanGet inspired to write on this practical course for freelance journalists and bloggers. Learn to carry out research, interview people, pitch and publish stories, and build your presence on social media.Full fee £139.00 Senior fee £139.00 Concession £70.00 - Before the election: the essentials of British politicsCourse start date: Mon 16 Oct 2023
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Tasha Ashman-BanksThis essential online course will give you the foundations of the political system in the United Kingdom, whilst also enabling you to use your newly acquired knowledge to discuss and debate current affairs matters in real time. Think of it as an educational version of Have I Got News For You, you’ll be learning and laughing.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £119.00 Senior fee £95.00 Concession £77.00 - 20th century Britain: politics, culture and society 1900-1939 Course start date: Mon 30 Oct 2023
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: David FowlerThis course offers a thematic survey of British politics, culture and society in the period 1900-1939..
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £149.00 Concession £97.00 - Themes in British politicsCourse start date: Mon 30 Oct 2023
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Christian SchneeWant to look beyond the personal politics and Brexit and explore current British politics? Join Dr. Christian Schnee to discuss British politics in our time.Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £119.00 Concession £97.00 - A cultural history of politiciansCourse start date: Mon 30 Oct 2023
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Christian SchneeWhat is a politician? How do they operate, which objectives do they pursue, what are the values they embrace and the dynamics they respond to? Join Dr. Christian Schnee to explore these questions!Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £119.00 Concession £97.00 - Global encounters: meet the MongolsCourse start date: Mon 30 Oct 2023
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Vanessa KingAt its height the Mongol empire stretched from the Sea of Japan to eastern Europe. We explore how the Mongols interacted with the nations they conquered.Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £119.00 Concession £97.00 - Being ecological: cultivating environmental consciousness in cultures of climate crisisCourse start date: Mon 30 Oct 2023
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Katie GossThis course will introduce students to exciting initiatives in twenty-first century cultural discourse that attempt to reconceptualise what an ecological consciousness might be or feel like. Drawing on theoretical and literary texts, films, performance art, and political activism, we will explore radical ways of rethinking and reinhabiting our relations with more-than-human worlds, and how they open new possibilities for living on a damaged planet.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £149.00 Concession £97.00 - What is Social Anthropology: The birth of the discipline 19th-20th CenturyCourse start date: Mon 30 Oct 2023
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Yasmin HalesThis ‘What is Social Anthropology?’ course, will introduce you to the 19thC birth of the discipline, an understanding of cross-cultural human behaviour and the similarities and differences between societies on a global and local level.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £119.00 Concession £97.00 - Ways into creative writing: intensive Course start date: Mon 19 Feb 2024 (and 10 other dates)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Claire CollisonNot sure whether creative writing is for you? Give it a try on one of these fun and supportive short courses covering the basics of fiction and poetry. Increase your confidence and produce work through guided exercises and discussion.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £139.00 Senior fee £139.00 Concession £70.00 - Ways into creative writing: a gentle pace Course start date: Mon 19 Feb 2024 (and 4 other dates)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Claire CollisonAre you brand new to creative writing? Do you want to build your confidence in a supportive environment alongside other beginners? This gentle short-course guides students taking their first steps on the path to becoming a creative writer.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £139.00 Senior fee £139.00 Concession £70.00 - How to read a film: a beginners' guide to cinema Course start date: Mon 13 May 2024 (and 3 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Paul SuttonThis course will develop your critical appreciation of the cinema by teaching you how to read and understand film texts. We will look at the elements that underpin film form – narrative, mise en scène, cinematography, editing and sound – alongside its historical development. We will consider film style by exploring classical, post-classical and art cinema and we will examine influential critical modes of analysis, such as genre, authorship and spectatorship.Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £119.00 Concession £97.00 - Picture book writing: advanced Course start date: Mon 18 Sep 2023 (and 5 other dates)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Lou KuenzlerWould you like to workshop, edit and polish your picture book texts for young children? This course is designed for advanced picture book writers wishing to hone and improve their own stories.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £149.00 Concession £75.00 - Introduction to journalism Course start date: Mon 6 Nov 2023 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Allis MossOn this course students will explore the basic skills a freelance journalist needs to write and sell news and features to newspapers and magazines. From developing ideas and identifying outlets to interview skills and approaching editors.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £139.00 Senior fee £139.00 Concession £70.00 - Sir Gawain and the Green KnightCourse start date: Mon 6 Nov 2023
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Rachel BuglassJoin us for an exploration of the 14th century Medieval poem, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. Using Simon Armitage’s 2007 translation, we will investigate the poem’s poetic and narrative structure, its verse form, imagery and symbolism, and will consider aspects of medieval life and culture, including knighthood, romance and courtly and religious values.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £119.00 Concession £97.00 - 20th Century Britain: politics, culture and society 1939-1960
Course start date: Mon 8 Jan 2024Location on this date: Online
Tutors: David FowlerExolring politics, culture and society from 1939 to 1960, the course is the 2nd in a new cycle of modern British history courses.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £149.00 Concession £97.00
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