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- Tai Chi Chuan: BeginnersCourse start date: Tue 14 Jan 2025 (and 5 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 - Create content using Canva AICourse start date: Wed 15 Jan 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Byron Johnson-BrownIn this 3-hour interactive workshop, you’ll explore the innovative features of Canva AI to create unique and engaging content for your projects. Whether you’re a business owner, marketer, or creative enthusiast, this course will help you leverage AI tools to elevate your design skills and produce eye-catching content quickly and efficiently.Full fee £59.00 Senior fee £47.00 Concession £38.00 - Social media content strategy
Course start date: Wed 15 Jan 2025 (and 3 other dates)Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Amber Raney-KincadeIn order to successfully use social media for business, it is essential to have a clear strategy and create good content to encourage audience engagement. You'll learn both in this class.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £59.00 Senior fee £47.00 Concession £38.00 - Using Apple Mac OS: short introduction Course start date: Wed 15 Jan 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Michael HardingLearn about Apple Mac computers: the desktop, layout and environment, how to open, save and close files, and navigate the operating system.Full fee £59.00 Senior fee £47.00 Concession £38.00 - Explore printmaking Course start date: Wed 15 Jan 2025 (and 4 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Esther HeyhoeCome and get inky with this fun one day workshop exploring printmaking. This course will give you a basic understanding of monoprinting, relief printing and screen printing and is aimed at those who would like to explore different printmaking techniques before going on to other courses.Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £79.00 - LinkedIn: a detailed introduction Course start date: Mon 20 Jan 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Amber Raney-KincadeIn this longer, in-depth course, take a look at the crucial features to get started on building your network with LinkedIn.Full fee £99.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £64.00 - Using hashtags effectively Course start date: Tue 21 Jan 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Amber Raney-KincadeHashtags are used on social media across many platforms, including Instagram, TikTok and Threads. This class is devoted to understanding hashtags and how to use them properly and effectively on social platforms. What is a hashtag, how do you create and track one, and how do you pick the right hashtag for your social media content.Full fee £59.00 Senior fee £47.00 Concession £38.00 - Tai Chi Chuan: mixed levels Course start date: Thu 9 Jan 2025 (and 3 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Carla DraytonDiscover the gentle, graceful movements of Yang-style T'ai Chi in classes. Learn and develop clear, powerful and effective practice designed to give you a good grounding in T'ai Chi and an insight into its wonderful possibilities. Please note that this course is not suitable for complete beginners in T'ai Chi.Full fee £169.00 Senior fee £135.00 Concession £118.00 - English communication skills - improve your confidence and fluency when you speak (entry 3-level 1)Course start date: Wed 22 Jan 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Do you want to speak more easily and communicate in English without translating from your first language? Do you think too much about what to say or write? Would you like your English to be more automatic? This course will help you become more relaxed when you speak and write English so you can be confident you can express yourself in a way people understand and not be worried about making mistakes. You will develop your fluency in both speaking and writing but you will focus more on speaking.
You need to do a pre-course assessment. Contact universal.skills@citylit.ac.uk / 020 8078 0489 for a face-to-face assessment or click the Start Assessment button on this page. Log on with your email address (not name).
This course is FREE if you are employed and on a low wage or you are claiming benefits. For more information Click here
Full fee £99.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £50.00 - Spanish 4/5: artistas de color contemporaneos Course start date: Wed 5 Feb 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Anna Riera MoraEn el campo del arte la tendencia general es poner el foco en los creadores blancos que, a su vez, suelen poner el foco en sujetos de su misma raza. La falta de visibilidad conlleva una falta de representación y la representación es fundamental para crear referentes. (Inés de León, 2020)
Ideal para estudiantes de nivel 4 o 5 o que han estudiado español por 5 años (los participantes deben tener las habilidades necesarias para debatir activamente en clase usando el español).
No es necesario tener conocimientos previos del arte.Full fee £69.00 Senior fee £55.00 Concession £45.00 - Holistic massage: taster workshop Course start date: Tue 11 Feb 2025 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Kean Street Wellbeing Centre
Tutors: Hilary LyonsInterested in massage but don't know where to begin? Why not try this general introduction to massage! Learn about the many benefits of massage, as well as basic massage techniques to use on friends and family.Full fee £59.00 Senior fee £59.00 Concession £59.00 - Indian Head massage: taster workshop Course start date: Wed 19 Feb 2025 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Kean Street Wellbeing Centre
Tutors: Janet WhiteheadDiscover the ancient practice of Indian head massage. You will learn the basics of how to give and receive this highly therapeutic and relaxing form of massage.Full fee £59.00 Senior fee £59.00 Concession £59.00 - Sketching at the museum: Tate BritainCourse start date: Fri 21 Feb 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Off Site
Tutors: Mario Lautier VellaExplore the pleasure and challenge of sketchbooks: learn and improve your drawing skills and ‘ways of seeing’ and understanding by working from some of the iconic artworks at Tate Britain.Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £79.00 - Instagram for business: intermediate Course start date: Wed 26 Feb 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Amber Raney-KincadeThis is a follow on course from 'Instagram for business: introduction' which is designed to expand your skills in using Instagram for business even further.Full fee £59.00 Senior fee £47.00 Concession £38.00 - Becoming confident on Windows 11Course start date: Wed 26 Feb 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Are you new to Windows 11? Do you know how to navigate your way round it and take advantage of its many features. Knowing how to use Windows 11 is essential for your digital skills work. This course will help you get to grips with this new operating system so you can use it efficiently and effectively.. It will open doors to the main elements of the software, as well as some of its less accessible applications and tools.
This course is FREE if you are employed and on a low wage or you are claiming benefits. For more information Click here
Full fee £89.00 Senior fee £71.00 Concession £45.00
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