Courses in London & Online
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- French 2 upper: focus on listening
Course start date: Sat 15 Feb 2025Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Valerie JézéquelLearn French in the heart of London.This skills-based course is for lower intermediate learners of French and aims to train you on strategies you can apply to listen more effectively to spoken French in a variety of different contexts. You will also look at elements of French pronunciation to give you a better idea of how French is spoken.Full fee £49.00 Senior fee £49.00 Concession £49.00 - Yoga for Immune Support Course start date: Sat 15 Feb 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Biljana CacicThis specially designed sequence of restorative poses aims to strengthen the immune system. It is also beneficial for people who recovered from a virus, as it works on the respiratory, lymphatic and circulatory systems.
.Full fee £49.00 Senior fee £49.00 Concession £49.00 - The Amazon Rubber Boom and Bust Course start date: Sat 22 Feb 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Sandra CarvalhoJoin us on a Saturday of discovery about a transformative period in the history of the Brazilian Amazon.Full fee £49.00 Senior fee £39.00 Concession £32.00 - Religions of the Silk Road: an introduction to ManichaeismCourse start date: Sat 22 Feb 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Edgar Ter-DanielyanManichaeism was a syncretic dualistic religion founded by the prophet Mani in the 3rd century CE, combining elements of Zoroastrianism and Christianity, which emphasised the cosmic struggle between the forces of light and darkness. We will discuss the central doctrines of Manichaeism, its history and its interaction with Christian theology, with particular reference to its spread via the Silk Route.Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £15.00 Concession £12.00 - Spanish 2/3 Grammar through art - ¿Ser o estar? Course start date: Sat 22 Feb 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Anna Riera Mora¿Ser o estar? ¿Cual es la diferencia? Come and practice the different uses of the verbs Ser and Estar through the exploration of major Spanish artwork.Full fee £49.00 Senior fee £49.00 Concession £32.00 - French 3 lower: focus on listening Course start date: Sat 1 Mar 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Valerie JézéquelLearn French in the heart of London.This skills-based course is for intermediate learners of French and aims to train you on strategies you can apply to listen more effectively to spoken French in a variety of different contexts. You will also look at elements of French pronunciation to give you a better idea of how French is spoken.Full fee £49.00 Senior fee £49.00 Concession £49.00 - Garden History: Italian Renaissance Gardens Course start date: Sat 1 Mar 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Explore the historical factors and the conditions which led to the creation of the Italian Renaissance Gardens in the 15th and 16th Centuries. Examine the technical developments and design approach as well as the wider socio economic context. The session will conclude with an assessment of the lasting impact of Italian Renaissance Gardens and our relationship with the natural environment.Full fee £49.00 Senior fee £39.00 Concession £32.00 - US controversies: McCarthyism and the Red Scare Course start date: Sat 1 Mar 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Brian KennedyThe years from 1950 to 1954 are often depicted as a time when there was witch hunt for secret communists in the United States. We will study the events of those years, while also placing them in broader context. - The Great Plague of London 1665 Course start date: Sat 1 Mar 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Vanessa KingThanks to Samuel Pepys and the survival of mortality bills we can chart the progress of plague across the city in 1665 and 1666.Full fee £49.00 Senior fee £39.00 Concession £32.00 - Indian Women and the RajCourse start date: Sat 8 Mar 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: T HussainExplore the representations and reality of Indian women’s lives during the British colonial era. Why does gender history matter and what can it tell us about the history of British colonialism and India? - French 2 lower: focus on present and future tenses Course start date: Sat 15 Mar 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Isabelle FontanCome and consolidate your knowledge of the present and the future tenses on this lively interactive Saturday workshop. Taught in French.Full fee £49.00 Senior fee £49.00 Concession £49.00 - French 1/2: sing to improve your French (folk songs) Course start date: Sat 15 Mar 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Trista SelousThis is a fun workshop open to all and taught by ear, where we learn and sing around four French folk songs, with a focus on comprehension and pronunciation. While all the songs will be in French, the course may be run in English, French or a mixture of the two, to enable everyone to participate as fully as possible.Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £19.00 Concession £19.00 - Kingship & Power Politics in Nigeria 1900-1960 Course start date: Sat 15 Mar 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Sunday Abraham OgunodeKingship and power politics remain significant in Africa’s colonial development discourse. Debates on the role of this age-old political institution in modern governance however remain divided. Despite the many challenges that colonial rule brought on the kingship institution in Nigeria, this course reveals how the kings using power politics confronted these challenges and still stayed relevant in the scheme of things beyond 1960.Full fee £49.00 Senior fee £39.00 Concession £32.00 - Textiles at the V&A: 1650 to the presentCourse start date: Wed 19 Mar 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Off Site
Tutors: Elizabeth EyresThis session takes place in the V&A’s remarkable collection. You will see a wide range of woven, printed, painted and embroidered cloth from around the globe and explore the roles these have played in the world’s material culture from about 1650 to the present.Full fee £39.00 Senior fee £31.00 Concession £25.00 - Chinese: writing for beginners Course start date: Sat 22 Mar 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Ting PoonLearn the basics of Chinese characters. This interactive workshop provides plenty of opportunity to practise yourself, and is suitable for complete beginners.Full fee £49.00 Senior fee £49.00 Concession £49.00
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