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  1. Beginners BSL
    Evening
    Course start date:  Thu 20 Apr 2023 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street (other locations are available)

    Tutors:  Carolina Delgado Espejo
    Are you interested in learning BSL? Join us to learn some basic vocabulary and grammar and decide if you want to progress to the level 1 qualification.
    Full fee £99.00 Senior fee £99.00 Concession £69.00
  2. Watercolour painting: mixed media techniques
    Last Few Places, Weekend
    Course start date:  Sat 22 Apr 2023 (and 2 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Jack Duplock
    Watercolour has a rich tradition - this course will explore the more experimental ways of using this pleasurable medium and will present new possibilities for producing exciting new work with mixed media. Make inventive combinations of media to draw from your own found imagery, photographs and sketches.
    Full fee £169.00 Senior fee £135.00 Concession £110.00
  3. Life drawing after work
    Life drawing after work
    Last Few Places, Evening
    Course start date:  Wed 15 Mar 2023 (and 3 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Joe Richardson
    A fun, relaxed and shorter life drawing class better suited for people coming straight from work. You will be able to work from a variety of models, in a range of materials and with a variety of poses.
    Full fee £119.00 Senior fee £119.00 Concession £119.00
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  4. Excel: advanced
    Evening
    Course start date:  Wed 8 Mar 2023 (and 5 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Hybrid (choose either online or in-person)

    Tutors:  Aurica Jalba
    Learn advanced features of Excel: linking, advanced sorting, filtering, advanced formulae, scenarios, data validation and audit spreadsheet, pivot tables and macros to create and work with complex spreadsheets.



    This course will be delivered online or in person. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.
    Full fee £189.00 Senior fee £151.00 Concession £123.00
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  5. Podcasting: introduction
    Course start date:  Thu 2 Feb 2023 (and 6 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street (other locations are available)

    Tutors:  Amber Raney-Kincade
    Do you want to create your own podcast? This is your chance to develop your ideas into a fully-fledged podcast which you will produce in this course.
    Full fee £129.00 Senior fee £103.00 Concession £84.00
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  6. HTML5 & CSS: introduction (stage 1)
    Course start date:  Thu 2 Mar 2023 (and 2 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Hybrid (choose either online or in-person)

    Tutors:  George Stickney
    HTML is the foundation language of web sites and web based apps. It's easy to learn and can help you to begin a career in tech, update web sites and content management systems, have a better understanding of UX/UI, gain skills for SEO and digital marketing, collaborate more effectively with developers and much more!



    This course will be delivered online or in person. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.
    Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £175.00 Concession £142.00
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  7. Drawing: a contemporary approach
    Evening
    Course start date:  Thu 27 Apr 2023 (and 2 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Chris Hough
    Take your drawing into exciting new directions – build on your existing skills and discover new ways of working. For intermediate students with some drawing experience who would like to explore experimental drawing techniques and develop their own ideas in drawing. A chance to extend your own drawing projects guided by our expert tutor and practising artist, with reference to the work of artists using drawing in the wider art world today.
    Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £159.00 Concession £129.00
  8. European ceramics in the Victoria and Albert Museum: an introduction
    Course start date:  Thu 27 Apr 2023

    Location on this date:  Off Site

    Tutors:  Andreas Petzold
    The Victoria and Albert Museum has the finest and most comprehensive collection of ceramics in the world. The course will provide an introduction to the European collections discussing them from a variety of standpoints, including technique, style, imagery, function, types and designers.
    Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £63.00 Concession £51.00
  9. Public speaking: intensive
    Evening
    Course start date:  Wed 22 Feb 2023 (and 3 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Online (other locations are available)

    Tutors:  Allis Moss
    Whatever your reasons for speaking publicly, allay your fears in this intensive online course by learning techniques for formal and impromptu speeches, introductions, discussion leading and public questioning, and boost your general confidence at the same time.



    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 £139.00
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  10. Bookbinding: simple leather binding
    Bookbinding: simple leather binding
    Course start date:  Thu 27 Apr 2023

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Ina Baumeister
    Discover how leather, combined with simple sewing and cutting techniques can create a wonderfully flexible and stylish bindings. Create books with folded and crossed structure covers, and include some decorative elements to personalise your work.
    Full fee £249.00 Senior fee £199.00 Concession £162.00
  11. Japanese beginners: an introduction
    Evening
    Course start date:  Tue 2 May 2023 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street (other locations are available)

    Tutors:  Noriko Inagaki
    Learn Japanese with an emphasis on practical use and the development of your listening and speaking skills on this intensive course. You can also learn to read and write Japanese characters.



    Please note the dates: 2nd, 4th, 9th & 11th May.
    Full fee £99.00 Senior fee £99.00 Concession £99.00
  12. Magazine and editorial layout design
    Magazine and editorial layout design
    Course start date:  Thu 4 May 2023

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Gillian Fielden
    On this course you will explore grids, layouts and the relationship between text and image in the context of magazine design. You will be examine current magazine layouts, trends and various ways of generating visual ideas and design work.
    Full fee £169.00 Senior fee £135.00 Concession £110.00
  13. French 1: revisit your elementary French
    Evening
    Course start date:  Wed 10 May 2023 (and 2 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Online (other locations are available)

    Tutors:  Yolande Mallet De Chauny
    Come and join this lively interactive course to refresh your elementary French. After attending this course you will be able join a level 2 course in September.



    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 £90.00
  14. Adobe Illustrator for jewellery design
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    Evening
    Course start date:  Thu 11 May 2023

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Emilia Netto
    This course is designed to introduce Adobe Illustrator as a tool for jewellery design and making. It will take you through the basic tools, and how they can be used to develop your designs and produce accurate universal drawings for presentation and manufacture.
    Full fee £179.00 Senior fee £143.00 Concession £116.00
  15. Painting: colour mixing for skin tones
    Course start date:  Thu 11 May 2023

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Amanda Bracken
    This course will teach you the skills you need to paint naturalistic skin tones when working from life which will make your figure and portrait paintings more convincing.
    Full fee £169.00 Senior fee £135.00 Concession £110.00

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