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- Jewellery: understanding rubies, sapphires and emeraldsCourse start date: Sun 9 Jun 2024 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Judith Crowe, Derek JhinnooJoin this fascinating one day course for a valuable insight into the trade of rubies, sapphires and emeralds, different types of these precious stones on the market, and how to assess them. Learn about how the beautiful stones are mined, cut, graded and priced, as well as exploring common simulants. No previous experience necessary.Full fee £99.00 Senior fee £99.00 Concession £99.00 - Making sense of Windows 11Course start date: Wed 12 Jun 2024
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 hereFull fee £89.00 Senior fee £71.00 Concession £45.00 - Instagram for business: advancedCourse start date: Wed 12 Jun 2024 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Amber Raney-KincadeThis is a follow on course from 'Instagram for business: intermediate' and is designed to help you understand the new changes on Instagram and decipher where to post content on the platform.Full fee £49.00 Senior fee £39.00 Concession £32.00 - The Roman legion in the Gospel of MarkCourse start date: Wed 12 Jun 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Jordan DyckAll of the canonical Gospels frequently mention the Roman military; it is key to the story. Yet, in Mark’s Gospel, specific references to the Roman legion come to the fore, and perhaps to one legion in particular: Legio X Fretensis. Its symbols are coded into the story of the demon ‘Legion,’ which is placed immediately before the feeding of a ‘legion’ of 5000 men. Legionaries are involved in the torture and crucifixion of Christ, and then a statement by the centurion at the foot of the cross is at the very apex of the narrative, fulfilling the purpose set out at the start: declaring Jesus to be the son of a god – like Caesar himself. Questions over the potentially threatening nature of Jesus’ messiahship are also pervasive throughout, tying his relationship to the military to one of the core themes of the book. Probably written immediately following Vespasian’s war in Judea, which was led by none other than Legio X Fretensis, we must wonder: what is the function of the Roman legion in relation to the narrative and purpose of the Gospel of St. Mark?Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £19.00 Concession £12.00 - Feldenkrais: freeing your ribsCourse start date: Sat 15 Jun 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Charlotte SeirbergLearn how to reduce tension in your neck, upper back and chest. Re-educate the nervous system through gentle movement sequences, and improve your comfort, breathing, flexibility and posture in work, performance or everyday life.Full fee £89.00 Senior fee £89.00 Concession £89.00 - Spanish 4/5: Ibiza: la cara oculta de la Isla MágicaCourse start date: Sat 15 Jun 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Vanesa GuzmanRedescubre la isla de Ibiza en este curso que te hará conocer su lado más oculto, fuera de su imagen de isla de fiesta y de la Jet set. En este curso que te prepara para el verano, aprenderás más sobre los aspectos culturales menos conocidos de una de las islas más famosas del mundo; y tal vez te ayudará a mirarla con ojos nuevos.
Este curso es para estudiantes con nivel avanzado de español (si has estudiado español al menos durante 5 años).
This course will be delivered online in Spanish. It is open to students with an advanced level of Spanish and native speakers. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in the course details for more information.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £29.00 Senior fee £29.00 Concession £19.00 - French 3/4: improve your pronunciationCourse start date: Sat 15 Jun 2024
Location on this date: Kean Street Wellbeing Centre
Tutors: Pierre PorcheronHaving difficulties pronouncing your French ‘r’s and ‘u’s? Practise some difficult sounds on this lively course and impress your French friends! - Masters of style: reading and writing Virginia WoolfCourse start date: Sat 15 Jun 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Thomas McMullan, Patricia SweeneyVirginia Woolf was one of the twentieth century’s greatest writers. Her approaches to writing character interiority were at the forefront of modernist literary innovations. This day workshop explores the literary interpretations of several seminal texts and writing exercises that encourage you to experiment with Woolf’s stream-of-consciousness style.Full fee £59.00 Senior fee £59.00 Concession £30.00 - Japanese: writing for beginners part 2Course start date: Sat 18 May 2024 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Chikako NakagawaFurther develop your knowledge of the Japanese writing system, Kanji. Suitable if you have completed Japanese writing for beginners: part 1.Full fee £59.00 Senior fee £59.00 Concession £38.00 - London's East End in fact and fictionCourse start date: Sat 15 Jun 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Sarah WiseCovering the early 19th century to the early 20th century, we will examine the history of the East End, and we will analyse how it was portrayed in works of fiction. - Drawing and mindfulness: the art of seeingCourse start date: Sun 16 Jun 2024 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Clare Barton-HarveyExplore the enriching relationship of drawing and mindfulness and how this can support new ways of seeing to stimulate new directions in your drawing. Suitable for those with experience in mindfulness and/or drawing who wish to re-fresh their practice or stimulate new approaches, as well as enthusiastic beginners.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £99.00 Senior fee £99.00 Concession £99.00 - Queer Storytelling: writing as a radical actCourse start date: Sun 16 Jun 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Megan BeechThis one day short course will explore the writing of two contemporary queer writers, both of whom use innovative form to tell unique stories of lesbian and trans experience. We'll look at the exhilarating, T.S Eliot Prize winning, C+nto and Othered Poems (2021) by Joelle Taylor and Variations (2022).Full fee £59.00 Senior fee £47.00 Concession £38.00 - Staying safe online with your Apple MacCourse start date: Mon 17 Jun 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Michael HardingCybersecurity doesn’t have to be complicated. Find out how to protect yourself, your Apple Mac and your most sensitive data in this short course.Full fee £49.00 Senior fee £39.00 Concession £32.00 - The creative industriesCourse start date: Tue 18 Jun 2024 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Andrew McCartenCreativity is one of the areas in which the UK retains a leading position, globally, and much is made of the importance of the ‘creative economy’, and its value to the country. But what exactly are the co-called ‘creative industries’ we hear so much about? What is the value of ‘creativity’ and ‘innovation’ to the national and global economy, and does this extend beyond the overtly ‘creative’ pursuits of art, design and entertainment? How is so-called ‘creative thinking’ central to business, industries and services? In many countries around the world, the benefits of approaches to learning that are central pillars of ‘creative education’ are increasingly recognised in terms of their value in developing fully-rounded learners, and citizens. This workshop examines these questions, and considers the value of creative education in the context of a series of disciplines predicated on thinking related to solving problems, and its relevance for all aspects of contemporary life.
For this workshop, you will need to have access to A3 or A4 plain paper, and a range of coloured marker pens, as well as a notebook. Basic materials will be provided, but you are also welcome to bring and use your own.Full fee £69.00 Senior fee £69.00 Concession £69.00 - We are Stardust: an introductory lecture on stars and our connection to their lives by Professor Raman PrinjaCourse start date: Wed 19 Jun 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Where do we come from? There can be no more profound question for science to ask and at the dawn of the 21st century we have made much progress in answering this.Using striking images, Prof. Raman Prinja will describe our profound connection to the life-cycle of stars, including the building and dispersal of life-giving chemical elements.
Join City Lit guest speaker Professor Raman Prinja to learn more.
Raman Prinja is Professor of Astrophysics and Head of the Physics and Astronomy Department at University College London. His main research interests are in the studies of the evolution and properties of the most massive stars in our Galaxy. Beyond research and teaching, Prof. Prinja is keen to promote astronomy to wider audiences, and has written more than 20 successful outreach-level books, including the award winning titles 'Science Crazy', 'Night Sky Watcher' and 'Planetarium'. His latest books for 9+ ages are 'The Future of the Universe' and 'Wonders of the Night Sky'. Professor Prinja has been awarded the Pol and Christiane Swings research prize by the Belgian Royal Academy; the UCL Education Award; American Institute of Physics Science Education Award (2019); Royal Society Young People's Book Prize (2019). In Sept. 2021 Prof Raman Prinja was a recipient of the UCL Leadership Award and the Institute of Physics 2021 Lise Meitner Medal and Prize.Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £19.00 Concession £12.00
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