- Use your voice assertivelyCourse start date: Tue 8 Jul 2025 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Ian TaylorDo you want to sound more confident, grounded, self-assured and assertive? Improve your vocal skills through a series of exercises that will support you to become more vocally confident, expressive and dynamic without appearing arrogant.Full fee £179.00 Senior fee £179.00 Concession £125.00 - Film and Philosophy: Thinking through CinemaCourse start date: Fri 26 Sep 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Is The Matrix a science-fiction movie starring Keanu Reeves, or the most influential work of philosophy of the last fifty years? Who is more nihilistic, Humphrey Bogart or Frederic Nietszche? In this course, we will examine the relationship between film and philosophy, engaging with current debates in film theory and in wider society. We will consider whether it is appropriate to label film as a form of philosophy, how film acts as philosophy, and the ways in which our experiences of watching film helps up to think through ideas about the human experience that have received attention amongst centuries of philosophical literature. Is film merely entertainment, or is it our most important form of philosophy?Full fee £179.00 Senior fee £179.00 Concession £116.00 - Acting: sceneworkCourse start date: Thu 2 Oct 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Laura BaggaleyDevelop your acting skills and build confidence on this improvers course. Using both improvisation and text, we will explore various techniques for building distinctive characters, with an emphasis on playful discovery and fun!Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £175.00 Concession £153.00 - Character voices for animation, stage and screenCourse start date: Fri 3 Oct 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: David ThorpeCharacter voices aren’t just for cartoons. Learn the tools and techniques you need to create new and unique character voices or to accurately imitate a historical or contemporary voice for animation, stage and screen. This intensive course will be delivered in the media studio.Full fee £159.00 Senior fee £127.00 Concession £111.00 - Sampling, beat-making and synth programmingCourse start date: Fri 10 Oct 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Max La VillaLearn to create your own more original tracks by recording and manipulating samples, beats and synth sounds to individualise your sound.Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £199.00 Concession £199.00 - Home voice recordingCourse start date: Fri 14 Nov 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Max La VillaAre you working, or aiming to work, in voiceovers, podcasts or recording audio books or talking newspapers? Learn the basics of how to record and edit yourself using your home digital audio equipment.Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £199.00 Concession £199.00 - Japanese beginners: module 2Course start date: Mon 12 Jan 2026 (and 5 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Chikako NakagawaContinue learning to speak Japanese, with the emphasis on developing your listening and speaking skills,
Suitable if you have completed Japanese beginners: module 1 or learn Japanese in a complete beginners course for a term.Full fee £239.00 Senior fee £191.00 Concession £155.00 - Masterpieces of World LiteratureCourse start date: Fri 30 Jan 2026
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Rebecca JonesThis in-college literature course will give you an introduction to texts often considered ‘masterpieces’ of world literature, as we read texts from across centuries, languages and national borders, both within and beyond the English-speaking world. Reading major authors such as Miguel de Cervantes, Chinua Achebe, Isabel Allende and Salman Rushdie, you’ll leave the course with a new appreciation and understanding of the world’s rich literary heritage in all its diversity and complexity.
Full fee £179.00 Senior fee £179.00 Concession £116.00 - Voiceovers: advancedCourse start date: Fri 27 Feb 2026
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: David ThorpeExpanding on the skills mastered in the Improvers course, you will gain deeper experience in microphone and voiceover techniques, working towards a higher professional standard. This more challenging course will provide you with a focused range of audio/voiceover materials.Full fee £159.00 Senior fee £159.00 Concession £111.00 - Knotting and stringing for beads and pearlsCourse start date: Fri 26 Jun 2026
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Beverley SellBy exploring a range of beaded jewellery techniques you will learn how to string precious beads and how to knot between beads and pearls. You will also learn how to attach simple clasps and findings to bracelets, necklaces and earrings.Full fee £209.00 Senior fee £167.00 Concession £136.00
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