- Japanese beginners: short introductionCourse start date: Mon 21 Jul 2025 (and 3 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Noriko InagakiLearn Japanese with an emphasis on practical use and the development of your listening and speaking skills. You can also learn to read and write Japanese characters. Based on the tutor's own materials.Full fee £99.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £64.00 - Sing musical theatre workshop
Course start date: Tue 22 Jul 2025 (and 4 other dates)Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Katherine StrohmaierThis popular course explores musical theatre singing. Grow your knowledge of the repertoire. Suitable for singers and actors wanting to improve their singing and 'acting through song' technique. Be guided through the basics to find the right singing qualities for this repertoire.Full fee £99.00 Senior fee £99.00 Concession £69.00 - How to write a novel Course start date: Mon 28 Jul 2025 (and 4 other dates)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Thomas McMullanThis course deals with all aspects of novel writing technique and prose style. Ideal for fiction writers about to begin a novel or those with a novel at early draft stage.Full fee £89.00 Senior fee £89.00 Concession £45.00 - Chinese 4/5: revisionCourse start date: Wed 30 Jul 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Ting PoonTake your Mandarin proficiency to new heights with level 4 revision course tailored for students with at least 5 years of Chinese language experience. Fine-tune your skills in grammar, comprehension and vocabulary with this short lively course in central London.Full fee £69.00 Senior fee £69.00 Concession £45.00 - Return to French (elementary) Course start date: Tue 8 Jul 2025 (and 9 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Yolande Mallet De ChaunyCome 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.Full fee £99.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £64.00 - Looking at photography: commercial practice Course start date: Wed 24 Sep 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Ed GregoryLooking to work professionally as a photographer? Pick up key skills you will need on this practical course from camera systems, lighting solutions, paperwork and software workflow.Full fee £89.00 Senior fee £89.00 Concession £89.00 - Introduction to Herbal MedicineCourse start date: Wed 1 Oct 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Ellie HollyHerbal medicine has lot to offer when it comes to improving mood, reducing anxiety, improving cognitive function and increasing energy levels. Herbal medicine is the use of whole plant extracts to treat illness and to prevent disease. When used correctly, herbal medicines offer a safe and effective way to improve mental health. Many herbs can be used safely alongside orthodox medicines. This course is all about giving you the knowledge you need to feel confident buying and trying herbal medicines to support your own health.Full fee £69.00 Senior fee £69.00 Concession £69.00 - Spanish 3/4: colonialismo español y esclavitud en el Caribe: el caso de CubaCourse start date: Wed 8 Oct 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Vanesa GuzmanEste fascinante curso explora la historia de la esclavitud y el colonialismo en la Península Ibérica, el Caribe y particularment Cuba, entre el siglo XV y el siglo XX.
Este curso es para estudiantes con nivel intermedio y avanzado de español (si has estudiado español al menos durante 4 o 5 años).
This course will be delivered online in Spanish. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in the course details for more information.Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £51.00 - Farms to finance: an introduction to political economyCourse start date: Wed 22 Oct 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Ingrid Aguiar SchlindweinHuman economies have many foundations, from agriculture to banking. Some are unstable, yet we often feel powerless to change them - even when they threaten our survival. Are there alternatives? Join us online to learn more.
Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £63.00 Concession £51.00 - Philosophy reading group: Descartes's Meditations Course start date: Wed 29 Oct 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Karl WhiteDescartes’ Meditations is arguably the foundational text of modern Western philosophy influencing not only the what of philosophy, but the how and the why. Reading it together, we’ll discover the stone that created ripples still affecting our thinking today.
Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £51.00 - Arabic beginners: short introduction Course start date: Tue 8 Jul 2025 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Taïssir K MahmoudGet a short introduction to the Arabic language and discover aspects of Arabic language culture in these live online communicative classes. Suitable for complete beginners.
.Full fee £99.00 Senior fee £99.00 Concession £64.00 - Peacebuilding and Post-Conflict SocietiesCourse start date: Wed 5 Nov 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Maisa EdwardsThis four-week course explores peacebuilding in post-conflict societies, examining key concepts, case studies, and practical tools to understand how diverse actors rebuild and sustain peace after violent conflict.
Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £51.00 - Silent segregation in the city: race and class in Colombia and Mexico Course start date: Wed 26 Nov 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Pilar Villanueva MartinezDiscover race, class, and gender dynamics in Mexican and Colombian cities through their history and activisms. Understand the right to the city and its connection to power dynamics.Full fee £69.00 Senior fee £69.00 Concession £45.00 - Painted worlds: Renaissance landscapes north and south Course start date: Wed 26 Nov 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Carlo CorsatoExplore how Renaissance artists transformed landscape from simple backdrop to powerful storytelling element. Over three weeks, we'll journey through portraiture, religious imagery, and narrative art to discover how these natural settings evolved to shape meaning across Northern and Southern European traditions.
Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £51.00 - The Portuguese Empire; establishment, world-making, demise and legaciesCourse start date: Wed 11 Feb 2026
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Ingrid Aguiar SchlindweinA journey through the rise and fall of the Portuguese Empire. Uncover pioneering navigation, understand colonial societies in Brazil, Africa, and Asia through their economies, culture, independence struggles, and legacies.Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £51.00
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