New courses

How did we all become so obsessed with snow in December? From Irving Berlin’s song to its use in several films and on stage, we look at the huge impact of this little ditty which has become the defining image of Christmas for many.

A practical introduction to Agile project management methodologies.



This course will be delivered online or in person. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.

This online course will look at the unique style of writers who emerged at the end of the nineteenth century. We’ll explore fin de siècle writers who were grappling with new questions of modernity. Using the exciting backdrop of the 1890s, this course explores the cultural innovations of the period alongside the works of Oscar Wilde and other writers of this period.



This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.

In this introductory course, we will read and discuss Irish poetry from across the twentieth century, examining how poets responded to cultural and political issues, such as Irish Independence, religion, and the Troubles. Poets will include: W.B. Yeats, James Joyce, Seamus Heaney, Eavan Boland, Louis MacNeice, Patrick Kavanagh, Derek Mahon, Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill, and many others.

Are you using your full potential to be innovative at work? Utilizing your creative skills can mean improvements in your products and services, solving problems quicker and making strides in developing your business.

In contrast to American science fiction (SF) cinema of the same period, British SF cinema of the 1950s and 1960s often adopts a low-key and realist approach, with narratives featuring small groups, or communities, under threat from aliens or technological disaster. Explore a range of films and the way in which they constitute a distinctive branch of the genre, and of British cinema more generally.



This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.

Explore the artistic practice of contemporary artist Ellen Gallagher and how the research of history is at the core of the art she creates. This lecture will focus on her drawing practice, emphasising works in the collection of the British Museum and shown recently in London at the Tate, Hayward Gallery and Royal Academy.



This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.

An CPD course opportunity for those who have some level of counselling theory, Level 3 qualification or in Level 4 training or are qualified counsellors to experience and learn about the power of using the creative arts in therapy.

Whether you are a shower singer, an experienced singer or just like listening to songs in French, this course is for anyone who would like to improve their French pronunciation while enjoying beautiful songs from different French speaking countries.

Have you ever wondered how works of art and cultural objects have been collected for public museums and galleries in Britain? Who collected these objects? What functions have public collections played in society? Why ‘collect for the nation’?



This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.