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  1. Japanese beginners: short introduction
    Evening
    Course start date:  Thu 7 Nov 2024 (and 2 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Noriko Inagaki
    Get a short introduction to the Japanese language and discover aspects of Japanese language culture in these communicative classes. Suitable for complete 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 £64.00
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  2. Masters of cinema: Wes Anderson
    Course start date:  Thu 17 Oct 2024

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Graham Rinaldi
    “I have a way of filming things and staging them and designing sets. There were times when I thought I should change my approach but in fact, this is what I like to do. It’s sort of like my handwriting as a movie director.” Explore the signature style and adventurous cinema of Wes Anderson from coming of age films through stop motion animation to comedy dramas.



    This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.
    Full fee £49.00 Senior fee £49.00 Concession £32.00
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  3. Competitive cities in the global political economy
    Course start date:  Thu 17 Oct 2024

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Caglar Ezikoglu
    Examine the dynamic relationships between cities, exploring their local uniqueness and global interconnectedness in the modern economies.



    This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.
    Full fee £119.00 Senior fee £119.00 Concession £119.00
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  4. Return to French (elementary)
    Cafe Le Bon Georges Paris France
    Course start date:  Tue 29 Oct 2024 (and 3 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Daniel Fernandez
    Come and join this lively course to refresh your elementary French. After attending this course you will be able join a level 2 course starting soon.



    This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.
    Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £119.00 Concession £97.00
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  5. Ways into creative writing: intensive
    A woman sits holding a pen and notebook and looking thoughtfully into the distance
    Last Few Places
    Course start date:  Tue 29 Oct 2024 (and 10 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Claire Collison
    Not sure whether creative writing is for you? Give it a try on one of these fun and supportive short courses covering the basics of fiction and poetry. Increase your confidence and produce work through guided exercises and discussion.
    Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £149.00 Concession £75.00
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  6. Return to French (lower intermediate)
    Course start date:  Thu 31 Oct 2024 (and 3 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Stephanie Radet
    Revise and consolidate your speaking and listening skills, as well as your grammar. Suitable if you have completed completed 2-3 years of study in the past.
    Full fee £129.00 Senior fee £103.00 Concession £84.00
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  7. Chinese beginners: short introduction
    Shanghai
    Evening
    Course start date:  Wed 6 Nov 2024 (and 2 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Joyce Lee
    Get a short introduction to the Chinese language and discover aspects of Chinese language culture in these live online communicative classes. Suitable for complete 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 £64.00
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  8. How to write a novel
    Hands typing on a typewriter
    Evening
    Course start date:  Thu 7 Nov 2024 (and 3 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Thomas McMullan
    This 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.



    This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.
    Full fee £89.00 Senior fee £89.00 Concession £45.00
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  9. Generative AI: a short introduction
    Hands working at a laptop. Graphic rendering of icons representing education and AI floating in mid air
    Course start date:  Thu 7 Nov 2024 (and 7 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Vina Theodorakopoulou
    This is a short introduction to Generative AI for non-technical beginners who want to find out what all the fuss is about over ChatGPT, Gemini, and Firefly.
    Full fee £129.00 Senior fee £103.00 Concession £84.00
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  10. Emily Dickinson & Sylvia Plath: bursting all the doors
    Course start date:  Thu 7 Nov 2024

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Stephen Winfield
    Spend four weeks in the company of two of the greatest voices in American Poetry, up close and across the whole range of their outputs - poems, letters, fiction, children’s stories, envelopes, visual art, herbarium – paying attention to the personal and social circumstances that made their work possible and each woman’s bid for creative freedom so exemplary.



    This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.
    Full fee £119.00 Senior fee £95.00 Concession £77.00
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  11. Cities and waste in the global economy
    Evening
    Course start date:  Thu 14 Nov 2024

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Caglar Ezikoglu
    Explore the relationship between urban development and waste management in a global context, examining sustainability challenges and innovative solutions.



    This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.
    Full fee £119.00 Senior fee £119.00 Concession £119.00
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  12. German advanced: Deutsche Weihnachtsstädte
    German advanced: Deutsche Weihnachtsstädte
    Course start date:  Thu 14 Nov 2024

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Annette Kossow
    Explore famous German cities and their Christmas traditions.



    This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.
    Full fee £69.00 Senior fee £55.00 Concession £45.00
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  13. German beginners: module 1
    A beautiful snowy village and mountain in Germany
    Course start date:  Wed 11 Dec 2024 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Anna Rioland
    Make the most of the festive season and get a head start in German for the new year in this intensive course for complete beginners.
    Full fee £129.00 Senior fee £103.00 Concession £84.00
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  14. African resistance against empire
    Evening
    Course start date:  Thu 9 Jan 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    The end of the Second World War marked a watershed in African history, catalysing resistance against colonial rule that had been in place for a century. This module examines the history of such growing anti-colonial resistance from the late 19th century onwards.Tutor: Dr Sunday Oyewole.



    This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.
    Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £51.00
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  15. HTML5 & CSS: introduction (stage 1)
    Hands Printing on Laptop. HTML code overlaid on the image.
    Evening
    Course start date:  Thu 16 Jan 2025 (and 3 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 £249.00 Senior fee £199.00 Concession £162.00
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