- Creative writing: getting started
Course start date: Sun 11 Jan 2026 (and 6 other dates)Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Josh LaceyGive creative writing a try on this fun and supportive short course. Ideal if you want to express yourself but need help in getting started. Guided exercises will encourage you to experiment and unlock your imagination.Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £40.00 - Radio and podcast presenting: improvers (online)Course start date: Mon 12 Jan 2026
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Allis MossExtend and develop your skills for a range of podcasts and radio broadcasts, presenting and putting a live news, current affairs, features and music programme to air, creating the content yourselves. The course is the second of three that allows students to progress from complete beginner to an advanced level with the aim of being able to present and pitch programme ideas professionally. You'll need to have taken the beginners’ course or have previous industry experience. This course will be online and supported by a media technician.
Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £199.00 Concession £139.00 - Japanese 2 upper: module 2Course start date: Mon 19 Jan 2026 (and 3 other dates)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Chikako NakagawaOn this course you will learn to communicate more fully and fluently in a wider range of everyday situations and conversations.Suitable if you have completed 2 upper: module 1 or have studied for at least 2 years.Full fee £239.00 Senior fee £239.00 Concession £155.00 - Exploring classical music 2Course start date: Thu 23 Apr 2026 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Edward BreenDo you want to know more about classical music history? Explore selected topics and key works in Baroque, Classical and early Romantic music on this highly informative 10-week course. Ideal for people with no specialist knowledge. Break week: 16-22 Feb 2026
Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £219.00 Concession £153.00 - Philosophy reading group: Slavoj Zizek's The Sublime Object of IdeologyCourse start date: Mon 12 Jan 2026
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Christopher HornerŽižek’s The Sublime Object of Ideology is a cornerstone of contemporary critical theory. It combines Marxist critique, Lacanian psychoanalysis, and Hegelian dialectics to explore the ways ideology shapes our perception of reality and influences human behaviour.Full fee £259.00 Senior fee £259.00 Concession £168.00 - Piano/keyboards 1C Course start date: Thu 23 Apr 2026 (and 7 other dates)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Cheslav SinghThis is the third course in our series of classes for beginner pianists. If you have completed Piano/keyboards 1B or have basic keyboard and music reading skills, this course will help you build on your knowledge and pianistic ability and musicianship
Full fee £249.00 Senior fee £249.00 Concession £174.00 - Piano/keyboards 3ACourse start date: Mon 12 Jan 2026 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Simon AtkinsThis fourth year of our piano programme begins with repertoire of a grade 2 standard. Improve your hand co-ordination, musical phrasing, reading and technique, and improve your confidence.
Full fee £239.00 Senior fee £191.00 Concession £167.00 - Easy Salsa Flex and Tone Course start date: Mon 12 Jan 2026 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Eveltos PagdadesA fun low impact cardiovascular based workout including balance, strength and stretch sections. This course is aimed at older adults, beginners and all levels.
Full fee £179.00 Senior fee £143.00 Concession £125.00 - Writing fiction Course start date: Mon 12 Jan 2026 (and 5 other dates)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Farhana KhaliqueDevelop your creative writing skills on this practical intermediate course. You'll explore the fundamentals of fiction-writing craft, such as character and structure, and unlock your imagination to produce compelling prose. Suitable for those with some creative writing experience.Full fee £259.00 Senior fee £259.00 Concession £130.00 - Music theory: grade 3Course start date: Mon 12 Jan 2026 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Selena KayDevelop your understanding of musical language by learning to read and write rhythm and melody in compound time, phrase structure and anacrusis (upbeat/pickup), transposing between clefs, major and minor keys up to four sharps/flats. Break week: 16-22 Feb 2026
Full fee £249.00 Senior fee £199.00 Concession £174.00 - Meditation De-mystified and Made Easy Course start date: Mon 12 Jan 2026 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Sally PageLearn all about meditation and learn how to make it easy, simple and enjoyable. 10 sessions will take you through the basic theory and a step by step meditation practice which we build as the course progresses. Includes mantra, breath and visualisation meditation techniques.Full fee £179.00 Senior fee £143.00 Concession £125.00 - Lipreading and managing hearing loss: beginners module 2 Course start date: Tue 13 Jan 2026 (and 4 other dates)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Nicola HicksThis class is suitable for if you have completed module 1 or have completed the one term introduction to lipreading class or have attended a lipreading class at any level in the past, but want to go back to basics. You will develop your lipreading and fingerspelling skills and build your confidence.
This course will be taught in spoken English and not in sign language.
See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £169.00 Senior fee £110.00 Concession £85.00 - Music theory: grades 1 and 2Course start date: Mon 12 Jan 2026 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Simon RigbyLearn the basic principles of musical language and notation: rhythmic values, time signatures, pitch on treble and bass clefs, simple major scales, intervals and key signatures, and the most common musical terms and signs. Break Week: 30th Oct 2025
Full fee £269.00 Senior fee £215.00 Concession £188.00 - Hindi beginners tasterCourse start date: Mon 12 Jan 2026
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Roopam AggarwalCome and discover Hindi in this lively taster.Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £19.00 Concession £19.00 - Piano/keyboards 3BCourse start date: Mon 20 Apr 2026 (and 4 other dates)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Jonathan WilsonThis fourth year of our piano programme begins with repertoire of a grade 2 standard. Improve your hand co-ordination, musical phrasing, reading and technique, and improve your confidence.
Full fee £239.00 Senior fee £191.00 Concession £167.00
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