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  1. The British Horror film beyond Hammer
    Weekend
    Course start date:  Sat 17 May 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Jon Wisbey
    Night of the Demon (1957), The Wicker Man (1973) and Frightmare (1974) form part of a less familiar, though equally striking, horror tradition than that of Hammer, and often in very different terms. Explore chillers from the 1930s and 40s, the proliferation of horror in 1950s, 60s and 70s along with more recent examples, while assessing a range of critical accounts of British horror beyond Hammer.
    Full fee £69.00 Senior fee £55.00 Concession £45.00
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  2. The Miracle of Prose Poetry: Baudelaire and beyond
    Weekend
    Course start date:  Sat 17 May 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Suzannah V. Evans
    What is prose poetry? What makes prose poetry different from line-broken poetry? Why might poets choose to write in this form? Come and explore the complexities and possibilities of this provocative form in a supportive group context.
    Full fee £29.00 Senior fee £23.00 Concession £19.00
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  3. Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £40.00
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  4. Art and creative thinking with Rod Judkins
    Weekend
    Course start date:  Sun 7 Dec 2025 (and 4 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Rod Judkins
    Art is fundamentally about communicating ideas. If the idea is strong, the work of art is memorable.



    This exciting, one day workshop, led by Rod Judkins (artist, tutor and author of ‘The art of Creative thinking’ and ‘Ideas are your only currency’) will explore methods to create ideas and concepts and combine them with the process of making. You will receive a signed copy of Art and Creative Thinking when you attend this course.
    Full fee £89.00 Senior fee £89.00 Concession £89.00
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  5. Full fee £249.00 Senior fee £199.00 Concession £162.00
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  6. How Walt Disney conquered the World: From Snow White to the Jungle Book
    Course start date:  Mon 19 May 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    The name Disney is synonymous with the story of American animation. In this course, we will learn about the history of the Disney Animation Studio during the lifecycle of its founder, Walt Disney. We will explore the origins of the studio within the context of early American animation, and discuss key films from its ‘classic’ era of production, including Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937), Pinocchio (1940) and Bambi (1942).







    Dr Alexander Sergeant is an award-winning film historian and theorist. His varied research interests include the history of popular culture, particularly within the US, and the intersection between film and philosophy. He is the author of Encountering the Impossible: The Fantastic in Hollywood Fantasy Cinema (2021), and co-editor ofFantasy/Animation: Connections Between Media, Mediums & Genres (2018). He is the co-founder of the popular website Fantasy-Animation.org and co-host of the Fantasy/Animation podcast.
    Full fee £129.00 Senior fee £129.00 Concession £84.00
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  7. Full fee £59.00 Senior fee £47.00 Concession £38.00
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  8. Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £149.00 Concession £75.00
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  9. Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £183.00 Concession £149.00
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  10. Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £149.00 Concession £75.00
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  11. Effective counselling skills for speech and language therapists
    Course start date:  Wed 19 Nov 2025 (and 2 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Louise Hillyer, Anita McKiernan, Amy Stewart
    Designed for SLTs working with any client group, this interactive workshop will help you develop practical counselling skills. Topics include developing the therapeutic relationship, boundaries, ways of responding, paraphrasing, reflecting, questioning, immediacy, self disclosure and loss.
    Full fee £499.00 Senior fee £499.00 Concession £499.00
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  12. Spanish 3/4: colonialismo español y esclavitud en el Caribe: el caso de Cuba
    Evening
    Course start date:  Wed 21 May 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Vanesa Guzman
    Este 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 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 £69.00 Senior fee £69.00 Concession £45.00
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  13. Fairytales Remade
    Evening
    Course start date:  Wed 21 May 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Fiona McCulloch
    This online course introduces a selection of fairy tales from the First Golden Age of Children’s Literature, occurring in the latter half of the 19th century until the early 20th century. We will focus upon L. Frank Baum’s The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900), J.M. Barrie’s Peter Pan (1911), George McDonald’s The Princess and the Goblin (1872), and Charles Kingsley’s The Water-Babies: A Fairy Tale for a Land-Baby (1863).
    Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £199.00 Concession £129.00
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  14. Black Latin America
    Evening
    Course start date:  Wed 21 May 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Anna Grimaldi
    This course introduces and critically examines the concept of a Black or African Latin America through the region’s history, philosophy, activism, politics, diaspora, memory and culture.
    Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £51.00
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  15. The global economy unpacked: the forming of the economies of the Global South
    Evening
    Course start date:  Wed 21 May 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Ingrid Aguiar Schlindwein
    Explore how historical, political, and economic factors have shaped Global South economies. Analyze trade, governance, urbanization, poverty, sustainability, and challenges, fostering a holistic understanding of their development within the global landscape.
    Full fee £69.00 Senior fee £69.00 Concession £45.00
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