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We offer online courses and in-person courses. Our interactive online courses are taught live and in small groups. Read our guide to online learning for more information. In-person courses are delivered at our modern college campus in London near Covent Garden.
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- Masters of cinema: Wes AndersonCourse 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 - Competitive cities in the global political economyCourse start date: Thu 17 Oct 2024
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Caglar EzikogluExamine 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 - Cities and waste in the global economyCourse start date: Thu 14 Nov 2024
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Caglar EzikogluExplore 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 - Nationalism in the 20th centuryCourse start date: Thu 16 Jan 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Caglar EzikogluExplore the rise, impact, and complexities of nationalism in the 20th century, analysing key events, movements, and ideologies that shaped modern history.
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 £77.00 - Wild Women: travel writing by women walkers, cyclists and horse ridersCourse start date: Thu 30 Jan 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Woody RiverAdventurous, brave, inspirational and tough! But you don’t have to be! Travel with these four amazing women on their immensely challenging journeys through wild terrains. See the landscapes through their careful descriptions, experience the cultures through their close observations, and meet the people through their intense curiosity, but also glimpse their strength – mental and physical – which made these writings possible.
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 £77.00 - Partition in Palestine
Course start date: Thu 30 Jan 2025Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Martin JorgensenPalestine has a long history. Join us in this short course to explore the most recent Palestinian history from the late Ottoman era through the British Mandate era and Al-Nakba to our own moment.Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £51.00 - Nationalism in the 21st centuryCourse start date: Thu 20 Feb 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Caglar EzikogluExamine the rise and impact of nationalism in the 21st century, analysing key events, movements, and ideologies shaping today's global landscape.
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 £77.00 - Nationalism and indigeneityCourse start date: Thu 20 Mar 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Caglar EzikogluExplore the intersection of nationalism and indigeneity, examining how indigenous identities and movements shape and are shaped by national narratives and policies.
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 £77.00 - Ealing Studios: projecting Britain and the British characterCourse start date: Thu 1 May 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Graham Rinaldi“We made films at Ealing that were good, bad and indifferent, but they were indisputably British. They were rooted in the soil of the country.” Under the stewardship of Michael Balcon, Ealing Studios created a national cinema through drama, documentary and comedy producing a body of work portraying realistic British life.
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 £58.00 - 'The future is now', an introduction to video art Course start date: Thu 5 Jun 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Irina ChkhaidzeExplore the early history of video art, its rise as a medium and its significance as a contemporary art practice. We focus on the influential video works from the 1960s-1980s.
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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