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  1. Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £55.00
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  2. Full fee £59.00 Senior fee £47.00 Concession £38.00
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  6. Astrophysics: an introduction
    Weekend
    Course start date:  Sun 22 Jun 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Radmila Topalovic
    A short introduction to the science of astrophysics which explores the physics of stars, galaxies, planets and black holes, as well as theoretical topics such as solar system formation. The course is taught by Radmila Topalovic, who holds a degree in Physics with Astrophysics and a PhD in Astrochemistry.
    Full fee £69.00 Senior fee £55.00 Concession £45.00
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  7. Shiatsu: taster workshop
    Course start date:  Tue 24 Jun 2025 (and 2 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Kean Street Wellbeing Centre

    Tutors:  Fernando Cabo
    Shiatsu is a Japanese healing art, deeply rooted in the philosophy and practices of traditional Chinese medicine. This therapeutic form of body work involves applying pressure to the body using a practitioner’s thumbs, palms, elbows, knees and feet. Discover the basics of how to give this relaxing and therapeutic pressure point massage.
    Full fee £49.00 Senior fee £49.00 Concession £49.00
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  9. Full fee £10.00 Senior fee £10.00 Concession £10.00
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  10. French 2 upper: taster
    Evening
    Course start date:  Tue 1 Jul 2025 (and 2 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Valerie Jézéquel
    Come and discover what a lower intermediate French class feels like.



    This course is suitable if you have studied French for 2-3 years recently or have done a GCSE some time ago.
    Full fee £10.00 Senior fee £10.00 Concession £10.00
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  12. Full fee £10.00 Senior fee £10.00 Concession £10.00
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  13. Full fee £59.00 Senior fee £47.00 Concession £38.00
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  14. Spanish beginners: taster
    Evening
    Course start date:  Wed 9 Jul 2025 (and 6 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Adriana Itriago Gavidia
    Get a flavour of a new language and its basic sentence structure. Learn some useful phrases and some pronunciation guidelines. A fascinating introduction for complete beginners.
    Full fee £29.00 Senior fee £29.00 Concession £29.00
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  15. Combining voice and Pilates
    Weekend
    Course start date:  Sat 12 Jul 2025 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Kate Montague
    This innovative and one-off workshop shows you how to integrate modified Pilates movements with voice training as a holistic approach to voice, starting at breath release and progressing into phonation and resonance. Through this combination you may begin to find a link between body and voice through the core muscles of support. A fun but intensive Saturday workshop in the college.
    Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £55.00
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