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- Generative AI: a short introduction
Course start date: Fri 9 May 2025 (and 7 other dates)Location on this date: Hybrid (choose either online or in-person)
Tutors: Kate ScottThis is a short introduction to Generative AI for non-technical beginners who want to find out what all the fuss is about over ChatGPT, DALL-E and Stable Diffusion.Full fee £129.00 Senior fee £103.00 Concession £84.00 - How to get an agent Course start date: Tue 3 Jun 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Neil ArkseyThis workshop, designed for authors who have finished their manuscript, offers practical advice on finding and approaching a literary agent.Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £40.00 - French 2 upper: focus on listeningCourse start date: Tue 2 Dec 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Valerie JézéquelThis skills-based course is for lower intermediate learners of French and aims to train you on strategies you can apply to listen more effectively to spoken French in a variety of different contexts. You will also look at elements of French pronunciation to give you a better idea of how French is spoken.Full fee £49.00 Senior fee £49.00 Concession £49.00 - Indian Head massage: taster workshop Course start date: Thu 26 Jun 2025 (and 3 other dates)
Location on this date: Kean Street Wellbeing Centre
Tutors: Janet WhiteheadDiscover the ancient practice of Indian Head Massage. You will learn the basics of how to give and receive this highly therapeutic and relaxing form of massage.Full fee £49.00 Senior fee £49.00 Concession £49.00 - French 3 upper: taster Course start date: Tue 1 Jul 2025 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Stephanie RadetCome and discover what an upper intermediate French class feels like.
This course is suitable if you have studied French for 4-5 years recently or have done an A-level some time ago.Full fee £10.00 Senior fee £10.00 Concession £10.00 - French 2 upper: tasterCourse start date: Thu 11 Dec 2025 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Valerie JézéquelCome 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 £19.00 Senior fee £19.00 Concession £19.00 - Art history taster Course start date: Tue 1 Jul 2025 (and 7 other dates)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Sarah JaffrayCurious about art history? Join us for this taster session where we explore different ways into visual art and its histories from the ancient to the contemporary.Full fee £10.00 Senior fee £10.00 Concession £10.00 - Looking at photography: social media and identity Course start date: Fri 5 Dec 2025 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Jad OakesThis course explores how photography is used on social media to share work, build a following, and create and influence an identity.Full fee £89.00 Senior fee £89.00 Concession £89.00 - Return to French (elementary) Course start date: Mon 1 Dec 2025 (and 6 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Valerie JézéquelCome 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.Full fee £119.00 Senior fee £119.00 Concession £77.00 - French 2 lower: tasterCourse start date: Mon 8 Dec 2025 (and 3 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Valerie JézéquelGet a flavour of what an elementary French class feels like. A fascinating taster course!Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £19.00 Concession £19.00 - Spanish 2 lower taster Course start date: Tue 16 Sep 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Roberto GallegoCome and discover what an elementary Spanish class feels like.
This course is suitable if you have studied Spanish for 1-2 years recently.Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £19.00 Concession £19.00 - From mythical heroines to the emperor's subjects: epistolography in the Roman EmpireCourse start date: Tue 2 Dec 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Nikoletta ManiotiFind out more about epistolography (letter writing) as a literary genre in the Roman world.Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £19.00 Concession £12.00 - Write a short story in a week Course start date: Mon 8 Dec 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Jonathan BarnesTurn your great idea into a short story on this fun practical course. Through a series of inspiring exercises, you'll be introduced to some key fiction writing techniques and encouraged to draft a short story from beginning to end. Suitable for beginners who are comfortable learning at a fast pace.Full fee £129.00 Senior fee £129.00 Concession £65.00 - Make a willow basket in two evenings Course start date: Mon 14 Jul 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: John PageMake a small bread or fruit basket over two evening sessions. Suitable for beginners as an introduction to traditional willow basketry techniques, or for those with some experience wanting to refresh their skills.Full fee £129.00 Senior fee £129.00 Concession £129.00 - Spanish 3 upper tasterCourse start date: Tue 9 Dec 2025
Location on this date: Online
Come and discover what an intermediate Spanish class feels like.
This course is suitable if you have studied Spanish for about 4/5 years recently.Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £19.00 Concession £19.00
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