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- Yoga for Immune Support
Course start date: Sat 21 Jun 2025 (and 1 other date)Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Biljana CacicThis specially designed sequence of restorative poses aims to strengthen the immune system. It is also beneficial for people who recovered from a virus, as it works on the respiratory, lymphatic and circulatory systems.
Full fee £49.00 Senior fee £49.00 Concession £49.00 - Influence of the Greek language on EnglishCourse start date: Sat 21 Jun 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Maria ContosDid you know that the Oxford companion to the English language states that more than 150,000 words of English are derived from Greek, which is considered to have the richest vocabulary in the world?
Join this lively workshop in the heart of London where you will be introduced to how Ancient Greek influenced the vocabulary of the English language.Full fee £29.00 Senior fee £29.00 Concession £29.00 - Queering characterisation: writing LGBTQIA+ characters Course start date: Sat 21 Jun 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Char HeatherJoin this interactive one-day course which brings together essential elements of characterisation and its relation to plot through the lens of queer writing. You will delve into elements of craft in characterisation while referring back to examples and questions of LGBTQIA+ representation and histories in literature.Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £40.00 - Demystifying PoetryCourse start date: Sat 21 Jun 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Whether you are new to poetry or an experienced reader of verse, this course will enable and enhance your enjoyment by exploring the techniques that poetry uses to affect our response and create meaning. Exploring rhythm and rhyme, voice, mood, imagery, language and allusions, we will focus on a diverse range of poetic examples to examine how this powerful form of literature works to create emotion and connection with the reader.Full fee £69.00 Senior fee £55.00 Concession £45.00 - Study day: The Dada revolution from Duchamp to Hannah HöchCourse start date: Sat 21 Jun 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Rachel SandersThis course will explore the Dada movement, focusing on Duchamp and Höch as key examples, considering such issues as social and political context, theoretical interests, material experimentation, and artistic influences.Full fee £69.00 Senior fee £55.00 Concession £45.00 - Spanish 3: one season, one painting: verano Course start date: Sat 21 Jun 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
En estos talleres dedicados a las cuatro estaciones vamos a activar nuestros sentidos: vista, oido, olfato y gusto. Ven a practicar tu español mientras intercambiamos las sugestiones, impresiones y sentimientos que nos evoca una musica, un color o una pintura.
Ideal for students who have done 3 or 4 years of Spanish, and are looking to practise more talking and listening skills, as well as develop their knowledge of art.Full fee £29.00 Senior fee £29.00 Concession £19.00 - International Monetary Fund (IMF): Friend or Foe?Course start date: Sat 21 Jun 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Tariq HassanAfter more than 75 years since the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the world’s lender of last resort, made its first loan, the effects of its policies in general and lending practices in particular remain contested.Full fee £69.00 Senior fee £69.00 Concession £45.00 - How to write sex scenes in fiction Course start date: Sat 21 Jun 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Liam KonemannLearn how to write compelling and convincing sex scenes in this short course suitable for those writing fiction.Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £40.00 - Life painting weekend: expressionist approaches Course start date: Sat 21 Jun 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Desmond HaughtonExplore and develop a personal expressive response to life drawing and painting using a variety of techniques working from the life model. Explore mark-making, rich colour and dramatic contrast to explore and experiment with expressive and dynamic drawing and painting techniques, in response to examples of Expressionist artists styles and approaches. - VTCT level 3 Award in Crystal therapy Course start date: Sun 22 Jun 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Kean Street Wellbeing Centre
Tutors: Oge OkohCrystals are much more than just pretty stones; they have been used for their healing properties and as protective amulets and talismans in many different cultures around the world for centuries. Learn how to practice crystal therapy to a professional level on this exciting course.Full fee £449.00 Senior fee £449.00 Concession £449.00 - Managing stress and increasing emotional resilience Course start date: Sun 22 Jun 2025
Location on this date: Kean Street Wellbeing Centre
Tutors: Ameena RahmanDevelop your skills and confidence to deal with difficult and challenging situations by understanding stress and building your emotional resilience. - Textiles: embroidery and embellishment Course start date: Sun 22 Jun 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Renata MinoldoAn introduction to the world of embroidery and embellishment. Explore a concept of your choice through experimentation with embroidery and embellishment techniques using hand and machine methods.Full fee £289.00 Senior fee £231.00 Concession £188.00 - Writing villanelles Course start date: Sun 22 Jun 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Suzannah V. EvansDo not go gentle into that good night; write villanelles that rage, rage against the dying light. Learn about the form popularised by Dylan Thomas, in order to manipulate it in new, subversive ways.Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £40.00 - Presenting on the spot: advancedCourse start date: Mon 23 Jun 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Stephanie LunnTo gain greater credibility through improving your communication skills and confidently achieving a public presentation with very little time to prepare. This course will be delivered in the college.Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £149.00 Concession £104.00 - Drawing from plants and flowers Course start date: Mon 23 Jun 2025 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Ro Sylvester, Steve WrightExplore the delicacy and beauty of plants and flowers through the medium of drawing. Respond to their structural qualities and colours, using a range of media and taking inspiration from a rich and varied history of the subject. Suitable for all levels of experience.Full fee £279.00 Senior fee £223.00 Concession £181.00
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