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- Picture book writing
Course start date: Sat 22 Nov 2025 (and 6 other dates)Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Lou KuenzlerWould you like to write a picture book text for young children? This course is designed for children's writers and for illustrators wishing to write their own stories. Develop both your ideas and your technique.Full fee £129.00 Senior fee £129.00 Concession £65.00 - Write a short story in a weekend Course start date: Sat 8 Nov 2025 (and 4 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Vicky GrutTurn your great idea into a short story on this fun practical course. 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. Please note: this course includes a 1-hour break each day.Full fee £129.00 Senior fee £129.00 Concession £65.00 - Deep tissue massage: a CPD workshop Course start date: Sat 29 Nov 2025 (and 3 other dates)
Location on this date: Kean Street Wellbeing Centre
Tutors: Mark WoollardExpand your skills to apply deep tissue massage techniques with confidence. Learn how to relieve fatigue, muscle tension, and improve flexibility.
This is for therapists who hold a Level 3 qualification in massage.Full fee £249.00 Senior fee £249.00 Concession £249.00 - Narration for podcast and documentary (intensive)Course start date: Sat 29 Nov 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: David SpencerA fun and intensive weekend workshop all about the incredible world of narration. This enormous and lucrative area of the voiceover world includes e-learning, documentaries, audio books, medical/technical narration, explainer videos and more. You’ll learn how to deliver great reads from the inside out. It’s not just about the sound of your voice! This course will be delivered in the media studio.Full fee £179.00 Senior fee £179.00 Concession £125.00 - Writing the family Course start date: Sat 5 Jul 2025 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Nick BarlayA thought-provoking workshop designed to tackle the challenges of writing about family life in creative non-fiction projects, and offer guidance on shaping personal stories into coherent, engaging narratives.Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £40.00 - German beginners: an introduction Course start date: Sat 1 Nov 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Heiner SchenkeThe course aims to enable students to begin to communicate with some fluency in a range of everyday situations. This is the first part of the German beginners: module 1 course to allow you to join any beginners: module 1 courses straight afterwards ( for a discounted fee). The emphasis is on the practical use of German and the development of your speaking and listening skills.Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £149.00 Concession £97.00 - Bookbinding: notebooks and folders Course start date: Sat 8 Nov 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Ina BaumeisterLearn to make single sheet folded books, a simple multi-section sewn book and a folded slipcase. This weekend course is an opportunity to make an exciting range of notebooks and folders and learn some useful bookbinding techniques. Suitable for beginners. - German intensive intermediateCourse start date: Sat 15 Nov 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Heiner SchenkeAn interactive and fun practice and consolidation weekend at B1 Level of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR).Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £119.00 Concession £97.00 - Screen acting: intensiveCourse start date: Sat 22 Nov 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Gary GrantThis is a practical and intensive weekend course. Working in a friendly and supportive atmosphere, you'll explore and develop the key skills required for working on camera.Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £219.00 Concession £153.00 - Spanish festive holiday kitCourse start date: Sat 29 Nov 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Adriana Itriago GavidiaMake the most of your holidays in a Spanish speaking country with this short, intensive course. This Holiday Kit will provide you with all the language you need to communicate in the most common holiday situations & have a friendly chat with the locals! This course is ideal for complete beginners.Full fee £119.00 Senior fee £119.00 Concession £77.00
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