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Whether you want to try something new, revisit a past passion, or take your skills to the next level; we have a huge range of courses for you to explore. Our courses taught by experts and professionals with real world experience. Discover Languages, Art & Design, Drama, Music & Dance, Technology & Business, Writing, British Sign Language and much more!
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- French beginners: module 3Course start date: Mon 24 Apr 2023 (and 14 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Yolande Mallet De ChaunyIn light of the extra bank holiday on the 8th May, all sessions will be 10 minutes longer.
Learn French on this lively interactive course for near beginners.The course will be taught in French, with an emphasis on developing your speaking and listening skills.Full fee £199.00 - Tap dance: improversCourse start date: Tue 25 Apr 2023 (and 5 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Jacqueline PertPractice and improve your basic Tap skills and increase your vocabulary of steps and sequences. Gain a greater understanding of rhythm, tempo and syncopation. Suitable for students of all ages with good general fitness. Tap shoes are essential.Full fee £159.00 - Choir at lunchtime
Course start date: Mon 24 Apr 2023 (and 3 other dates)Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Richard Hartley WilsonCome and spend your lunchtime singing a range of music, in interesting choral arrangements. It's good for the mind, body and spirit. Sing music from across all genres, have fun and leave with a spring in your step. There's no better pick-me-up at lunchtime! Break weeks 1st, 8th and 29th of May 2023.Full fee £129.00 - Picture book writing: advanced Course start date: Wed 19 Apr 2023 (and 7 other dates)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Andrew WealeWould you like to workshop, edit and polish your picture book texts for young children? This course is designed for advanced picture book writers wishing to hone their skills and improve their own stories.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £159.00 - How to read a film: a beginners' guide to cinema
Course start date: Mon 15 May 2023 (and 4 other dates)Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Paul SuttonThis course will develop your critical appreciation of the cinema by teaching you how to read and understand film texts. We will look at the elements that underpin film form – narrative, mise en scène, cinematography, editing and sound – alongside its historical development. We will consider film style by exploring classical, post-classical and art cinema and we will examine influential critical modes of analysis, such as genre, authorship and spectatorship.Full fee £139.00 - Violin and viola 1CCourse start date: Mon 15 May 2023 (and 3 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Learn the basics of playing violin or viola in a friendly environment, using a range of fun music. Suitable for those who have been learning for at least two terms. Break week: 29 May 2023.Full fee £139.00 - Ukulele 2Course start date: Mon 15 May 2023 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Martin WheatleyFor ukulele players who have completed a beginners' course or have played for a while. Refine your technique, get a better understanding of fretboard navigation, and learn to play (and sing) new songs.Full fee £129.00 - Latin 5Course start date: Mon 24 Apr 2023 (and 18 other dates)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Abigail FerstmanIn this advanced course, you will read and translate unadapted texts by Latin authors to deepen your appreciation of their work and your knowledge of Roman culture, history and society.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £189.00 - Fitness PilatesCourse start date: Mon 17 Apr 2023 (and 3 other dates)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Eveltos PagdadesFitness Pilates is a fresh approach to classic Pilates that works with all those 600 muscles in the human body. Try it, get stronger and leaner!
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £139.00 - Arabic reading groupCourse start date: Mon 24 Apr 2023 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Alaa SonjoqDo you enjoy reading Arabic? Do you want to start reading in Arabic and deepen your knowledge of
Arab culture? Come and join us to discuss a range of Arabic short stories.You will need to be able to read the alphabet, words and phrases to be able to join this course.Suitable if you have completed beginners module 3.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £109.00 - A history of global capitalismCourse start date: Mon 15 May 2023 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Dale Mineshima-LoweWant to understand the history of global capitalism. Join Dr Mineshima-Lowe to learn about the historical transitions towards what we know as capitalism today – evolution of capital, the role of the state, labour, competition, race, and innovation-automation.Full fee £139.00 - Folk and pop guitar 1BCourse start date: Mon 15 May 2023
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: David HarrisonCome and learn to play more songs! This second term of study will suit you if you have experience of tuning your guitar efficiently, know note names up to the fourth fret, and can play the essential folk chord shapes.Full fee £129.00
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