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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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- Histories and memories of empireCourse start date: Wed 31 May 2023
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Martin JorgensenWe live in a world that still defined by different forms of imperial subjugation, but the former colonies and metropoles remember the colonial and imperial past very differently. Join us for an introduction to how the different communities and populations around the world remember and live with their imperial pasts.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £89.00 Senior fee £89.00 Concession £45.00 - Contemporary dance: intermediateCourse start date: Wed 26 Apr 2023 (and 3 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Orley QuickPush your physicality, stamina and strength through technical exercises, dynamic travelling and fluid phrases. Be challenged mentally and physically, take risks and work with full body awareness. This class is appropriate for people who have lots of experience in Contemporary dance and are confident with floor work.Full fee £89.00 - Self defence and personal safety for womenCourse start date: Wed 31 May 2023 (and 7 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Carla DraytonExplore physical and non-physical techniques for self defence, developing your assertiveness, body language and more. Women of any age or fitness level are welcome to come and enhance their confidence.Full fee £79.00 - Reading Images: Exploring Film studiesCourse start date: Wed 31 May 2023 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Cristina MassaccesiThis comprehensive introductory course provides an overview of the main historical, technical and theoretical aspects of filmmaking and film analysis. In its exploration of aspects of film theory as it relates to film aesthetics and film history, the course develops certain ideas with rigour and depth.Full fee £99.00 - Contemporary dance: general levelCourse start date: Wed 26 Apr 2023 (and 3 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Orley QuickDevelop your physicality while further enhancing your understanding of contemporary dance, through technical exercises, dynamic travelling and fluid phrases. This class is appropriate for people who are ready to move on from the beginners course or who have previous dance experience.Full fee £89.00 - The Iliad reading group (in translation)Course start date: Wed 7 Jun 2023 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Justin MurrayCome and explore Homer's great epic tale in translation.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £99.00 - Erdogan’s TurkeyCourse start date: Wed 14 Jun 2023
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Angelos SeposFollowing the Feb 2023 earthquakes, Turkey’s worst humanitarian disaster, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is facing the greatest test of his 20 year-old rule. Will he survive it?
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £89.00 - French 5: Marcel Pagnol: une vie, une oeuvreCourse start date: Wed 14 Jun 2023
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Pierre PorcheronQuand vous lisez ses romans ou pièces de théatre, c'est le sud de la France qui envahit votre maison! Fermez les yeux et vous serez assailli par les senteurs de la garrigue, par le cricri des cigales et par l'accent chantant de ses personnages.
Marcel Pagnol, écrivain, dramaturge, cinéaste et producteur français, devient célèbre avec Marius, pièce représentée au théâtre en mars 1929. Il fonde sa propre société de production et studio de cinéma, et réalise de nombreux films avec les grands acteurs de la période. Élu à l'Académie française en 1946, il s'éloigne du cinéma et du théâtre après 1956, et entreprend, entre autres œuvres, la rédaction de ses souvenirs d'enfance.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £89.00 - French 3 upper: actualité et discussionCourse start date: Wed 14 Jun 2023 (and 3 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Further improve your upper intermediate French on this lively and interactive course. The course will combine some structural language work with discussions on French speaking political and cultural news. Please note that this course will take place over 3 weeks.Full fee £99.00 - Italian 4/5: cultura e attualitàCourse start date: Thu 27 Apr 2023 (and 3 other dates)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Roberto MinardiAttraverso attività basate su articoli, servizi di programmi, interviste ecc., questa classe ti offre la possibilità di dibattere e approfondire argomenti riguardanti l’attualità italiana e la cultura del Paese in generale. Praticherai e perfezionerai diversi punti grammaticali e accrescerai il tuo vocabolario. Adatto a chi frequenta un corso al livello 4 o 5 oppure a chi ha una conoscenza equivalente della lingua.
Please note that this course takes place every other week.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £119.00 - Ways into creative writing: an introduction
Course start date: Wed 17 May 2023 (and 3 other dates)Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Tasha KavanaghNot sure whether creative writing is for you? Give it a try on one of these fun and supportive short courses covering the basics of fiction and poetry. Increase your confidence and produce work through guided exercises and discussion.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £129.00 - Singing for absolute beginnersCourse start date: Wed 12 Jul 2023 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Heather LongmanStart your journey as a singer this summer with this short, enjoyable course. Take your first important steps towards a healthy vocal technique and confidence in your singing.Full fee £79.00 - The Odyssey reading group (in translation)
Course start date: Wed 31 Jan 2024 (and 1 other date)Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Justin MurrayHomer’s epic tale of Odysseus’ journey home after the Trojan War may now be over 2,500 years old but it still has much to tell us about the Ancient Greek world that is still relevant today. Explore this great work in translation.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £119.00 - Ways into creative writing: intensiveCourse start date: Wed 20 Sep 2023 (and 11 other dates)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Sarah LeipcigerNot sure whether creative writing is for you? Give it a try on one of these fun and supportive short courses covering the basics of fiction and poetry. Increase your confidence and produce work through guided exercises and discussion.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £139.00 - Hitchcock's British filmsCourse start date: Wed 20 Sep 2023
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Jon WisbeyAlfred Hitchcock established his reputation early on in his British career, particularly with a series of thrillers that showcased his distinctive style. This course explores his British films and the factors that helped to shape his filmmaking and, subsequently, his reputation as a major film artist, while also considering his position in, and relationship to British cinema of the 1920s and 1930s.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £99.00 Senior fee £99.00 Concession £64.00
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