- Getting started in digital skills: becoming confident on your computer and online (complete beginner)Course start date: Tue 14 Apr 2026 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
This course is FREE if you are employed and on a low wage or you are claiming benefits. For more information Click here
Full fee £89.00 Senior fee £71.00 Concession £45.00 - Developing watercolour paintingCourse start date: Mon 12 May 2025 (and 10 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Anne-Marie FosterExplore the specific qualities of watercolour and the opportunities this adaptable medium offers to create dynamic painting compositions. Develop a fluency with brush work and layering of colour to develop compositional possibilities.Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £183.00 Concession £149.00 - Keyboard harmony and performance workshopCourse start date: Mon 20 Apr 2026 (and 3 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Ricardo GosalboA practical workshop integrating keyboard harmony with piano performance skills. Taught in-person on a grand piano, this workshop is aimed at classical pianists with a music theory standard of grade 6+ and good sheet music reading skills. We shall deepen our understanding of musical works by studying the harmonic constructs that underpin them, tackle the technical challenges they present, and explore how harmonic analysis can inform our interpretative choices. NB: Break week 4 & 25 May 2026.Full fee £369.00 Senior fee £295.00 Concession £258.00 - Photography for beginnersCourse start date: Fri 6 Mar 2026 (and 17 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Sara Leigh LewisAlways wondered what half the buttons on your camera actually do? Discover how to use them properly and produce impressive photographs, even as a complete beginner. Gain useful technical knowledge and get expert creative guidance in easy-to-understand language. An ideal first step before enrolling on our intermediate courses.Full fee £389.00 Senior fee £311.00 Concession £253.00 - Introduction to music productionCourse start date: Sat 31 May 2025 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Max La VillaCome and learn the basics of recording and editing so that you can turn your musical ideas into completed songs you can share!Full fee £179.00 Senior fee £179.00 Concession £179.00 - Learning to use your iPhoneCourse start date: Mon 9 Mar 2026 (and 3 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Is your iPhone confusing you? Are you unsure how to make the most of its many features? This short course will help you understand your phone, troubleshoot problems and use some of its most popular features and apps. By the end of the course you will be confident you can use or find out how to use the key features of your phone.
This course is FREE if you are employed and on a low wage or you are claiming benefits. For more information Click here
Full fee £49.00 Senior fee £39.00 Concession £25.00 - Character voices (intensive)Course start date: Sat 21 Mar 2026 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Sarah English, Bryan RomaineCharacter voices aren’t just for cartoons. Learn the tools and techniques you need to create new and unique character voices or to accurately imitate a historical or contemporary voice for animation, stage and screen. This course will be delivered in the media studio.Full fee £179.00 Senior fee £179.00 Concession £125.00 - Public speakingCourse start date: Sun 8 Mar 2026 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Gavin IllsleyThis intensive Sunday afternoon course will help you to learn techniques and develop skills which will boost your confidence for all types of situations when you have to say a few words in public. This course will be delivered in the college.Full fee £159.00 Senior fee £159.00 Concession £159.00 - Learning to use your smartphone (Android)Course start date: Thu 12 Mar 2026 (and 4 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Does your smartphone confuse you? Are you unsure how to make the most of its many features? Understanding and navigating your way round a smartphone is now as important as being able to use a regular computer. This short course will help you understand your Android smartphone, troubleshoot problems and use some of the most popular apps. By the end of the course you will be confident you can use or find out how to use the key features of your phone.
This course is FREE if you are employed and on a low wage or you are claiming benefits. For more information Click here
Full fee £49.00 Senior fee £39.00 Concession £25.00 - Developing photography skillsCourse start date: Sun 15 Mar 2026 (and 13 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Sara EpsteinAlready know the basics of photography but want to take things further? Refresh your knowledge, learn more advanced skills and develop your creative ideas, with an established professional photographer on hand for technical guidance and creative inspiration.Full fee £239.00 Senior fee £191.00 Concession £155.00 - 50 drawings in a dayCourse start date: Sun 29 Mar 2026 (and 8 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Mario Lautier VellaA high energy programme of directed and self-directed drawing projects, with rapid shifts in materials, scale, subject and focus. Strictly no discards - come ready to play, risk, invent and discuss. For those with some drawing experience.Full fee £129.00 Senior fee £129.00 Concession £129.00 - Digital photography printing with Adobe PhotoshopCourse start date: Wed 29 Apr 2026 (and 4 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Dominic HarrisWant to give your portfolio or exhibition prints the professional edge? This hands-on course will guide you in printing top-quality inkjet (or giclee) prints as used by fine art photographers. Get to grips with Adobe Photoshop and our top-of-the-range Epson photo printers, and experiment with different paper types and inks.Full fee £209.00 Senior fee £167.00 Concession £136.00 - Watercolour painting studio: nature and colourCourse start date: Thu 30 Apr 2026 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Sisetta ZapponeCelebrate the glorious colours found in nature by working from observation of natural forms. You will be encouraged to respond to the subject expressively using paint and other colour media to create a number of studies and one or more finished pieces.Full fee £389.00 Senior fee £311.00 Concession £253.00 - Lipreading and managing hearing loss: beginners module 1Course start date: Wed 22 Apr 2026 (and 5 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Nicola HicksThis class is suitable for total beginners who have little or no experience of lipreading or who have completed a lipreading class at any level in the past, but want to go back to basics. You will learn how to recognise some sounds that are visible on the lips and how to use other tactics to support lipreading and how to manage hearing loss.
This course will be taught in spoken English and not in sign language.
See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £239.00 Senior fee £155.00 Concession £120.00 - Lipreading and managing hearing loss: beginners module 3Course start date: Mon 20 Apr 2026 (and 5 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Christine HathwayThis class is suitable for if you have completed beginners modules 1 and 2 or have completed a lipreading class in the past and already have a basic understanding of lipreading theory and fingerspelling. You will develop your lipreading and fingerspelling skills and build your confidence.
This course will be taught in spoken English and not in sign language.
See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £239.00 Senior fee £155.00 Concession £120.00
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