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We offer online courses and in-person courses. Our interactive online courses are taught live and in small groups. Read our guide to online learning for more information. In-person courses are delivered at our modern college campus in London near Covent Garden.
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- Arts of the empire-builders: Timurids, Safavids and Mughals
Course start date: Thu 16 Jan 2025Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Anita ChowdryPatronage under the Timurids, Safavids and Mughals marked a definitive period in the development of the arts and culture of the Islamic world. This course looks at the visual ‘brands’ that characterised these important empires. - Eastern Europe during the Cold War, 1945-1989 Course start date: Thu 16 Jan 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Sebastien ArdouinWhat led to the establishment of the communist regimes of Eastern Europe, how did they evolve, and why did they collapse? What was life like for citizens of the Eastern bloc?
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £259.00 Senior fee £259.00 Concession £168.00 - Chinese beginners tasterCourse start date: Thu 16 Jan 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Zhonghan LinCome and discover Chinese in this lively taster.Full fee £10.00 Senior fee £10.00 Concession £10.00 - 17th England, Revolution and Restoration: these distracted times: the 1642–1651 civil wars Course start date: Thu 16 Jan 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Ellen CarpenterJoin us for a ten-week course to discover the history of the 1642–1651 Civil Wars. From divided families to the breakdown of censorship and rise of propaganda, to innovations in warfare and medicine and the growth of religious sects and witchhunting, for the people who lived through the era, the Civil Wars really did make the world seem ‘turned upside down.'.Full fee £249.00 Senior fee £199.00 Concession £162.00 - Tap dance: improversCourse start date: Thu 16 Jan 2025 (and 3 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Benjamin BaileyPractise 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 £229.00 Senior fee £183.00 Concession £160.00 - Get together and readCourse start date: Thu 16 Jan 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Claire AllenEnjoy talking with other people about the things you have read? Want to share great stories, poems and drama? Come along and join the conversation. The group is led by a shared reading practitioner trained by The Reader Organisation.Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £119.00 Concession £75.00 - Developing your novel Course start date: Thu 16 Jan 2025 (and 4 other dates)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: KR MoorheadHave you started work on your novel? This course is suitable for experienced creative writers who want to make progress with a novel draft. Learn more about the art of novel writing and move your project forward in a supportive workshop environment.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £249.00 Senior fee £249.00 Concession £125.00 - Piano/keyboards 1A Course start date: Thu 16 Jan 2025 (and 6 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Elli TsampaThis is the beginning of our piano programme, designed for absolute beginners to both piano and music-reading. This classic course is the perfect way to start your piano playing.Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £183.00 Concession £160.00 - Piano/keyboards 4BCourse start date: Thu 16 Jan 2025 (and 3 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: David FrankelFor pianists with around three years' experience. Improve your finger technique, coordination, phrasing, music
reading, and your confidence.Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £229.00 Concession £160.00 - Writing for children: workshop Course start date: Thu 16 Jan 2025 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Penny JoelsonOn this ongoing workshop you will develop your work-in-progress with constructive feedback from tutor and classmates. You need to have completed a ‘Writing for children’ course before joining this class.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £199.00 Concession £100.00 - Zumba gold Course start date: Thu 16 Jan 2025 (and 3 other dates)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Eleanor ShearnLearn dance fitness moves and enjoy a fun workout to help with cardiovascular fitness, muscular conditioning, flexibility, co-ordination and balance. Suitable for beginners, active older adults and those who prefer easier to follow routines.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £169.00 Senior fee £135.00 Concession £118.00 - Italian rapidamente: module 2 Course start date: Thu 16 Jan 2025 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Simona CecchiniSuitable if you have completed Italian Rapidamente: module 1.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £219.00 Concession £142.00 - French 4 at a gentle pace: module 2 Course start date: Thu 16 Jan 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Estelle HélouinWant to learn (continue learning) French but worried that you might not be able to keep up? French 4 at a gentle pace: module 2 is designed to cover the same material as our standard French 4: module 2 course, but at a slightly slower pace, and with more opportunities for revision built in.Full fee £239.00 Senior fee £191.00 Concession £155.00 - Preparation for A-level Italian part 2Course start date: Thu 16 Jan 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Roberto MinardiThis course follows the A Level syllabus and is suitable for those who would like to progress in Italian in a structured way. The course does not lead to the exam. Ideally, you should have taken GCSE Italian (scoring a 7, 8 or 9), but the course is open to any who has studied Italian for approximately 4 years or who has an equivalent upper intermediate knowledge. The course is divided into three parts (part 3 will take place in term 3).
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £259.00 Senior fee £259.00 Concession £168.00 - Singing 1 (contemporary)Course start date: Thu 16 Jan 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Colette MeuryContinue to explore your singing voice in this confidence-building course. These live group sessions on Zoom will teach healthy use of your singing voice and musicianship through a selection of songs in pop, rock, folk and jazz styles. Attention is given to vocal technique and breathing technique.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £149.00
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