WEA courses

Discover the wonderful world of the English language with this beginners ESOL course. It will help you to develop basic speaking, listening, reading and writing skills in English. Whether you have studied basic English before or you are completely new to it, You will find value in this ESOL course. Develop your language skills to enable you to recognise simple words, prepare to write, ask everyday questions and answer them using correct grammatical structures. You do not need any special tools to attend, just yourself and some enthusiasm. Start your language journey today by registering for this course.

To create, design and make a range of pottery items using hand building techniques, with earthenware clay and glazes. Build on skills using techniques of pinching, coiling, press moulding, slab construction and tile making. Explore and use different methods of applying surface decoration to enhance the visual qualities of pottery work. Use sketch books to support the development of ideas. Work in a relaxed and supported environment. Create with clay and discover the feeling of wellbeing it can provide. If ceramics is your passion, experience and share the excitement of the pottery process from raw clay to the fired kiln. Fee paying students may be asked to pay £12.00 towards the cost of materials

To create, design and make a range of pottery items using hand building techniques, with earthenware clay and glazes. Build on skills using techniques of pinching, coiling, press moulding, slab construction and tile making. Explore and use different methods of applying surface decoration to enhance the visual qualities of pottery work. Use sketch books to support the development of ideas. Work in a relaxed and supported environment. Create with clay and discover the feeling of wellbeing it can provide. If ceramics is your passion, experience and share the excitement of the pottery process from raw clay to the fired kiln. Fee paying students may be asked to pay £12.00 towards the cost of materials.

Explore calligraphy in a welcoming course, perfect for all skill levels. No artistic background required. Delve into the elegant Uncial style, mastering expressive letterforms. Tailored to enhance basic skills, the course focuses on accessible tools and straightforward techniques. Whether a novice or seeking deeper insights, join us to strengthen your connection with modern calligraphy. Emphasizing hands-on learning, the experience equips you with knowledge and skills for creating personalized artworks. Experiment with variations, ensuring historical accuracy. Leave with confidence and proficiency, utilizing easily available equipment and effective techniques in your artistic endeavours.

Explore the art of calligraphy, no artistic background required. Join us to try your hand at creating elegant italic letter forms. This course offers a solid grounding in various aspects of this captivating craft, catering to beginners and enthusiasts alike. Work with readily available equipment and employ simple yet effective techniques. The primary goal is to provide you with a foundational understanding of calligraphy, emphasizing accessibility and ease of learning. Whether you're a novice or looking to refine your skills, this course will immerse you in the world of italic lettering. If you like stationery you will love calligraphy

Explore the art of calligraphy, no artistic background required. Join us to try your hand at creating elegant lettering. This course offers a solid grounding in various aspects of this captivating craft, catering to beginners and enthusiasts alike. Work with readily available equipment and employ simple yet effective techniques. The primary goal is to provide you with a foundational understanding of calligraphy, emphasizing accessibility and ease of learning. Whether you're a novice or looking to refine your skills, this course will immerse you in the world of italic lettering. If you like stationery you will love calligraphy.

In this 10-week, online course learners will read, explore and enjoy stories from an array of the great texts that belong to the mythic traditions of the Classical world and wider antiquity; you will consider the hold that mythology continues to have over the modern mind, thinking about how and why these works and stories still resonate today and have persisted for so long, as well as setting them against their own time and seeking to understand their original intent. In doing so we will think about genre, style and form, as well as considering authorship and culture through appraising the backgrounds and context of each text, and particular writers, whilst also looking into more modern art and culture that has been influenced by and reworked these myths, this will add crucial context but also dive into the modern reading of the texts and myths. All texts will be read in English translation in a supportive atmosphere and with a knowledgeable tutor

Opera is often seen as an exotic and irrational art form, with some strange practices such as a woman playing the part of a man. By examining how opera has developed from its origins around 1600, this course explains how opera has responded to changes in society and the differing tastes of different countries in Europe. This course is for anyone whether you enjoy opera or are simply curios to know more.

In this course you will listen to, explore and enjoy a wide range of classical music from its earliest eras through to the present day by well-known and more marginal composers. In doing so you will engage with several individual works in different forms in each session thinking about the circumstances of and reasons behind their creation, and the particulars of the sonic landscape they offer through ideas such as genre, style, technique and arrangement, this will set the musical piece in context and also dive into the way the piece was constructed. To complement this we will also pay attention to the life and background of each different composer and how their approach to composition contributes to a distinctive oeuvre. You will also listen to examples of music from other genres such as jazz, film music, contemporary/neo/post-classical, ambient and electronic music.

During this friendly 6-week course, for those whose first language is NOT English, you will be able to improve your reading, writing, speaking and listening in English. The course will use the themes of Shopping, Cinema and Heroes to practise English in a relatable and meaningful way. It will include individual, pair and group work with opportunities to improve all four main skills. To join this course, you will need to have a reasonable level of English as materials will be at Level 1 (B1/B2) proficiency. The course will cover some aspects of pronunciation and grammar in addition to practising the 4 main skills.