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Intermediate British Sign Language (BSL)
Knowing how to sign can make your communication more inclusive for everyone you interact with. Build on your skills in British Sign Language to be able to have deeper interactions with deaf people.
This BSL course is suitable for you if you need to communicate with deaf people or people with hearing impairments. It can help you in a variety of contexts, for example in a voluntary or community role, or simply through social interactions.
This course is aimed at intermediate learners. You will build on your existing BSL skills. If you would like to start from scratch, you can take the beginner’s BSL course.
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Dates:Mon 13/01/2025 -
Mon 24/03/2025Times:7:00pm - 9:00pmDuration:10 sessionsLocation:OnlineTutor:Helen WatsonCourse code:Q00012273How you'll learn:OnlineAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £74.00
History: The Ottoman Empire - Fall 1876-1922
Explore the history of the Ottoman Empire with our History: The Ottoman Empire - Fall 1876-1922 course. Learn about the key events and figures that led to the decline and fall of the empire. Ideal for history enthusiasts and anyone interested in learning about the Ottoman Empire.
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Dates:Mon 13/01/2025 -
Mon 31/03/2025Times:6:00pm - 8:00pmDuration:10 sessionsLocation:OnlineTutor:Laurie JohnstonCourse code:Q00017662How you'll learn:OnlineAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £74.00
Film & Media: Cinema of the Surreal
One of the revolutionary art movements of the early 20th century, surrealism was made for the movies. Artists keen on challenging the boundaries of form, genre and art itself, quickly made use of the possibilities of the moving image. Beyond that, early filmmakers discovered film’s potential for the ‘unreal’. In surrealist cinema, questions about identity and reality, challenges to social norms, the subconscious, dreams and the fantastic meet.
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Dates:Mon 13/01/2025 -
Mon 17/02/2025Times:7:00pm - 9:00pmDuration:6 sessionsLocation:OnlineTutor:Ruth MulandiCourse code:Q00017443How you'll learn:OnlineAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £44.40
Creative Writing for Intermediate Learners
Enhance your creative writing skills with our Creative Writing for Intermediate Learners course. Learn techniques for writing fiction, poetry, and creative non-fiction. Ideal for writers with some experience looking to refine their craft.
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Dates:Mon 13/01/2025 -
Thu 27/02/2025Times:10:00am - 11:30amDuration:7 sessionsLocation:OnlineTutor:James ClarkeCourse code:Q00016282How you'll learn:OnlineAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £33.30
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Duration:12 monthsFee:£15
Personal Development: Confidence to learn English for life in the UK Beginners
This course is designed to further develop your communication English skills to support you to develop awareness and knowledge of working in the UK. You will develop skills to build confidence to interact with other members of your community, building networking skills.
This course is funded by the West Midlands Combined Authority.
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Dates:Mon 13/01/2025 -
Tue 11/02/2025Times:10:30am - 12:30pmDuration:5 sessionsLocation:New Hope Global (Birmingham)
Birchfield Library (2nd floor)
3 Trinity Road
Birmingham
B6 6AHTutor:Saima GulzarCourse code:Q00015667How you'll learn:In venueAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £42.00
Art Appreciation: Women in Renaissance
This course will cover a discussion of the importance of the social and sexual mores of the times in history. There will be four weeks to look at the life and work of these remarkable women, Sofonisba Anguissola, Artemisia Gentileschi and Lavinia Fontana. We will cover the problems that faced them because of their place that their sex ensured they were kept in. Then at the ways they employed to get round these societal problems.
Then we shall study their body of work under the context of the moment of history that they lived in.
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Dates:Mon 13/01/2025 -
Mon 03/02/2025Times:10:00am - 12:00pmDuration:4 sessionsLocation:OnlineTutor:Kate PhillipsCourse code:Q00018049How you'll learn:OnlineAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £29.60
Craft: Introduction to Art journalling
This course is designed to ignite your imagination and help you express your creativity through mixed media art journaling. Whether you're a beginner, who would like to try a new hobby, or a more experienced crafter on this course we will look at a variety of techniques and different mediums to create unique, expressive journal pages. No prior art experience is necessary- just an open mind and a desire to explore your creativity.
During this course we will:
• Look at the fundamentals of art journaling and it’s benefit for personal expression.
• Experiment with variety of techniques such as drawing, doodling, painting and collage.
• Develop your own style showcasing your creativity
• Learn how to use prompts to inspire your journal pages.
• Build your confidence in using art as a form of self expression.
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Dates:Mon 13/01/2025 -
Mon 10/02/2025Times:1:00pm - 3:00pmDuration:5 sessionsLocation:OnlineTutor:Katie DexterCourse code:Q00016666How you'll learn:OnlineAvailability:9 places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £37.00
Pre-Entry ESOL: UK Driving Theory for ESOL Learners
This online interactive course will help you learn some of the useful vocabulary related to Driving Theory and will allow you to understand the main driving rules in the UK.
You will have access to the official DVLA website to practise as well as suggested materials in Canvas (our online learning platform).
One face to face session will take place on March 11th at a veue to be confirmed.
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Dates:Mon 13/01/2025 -
Wed 19/03/2025Times:12:30pm - 2:30pmDuration:18 sessionsLocation:OnlineTutor:Reshma LadvaCourse code:Q00009421How you'll learn:Online and in venueAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £118.40
British Literature in the 1950s
In this course we will discuss and analyse the following authors and their works. These are: Look Back in Anger - John Osborne. The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie - Muriel Spark. The Vet's Daughter - Barbara Comyns. A Voice Through A Cloud - Denton Welch. A Kind of Loving - Stan Barstow. These texts are an eclectic blend of plays, novels and the autobiographical in the case of Denton Welch, an eccentric and now largely forgotten. There will be great scope for discussion and the voicing of opinions, and you will be encouraged to develop your own theories and interpretations in a supportive atmosphere.
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Dates:Mon 13/01/2025 -
Mon 24/03/2025Times:10:00am - 12:00pmDuration:10 sessionsLocation:OnlineTutor:Stephen SmithCourse code:Q00017886How you'll learn:OnlineAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £74.00
British Nature Writing in the Twentieth Century
During this course we will explore the course of British Nature writing from the late nineteenth century until the early years of the twenty-first century. Our writers will include W.H. Hudson, Kenneth Grahame, Richard Mabey, Mark Cocker, Roger Deakin, Robert Macfarlane, Nan Shephard, Kathleen Jamie and a host of others.
We will discover how the concerns and agendas of British Nature Writing have evolved over time towards the present and the rise of the Deep Ecology Movement and its writings.
There will be ample scope for discussion and close reading of the chosen texts, and opportunity to analyse what, in some instances are, controversial ideas.
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Dates:Mon 13/01/2025 -
Mon 24/03/2025Times:2:00pm - 4:00pmDuration:10 sessionsLocation:OnlineTutor:Stephen SmithCourse code:Q00017888How you'll learn:OnlineAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £74.00