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Creative Writing: Writing Your First Novel: Getting Started
You'll learn about the key pillars of creative writing, which will help you write effective fiction pieces, as well as create an effective creative writing practice.
Whether you want to write a novel, short stories, or just write for self-awareness and personal development, come along, and join the class, whether you consider yourself an absolute beginner or someone who has written a little in the past.
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Dates:Thu 03/10/2024 -
Thu 12/12/2024Times:6:00pm - 8:00pmDuration:10 sessionsLocation:OnlineTutor:Craig RickardCourse code:Q00009230How you'll learn:OnlineAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £74.00
Pre Entry Digital Skills
Learn to use digital devices and gain essential computer skills for professional and personal use. Digital training helps you move with the times and not get left behind. This beginner’s course is for anyone who wants to learn digital skills, no matter your current knowledge.
This course is appropriate for complete beginners, so don’t worry if this is all new to you.
Learn to use word processing software and fill out online forms in this Digital Skills course. Understand how to use email and search for information online. This digital skills training also teaches you how to shop online securely. You’ll understand online safety and data storage
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Dates:Thu 03/10/2024 -
Thu 14/11/2024Times:10:00am - 12:00pmDuration:7 sessionsLocation:Aspire
2A Global House
Crofton Close
Lincoln
Midlands
LN3 4NTTutor:Mark TurkCourse code:Q00017397How you'll learn:In venueAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £50.40
Pre Entry Digital Skills
Learn to use digital devices and gain essential computer skills for professional and personal use. Digital training helps you move with the times and not get left behind. This beginner’s course is for anyone who wants to learn digital skills, no matter your current knowledge.
This course is appropriate for complete beginners, so don’t worry if this is all new to you.
Learn to use word processing software and fill out online forms in this Digital Skills course. Understand how to use email and search for information online. This digital skills training also teaches you how to shop online securely. You’ll understand online safety and data storage
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Dates:Thu 03/10/2024 -
Thu 14/11/2024Times:12:30pm - 2:30pmDuration:7 sessionsLocation:Lincoln City Foundation
Lincoln City Football Ground
Sincil Bank
Lincoln
LN5 8LDTutor:Mark TurkCourse code:Q00017398How you'll learn:In venueAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £50.40
Art Appreciation: The Art of Diplomacy: Behind the Doors of the Government Art Collection
Go behind the scenes of the Government Art Collection, a less well-known national art collection, with Chantal Condron, a former curator at the Collection. Discover the fascinating origins of its history, and the people and events that have shaped its past. Explore how and why artworks are acquired or commissioned and discover some of the locations where they have been displayed. We explore works across a range of media from paintings to film, by artists from the 16th to the 21st centuries, including Marcus Gheerhaerts the Younger, Thomas Phillips, Bridget Riley, Michael Armitage and recent Turner Prize winner, Jesse Darling
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Dates:Thu 03/10/2024 -
Thu 21/11/2024Times:2:00pm - 4:00pmDuration:6 sessionsLocation:Wesley Hall (Barnet)
High Barnet Methodist Church
9 Stapylton Road
Barnet
EN5 4JJTutor:Chantal CondronCourse code:Q00017287How you'll learn:In venueAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £60.00
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Duration:12 monthsFee:WEA Membership
Introduction to SEND
The short introductory course is to find out more about special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). The course will provide an initial understanding of the spectrum of autistic disorders and how they can affect people in a variety of ways, as well as exploring the importance of a person-centred approach to provide support.
It’s important to be aware of the range of special needs you can encounter when dealing with others. Special needs education courses can help you understand what to expect and how to support all learning needs.
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Dates:Fri 04/10/2024 -
Fri 29/11/2024Times:1:00pm - 3:00pmDuration:9 sessionsLocation:Ann Tayler Children's Centre (Hackney)
1-13 Triangle Road
Off Westgate Street
Hackney
E8 3RPTutor:Tracey ShackleCourse code:Q00011649How you'll learn:In venueAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £58.80
Literature: Much Ado about Shakespeare: Henry IV Part 1
If you find Shakespeare daunting and wonder what all the fuss is about, or if you are a devotee who wants to share and deepen your enjoyment of his work this course is for you. An opportunity to look in some depth at one intriguing play, Henry IV Part 1, by reading, discussing and watching extracts of performances. The play brings together full range of Shakespeare’s mature style, introducing the famous Falstaff, with high- and low-life equally represented. Among the themes are fathers and sons, duty and pleasure, morality in war, government and rebellion, all as applicable now as ever.
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Dates:Fri 04/10/2024 -
Fri 13/12/2024Times:10:30am - 12:30pmDuration:11 sessionsLocation:Nottingham Mechanics (Nottingham)
3 North Sherwood Street
Nottingham
NG1 4EZTutor:Hazel SalisburyCourse code:Q00016278How you'll learn:In venueAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £84.00
History: 17th Century Fashion
Fashion reflects the influence of politics, trade, social exchange and foreign encounter. In this course, we will explore the changing fashions of seventeenth-century Britain. Alongside sessions that consider the history of fashion are practical, hands-on sessions that explore the materials used, and construction techniques employed by makers of the period. You may not be an expert by the end, but you will have first-hand understanding of how, and with what, clothing of the 17th century was made.
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Dates:Sat 05/10/2024 -
Sat 14/12/2024Times:10:00am - 12:00pmDuration:10 sessionsLocation:Redbridge Institute of Adult Education (
Gaysham Avenue
Gants Hill
Ilford
IG2 6TDTutor:Amy MillerCourse code:Q00017282How you'll learn:In venueAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £100.00
Pre-entry ESOL
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.
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Dates:Mon 07/10/2024 -
Wed 11/12/2024Times:12:30pm - 2:30pmDuration:18 sessionsLocation:OnlineTutor:Olena KolesnykCourse code:Q00009412How you'll learn:OnlineAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £133.20
Professional development: Step into apprenticeships
This course will help you to understand the opportunities available to you through apprenticeships. Ever wondered how apprenticeships work and who they are for? Thought you were too old to start an apprenticeship? This course will develop your knowledge and awareness of the variety of apprenticeships available to you. Discover how to learn while competing on the job training in a specific role and how an apprenticeship can benefit your personal development. This course may lead to further training, higher education and employment.
This course is funded by the West Midlands Combined Authority.
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Dates:Mon 07/10/2024 -
Mon 18/11/2024Times:11:45am - 1:45pmDuration:7 sessionsLocation:OnlineTutor:Sophie FowkesCourse code:Q00015544How you'll learn:OnlineAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £51.80
Award in Stress Awareness Level 1
Stress affects most people in the country at some point in life. Understanding the harmful effects of stress is essential to maintaining good mental health and well-being. This stress awareness course can help you recognise and deal with stress when it happens.
This mental health awareness training helps you understand what you and others may be experiencing. It is also useful if you work in a support role such as mentor, counsellor, or carer. It will teach you important skills for care jobs if you want to work in adult social care.
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Dates:Mon 07/10/2024 -
Wed 09/10/2024Times:10:00am - 3:00pmDuration:3 sessionsLocation:OnlineTutor:Veronica HydeCourse code:Q00016024How you'll learn:OnlineAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £75.00