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Personal Development: From ''Skint'' to Savvy: Improving Your Relationship with Money
Transform your financial habits with "From Skint to Savvy: Improving Your Relationship with Money." This course helps you understand money management basics, develop budgeting skills, and make smarter financial decisions. Effective budget planning can make you feel like you’ve had a pay rise. Organising your personal budget and understanding your outgoings is the first step towards healthy financial well-being. And the good news is - budgeting is a skill anyone can learn.
This budgeting course is right for you if you want to improve your financial well-being. Whether you’re trying to cope with the cost of living crisis or just want to plan your finances better, this course can help you.
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Dates:Fri 10/01/2025 -
Fri 28/02/2025Times:9:30am - 11:30amDuration:7 sessionsLocation:Clare House (SCUNTHORPE)
31 Wells Street
SCUNTHORPE
DN15 6HLTutor:Guest SpeakerCourse code:Q00018116How you'll learn:In venueAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £58.80
Art Appreciation: British Modern Art from the Newlyn School to the Festival of Britain
In this course, we will focus on a century of artistic creation in Britain. From the artists in Cornwall to the war artists during the Second World War, we will study a varied mix of artists and art movements.
We will proceed chronologically, but will keep in mind several transversal themes, especially that of the dialogue with artistic centres abroad, such as Paris and New York. Doing so, we will wonder whether modern British art followed a similar path as elsewhere or if some singular traits can be identified.
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Dates:Fri 10/01/2025 -
Fri 04/04/2025Times:1:00pm - 3:00pmDuration:12 sessionsLocation:OnlineTutor:Caroline LevisseCourse code:Q00017980How you'll learn:OnlineAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £88.80
Professional development: Customer Service Skills
The course is aimed at anyone who would like to broaden their knowledge on customer service skills. Ever wondered what is customer service and how to access opportunities to work in this sector? This course will support you to develop your knowledge of the variety of organisations that offer customer service roles. Learn about the roles and responsibilities available to you and the skills needed. This course may lead to further training, accredited qualifications, work experience, volunteering or employment.
This course is funded by the West Midlands Combined Authority.
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Dates:Mon 13/01/2025 -
Mon 10/02/2025Times:11:45am - 1:45pmDuration:5 sessionsLocation:OnlineTutor:Marlene Clarke-DavisCourse code:Q00015551How you'll learn:OnlineAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £42.00
History: China 1912 to 1992 – Empire to Republic
This second of two courses on modern Chinese history concentrates on the history of China from 1912 to 1992 a time marked by profound transformations, including the fall of the imperial system, the rise of the First Republic, the Warlord Era, the establishment of the People’s Republic of China, and major upheavals of war, rebellion, revolution and geopolitical alignment. We trace the political social, cultural and economic development of China in the 20th Century. We consider the events, ideas and personalities that shaped this extraordinary national story. Throughout, we draw parallels with our own time and how we got here.
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Dates:Mon 13/01/2025 -
Mon 24/03/2025Times:10:30am - 12:30pmDuration:10 sessionsLocation:Petts Wood Memorial Hall (Petts Wood)
200 Petts Wood Road
Petts Wood
BR5 1LATutor:Laurie JohnstonCourse code:Q00017563How you'll learn:In venueAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £100.00
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Duration:12 monthsFee:£15
Professional Development: Digital Skills For Improvers
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:Mon 13/01/2025 -
Mon 10/03/2025Times:9:00am - 12:00pmDuration:8 sessionsLocation:Hull Central Library
Albion Street
Hull
Yorkshire and Humber
HU1 3TFTutor:Guest SpeakerCourse code:Q00018143How you'll learn:In venueAvailability:6 places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £100.80
Professional Development: Basic Health and safety skills
During this course, we will look at keeping you safe within your workplace. We will look at fire safety, signage, electrical safety, kitchen and food safety and manual handling around. Develop knowledge of how health and safety works within the workplace and who is responsible, recording and reporting measures and the requirements needed by employees, employers and organisations. This course will also look at health and safety at home and how to ensure yours and your family’s safety.
This course is funded by the West Midlands Combined Authority.
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Dates:Mon 13/01/2025 -
Mon 20/01/2025Times:9:15am - 11:15amDuration:2 sessionsLocation:OnlineTutor:Marlene Clarke-DavisCourse code:Q00015552How you'll learn:OnlineAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £16.80
Professional Development: Preparing to work in the UK beginners
Working in the UK aims to improve your communication skills on preparing to work in the UK and will include health, shopping, and most importantly employability. This course will help students understand the culture of work in the UK. It will also help you get the skills needed for work in the UK. The course is for speakers of other languages, and it is highly recommended to complete this course before progressing on to ESOL courses. As it will build your confidence and broaden your vocabulary.
This course is funded by the West Midlands Combined Authority.
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Dates:Mon 13/01/2025 -
Mon 10/02/2025Times:1:00pm - 3:00pmDuration:5 sessionsLocation:Ladywood Childrens Centre
9 Plough & Harrow Road
Birmingham
B16 8URTutor:Saima GulzarCourse code:Q00015553How you'll learn:In venueAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £42.00
Philosophy: Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle
Western philosophy begins with the ancient Greeks in the 6th century BCE.
This course considers some of the key elements in the thought of the three greatest philosophers of the ancient Greek period: Socrates; Plato; and Aristotle.
It considers Socrates on questions of ethics
It then considers Plato on the soul and its immortality in the Phaedo and, in particular, on the perfectly just city-state in the Republic.
Finally, it considers Aristotle on among other things language and logic in the Organon and on change and cause in the Physics and on “happiness” in the Nichomachean Ethics.
No prior specialist knowledge is required to attend this course.
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Dates:Mon 13/01/2025 -
Mon 10/02/2025Times:10:30am - 12:30pmDuration:5 sessionsLocation:Friends Meeting House (Berkhamsted)
289 High Street
Berkhamsted
HP4 1AJTutor:Karim EsmailCourse code:Q00018330How you'll learn:In venueAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee:£42.00
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 27/02/2025Location:OnlineCourse code:Q00016282How you'll learn:OnlineAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £33.30
World Cinema
We will consider a range of films, from classics to contemporary cinema. We will discuss the style and meaning of diverse extracts drawing on key ideas from Film Studies. We will consider films from diverse countries, comparing and contrasting these with American and British cinema. The class will be organised around discussion of selected extracts, with guidance on points to look for, including different aspects of film such as the screenplay and cinematography. Students will be encouraged to develop their responses in small groups. Case studies will be included on Alfred Hitchcock and British cinema.
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Dates:Mon 13/01/2025 -
Mon 24/03/2025Times:6:30pm - 8:30pmDuration:10 sessionsLocation:OnlineTutor:Daniel WilliamsCourse code:Q00017612How you'll learn:OnlineAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £74.00