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Pre-Entry Digital Skills
On this course, you will explore a range of digital skills and practices. Discover ways to keep yourself and your family safe by learning how to use parental controls, how to make payments safely and how to protect yourself from scammers.
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Dates:Mon 16/09/2024 -
Mon 14/10/2024Location:OnlineCourse code:Q00009407How you'll learn:OnlineAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £37.00
History: Who will rid me of this troublesome priest? Henry II, Eleanor Aquitaine and Thomas Beckett
Thomas Becket and Henry II— The struggle for supremacy between two powerful, stubborn men, Archbishop and King. This course explores the relationship between Becket and Henry and sets it in its historical context. Rivalries between father and sons, brother against brother, wife against husband. The course will consider the critical role played by Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine, who history has blamed for the rebellion of her sons against their father, the King. In addition, we will consider the part played by Henry and Eleanor’s sons, Henry the Young King, Richard, Geoffrey and John.
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Dates:Mon 16/09/2024 -
Mon 21/10/2024Times:9:30am - 11:30amDuration:6 sessionsLocation:OnlineTutor:Michael LongCourse code:Q00017705How you'll learn:OnlineAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £44.40
Intermediate Watercolours: Expressive and Creative Effects Part 1
Have you learnt the basics of painting in watercolours and are looking for fresh ideas? Do you want to learn how to create expressive and creative textures and effects in watercolours? Are you unsure where to start, what to use and how to use it? Why not join this course to explore your own creativity, find inspiration and receive support and encouragement? This ten-week course aims to provide lots of ideas and techniques for working spontaneously and expressively as well as how to create a variety of different textures and effects. You will also have the opportunity to share ideas and take part in weekly discussions about your artworks with the tutor and other students on the course.
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Dates:Mon 16/09/2024 -
Mon 02/12/2024Times:1:00pm - 3:00pmDuration:10 sessionsLocation:OnlineTutor:Deborah CroftsCourse code:Q00017573How you'll learn:OnlineStatus:Waiting listFee rangeFree to £74.00
Award in ESOL Skills for Life (Speaking and Listening) (Entry 1)
Learn basic communication skills with this ESOL speaking and listening course. This English course is for speakers of other languages. It will help you learn essential speaking and listening skills to be able to communicate in English.
Entry 1 ESOL courses help people who are just starting to learn English. This course will help you gain confidence to speak about basic topics and understand core words. There are also reading and writing courses at this level.
If you’re helping others access ESOL classes in the UK, you’ve come to the right place.
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Dates:Mon 16/09/2024 -
Mon 17/03/2025Times:9:30am - 11:30amDuration:43 sessionsLocation:OnlineTutor:Heena AjmalCourse code:Q00017544How you'll learn:OnlineAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £225.00
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Duration:12 monthsFee:£15
History: The English Renaissance
This course will introduce a fascinating period of English
history, during which poetry, prose and the arts produced
some of the touchstones of British culture.
We will explore a range of poetry including Thomas Wyatt’s,
love poetry, Ralegh’s verse, Edmund Spenser’s homage to
Elizabeth I, John Donne’s astonishing poems of love and
divinity, and Milton’s early poems; playwrights, Shakespeare
and Marlowe, and prose writers such as Tyndale and his
translations from the Bible, Cranmer’s Book of Common
Prayer and extracts from the King James’ Bible.
Additional context for the period will be provided from
paintings, contemporary documents and letters.
All texts will be provided on Canvas.
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Dates:Tue 17/09/2024 -
Tue 26/11/2024Times:7:00pm - 9:00pmDuration:11 sessionsLocation:OnlineTutor:Stephen SmithCourse code:Q00017453How you'll learn:OnlineAvailability:4 places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £74.00
Art Appreciation: Royal Portraits (1395 - 1658)
During this five week course we will explore a number of
portraits of British Monarchs. We will discover the
anonymous Wilton Diptych, Holbein’s portrayal of Henry VIII,
the evolving portraits of Elizabeth I throughout her life; the
paintings of Charles I by Anthony Van Dyck, and several
portraits of the de-facto monarch Oliver Cromwell.
The course will introduce the lives of the artists, the historical
and socio-political contexts of the paintings, and discuss the
changing perceptions of the monarchy as shown in this 250
year long history.
Images of the portraits will be available for you online. Come
along and tap into your inner art-critic.
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Dates:Tue 17/09/2024 -
Tue 15/10/2024Times:2:00pm - 4:00pmDuration:5 sessionsLocation:OnlineTutor:Stephen SmithCourse code:Q00017463How you'll learn:OnlineStatus:Waiting listFee rangeFree to £37.00
Foreign Languages: Learning French
Welcome to the French Beginners Course! Embark on an exciting journey to learn the basics of French. Through fun, interactive lessons, you'll master common greetings, essential vocabulary, and pronunciation. Progress to basic conversations about everyday topics like food, travel, and hobbies. You'll learn to order in a café, discuss friends and family, and ask for simple touristic information. Explore French culture, traditions, and landmarks to deepen your understanding. By the end of the course, you'll feel confident introducing yourself in French and engaging in simple conversations. Let’s begin this adventure together! Bon voyage! (Have a good journey!)
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Dates:Tue 17/09/2024 -
Tue 03/12/2024Location:OnlineCourse code:Q00015922How you'll learn:OnlineAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £81.40
Art Appreciation: Women Sculptors of the 20th Century
We will explore the developments in Modern 20th century sculpture through the work of a selection of women sculptors. Then we will consider the way these sculptors experimented with shape and form, in figurative representational and abstract ways which often pushed boundaries and set precedents. We will analyse the sculptor's styles and choice/use of different mediums. We will also consider the wider chronological context of sculpture and how these sculptors relate to the developments. This course is for learners who have an interest in Art and a curiosity for this three-dimensional medium. The course material will cover a range of 20th century material, making comparisons and contrasts.
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Dates:Tue 17/09/2024 -
Tue 26/11/2024Times:9:30am - 11:30amDuration:10 sessionsLocation:OnlineTutor:Rachel Holland-HargreavesCourse code:Q00016281How you'll learn:OnlineAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £84.00
History: Beginners' History : Before 1066
In this term, we begin by considering the later reign of King Eadgar and his efforts to achieve a kind of unified England, but also how English practices and texts became unique. This will involve examining the peculiarities of the English Benedictine Reform Movement, the impact it made among the clergy and also social and cultural consequences, as well as for the English monarchy itself. After that, we will address the feuds, administrative and executive failures of the monarchy in the years after Eadgar’s death, and why these errors would finally cause the downfall of the House of Wessex.
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Dates:Tue 17/09/2024 -
Tue 03/12/2024Times:11:45am - 1:45pmDuration:12 sessionsLocation:OnlineTutor:Gary SlatorCourse code:Q00015931How you'll learn:OnlineStatus:Waiting listFee rangeFree to £88.80
Art Practical: Figure Drawing- Online
This course provides an in-depth exploration of figure drawing, focusing on capturing accuracy and expression. Participants will learn essential techniques for drawing figures, including anatomy, proportion, gesture, and shading. Through live online sessions, guided exercises, and individual projects, students will develop their observational skills and artistic techniques to create dynamic and lifelike figure drawings. Emphasis will be placed on understanding the structure, conveying movement, and expressing personality through the figure.
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Dates:Tue 17/09/2024 -
Tue 22/10/2024Times:1:00pm - 3:00pmDuration:6 sessionsLocation:OnlineTutor:Jayne LiddleCourse code:Q00018340How you'll learn:OnlineAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £44.40