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Start your own small business
Learn the essentials of starting a small business with our Start Your Own Small Business course. Understand the basics of business planning, finance, and marketing. Ideal for aspiring entrepreneurs looking to turn their business ideas into reality.
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Dates:Wed 02/04/2025 -
Thu 10/04/2025Times:10:00am - 1:00pmDuration:4 sessionsLocation:OnlineTutor:Chris GeorgeCourse code:Q00019009How you'll learn:OnlineAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £50.00
Art Practical: Art for Wellbeing
Welcome to the 'Art for Wellbeing' course! Learning Arts has proven to improve mental health well-being and relax yourself. This course focuses on using art to improve mental and emotional health. Through creative activities like painting, drawing, and collage, you'll explore self-expression and relaxation techniques. Learn how art can reduce stress, boost creativity, and enhance overall wellbeing in a supportive and nurturing environment. Your tutor will teach you techniques of using Arts to improve your overall wellbeing. You will meet other students from all around the world and learn new techniques from each other.
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Dates:Thu 03/04/2025 -
Thu 15/05/2025Times:9:30am - 11:30amDuration:7 sessionsLocation:Clovelly Centre (Southampton)
60-68 Clovelly Road
Southampton
SO14 0AUTutor:Tracey SweetmanCourse code:Q00016905How you'll learn:In venueAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £58.80
Art Practical: Culture and Decoration - Personal Outcomes
Explore the connection between culture and decoration in this creative course, designed to help participants express personal outcomes through art. Ideal for those with an interest in creative exploration and cultural influences.
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Dates:Fri 04/04/2025 -
Fri 23/05/2025Times:11:00am - 4:00pmDuration:8 sessionsLocation:NST Hub (North Somerset Training Communi
31 Alexandra Parade
Weston-super-Mare
BS23 1QZTutor:Victoria HendzelCourse code:Q00017775How you'll learn:In venueAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £168.00
History: Women, Queenship and Power in Medieval England
In this talk, we will explore attitudes towards women in the Middle Ages, especially to women as rulers. In the Middle Ages, just one woman – the Empress Matilda, daughter of King Henry I – inherited a claim to the English throne. Yet, on her father’s death, her cousin, Stephen, seized control of England, so that Matilda was never crowned as queen. For many medieval people, the idea of a woman ruling in her own right was foreign to contemporary minds. We will look at why this was and why queens consort, such as Matilda of Boulogne, King Stephen’s wife, and Eleanor of Aquitaine, King Henry II’s wife, represented more acceptable (if still occasionally controversial) figures of female political power.
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Dates:Sat 05/04/2025 -
Sat 05/04/2025Times:2:00pm - 4:30pmDuration:1 sessionsLocation:The Minster (Grimsby)
St James Square
Grimsby
DN31 1EPTutor:Guest SpeakerCourse code:Q00017922How you'll learn:In venueAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £15.00
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Duration:12 monthsFee:£15
History: 350th Anniversary of the Royal Observatory
This Saturday Lecture traces the creation and development of the Royal Observatory at Greenwich through its long and eventful existence. We consider why the Observatory came into existence, what contributions it has made both in terms of scientific knowledge and in the history of our island nation and why it continues to hold a fascination for people. We will explore the advances in navigation, cartography and timekeeping made under the Observatory’s direction and consider some of the great personalities associated with it, John Flamsteed and John Harrison among them. Finally, we will consider the Observatory as it appears in Cultural History and reflect on its current incarnation.
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Dates:Sat 05/04/2025 -
Sat 05/04/2025Times:2:00pm - 4:00pmDuration:1 sessionsLocation:St John's United Reform Church Orpington
Lynwood Grove
Orpington
BR6 0BGTutor:Laurie JohnstonCourse code:Q00017696How you'll learn:In venueAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £16.80
Art Appreciation: Hilma af Klint: Swedish painter, spiritualist and pioneer of abstract art
The emergence of abstract art in the early 20th century was a revolution. When looking into its very beginnings the names of Kandinsky, Malevich, and Mondrian come to mind. But in the 1980s, the world discovered the abstract paintings made by a Swedish artist, as early as 1907. Should her many abstract paintings encourage us to rewrite the history of abstract art, or can her work and experiments be seen as marginal because of her intense spiritualism? Why did her works come to our attention so late? This is a thought-provoking case, and a great story!
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Dates:Mon 07/04/2025 -
Mon 07/04/2025Times:10:00am - 1:00pmDuration:1 sessionsLocation:OnlineTutor:Caroline LevisseCourse code:Q00019199How you'll learn:OnlineAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £11.10
Award in ESOL Skills for Life (Writing) (Entry 1)
Learn basic writing skills with this foundational English course for beginners. This English course is for speakers of other languages. It will help you learn to write in English to study, work, and live in the UK.
Entry 1 ESOL courses help people who are just starting to learn English. It will help you gain confidence to write basic sentences in English. There are also reading and speaking & listening 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:Tue 08/04/2025 -
Tue 01/07/2025Times:9:30am - 12:00pmDuration:25 sessionsLocation:Salford Loaves and Fishes, Skills for Li
1 Paddington Close
Salford
M6 5PLTutor:Angie StevensCourse code:Q00015795How you'll learn:In venueAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £225.00
Art Appreciation: Painting in the 21st Century
This course views painting produced in the twenty-first century. The course will include developments of figurative and abstract painting. There will be views of artists already prominent in the twentieth century and newly emerging artists from a wide range of attentions. From those born in the 1930s to those born in the 1980s. The course will attend to direct visual experience of reproduction of the works involved linked to elements of comprehension and understanding through a considerable range of exciting encounters and engagements.
This course will put an emphasis on developments of figurative and abstract painting in the twenty-first century. There will be views of artists already prominent in the twentieth century and newly emerging artists from a wide range of attentions. From those born in the 1930's to those born in the 1980's.
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Dates:Tue 08/04/2025 -
Tue 27/05/2025Times:11:15am - 1:15pmDuration:8 sessionsLocation:OnlineTutor:Allen FisherCourse code:Q00016750How you'll learn:OnlineAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £59.20
Art Appreciation: The Unique Architecture of Antoni Gaudí
Gaudí’s works in Catalonia are world-famous. Barcelona’s Sagrada Familia and the Park Güell come to mind as two favourite spots. In this session, you will learn about the life of Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí (1862-1926) and discover his main creations. We will study the well-known works, but also lesser-known ones, such as Casa Vincens and “El Capricho”. This will be a session filled with bright colours and exuberant shapes, as well as with interesting history as we connect Gaudí’s unique style to its cultural context.
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Dates:Wed 09/04/2025 -
Wed 09/04/2025Times:10:00am - 1:00pmDuration:1 sessionsLocation:OnlineTutor:Caroline LevisseCourse code:Q00019196How you'll learn:OnlineAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £11.10
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:Thu 10/04/2025 -
Thu 29/05/2025Location:OnlineCourse code:Q00018962How you'll learn:OnlineAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £75.00