Enjoy a day of creativity with clay! Learn hand-building and wheel-throwing techniques to craft unique pieces. All skill levels are welcome!
Perfect for those who would like to learn in a friendly and relaxed atmosphere.
Learn watercolour techniques combining colour with Pen and Ink, using glazes and resist, dry brush, dip pen and wet into wet.
On this course you will learn how to string pearls on silk with knots in between the pearls with calottes how to use the Beadalon wire with crimps for finishing your necklaces.
Enjoy a day of creativity with clay! Learn hand-building and wheel-throwing techniques to craft unique pieces. All skill levels are welcome!
In this one-day workshop students will create artworks inspired by Marine life.
The course is for those who want to design and make their own stained-glass panels.
A 6 week knitting course for beginners covering simple techniques, while exploring colour and texture.
A mixed-ability course covering hand-building, basic throwing, and glazing techniques to help you create your own ceramic piece.
A mixed-ability course covering hand-building, basic throwing, and glazing techniques to help you create your own ceramic piece.
Learn drawing and painting at various locations across London, including parks, museums, and stations.
This beginners' course is for anyone wanting to learn basic drawing skills in a friendly and accessible atmosphere.
Learn life drawing using short and long poses, focusing on line, color, composition, and the use of the Chinese brush, influenced by Eastern philosophies.
Explore traditional skills and experimental approaches to life drawing, with weekly themes to develop a comprehensive set of strategies.
Explore traditional skills and experimental approaches to life drawing, with weekly themes to develop a comprehensive set of strategies.
Explore collage and mixed media using paint, print, 3D, found objects, and more. Experiment with materials and creative techniques.
Learn basic glass slumping and fusing techniques to create your own simple glass art.
Create jewellery and small objects using wire-working techniques. Ideal for beginners or those with some jewellery experience wishing to learn a new skill.
You'll explore hand-built sculptures and wheel-thrown objects, experiment with glazes, and play with textures. Cater to all skill levels.
Learn how to make simple clothes from commercial patterns. You will learn to select your patterns, lay and cut your fabric and construct your garment using a limited range of sewing techniques. You will develop your understanding of how to use a sewing machine.
Explore creative ceramic hand-building techniques, basic ceramic skills, introduction knowledges and surface decoration in a relaxed, supportive studio environment.
Learn to lay and cut your fabric along with a range of sewing techniques to construct a simple garment of your choice.
Tai Chi and Chi Kung are ancient Chinese martial arts that bring about personal transformation through movement, breath and meditation. The classes are based around gentle, rhythmic movements, and are suitable for all levels of experience. Enhancing your vitality and well-being, the exercises are beneficial for the beginner and will work on a deeper level for those with more experience.
A fun and welcoming introduction to salsa?inspired fitness, focusing on basic steps, rhythm, and gentle cardio to build confidence and coordination
A gentle, beginner-friendly introduction to stretching that focuses on mobility, relaxation, and learning safe, effective techniques for improving flexibility.
How do systems of meaning shape what we see, say, and think?
Learn to draw and paint portraits from clothed models, drawings, and photos. Ideal for those interested in portraiture techniques.
Watercolour techniques and ways of combining with pen and ink.
You will create lively portraits from a model. Explore structure, rhythm, and style. Learn from past and present examples.
Learn to lay and cut your fabric along with a range of sewing techniques to construct a simple garment of your choice.
Learn Patchwork and Quilting through making samples and completing personal projects including both hand and machine stitching.
The course is for students who have no previous knowledge or experience of kiln fired glass painting or glass working skills.
This course is suitable for anyone interested in learning to make stained glass or mosaic.
Explore wheel-thrown pottery and create unique pieces. Beginners are welcome!
Explore the ancient art of indigo dyeing in this immersive natural dye workshop. You’ll learn how to create and maintain a fructose-based indigo vat, master tie-dye and shibori techniques, and experiment with eco-friendly fixatives. Perfect for anyone interested in sustainable textiles and plant-based colour.
This beginners' course is for anyone wanting to learn basic drawing skills in a friendly and accessible atmosphere.
A structured introduction to ceramic hand-building techniques and glazing processes for complete beginners. Demonstration and personal tutoring and provided.
A beginners course in pilates introducing the fundamental principles, incorporating breath, whole body movement and stretch. We will learn fundamental pilates exercises and how to use them to improve posture, balance, body alignment and better movement patterns. The course will be run via Zoom, please make sure you have installed it in advance of your first class.
Strengthen your vocabulary, fluency, and confidence as you learn to express opinions and understand everyday French in conversations and popular media.
Practical sessions with an emphasis on building skills, sharing work in a supportive environment.
Practical sessions with an emphasis on building skills, sharing work in a supportive environment.
Acquire a variety of skills and approaches in a supportive and friendly atmosphere. Active participation is encouraged. Beginners and more experienced writers welcome.
Explore collage and mixed media using paint, print, 3D, found objects, and more. Experiment with materials and creative techniques.
The mixed media still life course invites students to explore direct observation in a more experimental way than traditional drawing or painting.
A practical introduction to abstract art, suitable for beginners and more experienced artists.
Learn and develop the techniques needed to realise your own glass art and glass jewellery projects.
Learn and develop the techniques needed to realise your own glass art and glass jewellery projects.
Mixed-ability adult learners,all levels welcome.
For those with some experience of printmaking who want to develop their skills and ideas. The course suits a range of abilities, including adventurous beginners.
Explore and experiment with a range of ceramic techniques specifically for sculpture such as slip casting, slab building, coiling, press moulding and simple glazing.
Explore and experiment with a range of ceramic techniques for sculpture, such as slip casting, slab building, coiling, press moulding and glazing.
This beginners' course is for anyone wanting to learn basic drawing skills in a friendly and accessible atmosphere.
The course will introduce students to basic fusing techniques within glass including tack and contour fusing and glass slumping.
On this course, get to grips with the functions of your smartphone camera as well as the help you need with composing, editing, saving and sharing photographs.
Explore some of the most thought-provoking and enduring problems in philosophy: the relation between self and other, the limits of finitude and infinity, the nature of truth and falsehood, and the mystery of time and eternity.
Fiction writers are often the first to identify and analyse a social phenomenon. We will examine two centuries of London history through the eyes of novelists and poets, from William Blake to Zadie Smith. In this way, London’s social and economic history will be revealed through imaginative writers’ eyes.
Communicate in Italian in everyday situations using familiar vocabulary and simple sentences, with growing confidence in reading, writing, listening, and speaking about personal topics.
Professional coaching and rehearsals in preparation for regular public performances. Students attend for two hours, spending time on solo performance, group learning, and performing group numbers.
A lively choir singing a wide range of music, much of it acappella. Students need to be able to read music. The aim is for students to enjoy choral music and occasional concerts are given.
This course is designed for anyone over 60 who enjoys singing, or thinks that they might enjoy singing.
Visiting London's galleries and museums to explore contemporary art with our tutor, including occasional discussions on earlier 20th-century movements.
Visiting London's galleries and museums to explore contemporary art with our tutor, including occasional discussions on earlier 20th-century movements.
Learn life drawing to capture the human figure's proportions and explore shape, planes, form and space.
The course is for students who have no previous knowledge or experience of kiln fired glass painting or glass working skills.
This course is suitable for anyone interested in learning to make stained glass or mosaic.
Explore creative ceramic hand-building techniques, basic ceramic skills, introduction knowledges and surface decoration in a relaxed, supportive studio environment.
Explore creative ceramic hand-building techniques, basic ceramic skills, introduction knowledges and surface decoration in a relaxed, supportive studio environment.
Use simple, fun techniques, and gain skills and confidence in a range of materials while developing a personal style.
The course is for learners who are interested in mosaics and fusing and wish to acquire basic fusing skills and the necessary skills for designing and making mosaic panels.
A mixed-ability course covering hand-building, basic throwing, and glazing techniques to help you create your own ceramic piece.
This course will give you a broad introduction to the uses and theories of colour and a range of materials, including paint, collage and pastels.
Explore a range of techniques working with silver clay, and learn how to shape, refine and complete your own unique silver jewellery pieces.
Advance your data analytics skills with techniques for complex data analysis, visualization, and predictive insights using Excel.
This course will examine many of the defining political, social, religious, cultural, and demographic aspects of London between 1485 and 1603, locating the metropolis at the heart of Tudor history and, when appropriate, at the heart of European life, too.
This course is for anyone with an interest in reading novels that test the boundaries of the genre and the limits of the printed page. No previous experience in these areas is necessary, just an appetite for the strange and new in fiction.
Dicover core myths, mysteries, and key global historical social structures that underpin our understanding of globalisation and the world as we know it.
On this course we will study the growing genre of climate fiction (‘cli-fi’) through three powerful recent examples: Jessie Greengrass’ apocalyptic family drama The High House, Richard Flanagan’s magic realist allegory The Living Sea of Waking Dreams, and Kim Stanley Robinson’s speculative political fiction The Ministry for the Future. We will also trace the history of the genre, from sci-fi to literary fiction via thriller and satire, and discuss the role of fiction in a climate crisis and the ethical and technical dilemmas it raises for writers, readers and characters
Vous avez une certaine aisance en Francais et/ou avez suivi un cours niveau 3 ou GCSE et vous voulez participer a des activites linguistiques et culturelles.
This course is aimed at both beginners and students experienced in jewellery making.
A mixed-ability course covering hand-building, basic throwing, and glazing techniques to help you create your own ceramic piece.
A mixed-ability course covering hand-building, basic throwing, and glazing techniques to help you create your own ceramic piece
If you have completed the Learning Digital Photography course, or are looking to build on previous experience, then this course is your next step. It is a problem solving and creative course for intermediate students to develop further camera and lighting skills and learn some editing using Adobe Lightroom. Each week includes a different topic to gain the control you want from your camera and how to use it more confidently.
Beautiful, evocative music and dances from many world cultures. Good for co-ordination, uplifting and fun.
Vous êtes capable de discuter et de comprendre de nombreux sujets, mais vous souhaitez le faire avec plus d’assurance.
This course is for musicians to work together towards performance standard.
This course is for musicians to work together towards performance standard.
What makes for a great short story? Are there rules – of length, style, ending – or is the form more flexible? On this course we will start to answer these questions by reading some acclaimed examples by masters of short fiction such as James Joyce, Elizabeth Bowen and Alice Munro.
Ready to start using a computer? This complete beginner-friendly course will help you learn the basics and build your confidence step by step.
Whether writing from life or imagination, a first timer or an old hand, carve yourself a couple of hours' writing time each week - no homework, no assignments, just supportive workshops which are designed to crack open the brand new writing in you.
Learn to solder silver and copper to make pieces of jewellery including rings, pendant and stone settings.
Visiting London's galleries and museums to explore contemporary art with our tutor, including occasional discussions on earlier 20th-century movements.
“Colour is the place where our brain and the universe meet” said painter Paul Klee.
An introduction to the work of community interpreters and the role they play within the community and public services.
A practical, entry-level course designed to build everyday digital skills for life, learning, and work
Ready to start using a computer? This is the second part of our complete beginner-friendly course. You’ll build on the basics, learn new skills, and grow your confidence even more
Stories and storytelling are uniquely human activities, spanning all cultures and connecting people, ideas, history, and values.
Ideal for complete beginners. Learn to strum a tune in your first session and build confidence and skills throughout the course. You will need your own instrument - tutor advice available, see full course description for details.
This course will introduce beginners how to clean copper in prepartion for enamelling
Now that the Mary Ward Centre has moved to Stratford, are you curious about the history of the area?
This course is open to anyone interested in post-apocalyptic fiction; you do not need to have read any of the writers before or have any prior knowledge of this genre.
A tutor-guided study group of set works from the Western classical music canon with topics/works to be chosen in consultation with the class.
Build a creative digital portfolio using Adobe tools to showcase your skills and projects.
A practical, entry-level course designed to build everyday digital skills for life, learning, and work
Spend a day getting to know the sewing machine and how to use it more effectively. Perfect to people who have a sewing machine but not confident in using it.
Enjoy a day of creativity with clay! Learn hand-building and wheel-throwing techniques to craft unique pieces. All skill levels are welcome!
In this one-day workshop you will create one or more artworks inspired by the artist Henri Matisse.
Explore how AI tools can support digital marketing through practical demonstrations and hands-on exercises.
Join stand-up comedian Mike Sheer for a two-day, hands-on workshop focused on writing stand-up comedy.
"Disposing of human waste has always been a challenge. What caused ‘The Great Stink’ and how did Victorian London deal with the huge population increase and its results?
Learn the essentials of Adobe Photoshop and build your creative skills through practical projects, whether you're a complete beginner or looking to refresh your knowledge.
What was it like to live in London in 1661? What was it like to travel through it in 1716? In this course we’ll explore how writers and artists depicted the city and tried to grasp the ways in which it was changing.
A one-day course to learn how to create and customise charts and graphs in Excel for clear, impactful data presentation
Time-saving automation and customer engagement with AI
Build simple AI-powered systems to reduce admin, improve client communication and support business growth.
Enjoy a day of creativity with clay! Learn hand-building and wheel-throwing techniques to craft unique pieces. All skill levels are welcome!
The course combines learning digital skills and theory with practical photography. It is suitable for beginners who want to develop a new interest in photography, or you might want to refresh your existing skills.
Learn the essentials of Adobe Photoshop and build your creative skills through practical projects, whether you're a complete beginner or looking to refresh your knowledge.
Curious about spreadsheets? Learn the key basics of Microsoft Excel and gain confidence entering, managing, and presenting data.
Salsa fitness is a high-energy, dance-based workout that blends fast-paced Latin rhythms with dynamic movements for a fun, full-body cardio experience
A full-body stretch and flexibility session uses dynamic warm-ups and targeted static stretches to improve mobility, release muscle tightness, promote relaxation, and support overall physical well-being.
Learn the essentials of flat pattern cutting such as laying a block on paper and making pattern adaptions to realise your designs.
A practical course for you to explore the possibilities of papier mâché as a sculptural medium, using recycled materials to create a finished outcome over six weeks.
A structured introduction to ceramic hand-building techniques and glazing processes for complete beginners. Demonstration and personal tutoring and provided
Work smarter using AI tools to write, organise and manage everyday tasks more efficiently
The mixed media still life course invites students to explore direct observation in a more experimental way than traditional drawing or painting.
Whether you're interested in stand-up, scriptwriting, or simply exploring the comedic mindset, this course gives you the tools to bring your ideas to life.
Students of all levels can join the class, as the aim is one of supporting the individual to progress their own ideas or art practice in a supportive environment.
Explore creative ceramic hand-building techniques, basic ceramic skills, introduction knowledges and surface decoration in a relaxed, supportive studio environment.
In this course we’ll explore three unsettling and subversive novels by Emily, Anne, and Charlotte Brontë. In Wuthering Heights, Jane Eyre, and The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, the sisters grappled with the pressures of class, gender, and race that shaped their society. We’ll explore how the novels’ representations of desire, violence, and oppression shocked and enthralled nineteenth-century readers. And we’ll examine modern responses to the novels by writers and filmmakers, to reflect on how these books confront us today – as fictions that are both liberating and troubling.
Have you ever wanted to write for children but didn’t know where to begin? In this inspiring and practical six-week course, children’s author Carrie Weston (creator of the Oxford University Press Boris series) introduces the rich world of children’s literature and guides you step by step through crafting your own original story for young readers.
Resin jewelry making is a fun, inexpensive way to be creative. Learn techniques to add color and mold resin into unique jewelry pieces.
A one day workshop where beginners can learn a range of techniques and processes for creating enamelled jewellery. More advanced students may develop their own projects.
Are you curious about AI and how it can help in your everyday life?
Ready to start using a computer? This is the second part of our complete beginner-friendly course. You’ll build on the basics, learn new skills, and grow your confidence even more
Learn how to use a spreadsheet to create simple budgets and manage everyday numbers with confidence.
Learn how to use a spreadsheet to create simple budgets and manage everyday numbers with confidence.
"London has a long and dark history of sensational, infamous, and often brutal crimes that have captivated public attention for centuries, ranging from Victorian-era serial killers to modern-day terrorism and gangland violence.
A structured introduction to ceramic hand-building techniques and glazing processes for complete beginners. Demonstration and personal tutoring and provided.
Enjoy a day of creativity with clay! Learn hand-building and wheel-throwing techniques to craft unique pieces. All skill levels are welcome!
In this one day workshop you will create art works inspired by Trees.
Ready to start using a computer? This is the second part of our complete beginner-friendly course. You’ll build on the basics, learn new skills, and grow your confidence even more
For students with an interest in how Interior Design works. This could be a first step to a career or for the talented amateur who would like to have a more coherently designed room at home.
Perfect for those who would like to learn in a friendly and relaxed atmosphere.
Use Microsoft Copilot-style AI tools to draft, summarise and organise your work more efficiently.
Enjoy a day of creativity with clay! Learn hand-building and wheel-throwing techniques to craft unique pieces. All skill levels are welcome!
This course covers Watercolour techniques, colour composition , using glazes and resists.
A one-day course to learn how to create and customise charts and graphs in Excel for clear, impactful data presentation
Learners from this years (25/26) courses on the Stained Glass and Mosaic courses at Redbridge Institute
This course covers Watercolour techniques with line in coloured inks, colour composition and movement through line and colour.
Enjoy a day of creativity with clay! Learn hand-building and wheel-throwing techniques to craft unique pieces. All skill levels are welcome!
Nerikomi and Niage workshop.
Come along and learn some exciting enamelling techniques with experienced jewellery tutor Sally Lees.
Introduction to Interior Design: Creating Mood Boards, Floor Plans, and Sample Boards
This one-day workshop introduces the practice of urban sketching: drawing directly from observation to record places, spaces and the everyday life of the city. The focus is on sketching as a way of quickly gathering visual information, exploring ideas and developing confidence in working in a sketchbook.
Akira Kurosawa’s?Rash?mon?is one of the most acclaimed films of all time. But did you know it is adapted from two short stories by Ry?nosuke Akutagawa?
Exploring East London history via some of the vividly realised fiction written about its various districts in the years between 1820 and 1920. We will think about how imaginative fiction and historical fact intertwine to create local legend.
Using images, maps and extracts, we will explore the world of the London anatomy schools and the ‘resurrection men’ who supplied the corpses they required as teaching material.
Learn to draw realistically using the sight size method!
Beginner Photoshop taster for textile print design—learn simple colour editing, layering and motif creation using Adobe Photoshop in two evening sessions.
Build essential workplace cyber safety skills in this taster beginner course
Try our 1?hour Summer Fitness Salsa Taster. Learn basic salsa steps, boost coordination and enjoy a fun, low?impact Latin cardio workout perfect for beginners.
In this online taster course we will read some classic ghost stories from M.R. James, Rudyard Kipling and Edith Wharton.
This will be a fun one-day summer workshop exploring glass fusing techniques to make beautiful jewellery.?
Introduction to Interior Design: Creating Mood Boards, Floor Plans, and Sample Boards
Spend a day getting to know the sewing machine and how to use it more effectively. Perfect to people who have a sewing machine but not confident in using it.
Confused about essential oils? This workshop is ideal for anyone wanting to understand what they are, how they work and how to use them safely.
In this course we’ll explore three unsettling and subversive novel by Emily Brontë.
Because of the ‘Jack the Ripper’ killings, the late-Victorian?East?End can be read as a cityscape of poverty and fear. But there is another Whitechapel – a magnet for a variety of individuals from a wide range of backgrounds who sought to grapple with the problems of the modern city and to create a better life.
A city is made of words as much as bricks and mortar.
Over two full days, participants will begin by naturally dyeing their fabric using botanical dye techniques before moving into garment construction
Why are we drawn to murderers, manipulators, and morally ambiguous anti-heroes? Why do crime novels, true crime podcasts, and psychological thrillers hold such enduring appeal?
Learn the basics of traditional glass painting and how to build up an image on glass using layers of fired paint.
Learn basic mending skills, while exploring the artistic potential of repair.
Learn the relaxing craft of macramé knotting and create a decorative handmade textile piece.
Learn Fashion CAD basics in a six hour Saturday taster using Adobe Illustrator to create clean technical garment flats.
Create beautiful handmade melt?and?pour soaps in this beginner?friendly soap?making workshop, perfect for learning natural colours, fragrances, and botanicals this summer.
This dynamic intensive summer workshop invites participants to learn and engage with podcasting fundamentals by exploring the timely question, “Does social media do more harm than good?” through collaborative discussion and production.
Learn basic Japanese sashiko techniques to add both strength and beauty to repaired pieces.
Hands can be hard to draw! But will yield to study and when mastered become a powerful expressive element!
A deeply relaxing sound healing session with crystal quartz bowls, affirmations, and chakra alignment to restore emotional and energetic balance.
On this 90-minute walk, we will stop off at several historic locations to think about two very dark periods of London’s medical history.
Discover the creative technique of draping fabric directly on the dress stand to develop garment shapes and silhouettes.
Explore the elegant craft of painting on silk to create unique decorative textile designs.
A challenging two-year course qualifying you to practise as a counsellor in an agency. Please note the fee of £3475 is per year, total course cost is £6950. See Course Details for more information on fees.
Essential Digital Skills Qualification - gain a valuable qualification to help you with using IT in work and life
Accredited by the University of the Arts London, this one-year Level 3 foundation diploma prepares you for higher education studies in Art and Design.
A challenging two-year course qualifying you to practise as a counsellor in an agency. Please note the fee of £3475 is per year, total course cost is £6950. See Course Details for more information on fees.
Gain a nationally recognised qualification to become community interpreters.
Gain a nationally recognised qualification to become community interpreters
Accredited Level 2 certificate that prepares you for a foundation or higher national diploma. Some students progress directly to BA and Master's programs.
The Level 3 Certificate in Counselling, validated by NCFE/CACHE, combines theory and practical skills.
A handbuilding and throwing course for all levels.
A mixed-ability course covering hand-building, basic throwing, and glazing techniques to help you create your own ceramic piece.
This beginners' course is for anyone wanting to learn basic drawing skills in a friendly and accessible atmosphere.
Learn life drawing using short and long poses, focusing on line, color, composition, and the use of the Chinese brush, influenced by Eastern philosophies.
Explore traditional skills and experimental approaches to life drawing, with weekly themes to develop a comprehensive set of strategies.
Explore traditional skills and experimental approaches to life drawing, with weekly themes to develop a comprehensive set of strategies.
Explore collage and mixed media using paint, print, 3D, found objects, and more. Experiment with materials and creative techniques.
Learn basic glass slumping and fusing techniques to create your own simple glass art.
Create jewellery and small objects using wire-working techniques. Ideal for beginners or those with some jewellery experience wishing to learn a new skill.
Dynamic and hands-on exploration of ceramic sculpture. This course provides a supportive environment to develop your sculptural voice through clay.
You'll explore hand-built sculptures and wheel-thrown objects, experiment with glazes, and play with textures. Cater to all skill levels.
Relaxation exercises, postures and classical Chi Kung Tai Chi movements that strengthen the body, relax the mind and lift the spirit. For newcomers and returning students.
Tai Chi and Chi Kung are ancient Chinese martial arts that bring about personal transformation through movement, breath and meditation. The classes are based around gentle, rhythmic movements, and are suitable for all levels of experience. Enhancing your vitality and well-being, the exercises are beneficial for the beginner and will work on a deeper level for those with more experience.
What happens when old values collapse - and we must build meaning from scratch?
Strengthen your vocabulary, fluency, and confidence as you learn to express opinions and understand everyday French in conversations and popular media.
Whether writing from life or imagination, a first timer or an old hand, carve yourself a couple of hours' writing time each week - no homework, no assignments, just supportive workshops which are designed to crack open the brand new writing in you.
Learn to draw and paint portraits from clothed models, drawings, and photos. Ideal for those interested in portraiture techniques.
You will create lively portraits from a model. Explore structure, rhythm, and style. Learn from past and present examples.
Learn Patchwork and Quilting through making samples and completing personal projects including both hand and machine stitching.
The course is for students who have no previous knowledge or experience of kiln fired glass painting or glass working skills.
This course is suitable for anyone interested in learning to make stained glass or mosaic.
The course is for those who want to design and make their own stained-glass panels.
A beginners course in pilates introducing the fundamental principles, incorporating breath, whole body movement and stretch. We will learn fundamental pilates exercises and how to use them to improve posture, balance, body alignment and better movement patterns. The course will be run via Zoom, please make sure you have installed it in advance of your first class.
This classroom based course will look at the how and why some of the many groups of people settled in London.
This course explores Charles Booth’s landmark survey, Life & Labour of the People in London (1889-1903) and the accompanying Poverty Map.
Practical sessions with an emphasis on building skills, sharing work in a supportive environment.
Practical sessions with an emphasis on building skills, sharing work in a supportive environment.
Acquire a variety of skills and approaches in a supportive and friendly atmosphere. Active participation is encouraged. Beginners and more experienced writers welcome.
Explore collage and mixed media using paint, print, 3D, found objects, and more. Experiment with materials and creative techniques.
A practical introduction to abstract art, suitable for beginners and more experienced artists.
Learn and develop the techniques needed to realise your own glass art and glass jewellery projects.
Learn and develop the techniques needed to realise your own glass art and glass jewellery projects.
Mixed-ability adult learners,all levels welcome.
For those with some experience of printmaking who want to develop their skills and ideas. The course suits a range of abilities, including adventurous beginners.
Explore and experiment with a range of ceramic techniques specifically for sculpture such as slip casting, slab building, coiling, press moulding and simple glazing.
A mixed-ability course covering hand-building, basic throwing, and glazing techniques to help you create your own ceramic piece.
A mixed-ability course covering hand-building, basic throwing, and glazing techniques to help you create your own ceramic piece.
This beginners' course is for anyone wanting to learn basic drawing skills in a friendly and accessible atmosphere.
The course will introduce students to basic fusing techniques within glass including tack and contour fusing and glass slumping.
A studio class for intermediate to advanced students who are able to work independently, with a tutor on hand for advice.
Communicate in Italian in everyday situations using familiar vocabulary and simple sentences, with growing confidence in reading, writing, listening, and speaking about personal topics.
Professional coaching and rehearsals in preparation for regular public performances. Students attend for two hours, spending time on solo performance, group learning, and performing group numbers.
A lively choir singing a wide range of music, much of it acappella. Students need to be able to read music. The aim is for students to enjoy choral music and occasional concerts are given.
This course is designed for anyone over 60 who enjoys singing, or thinks that they might enjoy singing.
Visiting London's galleries and museums to explore contemporary art with our tutor, including occasional discussions on earlier 20th-century movements.
Visiting London's galleries and museums to explore contemporary art with our tutor, including occasional discussions on earlier 20th-century movements.
Learn life drawing to capture the human figure's proportions and explore shape, planes, form and space.
The course is for students who have no previous knowledge or experience of kiln fired glass painting or glass working skills.
This course is suitable for anyone interested in learning to make stained glass or mosaic.
Explore creative ceramic hand-building techniques, basic ceramic skills, introduction knowledges and surface decoration in a relaxed, supportive studio environment.
Use simple, fun techniques, and gain skills and confidence in a range of materials while developing a personal style.
Learn to solder silver and copper to make pieces of jewellery including rings, pendant and stone settings.
This is a new course that mixes jewellery and enamelling techniques. Enamelling is the process of fusing glass powders onto copper and silver.
The course is for learners who are interested in mosaics and fusing and wish to acquire basic fusing skills and the necessary skills for designing and making mosaic panels.
A mixed-ability course covering hand-building, basic throwing, and glazing techniques to help you create your own ceramic piece.
This course will give you a broad introduction to the uses and theories of colour and a range of materials, including paint, collage and pastels.
The Level 3 Certificate in Counselling, validated by NCFE/CACHE, combines theory and practical skills.
This course explores key developments in aesthetics from the second half of the 20th century to today, focusing on three major figures in continental philosophy: Gilles Deleuze, Jacques Rancière, and Jean-François Lyotard.
Vous avez une certaine aisance en Francais et/ou avez suivi un cours niveau 3 ou GCSE et vous voulez participer a des activites linguistiques et culturelles.
This course is aimed at both beginners and students experienced in jewellery making.
Create unique jewellery from scratch! You will learn how to design your own piece and craft it through cutting, texturing, shaping, and soldering.
Beautiful, evocative music and dances from many world cultures. Good for co-ordination, uplifting and fun.
Explore the history of literature, empire, the Atlantic Ocean, and the connections between them.
Vous êtes capable de discuter et de comprendre de nombreux sujets, mais vous souhaitez le faire avec plus d’assurance.
This course is for musicians to work together towards performance standard.
This course is for musicians to work together towards performance standard.
This course is for learners who are interested Clothesmaking and constructing garments from a commercial pattern.
Ready to start using a computer? This complete beginner-friendly course will help you learn the basics and build your confidence step by step.
Are you curious about AI and how it can help in your everyday life?
Curious about spreadsheets? Learn the key basics of Microsoft Excel and gain confidence entering, managing, and presenting data.
A 6 week knitting course for beginners covering simple techniques, while exploring colour and texture.
A practical, entry-level course designed to build everyday digital skills for life, learning, and work
Ready to start using a computer? This complete beginner-friendly course will help you learn the basics and build your confidence step by step.
Learn how to use a spreadsheet to create simple budgets and manage everyday numbers with confidence.
Ideal for complete beginners. Learn to strum a tune in your first session and build confidence and skills throughout the course. You will need your own instrument - tutor advice available, see full course description for details.
Ideal for those who have previously taken the beginners course, or have some experience. Learn more advanced techniques (e.g. finger-picking), as well as trickier chords and melody playing.
This class invites you to explore the art of earring creation using silver and copper, with projects tailored to suit your skill level.
Adobe Lightroom is used across the photography industry and this course will teach you how to use it from opening images and file organisation to developing, editing and exporting your photos in different formats.
This beginner’s improv course will introduce you to the core principles of improvisational theatre through games, exercises, and scene work.
Build on your basic Excel skills and gain confidence handling data, managing worksheets, and using formulas and functions effectively.
Learn the functions of your digital camera or smartphone and understand composition so that you can photograph more confidently and creatively.
Learn basic mending skills, while exploring the artistic potential of repair.
A practical, entry-level course designed to build everyday digital skills for life, learning, and work
What do our bodies mean to us? Join us to discover and compare beliefs and behaviour about our bodies in different cultures.
Enjoy a day of creativity with clay! Learn hand-building and wheel-throwing techniques to craft unique pieces. All skill levels are welcome!
The course combines learning digital skills and theory with practical photography. It is suitable for beginners who want to develop a new interest in photography, or you might want to refresh your existing skills.
An introduction to the work of community interpreters and the role they play within the community and public services.
Learn to select patterns, cut fabric and sew a simple garment of your choice. A welcoming introduction to clothes making and dressmaking for all.
Japan is rivalled only by Hollywood in developing the most influential and accomplished industry in world cinema.
Gender and Society explores the essential role of gender within contemporary society.
Create a colourful oriental Temari ball using traditional thread-wrapping techniques, with a festive theme sewing on top.
Spend a day getting to know the sewing machine and how to use it more effectively. Perfect to people who have a sewing machine but not confident in using it.
Enjoy a day of creativity with clay! Learn hand-building and wheel-throwing techniques to craft unique pieces. All skill levels are welcome!
Examine political, social, religious, cultural, and demographic aspects of seventeenth-century London, locating the metropolis at the heart of Stuart history.
Delve into the disasters that have shaped and shifted our London lives - From the tragic Hallsville School fire to the astonishing Great Beer Flood and the Bethnal Green tube disaster learn how these events occurred and what happened to Londoners.
Learn how to use a spreadsheet to create simple budgets and manage everyday numbers with confidence.
Discover how AI tools can transform your digital marketing strategy in this 3-hour interactive taster session.
Enjoy a day of creativity with clay! Learn hand-building and wheel-throwing techniques to craft unique pieces. All skill levels are welcome!
Ready to start using a computer? This is the second part of our complete beginner-friendly course. You’ll build on the basics, learn new skills, and grow your confidence even more
Learn the essentials of flat pattern cutting such as laying a block on paper and making pattern adaptions to realise your designs.
Ready to start using a computer? This is the second part of our complete beginner-friendly course. You’ll build on the basics, learn new skills, and grow your confidence even more
Gone but not forgotten – evidence of London’s watery history can be found in street names and districts and sometimes when your cellar floods!
The mixed media still life course invites students to explore direct observation in a more experimental way than traditional drawing or painting.
Essential Digital Skills Qualification - gain a valuable qualification to help you with using IT in work and life
Gain a nationally recognised Essential Digital Skills Entry Level 3 qualification, building practical skills for everyday life and work—using devices, managing information, creating content, and staying safe online
Explore creative ceramic hand-building techniques, basic ceramic skills, introduction knowledges and surface decoration in a relaxed, supportive studio environment.
Explore creative ceramic hand-building techniques, basic ceramic skills, introduction knowledges and surface decoration in a relaxed, supportive studio environment.
Resin jewellery making is a fun, inexpensive way to be creative. Learn techniques to add color and mold resin into unique jewellery pieces.
A one day workshop where beginners can learn a range of techniques and processes for creating enamelled jewellery. More advanced students may develop their own projects.
Explore watercolour techniques, colour composition, using glazes and resists.