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Professional Development: SWAP: Working with animals
Are you interested in working with animals? Join this course to learn about a range of animal related jobs. You will consider positive and challenging aspects of the roles and ways into these careers. In addition, we will also be looking at basic care needs of pets such as dogs and cats. You will be working with your fellow learners to enhance your confidence and knowledge. There will be plenty of opportunity in the course to share your ideas. 
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Dates:Tue 05/11/2024 -
Fri 29/11/2024Times:9:30am - 11:30amDuration:8 sessionsLocation:OnlineTutor:Paula HellalCourse code:Q00019511How you'll learn:OnlineAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £67.20
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:Tue 05/11/2024 -
Tue 10/12/2024Times:10:00am - 12:00pmDuration:6 sessionsLocation:OnlineTutor:Sophie FowkesCourse code:Q00015544How you'll learn:OnlineAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £44.40
Creative Writing: Scriptwriting for Film, TV & Radio
Ever wondered just where to start with a script for film, T.V and/or radio - each have their own format and require a differing approach . We take a friendly and accessible step by step guide through the requirements of writing for the big screen, the small screen and the ear. Writing for each of these mediums differs from that of a stage play, we may’ve heard the phrase ‘show don’t tell’ but how do we put that into practice and how does a writing creating compelling radio drama using only sound . We’ll discover there’s far more to these forms of script writing than just people talking.
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Dates:Tue 05/11/2024 -
Tue 03/12/2024Times:7:00pm - 9:00pmDuration:5 sessionsLocation:OnlineTutor:George CromackCourse code:Q00019069How you'll learn:OnlineAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £37.00
Award in Preparation for Work in Community Interpreting Level 2
The role of the community interpreter is an integral part of our changing communities and increasingly important. The interpreter acts as a bridge between communities and enables people to access the services they need and approach situations which otherwise would not be possible.
The Level 2 Certificate in Preparing for the Community Interpreting Role enables learners who are speakers of other languages to develop the language and ̨Íåswag necessary to go on and train as Community Interpreters at Level 3 and Level 4.
This is the ideal qualification for anyone who wants to enter the interpreting profession and become a paid interpreter or volunteer in the UK.
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Dates:Tue 05/11/2024 -
Tue 11/03/2025Times:9:30am - 12:30pmDuration:16 sessionsLocation:OnlineTutor:Maja KonkolewskaCourse code:Q00016098How you'll learn:OnlineAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £300.00
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Duration:12 monthsFee:£15
History: English canals- An Introduction
As built, canals linked towns and cities with the remote corners of the English countryside. Built largely to carry coal to fuel the Industrial Revelation, they are used today for pleasure purposes.
Canals offer the opportunity to improve health and wellbeing, whether walking along the towpath or travelling along in a barge.
Come and join this illustrated course where you as will discover how the canal system was built and its contribution to our industrial and social history, by tracing its expansion, slow decline and renaissance.
During this course you will discover that there are different types of canals, various methods used to raise and lower barges to different levels and review the role of James Brindley who was a canal pioneer.
This course is suitable for learners with little or some knowledge of the subject.
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Dates:Tue 05/11/2024 -
Tue 10/12/2024Times:2:00pm - 3:30pmDuration:6 sessionsLocation:OnlineTutor:Michael TurnerCourse code:Q00016930How you'll learn:OnlineAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £33.30
History: Germany between the World Wars - Part 1
At the end of the First World War, Germany underwent dramatic change. The Kaiser abdicated, and the country emerged from a period of autocratic rule to embark on a bold and (on paper) very progressive experiment in republican democracy. At the same time, the victorious allies of the Great War imposed a punitive peace treaty on Germany at Versailles, reflecting their belief that Germany has caused the war and should pay the price. These changes, together with other factors such as the worldwide economic situation between the wars ushered in a period of social, political and financial turbulence in which Hitler and the Nazis would eventually rise to power.
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Dates:Tue 05/11/2024 -
Tue 26/11/2024Times:3:00pm - 4:30pmDuration:4 sessionsLocation:OnlineTutor:Guest SpeakerCourse code:Q00018059How you'll learn:OnlineAvailability:0 places remainingStatus:Waiting listFee rangeFree to £22.20
Beginners Blogging: How to create a Blog
Starting a blog is easier than you think. If you have ideas, tips, or recommendations to share, this short blogging course can teach you the essentials to get your blog online.
This beginner’s blogging course covers essential lessons in both writing and setting up your blog. You’ll learn creative writing techniques to make your blogs engaging, and digital ̨Íåswag to make sure you can set up and maintain your site.
This course is aimed at beginners, so don’t worry if this is new to you.
This beginners blogging course covers the basics of launching a blog. Become familiar with the Content Management System (CMS) where you will upload your blog. You will also receive CMS training to teach you how to set up and maintain your website. Learn to publish and promote your blog.
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Dates:Wed 06/11/2024 -
Wed 04/12/2024Location:OnlineCourse code:Q00017646How you'll learn:OnlineAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £37.00
Professional Development: Introduction to Journalism and Blogging
If you would like to start writing non-fiction articles, blogs, short pieces or news stories, this course is for you. This practical course gives you a short introduction to journalism and aims to help you to write clear, interesting and balanced reports in news, blog or feature formats. It will also help you to develop the ̨Íåswag to identify and obtain relevant and newsworthy items from written or verbal sources. It will introduce you briefly to some of the legal and ethical considerations faced by journalists.
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Dates:Wed 06/11/2024 -
Wed 18/12/2024Times:6:30pm - 8:30pmDuration:7 sessionsLocation:OnlineTutor:Rebecca Eliahoo CharlesCourse code:Q00017600How you'll learn:OnlineAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £51.80
Social media and marketing for work
Learn the essentials of social media and marketing with our Social Media and Marketing for Work course. Understand how to use social media platforms to promote your business effectively. Ideal for individuals looking to enhance their marketing ̨Íåswag for professional purposes.
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Dates:Wed 06/11/2024 -
Wed 04/12/2024Times:6:00pm - 9:00pmDuration:5 sessionsLocation:OnlineTutor:Chris GeorgeCourse code:Q00018626How you'll learn:OnlineAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £50.00
Literature: Edward Thomas - Hampshire Poet
Come and join this six-week online course. The course offers the opportunity to study a selection of Edward Thomas’s poetry and the contexts that shaped him and his life. Through reading, analysis and discussion we will explore the poems of Edward Thomas as a Hampshire Poet. We will evaluate Thomas’s position as an important poet of the early 20th century.
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Dates:Wed 06/11/2024 -
Wed 04/12/2024Times:10:00am - 12:00pmDuration:5 sessionsLocation:OnlineTutor:Victoria RamsayCourse code:Q00017157How you'll learn:OnlineAvailability:0 places remainingStatus:Waiting listFee rangeFree to £42.00