This course explores how the past evolution of cities can inform more sustainable urban futures.
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Accredited courses include undergraduate and postgraduate level courses.
Judges are 'enemies of the people', covid restrictions 'unacceptable assaults on individual freedom', law 'fails to provide adequate remedies for miscarriages of justice'. The law has never been so controversial. But what is the reality?
Explore Shakespeare’s work across all of the genres he used: comedies, tragedies, history plays and poems. We will study and discuss his texts in detail, and consider their literary, historical and cultural contexts.
In this course we will explore the quantum world where our everyday intuition no longer allows us to predict the future. Here we can phase through walls, occupy the same space as our neighbours and travel at the speed limit of the universe.
An overview of England and the English 1560 to 1620 gives the context of Shakespeare’s life and turbulent, dramatic world, a momentous period in the nation’s history. We explore crucial aspects of society, politics and government, economy, and culture.
This course will introduce the techniques of group coaching, including: understanding processes that a group and its members are experiencing; managing evolving dynamics between members, and with the 'task'; maintaining focus without leading.
With the reopening of the magnificent post-fire restoration of the cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris we will look at the impact which French medieval architecture had on the cathedrals of England including Canterbury, with a study visit to Lichfield.
This course investigates the story of the Stuarts (1603 to 1714) in the context of the political, social, religious, economic and cultural history of seventeenth century England.
How do we plot a novel in a way that will give our story meaning and hook in readers? In this course we’ll look at the theory and practice of writing stories that are clear, compelling and organised, and leave the week with a fully plotted novel outline.
Journey along the Thames to explore Britain’s diverse range of architectural styles and types of buildings on its bank – from castles and churches to country mansions, civic buildings and industrial warehouses.
A one-week Creative Writing intensive on how to plot and structure a story to create character-driven, consequential narrative arcs, solve plot holes and tangles, and avoid clichés. For fiction, creative non-fiction and scriptwriters at all levels.
What is capitalism? Is it immoral? What forms does it take? Should we be looking to reform, or even replace it? Should everything be for sale, or should markets be limited? Join this course to debate the ethical and practical arguments about capitalism.