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Programme managerAngelo Cappetta0845 839 7912 alssinfo@lbhf.gov.uk In this section you will find a wide range of courses of all levels, from personal development to pre-degree courses accredited by Birkbeck College, University of London. You need no previous experience to join any of these courses, but please read the course information sheet before you enrol. It may be possible to pay course fees by regular installments throughout your course, instead of paying the full amount at the start. Please ask about installment plans when you enrol. Further education/qualification classes Courses leading to a qualification will require an interview before you can enrol. Concessions To help pay for course fees and materials, it may be possible to apply for the Learner Support Fund. |
Birkbeck, University of London Ring 0845 601 0174 for a prospectus or for more advice and information about Birkbeck’s modules and courses. There is also a minicom number, 020 7631 6630, for students with hearing impairments. Alternatively, you can send an email to info@bbk.ac.uk or visit the website www.bbk.ac.uk/ce. To enrol on any of the Birkbeck courses listed here, please enrol directly with Birkbeck Faculty of Lifelong Learning. This can be done online at www.bbk.ac.uk/ce, or by telephoning the Central Enrolment Facility on 020 7631 6651. Please make sure you have all the details of the course (particularly the course code to be found in each course listing) in front of you before you phone. You will also need your credit card (MasterCard, Visa, Switch or Delta) details. If you are claiming a concessionary fee, you must enrol by post or in person at 26 Russell Square, WC1B 5DQ as you will need to show proof of your eligibility. Please note: for all Birkbeck college courses you need to enrol direct with Birkbeck College. Quote the code for the course you want to join. |
Club Classes are privately run classes held at venues used by the Adult Learning and Skills Service. To enrol on a Club Class, please contact the tutor directly as all tution fees must be paid directly to the tutor. For further information about any Club Class, please contact the tutor.
| Fees | full £110 |
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| Wed | 14:30-16:30 | 10 | MAC | 11/01/12 | 21/03/12 | ||||||
| Tutor: John Potter Tel: | |||||||||||
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Quick course list | |
| Counselling: advanced skills | Is counselling for me? |
| Understanding Mental Health | Writing & Illustrating Children's Books |
| Creative Writing | Writing for Magazines and Newspapers: Stage 2 |
| Counselling: advanced skills |
| The course will build on participants skills of listening and responding taking them a step further, to introduce and review counselling models,increase self awareness,focus on change in counselling, and link in to diversity and difference . The aim is for participants to to develop a deeper understanding of counselling theory and practice for use in a range of helping settings and for some as the next step towards a counselling training. More information... |
| Fees: | full £124 | conc £46 | non EU £224 |
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| Fri | 14:00-16:00 | 10 | MAC | 13/01/12 | 30/03/12 | HC2025 | Elizabeth Martindale Nearly Full |
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| Is counselling for me? |
| Learn the basic skills of counselling to increase your effectiveness at work or with friends and family. We cover: active listening; providing a counselling structure to build trust; show respect; handle feelings while helping people to understand themselves better; move through difficulties; think freshly and make appropriate changes; resolve problems. Use this course to see if you want to take further counselling training More information... |
| Fees: | full £99 | conc £37 | non EU £364 |
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| Thu | 18:45-20:45 | 10 | MAC | 26/04/12 | 05/07/12 | HC3025 | Elizabeth Martindale |
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| Understanding Mental Health |
| This course will explore how we understand mental distress and how individuals can be helped to restore mental well being. It will look at a range of disorders including anxiety, post traumtic stress disorder, depression, self har, suicide, addictions, personality disorders, schizophrenia and sexual dysfunction. Emphasis will be placed on what causes mental distres and how it can be treated. More information... |
| Fees: | full £99 | conc £37 | non EU £184 |
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| Fri | 14:00-16:00 | 10 | MAC | 27/04/12 | 06/07/12 | HC3050 | Christiane Sanderson |
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| Writing & Illustrating Children's Books |
| Have you ever wanted to write or illustrate a children's book? By the end of this course, you will have finished at least one text, and/or several illustrations. We will look at writing for different ages from earliest concept books to teenage fiction. We will look at how to submit work to a publisher, as well as the publishing process from beginning to end, focusing on how to pace the text and how to best illustrate it, and the importance of a strong title and appealing cover image. We will be looking, too, at books already published, both classic and contemporary. More information... |
| Fees: | full £124 | conc £46 | non EU £224 |
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| Tue | 13:00-15:00 | 10 | MAC | 17/01/12 | 27/03/12 | HW2025 | Susanna Gretz | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tue | 13:00-15:00 | 10 | MAC | 24/04/12 | 03/07/12 | HW3025 | Alison Sage |
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| Creative Writing |
| The course will cover all aspects of the process of writing fiction, from the finding of inspiration to the craft of making a story work on paper. We will work on structure, pace, dialogue, scene-setting, mood and plot. We will work together to find ways of writing that work for different people. To help with this process, we will read some published fiction, and discuss it. More information... |
| Fees: | full £124 | conc £46 | non EU £224 |
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| Wed | 15:30-17:30 | 10 | MAC | 18/01/12 | 28/03/12 | HW2030 | Fleur Lloyd Full | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wed | 15:30-17:30 | 10 | MAC | 18/01/12 | 28/03/12 | HW2030 | Catherine Charlotte Palmer Full | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wed | 15:30-17:30 | 10 | MAC | 25/04/12 | 04/07/12 | HW3035 | Fleur Lloyd |
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| Writing for Magazines and Newspapers: Stage 2 |
| The British newspaper market, how to write news and features, how to conduct a vox pop, how to write with an awareness of the law as it applies to journalists, interviewing technique, how to ask the killer questions, research and how to get work as a journalist More information... |
| Fees: | full £94 | conc £36 | non EU £184 |
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| Sat | 10:00-15:30 | 3 | MAC | 17/03/12 | 31/03/12 | HW2050 | Tony Padman |
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