Short Courses

Great communication begins with deep understanding and ends with lasting connection. While hearing happens automatically, active listening is an intentional skill that builds trust, sharper questioning, and meaningful rapport. Paired with the craft of storytelling, this practical course shows you how to draw upon personal experience to shape compelling, relatable narratives that capture attention, build empathy, and inspire conversation in everyday life and the workplace.

This short course is designed for beginners with an interest in learning flower arranging as a new skill or hobby. You will work with fresh flowers and foliage and learn the skills required to create both contemporary and traditional designs. You will be introduced to the basic design techniques and construction methods and gain the confidence to create the designs on your own.

Using Christmas foliage such as berries, pinecones, and holly, you'll learn to create a beautiful door wreath and dinner table arrangement on this short course.

Develop your creativity through hands-on art making in a supportive studio environment. This practical course introduces a range of media including drawing, painting, printmaking and sculpture, helping learners to explore how artists develop ideas and turn them into finished work. Whether you are new to art or returning to a creative interest, the course will help you build confidence in your own artistic practice and understanding of contemporary art processes.

Transform the way you present to an audience. Whether speaking to a small community group, contributing in a team meeting, or presenting a formal talk, this course gives you the practical tools to structure your narrative, hold your listeners' attention, and deliver your message with poise and authority. You will learn how to channel nervous energy productively and present ideas with clarity and impact.

Specifically designed for ESOL and Functional Skills English learners, this course uses simple philosophical ideas to help you communicate with greater clarity, confidence, and purpose in everyday life and at work. By exploring relatable ethical, social, and workplace situations, you will learn how to move beyond basic responses, challenge unspoken assumptions, and build well-reasoned arguments. The course equips you with the vocabulary, structure, and calm precision needed to express complex ideas clearly, weigh diverse points of view, and make your voice heard in discussions, meetings, and community life.

Corsetry is about structure, silhouette and engineering in fabric. In our new and exciting 16-hour beginner corsetry course, you will learn how to draft construct and lace a custom-fit corset.
This course is where fashion meets engineering and where fabric becomes form.

Begin your drawing practice with this introduction to drawing that combines essential theory with practical exercises. Explore mark-making using different drawing media, quality of line, shape and measuring, working from observation and your imagination.

Speak clearly, make yourself understood, and feel proud of your spoken English. Designed for speakers wanting to master English speech patterns, this course offers practical guidance on English articulation, melody, and stress patterns. Through focused listening and speech training, you will gain the clarity and confidence to own your voice in any conversation.

CompTIA Security+ is an industry?recognised cybersecurity certification that provides learners with the essential knowledge and skills required to identify, assess, and respond to security threats.The course covers core cybersecurity principles, risk management, and defensive techniques used in modern IT environments. It prepares learners for entry?level roles in cybersecurity and provides a strong foundation for further progression in the cyber and IT security sector.

Explore the ideas, themes and movements that have shaped art in Britain from the early twentieth century to the present day. Through discussion, lectures and visits, you will examine how artists respond to social, cultural and political change and how museums and galleries influence the way art is presented and understood. This course is ideal for anyone interested in developing a deeper appreciation of art and culture and provides a strong foundation for further study in art or art history.

This course is designed for beginners, and will cover key skills and techniques needed to progress to a higher level. You will work with beautiful fresh flowers and create both traditional and contemporary designs, which you can take home each week. The course also covers key health and safety requirements.

This course will introduction you to the core skills of pattern cutting, enabling you to use basic blocks to create simple patterns. You will learn how to drape on the stand and how to extract a pattern from your design and reproduce it in toile fabric.

Learn how to project confidence and contribute effectively in both face-to-face and virtual meetings. Modern workplaces and community groups rely heavily on blended communication, requiring you to be equally effective around a meeting table or online. This course equips you with the vocal stamina, camera-ready body language, and meeting know-how needed to ensure your voice is heard and valued.

Learn how to make your own clothes on this short beginner's course. It will teach you how to use the sewing machine, as well as basic sewing techniques and processes. You will learn to construct a simple garment.

This three-day summer school is designed for beginners, and will cover key skills and techniques needed to progress to a higher level. You will work with beautiful fresh flowers and create both traditional and contemporary designs, which you can take home each week. The course also covers key health and safety requirements.

On this 4 day course programme to build and develop your fine art portfolio. This is ideal for for creatives working towards portfolio preparation for university/college or a career change.

This course is for clothes making beginners. In this course will learn how make a basic top in calico (unbleached cotton fabric) and then make the garment in your chosen fabric.