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Beginners Social Media Marketing
Social media is one of the biggest marketing channels today. Whether you’re a small business owner, charity worker, community service operator, or local performer, having a presence online can help you get in front of your target audience.
Social media courses give you essential digital training to be able to set up and run social media accounts. They also help you learn to market yourself online.
This social media marketing course is aimed at beginners, so don’t worry if this is new to you!
We will cover five main platforms: LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and Pinterest. Understand how these channels work and learn to set up your profile. Understand how to define your target audience and create content that they want to see. Learn how to schedule posts and plan a content calendar.
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Dates:Tue 16/04/2024 -
Tue 09/07/2024Times:5:00pm - 7:00pmDuration:12 sessionsLocation:OnlineTutor:Karen DuncanCourse code:Q00014350How you'll learn:OnlineAvailability:9 places remainingStatus:In progressFee rangeFree to £100.80
Skincare for Makeup and Beginners
The course introduces the basic beauty skills you need for entry in to the beauty industry. This course covers essential skills and knowledge to progress towards a career in the beauty industry.
Makeup for beginners
Discover application techniques products and tools for creating flawless makeup looks on this online course. Learn the art of makeup application and discover various makeup styles that include day time and evening smoky eye looks.
Health and safety in the beauty industry.
This course includes essential health, hygiene and safety in the beauty workplace.
Starting your own small business.
This course is designed for those looking to start a small business within this exciting industry. This course oh covers developing your business idea, including your business name pricing working hours and using social media etc.
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Dates:Tue 16/04/2024 -
Tue 09/07/2024Location:OnlineCourse code:P00000031How you'll learn:OnlineAvailability:8 places remainingStatus:In progress
Get Ready for Functional Skills Maths Entry 3
Set yourself up for success at entry 3 functional skills in maths. This get ready course helps you prepare to tackle entry 3 maths with confidence. The essential maths skills you’ll learn will help you get your qualification and serve you in everyday life.
Get ready courses help you learn maths at your own pace. The idea of this course is to give you extra study time to acquire the knowledge you’ll need for entry 3 maths.
This is a preparatory maths course for people who are looking to progress to entry 3 functional skills courses. It is a non-accredited adult maths course.
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Dates:Tue 16/04/2024 -
Fri 10/05/2024Times:12:30pm - 3:00pmDuration:12 sessionsLocation:St Pauls Learning Centre (Bristol)
94 Grosvenor Road
St Pauls
Bristol
BS2 8XJTutor:Taona MakundeCourse code:Q00009695How you'll learn:In venueAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:In progressFee rangeFree to £150.00
Craft: Advanced Modern Calligraphy
Embark on a creative journey with our Advanced Modern Calligraphy course. Open to all skill levels, this experience invites you to explore the art of contemporary lettering. The course is tailored to build upon basic skills, enhancing your proficiency and understanding of this captivating craft. Focused on accessible tools and straight forward techniques, students will refine their abilities in expressive letterforms. Whether you're a novice or you want to explore more, join us to deepen your connection with modern calligraphy. With an emphasis on hands-on learning, you'll leave equipped with the knowledge and skills to create stunning, personalized artworks using easily available equipment and simple yet effective techniques.
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Dates:Wed 17/04/2024 -
Wed 10/07/2024Times:7:00pm - 9:00pmDuration:12 sessionsLocation:OnlineTutor:Fiona MitchellCourse code:Q00009829How you'll learn:OnlineAvailability:0 places remainingStatus:In progressFee rangeFree to £88.80
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Duration:12 monthsFee:WEA Membership
Pre-Entry Essential Digital Skills: Moving on with Essential Digital Skills
Gain access to the essentials of modern life through vital digital skills in this beginner-friendly course. Tailored for those lacking confidence in using laptop computers, this program equips beginners with fundamental skills. Learn to access services, apply for jobs, save work, and ensure online safety. The course targets individuals who have limited laptop experience and seek greater proficiency. Dive into the digital era, building confidence and competence in utilising technology to navigate various aspects of contemporary living. Join this this course to unlock the potential of digital tools and enhance your ability to engage with today's interconnected world.
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Dates:Wed 17/04/2024 -
Wed 10/07/2024Times:12:00pm - 2:30pmDuration:12 sessionsLocation:WEA (Leicester)
101 Hinckley Road
Leicester
LE3 0TDTutor:Chantal NgounouCourse code:Q00013587How you'll learn:In venueStatus:In progressFee rangeFree to £126.00
Healthy Living: Longevity Tips For A Healthier Life
In this online, 10-week course, you will look at information to help you optimize your longevity, health and performance. This course is not a medical course, it will help to inform you on a variety of Longevity tips as well as some healthy eating ideas and swaps; you will identify what factors affect ageing, analyse various diet swaps, apply various techniques to relieve stress using Gua Sha massage, discuss the importance of exercise and movement, plus evaluate various therapies and essential oils to help with ageing
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Dates:Wed 17/04/2024 -
Wed 19/06/2024Times:6:30pm - 8:30pmDuration:10 sessionsLocation:OnlineTutor:Lisa RichardsCourse code:Q00013228How you'll learn:OnlineAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:In progressFee rangeFree to £74.00
Reading Poetry: Lyric Poetry and Form
In this online, 10-week course you will read, explore and enjoy some key works by a selection of significant contemporary and historical poets in the English language, you will look at and consider a key example of a poetic form each week with scope to include a variety of notable poems that articulate this. In doing so, you will create some links between form, idea and writer. Alongside close reading of chosen poems we will engage with literary criticism on each poet, as well as poetry, form and poetics generally, exploring the backgrounds of each writer, their lives and their unique approach to the art of poetry, which should set the poems in context of time and the poet's life. Through this we will also look to understand how a particular sense of identity and voice has been created within the work we encounter.
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Dates:Wed 17/04/2024 -
Wed 26/06/2024Times:2:45pm - 4:45pmDuration:10 sessionsLocation:OnlineTutor:Simon HaworthCourse code:Q00013313How you'll learn:OnlineAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:In progressFee rangeFree to £74.00
Entry Level ESOL: ESOL for Improvers (Whitecross)
Discover the wonderful world of the English language with this beginners ESOL course. It will help you to develop basic speaking, listening, reading and writing skills in English. Whether you have studied basic English before or you are completely new to it, You will find value in this ESOL course. Develop your language skills to enable you to recognise simple words, prepare to write, ask everyday questions and answer them using correct grammatical structures. You do not need any special tools to attend, just yourself and some enthusiasm. Start your language journey today by registering for this course.
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Dates:Thu 18/04/2024 -
Fri 19/07/2024Times:12:30pm - 3:00pmDuration:38 sessionsLocation:Whitecross Community & Recreation Centre
Lexden Street
Warrington
WA5 1PTTutor:Andrea OstapskiCourse code:Q00015050How you'll learn:In venueAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:In progressFee rangeFree to £388.50
Craft: Advanced Pottery – Hand building Techniques
To create, design and make a range of pottery items using hand building techniques, with earthenware clay and glazes. Build on skills using techniques of pinching, coiling, press moulding, slab construction and tile making. Explore and use different methods of applying surface decoration to enhance the visual qualities of pottery work. Use sketch books to support the development of ideas. Work in a relaxed and supported environment. Create with clay and discover the feeling of wellbeing it can provide. If ceramics is your passion, experience and share the excitement of the pottery process from raw clay to the fired kiln.
Fee paying students may be asked to pay £12.00 towards the cost of materials
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Dates:Thu 18/04/2024 -
Thu 11/07/2024Times:1:00pm - 3:00pmDuration:12 sessionsLocation:Louth Town Hall (Louth)
Eastgate
Louth
LN11 9NHTutor:Margaret HowlettCourse code:Q00013231How you'll learn:In venueAvailability:1 place remainingStatus:In progressFee rangeFree to £100.80
Craft: Advanced Pottery – Hand building Techniques
To create, design and make a range of pottery items using hand building techniques, with earthenware clay and glazes. Build on skills using techniques of pinching, coiling, press moulding, slab construction and tile making. Explore and use different methods of applying surface decoration to enhance the visual qualities of pottery work. Use sketch books to support the development of ideas. Work in a relaxed and supported environment. Create with clay and discover the feeling of wellbeing it can provide. If ceramics is your passion, experience and share the excitement of the pottery process from raw clay to the fired kiln.
Fee paying students may be asked to pay £12.00 towards the cost of materials.
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Dates:Thu 18/04/2024 -
Thu 11/07/2024Times:7:00pm - 9:00pmDuration:12 sessionsLocation:Louth Town Hall (Louth)
Eastgate
Louth
LN11 9NHTutor:Margaret HowlettCourse code:Q00013233How you'll learn:In venueAvailability:6 places remainingStatus:In progressFee rangeFree to £100.80