WEA courses

Create an effective CV with our Professional Development: CV Workshop. Learn how to highlight your skills and experiences to make a strong impression on employers. Ideal for job seekers looking to enhance their employability.

Stress affects most people in the country at some point in life. Understanding the harmful effects of stress is essential to maintaining good mental health and well-being. This stress awareness course can help you recognise and deal with stress when it happens. This mental health awareness training helps you understand what you and others may be experiencing. It is also useful if you work in a support role such as mentor, counsellor, or carer. It will teach you important skills for care jobs if you want to work in adult social care.

This micro course is designed for those who want to explore how to turn their creativity into a business. The course will outline the very basics of what you need to know in order to set up, and start running, a successful arts and crafts business whether creating and selling unique artwork, unique home décor, or jewellery. The course covers how to identify and define your niche within the arts and crafts sector; the basics of pricing products to ensure profitability; key steps to setting up an online shop or selling at local markets; simple marketing techniques to attract customers, including using social media. This course is perfect for beginners and requires no prior business knowledge. By the end of the session, you will have a clear understanding of the first steps needed to launch their arts and crafts venture and make your creative passions profitable.

These sessions are suitable for learners with experience or without experience. Recourses will be suggested for learners to participate who have no practical art experience and full direction is given to enable all learners to participate. These details will be shared with learners before the start of the course. Learners will be able to participate just using pencil, paper and tracing paper. If they wish to be more experimental, they may wish to choose painting or collage materials The sessions are delivered online by power point presentation with lecture and discussion. There will be instructions visually and verbally which will instruct learners how to carry out their own experiments in abstracted art.

This is an opportunity to gain knowledge and insight into a Victorian way of life undertaking a drawing course in this extraordinary Art Gallery and Museum. Renowned nationally for a unique collection of Pre-Raphaelite and Victorian art and sculpture, it also showcases the home of the original owners Merton and Annie Russell-Cotes, which is almost completely intact with furniture and decorations. The couple made many overseas voyages, and brought back numerous objects from their travels, many of which are displayed in the Museum. The Mikado room houses a selection of the 100 trunk loads of Japanese artefacts purchased. There are also temporary exhibitions to sketch in, including a show of the work of May Morris, William Morris's daughter. Suitable for beginners and improvers.

"Moving into a new home is a busy time and for some it can be the first time they have lived independently. How to maintain our own health and personal hygiene during this busy time can be a challenge, the outcome of this course is to give you an understanding of the tasks that need to be completed to maintain ourselves whilst we are also busy maintaining our homes and busy lives. On completion of this course learners will be able to Understand the importance of personal hygiene. Understand the importance of caring for clothes and other laundry. Understand the importance of a balanced diet to a healthy lifestyle. Understand the importance of exercise to a healthy lifestyle.

Aimed at those who have stories or working on a longer project, this course set over 5 hours in in one weekend, gives you dedicated time for writing and reflecting on your optimum creative process. You’ll set a daily achievable goal, refresh an element of story craft through the tutor’s stimulating exercises and extracts from published texts and write! We’ll immerse ourselves in short and longer writing exercises and get feedback from the tutor and peers when you share in pairs. Imagine the amount of work and momentum you’ll build over these two mornings. Set yourself up for success with dedicated time for writing.

Join us for a morning of walking and drawing this historic part of London in the heart of Clerkenwell 's design district. We will combine a visit to St John’s Gate Cloisters with its walled garden, Charterhouse and various pubs and iconic St James Church. Alongside our walk, we will be drawing a combination of buildings and foliage, with your choice of sketching mediums. We will be looking at capturing the perspective and proportion of the buildings to surrounding shapes. You can add both illustrative sketching detail and written word around your drawings to another dimension. For inclement weather we will find interior spaces in various Churches, pubs or cafes, and continue to work from there. Guidance will be offered by your tutor to help with composition and drawing/painting techniques in you chosen medium.

This day school offers a unique exploration of local history by examining the lives and contributions of 3 remarkable women who left indelible marks on society, culture, and politics. From ancient warriors to a mystic and an influential writer, each woman represents a distinct era in British history, shedding light on the struggles, achievements, and societal changes of their times. Throughout the day, we will delve into the lives of these extraordinary women, analysing their impact on local and British society and their enduring legacies. By studying their stories, learners will gain a deeper understanding of key historical events, social movements, and cultural shifts that have shaped the fabric of Britain.

Art in the Olympic (South) Park Walking Tour explores the public artworks in the south side of the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. It is the first Olympic Park to integrate artworks into the landscape right from the start by established and emerging artists, international and local, which reflects the Park’s identity and is the home to West Ham’s Football Stadium. Discover artworks that are both large and striking, whilst others are smaller and harder to find, inspired by the undulating landscape, riverside, buried histories, community memories, and Olympic glory. The meeting point is the ArcelorMittal Orbit by Sir Anish Kapoor.