Courses & Workshops

Use 2D cut out animation to bring to life your very own digital Christmas card!

This animation course, designed for autistic young people, with smaller class sizes, explores digital and stop motion animation.

Come and experiment with different forms of writing, including the short story, mindful writing and memoir.

This weekly photography course will build your confidence in photography skills, taking you from beginner to brilliant in five weeks.

This course is designed to enhance your confidence and enjoyment as a reader of poems, and provide ideas which will help you in your own writing.

Every great author started with an idea and a blank piece of paper. If you have both of these things, you, too, can write the next great children’s classic.

We’ll look at forms, such as haikus, ballads and sonnets; we’ll explore techniques like rhyme and rhythm; and meet poems from different periods and cultures.

This course will give you an introduction to some of the basic techniques of comedy writing, from creating characters to getting to grips with punchlines and timing.

This fun, practical and creative four week course is for anyone interested in the craft of lyric writing.

This exciting six-week course gives writers the opportunity to learn different approaches to playwriting whilst preparing their own short play.

5 week course taught by a native speaker, covering all the fundamental skills of the language to prepare you to communicate confidently in Spanish.

We’ll be looking at what makes a good crime novel work and how important character, setting, plot and narrative all are. And twists. Don’t forget the twists.

Discover how to professionally and seamlessly edit your film footage in Adobe Premiere Pro.

Come and join us for an afternoon of poetry on the season of winter. From medieval lyrics to Shakespeare to contemporary writers, we’ll bring some warmth into January with beautiful words.

Take your first steps in podcasting and radio production with this one day masterclass!

Unlock the power of pattern-making in Adobe Illustrator in this hands-on, one-day workshop.

Use stop motion animation techniques to design, plan and shoot a short film using your favourite Lego from home.

An action-packed two-day in-depth introduction to digital SLR photography.

From concept to content, learn the skills needed to create compelling videos for your small business.

Designed for new and emerging scriptwriters to push their work to a professional level.