Humanities & Culture

(Women Only) Access courses are designed to enable learners, aged 19+, to gain a qualification which is accepted by universities as an alternative to A Levels. Access courses are delivered over one year as opposed to the two years required for A Levels. An access course is therefore ideal for anyone who left school without formal Level 3 qualifications, or for people who wish to change career without having to do two years of A levels. On our Access to Humanities and Social Sciences programme you will gain the knowledge and academic skills necessary to progress on to Higher...

This course will be delivered online. The eruption of Black Lives Matter protests across America in 2020 once more showed the inequalities in America society and its racial divisions. The return of the KKK in society, Charlottesville and the reactions to policing of the 2021 storming of the Capitol have continued the focus. For some in the country these divisions were supposed to have been addressed during the Civil Rights movement of the 196os but racial equality in America has always come in fits and starts. This course aims to look at the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s,...

This course will be delivered online. This course will introduce you to the basic elements of creative writing. You will find the space, and given encouragement, to start your writing journey, wherever it will take you.

This course will be delivered online. This course explores all aspects of creative writing to help you discover your voice and develop your creative writing skills. You will be stimulated, challenged and entertained in equal measure and, as your confidence grows, you will gain mastery across the forms and genres, allowing your creative voice to grow and giving full reign to your imagination. Whether you wish to explore or enhance your creative writing skills, this is the course for you.

This course will be delivered online. Learn, explore and develop the basics of writing drama scripts for film, stage, tv and radio.

This course will be delivered online. This is a popular yearlong course that consists of three distinct parts covering key films from Hollywood, Britain and Europe. Each term has a different theme

Access courses are designed to enable people aged 19+ to gain a qualification which is accepted by universities as an alternative to A Levels. Access courses are delivered over one year as opposed to the two years required for A Levels. An access course is therefore ideal for anyone who left school without formal qualifications, or for people who wish to change career without having to do two years of A levels. Access to Humanities combines the three main subject areas of History, English Literature and Law plus various communication and study skills modules. Successful completion...

This course will be delivered online. Non-fiction is no longer seen as the poor relation to fiction. The good non-fiction writer brings to their chosen subject judgement, imagination and creativity. The more successfully you do this, the more interesting and engaging your book will be. Whatever your reason for writing – perhaps telling your family history or personal life story, exploring a fascinating topic or event or writing a biography – this course is for you. Whether you are still deciding on your subject, have made a tentative start or are already deeply into...

This course will be delivered online. An introduction to our series of courses, from the Ancient Greeks to Contemporary Post Modernists explore the key ideas that have shaped and changed world views. If you have a special interest in philosophy and the history of ideas of or are seeking an introduction to this area of learning we have a broad range of courses to inspire you.

This course will be delivered online. 'You will be a thorn in the city's flesh.' This is how Euripides described his own voluntary exile in the mouth of his dark heroine Medea on the Greek stage in 431BC, unpopular in the city because of the bone-tingling subtlety and sympathy with which he penetrated the human psyche. Millennia later, the relevance both of his works and those of his rivals is astonishing. This course covers the representation of grief, estrangement, asylum-seeking, family and sacrifice, as well as ribaldry, political satire, and Dionysian revels,...

This course will be delivered online. 'A love affair is always an instructive theme regarding what it means to exist,' This course provides an introduction to some of the key themes of the work of Soren Kierkegaard. It places these in the context of his biography, as well as exploring Kierkegaard's problematizing of the philosophical and theological traditions he inherits. Philosophy is a word that sits strangely in relation to Kierkegaard and some argue it more accurate to think of his texts as literature or theology. Writing under pseudonyms such as Week-by-week...

This course will be delivered online. You will get direction for your freelance writing. You will learn the basics of freelance writing to enable you to begin planning, researching, writing and pitching articles to Editors at magazines and newspapers.