Getting Ready for Entry 2 Functional Skills Maths
Do you want to feel confident before starting your Entry 2 Functional Skills Maths qualification? This course is designed to prepare you. It will introduce you to the content, level and expectations of the Entry 2 Functional Skills Maths course. You will need to pass an initial assessment before starting.
Painting and Drawing
Want to unlock your inner artist? This course gives you a solid foundation in painting and drawing through engaging exercises. You'll explore various themes each term, from still life to portraiture and landscapes. Learn to "see" like an artist, plan compositions and master colour theory. Perfect for all skill levels, this course will boost your confidence and help you express your unique creativity. Join us and discover the joy of painting and drawing!
Getting Ready for Level 2 Functional Skills Maths
Do you want to gain a Level 2 Functional Skills Maths qualification? Not sure if you're ready? This ‘Getting Ready for Level 2 Functional Skills Maths’ course is designed for you. It will prepare you for the Level 2 Functional Skills Maths course, familiarising you with the content, level and expectations. Please note that you will need to complete and pass an initial assessment before starting this course.
Office Skills 365 - Level 2 Certificate (Back to Work)
The Office Skills 365 - Level 2 Certificate (Back to Work) course is designed to equip learners with essential IT user skills, helping them build confidence and competence in using modern office software. This course uses the Microsoft 365 suite and equips learners with confidence and proficiency in essential office software applications, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and productivity tools.
On successful completion, learners will achieve the NCFE Level 2 Certificate in IT User Skills (ITQ) Qualification. The course is structured around four key units, which focus on a specific application or skill area, ensuring learners develop a well-rounded, job-ready digital skillset.
Digital Skills Award - Level 1 (OCNLR)
This Level 1 course prepares you for working in an increasingly digital world, providing the support you need to build your confidence when working with mobile devices, computers and understanding applications for word processing, spreadsheets and presentations.
If you have been out of work from a career break, recently lost your job or found yourself in a much-changed environment, or even if you are not working in what might be considered a technology-based sector, having a good level of digital fluency is a must.
This course is free for anyone over 19 who does not already have Level 1 skills in IT. When you apply you will need to take a skills test to see your level.
Philosophy - An Introduction
Ever wondered about the big questions in life? Join us to explore central problems of philosophy. You'll learn how to think critically and puzzle through complex ideas for yourself. This course is perfect for anyone curious about the world and eager to explore fundamental questions. We'll help you develop your own philosophical perspective.
Painting and Drawing Projects
Show the world through your eyes and develop a depth to your paintings that will captivate your audience. Encounter different approaches to paintings while developing your technical skills and abilities with your chosen media and extending your responses to your chosen subject matter. Come with an open and enquiring approach, along with a desire to develop your own practice further.
Beyond Phenomenology: Foucault, Deleuze, and Badiou in Dialogue with Experience
This course explores how three major 20th-century thinkers—Michel Foucault, Gilles Deleuze, and Alain Badiou—engage with and move beyond the tradition of phenomenology. While not phenomenologists in the strict sense, each thinker offers a powerful response to the phenomenological concern with consciousness, experience and subjectivity. Through key readings and discussion, you will examine how these philosophers reframe the role of the body, perception, truth, and power, opening new directions in modern thought.
Philosophy - Herbert Marcuse, Frederick Jameson, Evald Ilyenkov
This course examines how three influential Marxist thinkers—Herbert Marcuse, Evald Ilyenkov, and Fredric Jameson—grapple with the relationship between consciousness, ideology, and social transformation. Engaging both Western and Soviet traditions, you will explore critical theory, dialectical logic and cultural analysis to better understand how human thought and experience are shaped by, and resist, capitalist society. No prior knowledge of Marxism or philosophy is needed. The course emphasises open discussion, conceptual clarity, and practical relevance.
Watercolours and Drawing Intermediate
A course suited to all levels with experience in watercolour painting, the course will begin with an introduction of the basic techniques to help you gain confidence and mastery of the medium.If you would like to enrol on an eligible course as a Carer then please visit reception at either Parkshot or Hillcroft where one of our staff will be able to assist you. If you would like to enrol on an eligible course as a Carer then please visit reception at either Parkshot or Hillcroft where one of our staff will be able to assist you.
