Tag: Lifelong learning

MA Learning in Communities Open Day at Holyrood Campus

THURSDAY 14 NOVEMBER 1 – 3.30pm

📣 Join us for an Open Day! Discover the MA in Learning in Communities 📣

Are you passionate about transforming communities through education and lifelong learning? Our MA in Learning in Communities could be the perfect fit 🌱

✨ Get an inside look at our programme designed to equip you with the skills and knowledge to drive impactful learning experiences in communities.

✨ Meet our staff, ask questions, and hear from current students about their journeys.

✨ Explore how this degree empowers you to work in diverse settings, from nonprofits and educational institutions to grassroots organisations.

📅 13:00-15:30 Holyrood Campus

📍 Holyrood Campus

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Whether you’re a recent graduate, a professional, or someone looking to make a difference, this MA is built to help you make an impact.

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Getting you fit and healthy at Leith Primary School

GETTING YOU FIT AND HEALTHY AT LEITH PRIMARY SCHOOL

10 week term, starting from 23rd September

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Monday 18.30-20.30 – Tai Chi : International Yang Style

Tuesday and Thursday 18.15-19.15 : Gentle Exercise

Tuesday and Thursday 19.30-20.30 : Fitness Bootcamp style to get you fit

Wednesday 18.15-19.15: Zumba Dance and Zumba Gold

Wednesday 19.30-20.30: Latin Dance

For the 10 week term, starting from 23rd September

Standard Fee: £50.40 Concession Fee: £25.50 Reduced Fee: £20.00

Ring 0131 556 7978 to book a place

Or online https://adulteducationedinburgh.spydus.co.uk/

City council launches Adult Education Programme

The new Edinburgh Adult Education Programme is just around the corner!

With over 300 courses on everything from Ancient Greek history to web design there is truly something for everyone.

Find out more on the programme website:

https://adulteducationedinburgh.spydus.co.uk/…/WPAC/HOME

Adult Education Classes: Drawing and Painting – one day course

Drawing and Painting one day course 

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Unleash your inner Warhol or Van Gogh in this one day course on Saturday 11th March from 10am-3pm.

The very friendly tutor and professional artist will support whatever medium or style you’d like to develop over the day, offering guidance, tips, techniques, suggestions and demonstrations of different styles.

You can work from your own photo or a still life set up and there is time to make a lot of progress within the one day. 

Everyone can learn basics of colour mixing and simple likeness drawing, to more sophisticated sketching in colour, to developing skills already in place, with a willingness to try out new suggestions. The emphasis is on enjoyment and creativity.   

Enjoy a day of fun and stretching yourself to try out a new style of painting. Everyone welcome 

To book a place you can ring 0131 556 7978 or online at www.joininedinburgh.org 

Fees £23.88 standard fee and £19.38 for senior citizens, students and benefits.

Adult Education Classes: Sketching animals in the Zoo

Sketching Animals in the Zoo – two dates in March

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This one day course offers a unique opportunity to observe animals closely and be able to sketch from real life.

From the feathered to the furry, from the fancy patterned to the plain camouflage and from the massive to the miniscule, you will have a chance to see the personalities of individual animals by their behaviour and be able to capture this in quick sketches or more in-depth drawings. 

The professional artist tutor can help with tips, knowledge and techniques on how to develop animal sketches. You will also learn fascinating facts about the animals and the experience will breathe new life and expression into your art as a new challenge to capture these real life moments. 

Enjoy a day of being amongst the animals, outdoors or inside a warm enclosure area if the weather is not so good (entry fee included in course fee). Great opportunity to see the Panda bears before they depart later this year. 

There are 2 dates: 

Sketching Animals in the Zoo – All – (3/3) – OUT18215M (Friday) from 10am-3pm 

Or

Sketching Animals in the Zoo – All – (21/3) – OUT18212M (Tuesday) 10am – 3pm

Fees: Standard £23.88 – student or senior citizen or benefits £17.38  

To book a place or find out more please ring 0131 556 7978 or online at www.joininedinburgh.org

Adult Education: SM Geocaching

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Your chance to join in a global treasure hunt, using clues and GPS (global positioning system) to find hidden caches of objects, Improve technology skills in very satisfying, fun way! 

One day course on Saturday 4th March from 10.30am-4.30pm 

Book your place or find out more by ringing 0131 556 7978 or online at www.joininedinburgh.org

Costs £21.75 standard fee and £17.25 for reduced fees.

Adult Education Courses: Navigation

Navigation – skills for life 

Either our one day course or the 5 week course can help you develop confidence to go out walking in the hills with a better grasp of map reading and navigation abilities. You will learn the fundamentals of interpreting contours and scales and ways of keeping a track of where you are, so you are able to keep found. 

Effective use of a compass will also be reviewed, with guidance on pacing and timings and route planning. Developing these talents could make all the difference to enjoyment and safety whilst out and about with family and friends and the course is fun. 

Learn to navigate safety through Scotland’s hills, mountains, forests and glens competently, confidently in an enjoyable setting with a friendly tutor either as a one day course overview or in more depth over 5 weeks. 

Staying Found – Introduction to Navigation – All – (26/2) – OUT60387F

Sunday mornings from 10am-12 noon 5 weeks from 26th February 

Fees £43.50 standard fee – £21.75 for senior citizens/ students – £17.25 for benefits. 

One Day Courses

Navigation – Hillwalking – Beginner – (18/3) – OUT60196M

Or

Navigation – Low Level Hillwalking – Beginner – (12/3) – OUT60287M

Meeting for Pentlands walk 9.30am – 4.30pm

Sunday 12th March or Saturday 18th March 

Fees £30.45 standard fee – £17.25 for senior citizens, students and benefits.

To find out more or to book a place please ring 0131 556 7978 or go online on www.joininedinburgh.org 

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Digital Photography Crash Course

Digital Photography 

One Day Crash Course 11th March from 10am – 3pm 

Enjoy our one day course in learning how to get the most from your camera. 

This course is an introduction to photography and to offer technical and creative skills for each student to progress either as a total beginner or for those who would like to build confidence on skills that students already have. 

The emphasis is on fun learning and suited to help students achieve their own goals. The tutor is very experienced and helpful. 

The course will look at camera handling, composition, downloading images, file management and simple digital manipulation, within the time constraint of a one day course.  

Standard fee £23.88 and reduced/ concession fee is £19.28. 

To book on please ring 0131 556 7978 or online at www.joininedinburgh.org 

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Photography course at Inch House

Photography Workshop 

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This is a 5 week course mainly outdoors although weather may mean more of each session indoors at Inch House.

It is an informal course for students to learn how to make the most of their camera and improve the standard of personal photography. The tutor is very friendly and experienced and can help with general or particular photography or camera queries. 

Students will learn to use the camera functions, cover various modes, and discuss composition in relation to landscape and (potentially) nature photography.

Standard fee for the 5 weeks course running on Thursdays from 1pm-2.30pm each week is £32.63 and only £17.25 for any senior citizens, students or benefits. 

To book on, please ring 0131 556 7978 or online at www.joininedinburgh.org