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Just imagine 4 ... to our all-new Courses & Training Guide: an indispensible directory of information about everything from evening classes in sewing or sugarcraft to degrees in law or postgraduate courses in creative writing. Whether you’re looking to acquire a new hobby and meet new friends or you’re out to give your career or job prospects a boost, you’ll find fully up-to-date details about courses and training at a huge variety of colleges, universities and other organisations across the West. But don’t just take our word for it, start browsing these pages and see for yourself.

Get creative in arts and crafts

Let us play 7

Performance enhancement

A question of degree 10

University and college opportunities

You’re hired! 12

Kickstart your career with an apprenticeship

Mind your Language 15

Sharpen up your linguistic skills

Health distribution 17

Fit yourself up for a caring career

Make a good job of it 21 Vocational training courses

Class acts 25

Courses and training news

Contacts 30

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Courses to help you find and unleash your inner artist.

This pic: the beautifully located Hawkwood College; below: textile fun at Heart Space Studios; top right: lifedrawing at the ICIA; below right: Backwell School teaches adults too; below far right: dance with joy at the options available from Adult Learning Services

Just imagine From the Heart Tactile textiles! The great joy to be had in employing a range of techniques to turn materials into a oneoff creation lies behind the launch of Heart Space Studios earlier this year. Expert, experienced tutors chosen for their craftsmanship are your guide to working with fabric, thread, beads, fleece, leather, paper, metal and wood, among other media. The creative process starts with drawing, researching and sampling, with your skill and confidence enhanced en route to producing something that’s personal, meaningful or just plain useful. Whether kept or given, love is woven into its very fabric. Over a dozen different workshops include bookbinding, embroidery, embellishment, patchwork and felt.

August’s courses include pattern cutting, bead making and corsetry, with September bringing a cobweb felt day course, the start of a six-week textile art course (inspired by ripe, delicious fruit), a cushion-making hand-quilting day, business cardmaking class, infinite squares on an artistic quilt and kimono techniques. Much positive feedback has already been received, with one student saying: “Many thanks for a really lovely two days – I was

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thrilled to bits with my scarf!”

FFI 4 HARCOURT RD, REDLAND, BRISTOL, BS6 7RG. TEL: 0117 923 2391, EMAIL: JAN@ HEARTSPACESTUDIOS.CO.UK, WEB: WWW. HEARTSPACESTUDIOS.CO.UK

Take wing at Hawkwood Hawkwood College’s beautiful Gloucestershire setting is the starting point for some delightfully diverse learning. Whether you’re seeking a new skill, new friends, inspiration or inner peace, its tranquillity provides the perfect backdrop. Classes

run throughout the year and plenty remains to contemplate in 2011 – not least a gathering in celebration of 11/11/11! The nimble-fingered will enjoy picking up nuido, a form of Japanese embroidery, while similarly creative courses include soap-making, landscape painting, willow work, a weekend casting with plaster of Paris, rag rug making, Chinese brush painting and the chance to produce your own singing bowl. There’ll be 10 times the fun when the Aurora Wind Ensemble takes a three-day study of works for wind dectet (a minimum musical proficiency applies for participants). Enhance your wellbeing via yoga and a naturally nourishing skincare class or explore your spiritual side via courses covering ‘green days of the dancing stillness’, sacred clowning and the lost secrets of Hawaiian shamanism.

FFI TEL: 01453 759034, WEB: WWW. HAWKWOODCOLLEGE.CO.UK

Prints charming For etchings you’ll want people to see and a whole lot more take a course at Spike Print Studio, the South West’s largest open-access print studio.

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Courses & Training Guide 2011 Celebrating its 35th anniversary in 2011, its spacious studio encourages artist to explore their work and exchange ideas. Technical support nurtures the production of original prints while courses, workshops and master classes educate the public in printmaking. Choose from subjects like screenprinting and etching (both at beginner and intermediate levels), monoprinting, collagraph, relief printing and block printing. A low-tech screenprinting course embodies the punk era’s do-it-yourself attitude and a folksy, handmade aesthetic, while a power gravure master class sees you make your mark on perspex with the help of power tools. Doubtless the mood will be calmer during the three-week course on contemporary art taken by a former Tate St Ives audience development associate. A 90-minute talk in November will discuss why contemporary artists use print. Demand for all courses is great so book up before it’s too late.

FFI TEL: 0117 929 0135, EMAIL. INFO@ SPIKEPRINTSTUDIO.ORG, WEB: WWW. SPIKEPRINTSTUDIO.ORG

Draw, dance, DJ Express your creative side at the University of Bath’s Institute of Contemporary Interdisciplinary Arts. A high-quality programme of courses and workshops, led by professional tutors and high-profile visiting experts caters for beginner level upwards. Open to the general public, the programme spans introductory skills and openended experimentation, introducing participants to exciting contemporary practices en route. Music lovers can choose from visiting musician-led courses and workshops covering samba drumming, conducting, chamber music, computing for sound, DJing, voice and more, while dance offerings at beginner, intermediate and advanced levels include contemporary, ballet, street and jazz. Nurture the thesp within via acting and performance technique classes and specialist workshops from visiting companies or give rise to your inner artist via the chance to explore painting and drawing’s more traditional skills through a range of creative approaches and discussion. There are also courses in digital art and photography at various levels. The institute’s diverse and unusual activities portfolio has led to its unique place in the Bath cultural scene. Its programme is open to ages 16+ and runs during the university term, with daytime, evening and weekend activities available.

FFI TEL: 01225 386777, EMAIL: ICIAINFO@ BATH.AC.UK, WEB: WWW.BATH.AC.UK/ICIA

to involve everyone in the local community in its life – feel free to suggest future courses. The school also runs an annual children’s summer activities school during the first week of the summer break and there will be a further programme available in January 2012 giving details of any additional courses tutors would like to offer.

FFI PLEASE CONTACT KATHY PATTERSON, COMMUNITY ARTS MANAGER, BACKWELL SCHOOL, BACKWELL, BS48 3BX. TEL: 01275 465942, EMAIL: KPATTERSON@ BACKWELLSCHOOL.NET, WEB: WWW.BACKWELLSCHOOL.NET

Magnificent seventh

Hats on!

Backwell School’s community courses for adults are a great way to learn a new skill and they could change your life. It’s never too late to learn something new and this will be the seventh year the school has organised a programme of courses for adults in the local community. All are leisure courses, with the emphasis on learning in an enjoyable and supportive environment and with paperwork kept to a minimum. This year the school is welcoming four new tutors while new courses include stained glass, sugarcraft, interior design and creating a photo book. Further choices include art, block printing, creative writing, sewing & textiles, French, Italian, photography and digital imaging.

Courses run on Monday and Tuesday evenings and the school’s excellent facilities. As a performing and visual arts specialist school, Backwell is keen

There are more new courses being offered by the Adult Learning Service this autumn than you can shake a stick at. Indeed, shaking a stick at something seems to be about the only subject in which it doesn’t run a class. Its curriculum includes wellbeing, arts & crafts, DIY, music & dance, languages, cookery, computing and more, and within these broad categories you’re sure to find something to engage and enthral. New offerings at its St Pauls Learning & Family Centre range from the placid – yoga, hat-making, crafts recycled and recorders & guitars for beginners – to the slightly more energetic woodwork, bicycle maintenance, sustainable gardening, creative writing, drama workshops and the lively fun of Rajasthani gypsy dance. Over at the service’s Stoke Lodge premises there’s more hat-making (beside bread and pastry

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making) with cooking with fresh herbs, wholefood cookery and fish dishes bringing delicious diversity.

History – and film – buffs will love a course charting the rise and fall of Hollywood, while you can brush up on historic art by investigating the painting techniques of the Old Masters.

FFI TEL: 0117 903 8844, WEB: WWW.BRISTOL. GOV.UK/ADULTLEARNING

Food for thought Tuition is on a back burner at Teoh’s Cookery School over the summer but the autumn will once again see students learning to appreciate good far-eastern food. As one of them, you’ll learn about Chinese, Japanese, Malaysian, Thai and Indonesian cuisine, with lessons covering student introduction, a guide to ingredients, food preparation, cooking and (most importantly) eating. Most ingredients can be found in local grocery stores (the Teoh’s shop sells more specific items). Classes are small and most last around four hours, costing £50 per person, with meat, seafood, vegetarian and vegan students catered for. Vouchers and gift cards are available if you’d like a classmate. Suffice to say, this is one school where nobody goes truant.

FFI TEL: 0117 907 1191, WEB: WWW.TEOHS.NET

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courses & training guide 2011 creative courses: Music & Performance

Let us play Access all areas If you’ve got the music in you, the experts at Access to Music will bring it out. Its full-time one- and two-year performing musician course at levels 2 and 3 is designed for musicians, vocalists and singer/songwriters looking to create, record, perform and promote original music either in bands or solo. Those interested must be aged 16 or over, and while no previous qualifications are necessary, some of the college’s partner institutions may have entry requirements. Application is via interview/ audition during which you will demonstrate you have the skills, drive and motivation to complete the course. Once accepted, you can expect to nurture your muso mojo to make it in the biz, as a solo singer-songwriter, MC/ rapper, pop singer or in an indie band, metal group, jazz ensemble or folk duo. As well as catering for performing musicians, the college also offers a digital musician course along similar lines. Appealing to musicians, producers and composers seeking to create, record and promote original music using digital audio workstations, it’s the perfect course for those into synthesizers, samplers and sequencers. Students will use software like Reason and Logic to create and realise their music.

FFI TEL: 0800 281842, EMAIL: INFO@ ACCESSTOMUSIC.CO.UK

Announce your engagement That uber-thesp Sir Ian McKellen is on the cover of Theatre Royal Bath’s latest brochure evinces the quality of the actors treading its boards. Its new Engage programme – mounted by its award-winning creative

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learning department – is almost equally eminent, offering, as it does, a huge range of participatory and educational activities for adults. All the world’s a stage and there’s a world of training on offer here. A stage design class brings the chance to make your own set model and artwork while technical training days guarantee a session shadowing the tech team during a performance this season. Budding Bards get a ‘writing for theatre’ class, while those after the specific skills to bring his words to life on stage have a ‘playing Shakespeare’ course as an excellent grounding. The great man’s sonnets form the basis of a ‘movement for performance’ class teaching students how to tell a story with their body. Other acting skills courses range from beginner- and intermediate-level options through an improvisation workshop coinciding

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This pic: nurture your music mojo at Access to Music; below: thespian training at Theatre Royal Bath

Improve your job prospects, enhance your career or change direction completely with a vocation-based training course. with the run of Mike Leigh’s new play to a stage master class taken by Olivier Awardnominated Mark McGann. Those preferring to get into conversation rather than character will enjoy regular free pre- and post-show talks.

FFI TEL: 01225 448844, WEB: WWW. THEATREROYAL.ORG.UK

Trapeze with ease In these difficult times we all need a little escapism, so what could be more thrilling than the chance to pick up some circus skills?

Roll up! Roll up! Daring young (18+) men and women are invited to transport themselves through the air with no difficulty whatsoever thanks to a five-week Circomedia course on the flying trapeze. Run in the evening, the next is likely to start in August, but please contact Circomedia for confirmation. Whenever it starts, students will begin learning on a static trapeze (as well as corde lisse – which involves performing acrobatics on a vertical rope) before progressing upwards. Many choose the class as a challenging way of keeping fit, with upper body strength key to success. Others use it as a way of retaining skills already acquired.

Whatever your reason for coming, there’s the possibility of participating in a very informal course-end show wherein you can demonstrate your prowess to friends and family. A maximum class size of eight ensures students

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Love him or hate him… Russell Brand celebrates the “Potency of this Practice”

Transcendental Meditation

“Transcendental Meditation gives you access to this phenomenal physical, emotional, psychological, spiritual resource!

“I’ve experienced huge benefit from this ever-present sanctuary within myself, which must be within everyone…

“Increased creativity, happiness, a beautiful serenity, freedom from stress and a constant selfless connection with everyone…

“It’s non-denominational and applicable to all human beings, and with huge medical benefits…”

To attend a free Introductory Talk or for more information contact Patrice Gladwin at the Bristol Transcendental Meditation Centre on

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Above: creativity flows at Bath Spa Uni; far right: trapeze with ease at Circomedia; below right: AfroBrazilian dance teacher Claudia Aurora Da Silva; below: bang the drum for Satveer Kaur

learn quickly and efficiently. Upcoming half-day taster sessions on 7 August (flying trapeze), 4 September (beginners’ aerial) and 30 October (circus skills) give the inquisitive a flavour of what to expect from tuition, while existing and emerging professionals should note the special week-long training programme from 19-25 September. Entitled ‘What Next?’, it will cover a wide variety of performance areas, including burlesque, cabaret, contemporary and traditional circus, dance, theatre and more. The week will feature oneto-one master classes, small group workshops and an interesting new session – creative playtime – during which artists with ideas will be able to explore them with the help and support of others. Beyond this, for the seriously circusloving, Circomedia also stages full-time courses such as two-year foundation degrees.

FFI TEL: 0117 947 7288, WEB: WWW. CIRCOMEDIA.COM

Are you dancing?

Tone up your body and your mind with a 10-week samba Rio Carnival dance course from leading Afro-Brazilian dance teacher and performer Claudia Aurora Da Silva. Run in St Werburghs Primary School’s beautiful mirrored Willow Dance Studio, the course is

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than 1,000 musicians, actors, dancers, composers, choreographers, writers, producers and technicians, this vibrant community of students and staff is regularly enhanced by visiting internationally renowned theatre and dance companies. Students frequently demonstrate what they’ve learnt with regular performances on campus and in professional venues. BA (Hons) courses are offered in commercial music, creative music technology, dance, drama studies, music, performing arts and theatre production.

FFI NEWTON PARK CAMPUS, NEWTON ST LOE, BATH, BA2 9BN. TEL: 01225 875875; SION HILL CAMPUS, LANSDOWN, BATH, BA1 5SF. TEL: 01225 875875, WEB: WWW. BATHSPA.AC.UK on Fridays from 7-8.30pm and starts on 23 September. Popular throughout the world, Brazilian samba is sensual and precise – and perfect for anyone who enjoys dancing to uplifting rhythms. It’s a happy, vibrant and effective way to exercise and develop coordination and confidence – so much so that Claudia’s aim is for her students to perform a dance piece at the end of the course. Former students have seen greatly improved core strength and toning (plus a reduction in waist measurement – result!) and they’re given a great deal of positive feedback. One said: “Thank you, Claudia, you are a great teacher and amazing dancer, and it has been lovely learning samba with you.” Another said: “Your classes are amazing and inspiring, I feel really fit and energised... they are a great way to ‘survive’ winter and be fit for the summer.” The course costs £90 per person (£75 concessions).

FFI TEL: 07866 785240, EMAIL: AFROSAMBA@GMAIL.COM, WEB: WWW.AFROSAMBA-BRISTOL.CO.UK

In good company The School of Music & the Performing Arts at Bath Spa University has performance at its heart and provides a nurturing atmosphere where creativity can flow. Home to more

She bangs the drums Musician Satveer Kaur has been playing the dhol (bhangra drum) for around seven years and is a veteran of many a St Werburghs jam session. She also offers tuition in this wonderfully distinctive instrument (which makes a wonderful sound, too, in the right hands). The drumming is done upright, with the drum worn sideways so both skins can be played. One end is covered with goatskin and is played with a dagga; the other has a nylon skin and is struck with a tilli. With one side establishing bass and the other beating out a rhythm, this is multi-tasking at its most melodic. “If you can rub your stomach while patting your head, you should be a quick learner!” says Satveer. Like any good teacher she makes the difficult look very easy, but her friendly manner is guaranteed to put all at ease, ensuring progress is made. Classes can be arranged flexibly, so those who’d rather learn alone can get one-to-one tuition while those keen to round up some mates can go for group lessons. Satveer herself has performed in front of hundreds at gatherings in Eastville Park, so maybe one day you’ll also captivate an appreciative audience.

FFI TEL: 07824 955478.

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Academic Courses

A question

of degree If you thought universities and colleges just offer courses and qualifications in traditionally academic subjects like English, Maths and Natural Science, think again...

For the journey…

The City of Bristol College is recognised throughout the UK as a top Access to Higher Education course provider and has a range of pathways to advance your learning. Its university level prospectus for 2011/12 is now available and explains how classes taken in the evening or daytime over one or two years can prepare you for degree courses at university or a foundation degree or HNC at the college. No formal qualifications are necessary – your life/work experience, commitment, existing skills and potential will be assessed when you apply. The college’s Access pathways include art, media & design, combined studies, health, social work, physiotherapy, initial teacher training, science, engineering & computing and nursing & midwifery. Once ready to progress, foundation degrees in areas such as accounting with management, administration & business technology, aerospace engineering manufacturing, business, complementary health therapies, digital media production, substance abuse and food & beverage management await. Other courses such as engineering (mechanical) or engineering (mechatronics) are offered as HNCs with an option to progress to a foundation degree, while those keen to rise still higher will find postgraduate certificates in education run in partnership with UWE. As one former student says: “Just go for it. Don’t sit around building regret – jump in with both feet.”

FFI THE HE CENTRE, ASHLEY DOWN CENTRE, CITY OF BRISTOL COLLEGE, PO BOX 2887, BRISTOL, BS2 2BB. TEL: 0117 312 5211, EMAIL: HEINFORMATION@CITYOFBRISTOL. AC.UK, WEB: WWW.CITYOFBRISTOL.AC.UK

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Spa’s in your eyes If you expect your journey into academia to take you somewhere special – literally and metaphorically – then a Bath Spa University postgrad course is just the ticket. After all, how many universities can boast their own parkland and estate and medieval buildings? The Newton Park campus estate’s stunning open spaces encourage clear thinking and bring inspiration, while the university’s Sion Hill art and design campus has recently undergone major redevelopment and boasts some of the country’s best facilities and equipment. A strong environmental ethos and staff who care (and an absence of hustle and bustle) will free your mind for the serious business of academically challenging and vocationally relevant taught courses. Art and design subjects include curatorial practice, brand development, fine art and investigating crafts, while early years professional status, specific learning difficulties/dyslexia and professional practice in higher education are among the offerings from the School of Education. Many of the tutors taking the School of Humanities and Cultural Industries’ creative writing MA are practising and published writers, while its literature and landscape MA draws upon the staff’s internationally recognised expertise in the field.

The school’s other MA courses include heritage management, travel and nature writing and feature film-making. Performing Shakespeare is one of the School of Music and the Performing Arts’ MA offerings alongside theatre for young audiences and songwriting. Variety within the Science, Society and Management School’s range includes biology and geography, both of which can be taken as a graduate certificate or diploma.

FFI NEWTON PARK CAMPUS, NEWTON ST LOE, BATH, BA2 9BN. TEL: 01225 875875; SION HILL CAMPUS, LANSDOWN, BATH, BA1 5SF. TEL: 01225 875875; CORSHAM COURT CENTRE, CORSHAM COURT, CHIPPENHAM, SN13 0BZ. TEL: 01225 876383, WEB: WWW. BATHSPA.AC.UK

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Courses & Training Guide 2011 Clockwise from this pic: Bath Spa’s stunning Newton Park; the University of Glamorgan is definitely worth a visit; Simon Pegg – would he have become Scotty without a degree from University of Bristol?; City of Bristol College offers a range of pathways to advance your learning

respectively: where will your degree from Bristol take you?

FFI UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL UNDERGRADUATE RECRUITMENT OFFICE. TEL: 0117 928 8623, EMAIL: UG-ADMISSIONS@ BRISTOL.AC.UK, WEB: WWW.BRISTOL.AC.UK/ PROSPECTUS/UNDERGRADUATE

Get more at Glamorgan

Open options With increasing tuition fees in the headlines, more and more young people fear being unable to go away to university. The solution? Let university come to you! The Open University offers the chance to get a top degree without the worry of massive debt being a burden in the years – or even decades – after graduation. There’s no need to leave home and the flexibility of study means you can fit tuition around employment so you can learn while you earn. This is something particularly attractive to those aged 18-24 who are keen to get their career underway while acquiring the qualifications to send them up the career ladder. It’s a double whammy of the finest order! Students can also stay close to family and friends. Want proof Open University students can compete with those from traditional universities? In March its law students beat those from 32 other universities to win a national mooting tournament held at Gray’s Inn in London, elite universities Durham and Exeter being defeated in the last round and final respectively. Want to find out more? Drop in to an open day on 10 September at 4 Portwall Lane, Bristol from 11am-3pm when you can talk to educational advisers, view course materials and find out more about student support and the like.

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FFI TEL: 0845 300 6090, WEB: WWW.OPEN. SC.UK/EVENTS

Further, higher, deeper Freediver Sara Campbell dived to 96m in the Bahamas to break a world record; Simon Pegg travelled to the year 2233 when playing Scotty in ‘Star Trek’; and Josh Lewsey was at full-back when Jonny Wilkinson sent that drop kick over to win the Rugby World Cup for England in Australia.

Whether scaling the heights, descending to the depths or venturing forward in time, they all have one thing in common – a degree from Bristol University. If you’re interested in following in their flippers or rugby boots, find out more at an open day on Wednesday 21 September. You’ll need to book in advance: interest is great as we go to press so you’re advised to register yours as soon as.

Prospective undergraduates will be able to find out about departments and facilities, meet academic and support staff, talk to current students about their experiences and get advice on funding and how to apply for their course. The university’s handy prospectus lists courses from accounting & finance and aeronautical engineering to veterinary science. Sara, Simon and Josh left Bristol with German & Italian, drama and physiology

Choosing which university to attend is likely to be the biggest decision of your life thus far, so getting the right information beforehand is vital.

Poring over a prospectus is a natural first step, but nothing beats attending an open day, and those at the University of Glamorgan promise to be as impressive as they are instructive. Highlights at its Treforest site include a civil engineering demonstration in which you’re invited to smash a Kevlar-reinforced beam! Eagle-eyed legal types can make close inspection of the Law School’s state-of-the-art moot courtroom with its video facilities, while the site’s WYSIWYG centre is the only one of its kind outside London. There’s hands-on finding out at the university’s Glyntaff site, where those keen on chiropractics get a talk and tour of the centre. Prospective forensic science undergraduates can contemplate the journey from CSI to the courtroom, while no stout footwear is needed to find out about the field work experiences making the geography department Wales’s best.

Medical scientists can even discover what bones can tell us about their former owner. Back in Cardiff, your Swoosh swishness is under investigation via a graphic communication seminar determining how well you know your logos. Fashion trends are brought into focus while a media technology workshop posits whether you’re in Cardiff or somewhere else. The next undergraduate open days are on 16 September and 22 October, with those interested in attending asked to register in advance.

FFI TEL: 08456 434030, WEB: WWW.GLAM. AC.UK

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You’re

This pic: try a musical apprenticeship at Access to Music; below: waste management apprenticeships are available at Norton Radstock College; bottom: countless skills can be learned at Filton College

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apprenticeships

hired!

Alan Sugar isn’t the only one offering bright sparks the chance to further their career with an apprenticeship.

City slickers Here’s a good idea which is bound to get a resounding thumbs-up from the most demanding captain of industry. The City of Bristol College offers apprenticeships (at level 2) and advanced apprenticeships (at level 3) which are just the job when it comes to getting ahead in business (or act as an excellent base for a foundation degree).

Diverse options include barbering, beauty therapy, craft bakery, front office, multi-skilled hospitality, plastering, professional cookery and youthwork.

If you are offered an apprenticeship, the college will work with you to team you up with a local employer; business & administration apprentice Stephanie, aged 17, has her placement at the college itself.

FFI TEL: 0117 312 5000, EMAIL: APPRENTICE@ CITYOFBRISTOL.AC.UK, WEB: WWW. CITYOFBRISTOL.AC.UK

Make it in music Despite what those immensely popular talent shows would suggest, there are roles in the music business other than lead singer. Consequently, the music practitioner advanced apprenticeship offered

by Access To Music can help many fulfill their dream. This full-time, level 3, two-year course is for

anyone with the business flair to work in the music industry as a sound engineer, label owner, event promoter, music artist, manager or journalist. If you’re keen, you should ideally have a level 2 music business/music performance/music technology qualification, or a portfolio of music industry practice plus level 1 maths and English. You will also be invited to attend an interview/audition. The qualification is designed to equip graduates with a flexible range of technical, business, marketing and self-management skills to meet the needs of the ever-changing music industry. Among numerous other disciplines you will undertake a skills analysis and develop a professional career plan with support from mentors and instructors, engage in guided projects which build skills for your chosen career and explore revenue streams within the music industry. You will also benefit from Access to Music’s unique employer-matching service.

FFI TEL: 0800 281842, EMAIL: INFO@ ACCESSTOMUSIC.CO.UK, WEB: WWW. ACCESSTOMUSIC.CO.UK

Get your @pps into gear!

Filton College’s innovatively branded App Scheme (see what they did there?) is creating careers for young people in a range of sectors. Choose from management & education, health & social care, hairdressing, IT professional, construction, sport & active leisure and creative as well as AASE – advanced apprenticeship in sporting excellence. All apprenticeship frameworks have four elements: knowledge qualification, competency qualification, functional/key skills and employment rights and responsibilities.

FFI TEL: 0117 909 2234, EMAIL: APPRENTICESHIPS@FILTON.AC.UK, WEB: WWW. APPSCHEME.ORG.UK

Higher groundings The news coming from Norton Radstock College is that an apprenticeship can be developed in almost any job for which an employer

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sees a need. It’s a growing area, with a direct progression route into higher level study if the apprentice and employer choose. Becca Thurston, apprenticeship coordinator at the college, says: “I would recommend anyone who is completing either GCSEs or A Levels to strongly consider an apprenticeship route as you not only gain valuable qualifications but also work experience and usually an opportunity to progress within the company for which you are working. There are now also opportunities for higher level apprentices to gain qualifications at levels four and five, which is degree level.” The college’s apprenticeships include conservation, waste management, heritage management and teaching assistance and also in business support areas such as administration and customer service. Apprentices can be any age and it’s a great opportunity for anyone who is looking for a career change. Norton Radstock College apprentice Mark Woodford is 39 and has recently completed an apprenticeship in health & social care for adults.

FFI ANY EMPLOYER OR PROSPECTIVE APPRENTICE SHOULD CONTACT BECCA THURSTON AT NORTON RADSTOCK COLLEGE ON 01761 433161 OR EMAIL BECCA.THURSTON@ NORTCOLL.AC.UK

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STUDY LANGUAGES IN BATH Evening classes in

JAPANESE ITALIAN GERMAN SPANISH FRENCH CHINESE St Gregory’s Catholic College, Odd Down, Bath, BA2 8PA

Call us on 07894 913322 Come in and try a free taster session for further information email info@languagesinbath.co.uk

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Mind your

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This pic: brush up your Spanish at The Leftbank Centre before visiting Barcelona; inset: Stewart Redpath & Fabienne Vailes of the Language Experience; below left: if English isn’t your first language, The Bristol Language Centre can help

Taking a course to learn French, Italian, Spanish or Japanese means you won’t get lost in translation.

Second helpings The Bristol Language Centre provides a wide range of courses for speakers of English as a second language. Choose general or intensive English, business English or take a Cambridge exam (FCE or CAE) or TOEIC for professional English. The centre also offers EAP, foundation and IELTS for university preparation. Practical, real-life English is taught in a lively, multi-lingual setting, mirroring the modern English-speaking world. Classes focus on active participation, using up-to-date materials, integrating speaking, listening, reading and writing, and covering core areas of grammar and vocabulary.

Feedback is actively sought to ensure classes are as useful, relevant and motivating as possible, and there’s even the freedom to choose what you study on Friday afternoons and make suggestions for the social programme!

FFI EMAIL: ENQ@THEBRISTOL LANGUAGECENTRE.CO.UK, WEB: WWW. THEBRISTOLLANGUAGECENTRE.CO.UK

Friendly French Alliance Française’s classes are arranged in small groups (ensuring optimum tutor/student interaction) and taken by native French speakers in their own homes, with students placed in the set suited to their ability level thanks to a friendly pre-course assessment. Enrolment is on 12 September from 7.30-9pm at both Henleaze Library, Bristol and St John’s Parish Church, South Parade, Bath, with another enrolment

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opportunity at Bristol Central Library on 17 September from 10am-2.30pm. Beyond the group’s core classes, other engaging offerings include a 10-week theatre workshop, three-hour singing workshop, cookery workshop and a wine tasting evening. They’ll even tell you the secret password to get a discount on the Watershed’s French language films.

FFI ALLIANCE FRANÇAISE BRISTOL: TEL 0117 924 7809/924 3367, WEB: WWW.AFBRISTOL. ORG.UK; ALLIANCE FRANÇAISE BATH: TEL 01225 484225/312930, WEB: WWW.AFBRISTOL. ORG.UK

All around the world The joy of learning French, German, Chinese, Spanish, Italian and Japanese in a supportive and friendly atmosphere is on offer at Languages in Bath. If you enjoy exploring the world’s cultures, you’ll love the chance to share experiences of being abroad and find enthusiastic tutors with a passion for people and places. The group’s small classes will quickly build confidence in understanding and speaking, and there’s plenty of opportunity to practise the new words and expressions you’ve learnt. A weekly ‘live’ session combines with learning via information and online media, with these two different learning forms complementing each other perfectly. Evening classes are run under the auspices of St Gregory’s Catholic College in Combe Hay Lane.

FFI TEL: 07894 913322, WEB: WWW. LANGUAGESINBATH.CO.UK

Are you experienced?

When Bristol University and UWE closed their modern languages lifelong learning programmes, Fabienne Vailes, who’d been teaching at both, and Stewart Redpath decided to launch a new school. The Language Experience specialises

in high-quality teaching (already over 10 topranking ex-university teachers have signed up) in small classes (max 12 students). Learner satisfaction surveys at the end of each module assess tuition and ensure high standards. Classes cover all abilities from beginner to advanced and are staged at Redland High School. Fabienne’s very popular philosophy is to adapt teaching to the individual or group, ensuring all get the maximum from her tuition. As we go to press, French, Spanish, Italian, German, Japanese, Mandarin Chinese and Arabic are on offer, but this range may expand to include languages such as Polish and English for non-English speakers.

Each course is arranged over three 10-week terms with the first term starting in the week beginning 26 September.

FFI TEL: 01275 376952/07980 649262, EMAIL: FABIENNE@LANGUAGEEXPERIENCE.CO.UK

Laidback learning “The teachers are so friendly and great at building confidence... I now travel to Spain every holiday and find myself speaking Spanish without thinking about it.” When a school gets feedback like this, it’s definitely talking the right language. The Leftbank Centre boasts native speakers teaching Spanish and French in a relaxed atmosphere and attractive setting. Small classes ensure effective learning, and there’s great demand so please register your interest early. Courses offer four ability levels and run for 10 or 12 weeks with classes lasting 90 minutes, the emphasis being on working toward a competent conversational level.

FFI 128 CHELTENHAM RD, MONTPELIER, BRISTOL, BS6 5RW. TEL: 0117 944 4433, WEB: WWW.LEFTBANKCENTRE.CO.UK

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Leftbank Learn Spanish, French and Italian at Leftbank

New courses for Beginners and Improvers with qualified tutors One-to-one tuition also available Tel: 0117 944 4433 or email: nick@leftbankcentre.co.uk 128 Cheltenham Road, Bristol, BS6 5RW www.leftbankcentre.co.uk

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Health

Training for one of the caring professions can lead to a uniquely rewarding career.

distribution Move on up

The principle that someone’s thinking and feeling patterns are reflected in their movement lies behind dance movement psychotherapy, a process facilitating emotional, mental, social, physical and spiritual growth via dance and movement.

Dance Voice – with six therapists, the region’s leading dance movement psychotherapy centre – works with a wide client base throughout the year. Its aim is to provide accessible, affordable courses which convey an understanding of art-as-therapy to professionals. The centre believes its dance movement psychotherapy model is unique and it is manifested in a BTEC (Edexcel Award) course run in collaboration with City of Bristol College and a masters programme validated by Canterbury Christ Church University. The former recommences on 20 September, runs for 36 weeks over three terms, and its major areas of investigation include Laban movement and dance as well as related arts. The next masters programme also starts in September. It takes three years to complete, but you’ll feel the benefits long before that, as one student comments: “Training as a dance therapist at Dance Voice is helping me to forge links between mind and body, to facilitate both emotional and physical connections and to use these skills in a practice setting with clients where positive shifts in energy and awareness can occur.”

FFI TEL: 0117 953 2055, EMAIL: ADMIN@ DANCEVOICE.ORG.UK, WEB: WWW. DANCEVOICE.ORG.UK

Learn from the master To receive the best training you have to have the best teacher. Having studied and taught shiatsu since 1987 and yoga since 1984, Bath School of Shiatsu and Yoga (BSSY) founder Frank Davis is among the West Country’s most experienced teachers. After studying with the world’s leading teachers, he was a Bristol School of Shiatsu senior teacher and founded the BSSY in 2000 to combine the powerful and mutually beneficial practices of shiatsu and yoga. A three-year professional shiatsu training programme leading to a nationally recognised practitioner qualification is the school’s main focus. Students also learn yoga techniques in depth, western anatomy, physiology and counselling skills in classes limited to a maximum of 14 students. The course’s flexible nature gives you scope to take a break from tuition if you wish. First year training starts on 26-7 November with second/third year training resuming on 24-25 September, but

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Main pic: learn how to change a nappy blindfold at Norton Radstock College; inset: flexible courses, flexible bodies – at the Bath School of Shiatsu & Yoga

if you’d like a taster beforehand there’s a one-day workshop on 18 September and a three-weekend foundation course starting on 1-2 October. Courses are generally held at Still Point, Broad Street Place in central Bath beside the YMCA. FFI TEL: 01225 859209, WEB: WWW.BSSY. CO.UK

Get some credit Norton Radstock College has long been recognised for its health and social care work-based training, with diplomas replacing NVQs in April 2011. These credit-based awards enable students to cherry pick different credits to suit different client groups and incorporate up-to-date knowledge of standards. Training can be provided in the workplace and there are discounts for choosing multiple credits. Interested? On 31 August (3-6pm), the college is running a taster day for school leavers and those considering changing career; it will offer hands-on activities including changing a nappy blindfolded, putting a wheelchair together, testing heart rates, finger spelling, sensory awareness and breath testing.

FFI TEL: 01761 433161, EMAIL: ENQUIRIES@ NORTCOLL.AC.UK, WEB: WWW.NORTCOLL. AC.UK

Dramatic licence We all carry memories of our experiences, some of which may be unhappy, and if these are left unresolved, they can play a major

part in the way we relate to others and our surrounding world. By revisiting a challenging situation through drama and theatre we can gain insight and understanding, enabling us to better understand ourselves, others and their actions and reactions. Dramatherapy is a form of interactive group work with the emphasis on the use of drama as a means to explore the self and surrounding world. Dramatherapists work in a variety of settings, such as hospitals, day centres, schools and within social services and local communities. Scenario Dramatherapy offers training in this rewarding, holistic and active therapy, whether you’re seeking a taster course, additional skills for your workplace as part of continuing professional development or you wish to practise at professional level. A ‘critical dialogue’ weekend on 10-11 September investigates the possibly inhibitory role of the inner critic while a workshop on 8 October examines expression through our bodies.

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This pic: understand yourself better through Scenario Dramatherapy; right: holistic massage with a dose of fun at the Bristol College of Massage & Bodywork; below right: The Open University’s healthrelated courses include a study of drug discovery

A three-day intensive course brings greater depth. A university diploma programme is also available. Dramatherapy can also develop self-awareness, self-esteem, teambuilding and communication in a corporate environment – whatever your requirements, get in touch.

FFI TEL: 01225 427601, EMAIL: RACHEL@ SCENARIO59.FREESERVE.CO.UK, WEB: WWW. DRAMATHERAPY.ORG.UK

Get the massage If you’re interested in holistic massage, look no further than the Bristol College of Massage & Bodywork (BCMB). Founded by Andy Fagg in 1986, its aim is to lay a strong foundation in the principles and practice of holistic massage to a high professional standard… while also having fun! Students will be empowered with strategies for exploring their fascination with the human body via a thorough, balanced training programme including effective body use to ensure easy, fluent and creative massage. As they train they will experience greater self-awareness and personal development. Client-centred, individualised approaches to massage teach anatomy, physiology and pathology in a dynamic, handson way, and a high staff/student ratio means you’ll get plenty of attention. Oh yes, and everything’s in the hands – quite literally – of ridiculously passionate tutors! Specifically, BCMB offers monthly introductory workshops as well as comprehensive professional training programmes suitable as the foundation for a career. The next starts on 1 October and there are still places left. Qualified therapists can also enhance their skills via advanced courses.

FFI TEL: 0117 377 1201, WEB: WWW. BRISTOLMASSAGE.CO.UK

Healthy options An ageing population means greater need for healthcare, and the Open University’s

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new courses can make your employment prospects in this growing field very healthy indeed. At level 1 you’ll find ‘enhancing your healthcare practice’; ‘analytical science; health, heritage and environments’ is examined at level 2; ‘infectious disease and public health’ is a level 3 course, while postgraduates get a fascinating study of drug discovery and development in ‘concept to clinic’. For information on these and all other OU courses, go along to its open day at 4 Portwall Lane, Bristol on 10 September from 11am-3pm.

FFI TEL: 0845 300 6090, WEB: WWW.OPEN.SC.UK/EVENTS

Bear it in mind The Clifton Practice Hypnotherapy Training Centre is one of the foremost establishments of its kind in the UK and offers training to those seeking to break into this fulfilling profession as well existing practitioners keen to up their skills level.

Its hypnotherapy practitioner diploma course for the future hypnotherapist lasts 10 months and is designed to equip graduates to enter private practice, reassured by the knowledge they have the support of the Clifton Practice’s principals and staff if at any time they need professional help or advice.

The course structure has the enormous advantage of including the valued writings of various experienced practitioners and is predominantly CBT and SFBT orientated.

The next course’s starting dates are 10-11

September (weekend course) and 16 September (small group weekday). For existing hypnotherapists, the practice provides a thorough continuing professional development programme meeting graduates’ requirements as well as those of national hypnotherapy bodies. Both its advanced courses – CBT skills for hypnotherapists and SFBT skills for hypnotherapists – have National Qualification Framework level 4 equivalence and are externally verified by the government awarding body.

FFI TEL: 0117 317 9278, EMAIL: INFO@ CPHT.CO.UK, WEB: WWW.CLIFTON PRACTICEHYPNOTHERAPYTRAINING.CO.UK

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Make a good job of it Improve your job prospects, enhance your career or change direction completely with a vocation-based training course.

They are the gas... ... and the plumbing, construction, engineering and the electrical. They’re also very good when it comes to business, media and performance.

Who are they? Filton College, that’s who.

What’s more, many of the college’s vocational academies’ courses are available part-time so can be fitted around your existing work schedule. Its Bristol Construction Academy offers a six-week introduction to brickwork on Tuesday evenings which can lead on to a level 2 diploma in brick-working daytime course on Mondays and Tuesdays. Similarly, there’s a taster carpentry course on Tuesday evenings from which you can progress to a level 2 carpentry diploma class on Thursdays and Fridays (which can, in turn, lead onto an NVQ). Seven different electrical courses range from portable appliance testing to a level 3 qualification, with plastering, plumbing and three gas-related courses bringing more variety. The college’s South West Academy of Dramatic Arts boasts two theatres and numerous rehearsal rooms and dance studios, with tutors – professionals in their own fields – preparing students for highly professional shows ahead of possible careers in entertainment. Options include diplomas in dance, performing arts, acting, musical theatre and production arts (technical), with foundation degree/HND choices in dance, musical theatre and acting. Filton College’s Bristol Academy of Media Arts enjoys links with Watershed among other media establishments and is negotiating work placements with Endemol. Its courses cover creative, media, creative media and media production.

FFI TEL: 0117 909 2255, EMAIL: INFO@ FILTON.AC.UK, FACEBOOK: WWW.FACEBOOK. COM/FILTONCOLLEGE, WEB: WWW.FILTON. AC.UK

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This pic: Filton College’s South West Academy of Dramatic Arts boasts great facilities; below: The Open University has a wide range of vocational courses, including teacher training

Open for business Open up new career horizons with a vocational course at the Open University. Whether you want to make progress in your existing field or to break into another, you’ll find attractive options to help you climb the ladder. Discover the rewards accruing to those working with young people via secondary school PGCE teacher training (teaching assistants have a separate course); social work and early years training are also available. A range of 23 foundation degrees covers everything from analytical sciences and engineering to retail management and sport & fitness. Degrees can be taken in business studies or leadership & management and there’s even the chance to sit a BA/BSc open degree wherein you can combine a range of modules from different subjects either to suit your particular career and interests or to complete studies started elsewhere. Whatever you seek, you’re advised to drop in to the Open University’s open day at its office on 4 Portwall Lane, Bristol on 10 September between 11am-3pm for more information.

FFI TEL: 0845 300 6090, WEB: WWW.OPEN. SC.UK/EVENTS

Land ahoy!

As a further education college, Norton Radstock College specialises in vocational courses and its land-based courses set it apart. Subject areas include horticulture, arboriculture, countryside & environment, floristry, animal care, veterinary nursing and equine studies. Working in the community is at the heart of much of the work experience in

which land-based students participate. Among many other projects, the college has recently been involved in Timsbury’s Bath in Bloom project, created a community fruit garden in Twerton, maintained footpaths in Kilmersdon (home of the legendary Jack and Jill), built dry stone walls on the Ammerdown Estate and run children’s tree climbing activities in Bath’s Royal Victoria Park. The department has recently developed its range of short courses further to suit both amateurs and professionals in the industry. In recent years the college has also celebrated the work of award-winning florists. Floristry students Janet Allen (2010) and Emma McConnell (2011) received City & Guilds Medals of Excellence for their outstanding work. Their tutor Jacqui Weaver also won a special teaching award. Janet says: “This award has given me the confidence to finally get out there and change my career! I started the course as a new hobby, but I was immediately submerged in a fascinating and

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Dramatherapy p/t Diploma Course Oct 11- Apr 12 5 wkends & Spring School - Stroud Accredited by Worcester University Level 5&6 Experiential introduction to dramatherapy models,methods & their application.

Dramatherapy Taster

10th-11th Sept Bath

Practical workshop working with mask, story, movement, improvisation and archetypes.

8 Week Dramatherapy Group Starts 13th Sept, Bath 7.30-9.30

01225 427601 rachel@scenario59.freeserve.co.uk www.dramatherapy.org.uk

For a brochure and details of forthcoming courses please telephone The Clifton Practice 0117 317 9278 or simple visit our comprehensive website www.cpht.co.uk

SHIATSU Shiatsu for deep healing and personal Transformation Three Weekend Foundation Course

THE HOME OF DANCE MOVEMENT PSYCHOTHERAPY IN THE SOUTH WEST OFFERS ACCREDITED PART TIME COURSES IN DANCE MOVEMENT PSYCHOTHERAPY

6 Day Introduction Course 1st - 6th August 2011. No interview, complete application form available on line.

INTERVIEWING NOW FOR SEPTEMBER 2011 INTAKE 3 year MASTERS PROGRAMME validated by Canterbury Christ Church University, Please see website for details NATIONAL CERTIFICATE IN DANCE MOVEMENT AND THE THERAPEUTIC PROCESS (1 YEAR BTEC Edexcel Award) - Interviewing now for September start.

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This practical shiatsu foundation course, that includes a full body routine, will give you a very good grounding in this powerful healing art. All courses are taught in Bristol.

Next Foundation Course for 2011 15/16 October 5/6 November 26/27 November • Three Year Practitioner Training • One Year Course Bristol School of Shiatsu PO Box 419, Bridgwater TA6 9ES Tel: 0844 335 0573 Email: shiatsubss@blueyonder.co.uk

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This pic: Floristry student Janet Allen from Norton Radstock College; right: Bath Spa University’s heritage degree is a bit like having a city for a classroom; below right: Make It Happen with a City of Bristol College part-time course

inspiring world, learning new techniques and pushing my creative buttons. Now I have changed my job to work for a successful event decorating florist in Bath, and can’t wait to explore what the future holds.” Janet also gained second place in the heats to exhibit at Chelsea Flower Show, only narrowly missing out on a place.

FFI TEL: 01761 433161, EMAIL: ENQUIRIES@ NORTCOLL.AC.UK, WEB: WWW.NORTCOLL. AC.UK

Profits from the past Customers are the lifeblood of any business and the City of Bath, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1987, is very much in the business of keeping history alive. It attracts over 4,000,000 visitors annually, playing a major part in a tourism industry which contributes billions per annum to the UK economy. Studying for a BA or BSc combined award heritage degree from Bath Spa University is, therefore, a bit like having a city for a classroom! The university’s collaboration with almost every museum, gallery and heritage site in Bath and its environs has created an engaging course which offers a unique chance to receive tuition from heritage sector professionals as well as academics researching and writing about heritage.

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the field, you will graduate with a thorough understanding of the complex relationships between disciplines such as heritage, history, culture, education, conservation and tourism.

Career prospects after leaving the university are very wide – you’ll have a massive head start wherever a job has a historical element – while the skills acquired are in great demand outside the heritage sector as well. Anita Keyworth, a 2010 graduate says: “Since graduating I have been involved with a National Trust oral history project… It was the invaluable experience and confidence gained… at Bath Spa that helped me secure a place.”

FFI TEL: 01225 875875, EMAIL: ENQUIRIES@ BATHSPA.AC.UK, WEB: WWW.WWW.BATHSPA. AC.UK/UGRAD

CBC for your CV Picking up the City of Bristol College’s parttime course guide for 2011/12 might be the biggest boost your career has had in ages.

Entitled ‘Make it Happen’, it promises to do just that, with a range of courses covering everything from accounting and finance to vocational & life skills, many of them conveniently run on evenings or weekends.

An AAT accountancy award class starts on 20 September at the college’s College Green Centre and on 19 September at Soundwell.

Intensive certificates, diplomas and other qualifications in accountancy are also available. Similar variety is provided in areas like administration, business & management, catering & hospitality, computing & IT, construction, furniture & the built environment

and brickwork. Further options come in areas like beauty therapy, hairdressing, first aid, security and floristry. Professionals working with motor vehicles and motorcycles can enhance their skills range while those looking to go up in the world should note the air cabin crew certificate will have lift-off at 9.30am on 5 September (ensure you leave plenty of time for checking in).

FFI TEL: 0117 312 5000, EMAIL: ENQUIRIES@CITYOFBRISTOL.AC.UK, WEB: CITYOFBRISTOL.AC.UK

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The latest news on courses and training available in the South West.

House of fun!

Purpose built, airy & beautiful: Bristol City Yoga’s studio

Go gaga for yoga Places offering fitness classes aren’t always inviting – which makes Bristol City Yoga’s studio particularly remarkable. Designed specifically for yoga, it’s airy – and beautiful!

– meaning these are classes you’ll look forward to. A yoga-loving community gathers for wonderfully diverse offerings including ashtanga, pilates, meditation, mother-and-baby and pregnancy variations, among others. The centre caters for all abilities and also offers teacher training. The mood is informal; some classes are on a drop-in basis (five versions, including iyengar) while others require advanced booking – what doesn’t vary is the quality of teaching and the warmth of the welcome. If you’ve never tried yoga before, after one session here you’ll wish you dropped in years ago. One happy lady said: “Awesome!

Thank You. I love the space and have had a really good experience. I have met such friendly people who really inspire my yoga practice.”

FFI TEL: 0117 924 4414, EMAIL: INFO@ BRISTOLCITYYOGA.CO.UK, WEB: WWW. BRISTOLCITYYOGA.CO.UK

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Take two If you’ve already achieved good A level results but they’ve just fallen short of what you need (to access medical or law school, for example), the newly opened Western Tutorial College can give your dreams a second chance. Its intensive one-year retake course provides a highly focused approach to A level achievement. If you’re serious about your future and aspire to be the best, the college’s emphasis on success can bring the top universities within your sights; take three subjects in one year or three/ four subjects over two. Small groups and the college’s ethos that your results are their results combine to create the perfect study culture; if their programme clicks with you, sign up!

There’s an open day on 13 August at 10am.

FFI 12A BROAD ST, BRISTOL, BS1 2HL. TEL: 0117 929 7747, EMAIL: ENQUIRIES@ WESTERNTUTORIALCOLLEGE.CO.UK, WEB: WWW. WESTERNTUTORIALCOLLEGE.CO.UK

Answer me this…

The new course being offered by the Bath & Bristol School of Philosophy poses some searching questions. Is one sufficiently

The Bristol Folk House has its origins in a dockland church mission dating back to 1870. It’s extremely unlikely the stevedores of the day were offered burlesque life drawing classes (here on 3 August but may be sold out by the time you read this), but if they had been, it’s extremely likely demand would have been high. In 2011, the centre’s 200+ courses (including 15 new ones) remain popular so please book ahead. The emphasis is on learning for pleasure, with tuition in textiles a particular strength. Dressmaking and corsetry courses are long-established but there are now three different knickermaking classes showing you how to make four different kinds of undies! A dazzlingly diverse calendar’s other new offerings include salt printing and cyanotypes, workshops in autumn wildlife and ecofriendly Christmas decorations (which can be fed to the birds come January), stress and your immune system, clowning and creative art. Familiar faves include subjects like languages, fitness, arts & crafts, music, dance & drama and personal development. Those early missionaries sought to keep men out of pubs, but doubtless even they’d not disapprove of a drop to drink in the welcoming café as a way of cementing friendships. This guide raises a glass to a Bristol institution; here’s to the next 141 years!

FFI 40A PARK ST, BRISTOL, BS1 5JG. TEL: 0117 926 2987, WEB: WWW.BRISTOLFOLKHOUSE.CO.UK

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No previous knowledge is needed and all are invited. The Bristol course is at Bristol Grammar School, University Road and starts at 7pm for 7.15pm on 29 September. The Bath course is at 31 Milsom Street and starts at 6.45pm for 7pm on 4 October.

Above: Learn about renewable energy at Filton College; below: potters and midwives are joining forces to swim the Channel this September

FFI TEL: (BRISTOL) 07873 230651/(BATH) 01458 8500059, EMAIL: BATHANDBRISTOLPHILOSOPHY@ GMAIL.COM

A new climate Filton College is moving with the times and offering courses in renewable energy. Aimed at those working in construction, they cover areas like photovoltaic system installation and how to select, install and maintain rainwater/greywater harvesting systems. Other subjects include instruction in domestic solar hot water as well as renewable energy awareness.

FFI FILTON COLLEGE’S BRISTOL CONSTRUCTION ACADEMY TEL: SUE LOVE ON 0117 909 2325, EMAIL: INFO@FILTON.AC.UK, WEB: WWW.FILTON.AC.UK

prepared to deal with the current life situation?

Can one find one’s way to the trustworthy realities of oneself and of life, to the elements of civilisation distinguishing great nations from dysfunctional banana republics, when the behaviour of bankers, journalists and politicians let us down? Take this course to seek what is enduringly important and reliable in

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Alice’s Wonderland!

Top local silversmith Alice Goldsack has just signed a contract on a new studio just off Bristol’s King Square where three rooms are being converting into a purpose-built jewellery workshop. Alice aims to create a beautiful space where she can run four weekly classes,

weekend workshops, private tuition and hen parties. Courses start on 12 September and will run Mon 7-9pm, Tue 6.30-8.30pm, Wed 4.306.30 and also 7-9pm. The cost will be £135 for a 12-week course (silver not included). Alice is also considering staging very reasonable £40-ahead hen dos which would include a three-hour class and the silver used (plus cup cakes and bubbly at the end).

FFI TEL: 07866 360046. EMAIL: VIA WWW. ALICEGOLDSACK.COM

Howzat!

With the summer upon us and the galacticos of Tendulkar, Dravid and Dhoni delighting fans nationally, what better way to get the nippers from under your feet than with a course from Kirby Lewis Cricket? Exciting two-day courses based around multi-skills and longterm athletic development give youngsters the chance to pursue and develop a love for cricket in an environment which ensures enjoyment for all. Courses in August run at Whitehall and Frenchay in Bristol and at various locations in Gloucestershire.

FFI WEB: WWW.KIRBYLEWISCRICKET.CO.UK

Channel 7 Newsworthy news alert! Ace potter Jen Hamilton, of the Village Pottery, is joining six Southmead Hospital midwives to form

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The Bath School of Shiatsu & Yoga One day workshop

Sunday 18th September

3 weekend foundation starting 1st & 2nd October

First year starting

26th & 27th November For More information 01225 859209 www.bssy.co.uk

FIRST CLASS FREE 50% OFF FIRST TREATMENT

www.bristolcityyoga.co.uk/offers

Specialist Yoga Studio Therapy Room Teacher Training Courses Massage Training info@bristolcityyoga.co.uk www.bristolcityyoga.co.uk 16 Backfields Lane, Nr. Stokes Croft, Bristol BS2 3QW 0117 924 4414

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Courses & Training Guide 2011 a relay team to swim the English Channel in September in aid of obstetrics charity SafeHands for Mothers. A fundraising night at Totterdown’s Oxford Inn on Friday 5 August from 8pm will feature local Blues Brothers tribbers Kick the Cat. Entrance is £5. The night will also feature an auction and raffle, prizes for which include lido treatments, pottery lesson, Carluccios hampers, clothes vouchers and a Patisserie Valerie cake. When back in her bijou studio (complete with café and garden), Jen offers a range of one-on-one lessons, the simplest being an introductory half-hour taster suitable for all ages.

Environmentally friendly toast, courtesy UWE product design technology student James Eelbeck

FFI TEL: 0117 973 4343, WEB: THEVILLAGEPOTTERY. CO.UK

Raise a toast!

Final year UWE product design technology student James Eelbeck has won a prestigious RSA Student Design Award. His redesigned toaster reduces and controls convective heat to facilitate more efficient toasting. “It’s better for the environment as it’s been designed with extended life in mind,” says James. “It is easy for owners to diagnose faults, replace parts and reassemble. I’m also very pleased with the convection control as this means toast is ready in half the time of a normal toaster and uses half the power.”

FFI WEB: WWW.UWE.AC.UK

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Get Energised!

Energised Performance, purveyors of the most gruelling bootcamps this side of ‘Full Metal Jacket’ have just announced a packed calendar of events for August and beyond. An intensive 10-day bootcamp starts on 8 August with a Blaise bank holiday version on 29 August and the autumn term starting on 30 August and 2 September. Autumn will also see kettle bell courses, 10km training and special classes

ensuring you look your best on the piste and in your little black dress (although not necessarily at the same time). Head coach Kim has recently come sixth – in Europe – in triathlon and is heading to China for the World Championships.

Best of British there, Kim. There’s also talk of a gorilla fancy dress hunt on 23 August.

FFI TEL: 07720 845849, EMAIL: KIM@ ENERGISEDPERFORMANCE.COM, WEB: WWW. ENERGISEDPERFORMANCE.COM

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Courses & Training Guide 2011 useful Contacts ACCESS TO MUSIC Unit 309 Central Park, Petherton Rd, Hengrove, Bristol, BS14 9BZ. Tel: 0800 281842, email: info@accesstomusic. co.uk, web: www.accesstomusic.co.uk ADULT LEARNING SERVICE Tel: 0117 903 8844, web: www.bristol.gov.uk/adultlearning ALICE GOLDSACK SILVERSMITH Tel: 07866 360046, email: via www.alicegoldsack.com ALLIANCE FRANÇAISE Alliance Française Bristol: Tel 0117 924 7809/0117 924 3367, email: info@afbristol.org.uk, web: www.afbristol.org. uk, blog: http://afbristol.blogspot.com Alliance Française Bath: Tel 01225 484225/312930, email: bath@afbristol. org.uk, web: www.afbristol.org.uk, blog: http://afbristol. blogspot.com ARNOLFINI Web: www.arnolfini.org.uk BACKWELL SCHOOL Kathy Patterson, Community Arts Manager, Backwell School, Backwell, BS48 3BX. Tel: 01275 465942, email: kpatterson@backwellschool.net, web: www. backwellschool.net BATH CHOCOLATE MUSEUM CHOCOLATE INITIATION WORKSHOPS Tel: 01225 464999, email: info@bathchocolatemuseum. com, web: www.bathchocolatemuseum.com BATH GARDENING SCHOOL Orchard Studio, Old Orchard, 88a Walcot St, Bath, BA1 5BD. Tel 01225 317977, email: emma@ thebathgardeningschool.com, website: www. thebathgardeningschool.com BATH SCHOOL OF SHIATSU & YOGA Tel: 01225 859209, web: www.bssy.co.uk BATH SPA UNIVERSITY Newton Park Campus, Newton St Loe, Bath, BA2 9BN. Tel: 01225 875875; Sion Hill Campus, Lansdown, Bath, BA1 5SF. Tel: 01225 875875; Corsham Court Centre, Corsham Court, Chippenham, SN13 0BZ. Tel: 01225 876383; web: www.bathspa.ac.uk BATH & BRISTOL SCHOOL OF PHILOSOPHY Tel: Bristol 07873 230651/Bath 01458 8500059, email: bathandbristolphilosophy@gmail.com THE BERTINET KITCHEN COOKERY SCHOOL 12 St Andrew’s Terrace, Bath, BA1 2QR. Tel: 01225 445531, email: info@thebertinetkitchen.com, web: www. thebertinetkitchen.com BRAVE ENTERPRISE The Coach House, 2 Upper York St, Bristol, BS2 8QN. Tel: 0117 944 5330, email: info@brave.org.uk, web: www. brave.org.uk BRISTOL ARIEL RC LEARN-TO-ROW COURSES Web: www.bristolarielrc.co.uk BRISTOL BOXING GYM Web: www.westcountryboxing.com BRISTOL CITY YOGA Tel: 0117 924 4414, email: info@bristolcityyoga.co.uk, web: www.bristolcityyoga.co.uk BRISTOL COLLEGE OF MASSAGE & BODYWORK Tel: 0117 377 1201, web: www.bristolmassage.co.uk BRISTOL FOLK HOUSE 40a Park St, Bristol, BS1 5JG. Tel: 0117 926 2987, web: www.bristolfolkhouse.co.uk BRISTOL LANGUAGE CENTRE Email: enq@thebristollanguagecentre.co.uk, web: www. thebristollanguagecentre.co.uk BRISTOL WOMEN’S WORKSHOP 144 Wells Rd, Bristol, BS4 2AG. Tel: 0117 971 1672, web: www.bristolwomensworkshop.org.uk CIRCOMEDIA Tel: 0117 947 7288, web: www.circomedia.com

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CITY OF BRISTOL COLLEGE Tel: 0117 312 5000, email: enquiries@cityofbristol.ac.uk, web: cityofbristol.ac.uk CITY OF BRISTOL COLLEGE APPRENTICESHIPS Tel: 0117 312 5000, email: apprentice@cityofbristol.ac.uk, web: www.cityofbristol.ac.uk CITY OF BRISTOL COLLEGE HIGHER EDUCATION CENTRE Ashley Down Centre, City of Bristol College, PO Box 2887, Bristol, BS2 2BB. Tel: 0117 312 5211, email: HEinformation@cityofbristol.ac.uk, web: www. cityofbristol.ac.uk CLAUDIA AURORA DA SILVA, AFRO-BRAZILIAN DANCE TEACHER & PERFORMER Tel: 07866 785240, email: afrosamba@gmail.com, web: www.afro-samba-bristol.co.uk CLIFTON PRACTICE HYPNOTHERAPY TRAINING Tel: 0117 317 9278, email: info@cpht.co.uk, web: www. cliftonpracticehypnotherapytraining.co.uk COLSTON HALL GET CREATIVE! PROGRAMME Email: adultlearning@colstonhall.org, web: www. colstonhall.org DAMIAN FORDER CRICKET ACADEMY Tel: 07766 801340, email: damian@dfca.co.uk, web: www. dfca.co.uk DANCE FACTORY BRISTOL Web: www.dancefactorybristol.com DANCE VOICE Tel: 0117 953 2055, email: admin@dancevoice.org.uk, web: www.dancevoice.org.uk EL RINCON ADULT SPANISH CLASSES 298 North St, Bedminster, Bristol, BS3 1JU. Tel: 0117 939 3457.

EMMA ROSS DANCE MOVEMENT PSYCHOTHERAPIST Email: dance-therapy@live.co.uk, web: www. movewithemma.co.uk ENERGISED PERFORMANCE Tel: 07720 845849, email: kim@energisedperformance. com, web: www.energisedperformance.com ENTELIA GREEK COOKERY CLASSES Tel: 0117 946 6793, web: www.entelia.co.uk FILTON COLLEGE Tel: 0117 909 2255, email: info@filton.ac.uk, Facebook: www.facebook.com/filtoncollege, web: www.filton.ac.uk FILTON COLLEGE APPRENTICESHIP SCHEME Tel: 0117 909 2234, email: apprenticeships@filton.ac.uk, web: www.appscheme.org.uk FILTON COLLEGE BRISTOL CONSTRUCTION ACADEMY Tel: Sue Love on 0117 909 2325, email: info@filton.ac.uk, web: www.filton.ac.uk HAWKWOOD COLLEGE Tel: 01453 759034, web: www.hawkwoodcollege.co.uk HEART SPACE STUDIOS 4 Harcourt Rd, Redland, Bristol, BS6 7RG. Tel: 0117 923 2391, email: jan@heartspacestudios.co.uk, web: www. heartspacestudios.co.uk JACOB MORRISON GUITAR & UKULELE TEACHER Web: www.jacobmorrison.com JIM PERRY FENCING MAITRE Email: jhperry@tiscali.co.uk, web: www.jimsworld.org KEDA BREEZE BURLESQUE TUTOR Email: info@kedabreeze.co.uk, web: www.kedabreeze. co.uk/tuition KIRBY LEWIS CRICKET Web: www.kirbylewiscricket.co.uk LANGUAGES IN BATH Tel: 07894 913322, email: info@languagesinbath.co.uk, web: www.languagesinbath.co.uk

THE LANGUAGE EXPERIENCE Tel: 01275 376952/07980 649262, email: fabienne@ languageexperience.co.uk LEFTBANK CENTRE 128 Cheltenham Rd, Montpelier, Bristol, BS6 5RW. Tel: 0117 944 4433, web: www.leftbankcentre.co.uk LES PETITS ZOUZOUS – FRENCH NURSERY RHYMES & ACTION SONGS Web: www.lespetitszouzous.co.uk THE MAKERY 146 Walcot St, Bath, BA1 5BL. Tel: 01225 421175, web: wwwthemakeryonline.co.uk MUMTAZ DANCE COMPANY Web: www.mumtazdancecompany.com NORTON RADSTOCK COLLEGE Tel: 01761 433161, email: enquiries@nortcoll.ac.uk, web: www.nortcoll.ac.uk NORTON RADSTOCK COLLEGE APPRENTICESHIPS Contact Becca Thurston on 01761 433161, email: becca. thurston@nortcoll.ac.uk OPEN UNIVERSITY Tel: 0845 300 6090, web: www.open.sc.uk/events PULP COCKTAIL-MAKING CLASSES Monmouth St, Bath, BA1 2AJ. Tel: 01225 336666.

QUADRANT WINE-TASTING COURSES 2 Princess Victoria St, Clifton, Bristol, BS8 4BP. Tel: 0117 974 1025, web: www.quadrantbar.com RAPTORCARE Tel: 01454 294258, web: www.raptorcare.co.uk SATVEER KAUR BHANGRA DRUM TUTOR Tel: 07824 955478.

SCENARIO DRAMATHERAPY Tel: 01225 427601, email: rachel@scenario59.freeserve. co.uk, web: www.dramatherapy.org.uk SIMPLY PILATES Garden Studio, 21 All Saints Rd, Clifton, Bristol, BS8 2JL. Tel: 0117 942 6809, email: info@simply-pilates.co.uk, web: www.simply-pilates.co.uk SPIKE PRINT STUDIO Spike Island, 133 Cumberland Rd, Bristol, BS1 6UX. Tel: 0117 929 0135, email. info@spikeprintstudio.org, web. www.spikeprintstudio.org TEOH’S COOKERY SCHOOL Tel: 0117 907 1191, web: www.teohs.net THEATRE ROYAL BATH ENGAGE PROGRAMME Tel: 01225 448844, web: www.theatreroyal.org.uk UNIVERSITY OF BATH INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY INTERDISCIPLINARY ARTS Tel: 01225 386777, email: ICIAinfo@bath.ac.uk, web: www.bath.ac.uk/icia UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL UNDERGRADUATE RECRUITMENT OFFICE Tel: 0117 928 8623, email: ug-admissions@bristol.ac.uk, web: www.bristol.ac.uk/prospectus/undergraduate UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN Tel: 08456 434030, web: www.glam.ac.uk UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND Web: www.uwe.ac.uk THE VILLAGE POTTERY Tel: 0117 973 4343, email: jen@thevillagepottery.co.uk, web: www.thevillagepottery.co.uk VEGETARIAN COOKERY SCHOOL 6 Terrace Walk, Bath, BA1 1LN. Tel: 01225 427938, web: www.vegetariancookeryschool.com WATERSHED Web: www.watershed.co.uk WESTERN TUTORIAL COLLEGE 12a Broad St, Bristol, BS1 2HL. Tel: 0117 929 7747, email: enquiries@westerntutorialcollege.co.uk, web: www. westerntutorialcollege.co.uk

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