Degree-level part-time courses, workshops, and seminars
Diana Pinto presents: Is trauma always bad for us?: A positive psychology perspective from a Lifelong learner Post-traumatic growth (PTG) or benefit finding is positive psychological change experienced as a result of adversity and other challenges in order to rise
About this Event Leicester Ageing Together’s Community Explorers are local volunteers (all aged 50+), who have been exploring issues that matter to them. LAT are working with Leicester Vaughan College to develop a Community Explorers project to promote more community-based
The Cassandra Syndrome, or the Cassandra Phenomenon, refers to traumatic stress which affects people who are in a relationship with someone on the autism spectrum. In November's Open Research Forum Deborah Lawrence draws on her personal experience of relationships with
A Beginner’s Guide to World Religions: Designing and Planning the Course Together Tutor: George Ballentyne Do you have questions about the different faiths and religions in Leicester? This co-design workshop will imagine a ten-week course looking at the eight major
The 1919 Report on Adult Education The 1919 Report laid the foundations for university adult education in Great Britain and Northern Ireland. It was seen as "inseparable" from citizenship, and vital to how the state wanted to reconstruct the country
Picture credit: Photo of Alec born at 23 weeks aged 9 days old and being held by his mum. Photo kindly provided by his parents. Lessons from Neonatal Research: A Presentation by Dr Sarah Seaton Our presenter for the January
This full day CPD workshop will look at: Exploring thoughts and feelings that may be taboo or off limits to both the counsellor and client relating to material around sex, sexuality and the therapy room. How might sexuality and the
This workshop will look at the process of applying for BACP Accreditation, focusing upon each criterion in more detail. We will look at: What are BACP looking for in each criterion Reflect upon how best you may write about your
Our topic this month is "Womanly wickedness in West Midland medieval wall paintings: picking titles and communicating research in Coventry and Stratford-upon-Avon". Medieval wall paintings aren't easy to interpret. They are often fragmentary or compromised by later interventions. The meaning
Bodice-rippers and Chained Books: The History of the Book You might think of libraries being rather quiet demure places, filled with dead trees rotting slowly, but print history takes us to some quite risqué places. Think about those second-hand copies of