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Walton & Weybridge Branch:
Programme 2010 – 2011
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Autumn Term Courses
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Winter Term Courses |
Spring Term Courses |
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Part time adult education
courses for everyone
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Autumn Term
Courses |
Half-term: week
commencing 25/10/10 |
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Art History – Origins of English
painting
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| Elizabeth
Philpot |
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Explore English painting from medieval
wall- paintings to the portraits and
landscapes of the 18th century through
the works of Holbein, Hilliard, Van
Dyck, Hogarth, Reynolds, Gainsborough,
concluding with Turner and Constable. |
Monday 10.30 – 12.30
10 meetings from 20 September 2010
Course
Fee: £75 |
Course Venue:
Hersham Village Hall, Queens Road,
Hersham Surrey KT12 5LT |
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Pre-enrolment
for courses is vital -
contact WEA |
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International Affairs
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| Guy
Arnold |
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Topics to be covered - the rising
economic power of the East, the fight to
maintain the Euro, Britain’s pursuit of
the ‘special relationship’ with the US,
new political alignments and the growing
scramble for resources. |
Monday 10.30 – 12.30
20 meetings from 20 September 2010
Course
Fee: £150 |
Course Venue:
Hersham Room, St Andrew’s United
Reformed Church, Hersham Rd,
Walton on
Thames, Surrey KT12 1LG |
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Pre-enrolment
for courses is vital -
contact WEA |
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The archaeology of conflict
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| Julie Wileman |
| Why do people fight? How did warfare
start? This course will look at weapons,
battles, hill forts etc to consider how
people went to war and how warfare
changed human society. |
Monday
19.30 – 21.30
20 meetings from 20
September 2010
Course Fee: £150 |
Course Venue:
Bill Topping Room,
St Andrew’s United Reformed Church,
Hersham Rd,
Walton on Thames, Surrey
KT12 1LG |
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Pre-enrolment
for courses is vital -
contact WEA |
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Philosophy – Truth: a philosophical
guide for the confused
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Howard
Martin |
| What is scepticism?
Is it healthy? How can truth be
distinguished from falsity? This course
will consider such questions (and
others) from the ancient Greek world and
in the 18th century ‘Age of
Enlightenment’ – using ‘Truth: a guide
for the perplexed’ by Simon Blackburn
(Penguin 2006). |
Monday 20.00 – 22.00
20 meetings from 20 September 2010
Course Fee: £150 |
Course Venue:
Hersham Room, St Andrew’s United
Reformed Church, Hersham Rd,
Walton on
Thames, Surrey KT12 1LG |
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Pre-enrolment
for courses is vital -
contact WEA |
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Social History – homes and families
in England 1500 – 1900
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Anne Milton-Worssell |
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Explore the changes and development
of family life for all classes during
this time, including their homes – the
‘vernacular buildings’ from mansions to
modest. A visit to such a home might be
arranged. |
Tuesday 10.00 – 12.00
20 meetings
from 21 September 2010
Course Fee: £150 |
Course Venue:
Bill Topping Room, St
Andrew’s United Reformed Church, Hersham
Rd,
Walton on Thames, Surrey KT12
1LG |
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Pre-enrolment
for courses is vital -
contact WEA |
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Science – Earth, Air, Fire and Water
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Ian Lambert |
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A gentle introduction to four
everyday topics, illustrated with
hands-on experiments using everyday
objects – serious science in a relaxed
setting with much fun and laughter. |
Wednesday 19.30 – 21.30
4 meetings
from 22 September 2010
Course Fee: £30 |
Course Venue:
Bill Topping Room, St
Andrew’s United Reformed Church, Hersham
Rd,
Walton on Thames, Surrey KT12
1LG |
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Pre-enrolment
for courses is vital -
contact WEA |
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Russian music from Glinka to
Shostakovich
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Brian
Collins |
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The course will address the issues
peculiar to this innovatory and
turbulent music through the works of
(among others) the Five: Tchaikovsky,
Skryabin, Rachmaninov, Prokofiev and
Stravinsky. |
Friday 10.30 – 12.30
20 meetings from
24 September 2010
Course Fee: £150 |
Course Venue:
Bill Topping Room, St
Andrew’s United Reformed Church, Hersham
Rd,
Walton on Thames, Surrey KT12
1LG |
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Pre-enrolment
for courses is vital -
contact WEA |
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Walks – the River Thames
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Ian Bevan |
Thursday 14.00 – 16.00
5 meetings
from 7 October 2010
Course Fee: £37.50 |
Course Venue (1st session only):
Bill
Topping Room, St Andrew’s United
Reformed Church, Hersham Rd,
Walton
on Thames, Surrey KT12 1LG |
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Pre-enrolment
for courses is vital -
contact WEA |
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Autumn Term Courses
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Winter Term Courses |
Spring Term Courses |
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Please
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Winter Term
Courses |
Half-term: week
commencing 21/2/11 |
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Art History: Art in Tuscany – the
emerging Renaissance
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Bob Thompson |
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Explore the Renaissance through Tuscan
art of the 13th and 14th centuries, the
meaning and interpretation of images and
their historical context. |
Monday 10.00 – 12.00
10 meetings from 10 January 2011
Course
Fee: £75 |
Course Venue:
Hersham Village Hall, Queens Road,
Hersham Surrey KT12 5LT |
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Pre-enrolment
for courses is vital -
contact WEA |
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Climate change
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Gordon Tripp |
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participatory course about the world we
live in, its climate zones, why climate
changes, its impact on societies and the
techniques which can be used to measure
global changes over thousands of years. |
Tuesday 19.30 –
21.30
7 meetings from 11 January 2011
Course Fee: £52.50 |
Course Venue:
Hersham Room, St Andrew’s United
Reformed Church, Hersham Rd,
Walton on
Thames, Surrey KT12 1LG |
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Pre-enrolment
for courses is vital -
contact WEA |
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Ancient Civilisations – Mesopotamia
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Rita Jones |
| The course will look
at this civilisation (which endured from
c9000BC to 331BC) through the medium of
archaeology, historical documents and
literary texts to explore how its
creation and development of an urban
lifestyle has contributed to our own. |
Friday 14.00 – 16.00
10 meetings
from 14 January 2011
Course Fee: £75 |
Course Venue:
Hersham Village Hall, Queens Road,
Hersham Surrey KT12 5LT |
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Pre-enrolment
for courses is vital -
contact WEA |
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Walks – The uniqueness of the City
of London
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Ian Bevan |
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The initial session will set the
scene for subsequent walks around Roman
London, sites of the Great Fire, the
Inns of Court etc. |
Thursday 14.00 – 16.00
5 meetings
from 24 February 2011
Course Fee:
£37.50 |
Course Venue (1st session only):
Bill
Topping Room, St Andrew’s United
Reformed Church, Hersham Rd,
Walton
on Thames, Surrey KT12 1LG |
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Pre-enrolment
for courses is vital -
contact WEA |
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The magic of science
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Ian Lambert |
| A course to help you
to understand and try simple experiments
to share with children, grandchildren
and friends. |
Wednesday 19.30 –
21.30
4 meetings from 30 March 2011
Course Fee: £30 |
Course Venue:
Bill
Topping Room, St Andrew’s United
Reformed Church, Hersham Rd,
Walton
on Thames, Surrey KT12 1LG |
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Pre-enrolment
for courses is vital -
contact WEA |
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Autumn Term Courses
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Winter Term Courses |
Spring Term Courses |
Contact WEA |
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Enrol Now To
Avoid Disappointment |
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Spring Term
Courses |
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Country houses
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Jennifer Goldsmith |
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Houses change as do their occupants.
This course traces the history of some
lesser-known local houses and their
occupants and considers techniques to be
used to uncover the history of a house. |
Tuesday 14.00 –
16.00
5 meetings from 26 April 2011
Course Fee: £37.50 |
Course Venue:
Bill Topping Room,
St Andrew’s United Reformed Church,
Hersham Rd,
Walton on Thames, Surrey
KT12 1LG |
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Pre-enrolment
for courses is vital -
contact WEA |
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More Spring Courses
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Spring 2011 course details will be added
when available |
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Workers' Educational Association
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| The UK's largest
voluntary sector provider of adult
learning |
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Walton & Weybridge Branch: Courses 2010 – 2011
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Contact WEA &
Booking Courses |
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Book Now To Avoid
Disappointment
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your place by: |
| Phoning WEA on 0800 328
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or e-mailing
wandw.wea@googlemail.com |
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Please mention all about Weybridge
website |
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Pre-enrolment is vital |
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will be cancelled by the WEA if they
have fewer than twelve students enrolled
two weeks prior to the start date.
All enrolments are for the whole course. |
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Fee
assistance |
| Full fee
remission is available to those in
receipt of qualifying benefits. |
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Contacts for more information |
| If you
need more information please speak to
Mrs Diana Symonds on the telephone
number below during normal office hours. |
| Diana
Symonds 01932 847672 |
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The Workers' Educational Association is committed to equality, diversity and
inclusive learning. |
The Walton and Weybridge branch of the WEA
includes members from the following towns &
villages in Elmbridge, Surrey,
Middlesex &
Greater London; Walton on Thames, Weybridge,
Hersham, Addlestone, Claygate, Cobham, Esher,
Fetcham, Guildford, Kingston-upon-Thames,
Molesey (East & West), Oxshott, Shepperton,
Teddington, Twickenham, West Byfleet, Woking
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