Part time evening class. Start date: Monday 23rd April 2001
The course is for anyone interested in expressing themselves on paper, developing their creativity and finding out more about how to write for pleasure and perhaps profit. You will look at all kinds of fiction, poetry and other sorts of writing. You will be able to explore ways of improving and developing your own writing 'tricks of the trade', possible markets and how to plan and organise your ideas in an informal group led by an award-winning novelist and short story writer.

Venue
Osborne Adult Education Centre
Osborne Road
Erdington
Birmingham
West Midlands
B23 6TY

Contact
Adult Education Hotline 0121 303 4318
Arthur Terry School
Kittoe Road
Four Oaks
Sutton Coldfield
West Midlands
B74 4SA
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12 week part time evening class starting Tuesday 24th April 2001

Contact
Student Services (020 8918 7777)
Wandsworth Centre
Wandsworth High Street
Wandsworth
London
SW18 2PP
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Short Course Office
Main college site
Southampton Row
London
WC1B 4AP
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Part time day course leading to a certificate awarded by Birkbeck, University of London
Starts Saturday 28th April 2001. Fees:UK Students £46

Contact
Enquiries
26 Russell Square
London
WC1B 5DQ
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Course lasts 4 weekends. Fee £20. Starts Saturday 28th April 2001
Contact
Head of Admissions
Selby College
Abbot's road
Selby
YO8 8AT
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1 Year full time course leading to a diploma awarded by The London College, University College Kensington.
Start Date: Monday 23rd April 2001; Monday 01st October 2001; Monday 14th January 2002; Monday 22nd April 2002; Monday 30th September 2002; Monday 13th January 2003.
Fees: UK Students £ 2970; International Students £ 3960
This programme is also offered at Undergraduate Higher Diploma (Ug HDip/HND), Diploma in Higher Education (Dip HE) and Licentiate. The Undergraduate Diploma award (UgDip) in Journalism is an integral part of our Bachelor degree programme in Journalism and hence students may continue their studies for the Bachelor degree award on successful completion of the Ug Dip at a later stage. To qualify for the UgDip award students will be required to complete the relevant number of Core Course Modules in Article Writing, Editorial Writing, Publication Management, Multimedia Publishing, News Reporting, Creative Writing and Critical Writing. The Programme also contains a number of Common-Core Course Modules (General Education and Electives) to be selected from a wide range of Courses being offered by other divisions within the College. The academic requirements for the above-indicated awards are as follows: Ug Diploma: 15 Course Modules (75 credits) Ug Higher Diploma (HND): 24 Course Modules (120 credits) Ug Dip HE: 28 Course Modules (140 credits) Licentiate: 36 Course Modules (180 credits)

Contact
Dr W. Talebowe
Uxbridge Street Site
53 Uxbridge Street
Notting Hill Gate
London
W8 7TQ
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Part time day course. Flexible start date.
Express yourself with a bit of creative writing on this course. Manchester Education Resettlement Centre (MERC) is for adult students who don't fancy mainstream colleges. The reference to "resettlement" in the title is because many of the students who attend the courses have been going through periods of resettlement in their lives. This may be because they have had problems with drugs, alcohol, mental ill health or may have been in trouble with the law.

Contact
Jane Owen, Education Co-ordinator
Manchester Education Resettlement Centre
Swan Buildings
20 Swan Street
Manchester
M4 5JW
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10 week part time evening course leading to a certificate. Flexible start date.
The college offers well-established and successful courses at GNVQ Intermediate and Advanced levels in Media Communication and Production, which provide the foundation for a range of skills associated with the music business, television, media industry, live performance, sound & video production. The City and Guilds TV & Video course includes skills training in the whole video production process.

Contact
Paddington Centre
25 Paddington Green
Westminster
London
W2 1NB

Venue
Maida Vale Centre
Elgin Avenue
Westminster
London
W9 2NR
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20 week part time day course leading to certificate. Fee: £15. Flexible start date.
This is an independent group who are interested in creative writing. We meet each week to set projects, share our enthusiasm, listen to each other's work and give constructive help. New members are welcome. There may be concessionary rates for those who are retired, students, disabled or receiving benefit.

Contact
Mandy Torbitt
Swarthmore Education Centre
2-7 Woodhouse Square
Leeds
LS3 1AD
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30 week part time evening course. Flexible start date.
This course aims to encourage your work in progress and develop your writing skills. It combines sharing work for supportive, constructive feedback with dynamic in-class projects. These will include experiments with narrative techniques and ways of tempting the imagination to take creative leaps.

Professional and Community Education (020 7919 720
Main Campus
New Cross
Lewisham
London
SE14 6NW
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1 year part time day course. Flexible start date. No fees for UK students.
This course aims to provide students with the opportunity to develop their creative writing skills, including descriptive writing, play-writing, poetry and short stories. Students will need to complete a unit of study in order to gain a certificate. The course is for students who have an interest in writing creatively and wish to develop their skills. You will produce work using a range of writing styles. On successful completion of the course you will be awarded a North East London Federation (NELAF) certificate. You will need to be able to read fluently and write independently. However, assistance will be given with spelling and grammar. You will be asked to attend an interview where you will be assessed on your reading and writing skills. Upon completion of the course you could go on to take other courses at the College. You may find this course helpful as a preparation for GCSE English.

Contact
Tottenham Centre
High Road
Haringey
London
N15 4RU

Venue
Muswell Hill Centre
Rhodes Avenue
Haringey
London
N22 4UT
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2 term part time day course with flexible start date. Fee: £80.
New Horizons is a return to study course which gives women of any age a chance to re-enter education without any formal qualifications. The course provides an introduction to the Social Sciences and Humanities: Sociology, Psychology, History, Literature and Creative Writing, together with help with study skills and essay writing.

ContactProfessional and Community Education (020 7919 720
Main Campus
New Cross
Lewisham
London
SE14 6NW
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2 year full time course leading to a Certificate awarded by Queen Margaret University College.
Start date flexible. Fees: £ 3000; International Students £ 6200
This degree will develop and extend your skills, knowledge and practice of dramatic writing and its present day contexts, in theatre, film, television and radio. The course extends understanding of the ways in which the creative process works, how a dramatic writer researches material and contemporary cultural policy and practice.

Admissions Office
Main Campus
Corstorphine Campus
Edinburgh
EH12 8TS
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1 year part time day course leading to a Diploma awarded by the University of Sussex at Brighton.
Start date flexible
The University Centre for Continuing Education provides flexible part time modular courses which can lead to certificates and diplomas. These are open to people from all backgrounds and no formal qualifications are necessary.

Centre for Continuing Education
Main Campus
University of Sussex
Falmer
Brighton
Sussex
BN1 9RH
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8 week part time evening course leading to certificate and starting Monday 2nd July 2001. Fee: £140
Creative Writing allows writers to take the next step with their work, whether learning how to integrate writing into their life, or realising the potential professional success the art offers. The class provides the opportunity to work on fiction writing – short stories or the long work, and to enhance important skills such as character development and strucure. In this class, these and other writing concepts will be introduced and practised. Students will have the time both in and outside of the classroom to develop their writing. Workshops will be held during class time to offer each student the chance to receive feedback on their own writing.

Short Course Office
Main college site
Southampton Row
London
WC1B 4AP
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1 term part time evening course starting Saturday 1st September, 2001. Fee: £45
Develop your creative writing skills in a relaxed, friendly atmosphere. Share your writing within a small group and experiment with various forms of creative writing, including short stories, poetry and drama.

Contact
Admissions Unit
Chichester College of Arts, Science and Technology
Westgate Fields
Chichester
West Sussex
PO19 1SB
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Main Campus
61 Westminster Bridge Road
Lambeth
London
SE1 7HT
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1 day course on Saturday 01st September 2001. Fee: £17. Concessionary: £11.
A practical and innovative day for new writers, exploring imaginative perspectives on any form of creative writing.

Contact
Main Campus
61 Westminster Bridge Road
Lambeth
London
SE1 7HT
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Course
Churchill Pavilion
Hartley Avenue
Whitley Bay
Tyne & Wear
NE26 3NS
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Contact
Jean Edmonds
Plymouth College of Art and Design
Tavistock Place
Plymouth
Devon
PL4 8AT
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1 year part time day course leading to a certificate and starting Monday 8th October, 2001
Deals with the contemporary picture book, its writing, illustration and production. The course is an introduction to book art in general and the graphic novel in particular, and is suitable for anybody interested in this kind of illustrated book. The unit aims to improve students' grasp of drawing, storylines, storyboarding, typography and layout. There will be seminars on: creative writing, limited editions, how to get your work into bookshops, tactics for placing work on the Web.

Venue
Chelsea College of Art & Design
Hugon Road
London
SW6 3ES

Contact
Chris Plume
Chelsea College of Art & Design
Manresa Road
London
SW3 6LS
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