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Read with speed

Double your reading speed and improve your comprehension. Learn how to quickly process the large amount of written information we all deal with daily in our business activities or academic studies. You will be provided with the skills to increase your reading speed significantly as well as improve your comprehension and memory. Students completing this course learn how the reading process works and understand how our brains process, store and retrieve information. They learn new... [More]

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Grammar Therapy

Language helps us think, communicate, and maintain our social relationships, but grammar holds it all together. Grammar Therapy is an enjoyable introduction to English grammar for those who never learned grammar in school. And for those who did, it’s time for an update. You’ll see how the parts of English fit together, you’ll learn to examine language like a linguist, and you’ll understand how language really works. Best of all, you’ll be equipped with tools to answer all manner of... [More]

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Social Media Savvy

How do your customers and clients find you and how do they know, like and trust you, and then decide to hire you or buy from you? In most cases, it’s all about social media and your online presence! Stats show that 64% of consumers are more likely to trust a business if they interact positively on social media – and if they can’t find you there, they might give up on you entirely. If you run a small or medium-sized business, the chances are that you’re behind on your social media... [More]

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Introduction to Screenwriting

This is an online course. To find out how our online courses work, please click here. There’s never been a better time to start a career as a screenwriter. With technological breakthroughs bringing the cost of making and distributing movies down to almost nothing, there’s going to be a huge demand for great scripts—and for people who can write them. Whether you want to write micro-budget indie films or Hollywood blockbusters, this course will teach you everything you need to know... [More]

The Linguistics of Swearing from F to S

This session is a frank yet genteel look at swearing and taboo language from a linguistic perspective. Swear words show some surprisingly unique behaviour, doing things in English that other words can’t. Why are certain words considered ‘dirty’, and why do people use them? How did they end up in English, and what new swears are on the horizon? This session will help you understand linguistic concepts such as syntax, etymology, history, and pragmatics, from a sweary perspective. [More]

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Mobile phone photography (advanced)

Mobile Photography (advanced) - Creative Lighting and Portraiture This workshop is designed for those who understand the basic operations of their mobile phone camera and wish to extend their knowledge and skills. Recognising quality lighting and good locations are a feature of this practical workshop designed to enable you to capture creative portraits using classical lighting. You will learn how to use your mobile’s manual controls to get correct exposure on skin with increased... [More]

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Sleep your way to better health

Insufficient sleep is known to have detrimental impacts on overall health, yet the majority of the Australian population are depriving themselves of adequate sleep on a nightly basis. If you’d like to learn more about why we sleep and how it helps keep us healthy then you should attend this session with Dr Jen Walsh. You will learn about the science of sleep, why it is sometimes difficult to sleep and how inadequate quantity or quality sleep is bad for your health. Common sleep... [More]

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DNA and genealogy - what DNA tests can reveal about your family tree

Millions of people around the globe are enthusiastically charting their bloodlines. Genealogy has become a cultural phenomenon! Join Genealogist Mike Murray in our upcoming seminar and learn what DNA tests can reveal about your family tree. We all have two family trees – one that we can build up from family stories and genealogical records, and another that’s hidden within your DNA. Easy access to inexpensive DNA testing is revealing family secrets, breaking down stubborn brick... [More]

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The Insider's Guide to the Baroque Underworld: Vice and Destitution in Rome

This lecture will reveal the insolent dark side of Baroque Rome, its slums, taverns, places of perdition. An ‘upside down Rome’, tormented by vice, destitution, all sorts of excesses that underlie an amazing artistic production, all of which left their mark of paradoxes and inventions destined to subvert the established order. This lecture presents this neglected aspect of artistic creation at the time of Caravaggio and Claude Lorrain’s Roman period, unveiling the clandestine face... [More]

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ADVANCED- DNA and genealogy

After last year’s sold out DNA seminar we have been inundated with requests for a more advanced course. So you’ve done a DNA test and want to know more! In this intensive session, Mike will expand your DNA toolkit and demonstrate how to get the most out of the analytical tool  available on ancestry DNA. Also how to download your raw DNA data and upload to other sites and which sites to choose. Plus you will learn how to use tools available such as chromosome browsers, clustering... [More]

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