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Conversational French - Complete Beginners

In partnership with Alliance Française de Perth we are launching our first conversational French class for complete beginners. Learn the basics of the French language through conversation and oral activities! Focusing on concrete situations and communication skills, this class will help you learn how to introduce yourself, give and ask for personal details. You will then discover how to find your way and how to travel in a French town or city. Shopping comes next! Learn how to do... [More]

Public Speaking with Confidence and Credibility

Although the benefits of being an engaging and confident speaker are endless, research indicates that public speaking is something most people fear more than death! During this highly interactive workshop led by Shona Rowan, you will learn a range of tools and techniques to maximise your personal impact, eliminate nerves, increase your confidence and improve your overall success in business meetings, sale pitches and formal presentations. Shona is a trained psychologist, peak... [More]

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Creative Photography - learning how to see

There are numerous courses available that show people how to use a camera and that is a pre-requisite skill for all photographers. There are very few courses available that show people how to ‘see’ in the field and then realise their vision after the image is captured and yet, that is the most valuable skill a photographer needs to be creative and to develop their own unique style. Becoming ‘visually literate’, learning to see beyond what’s there and overcoming our visual biases... [More]

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Creative Photography - master image composition

Looking through your camera’s viewfinder and snapping what is in front of you is easy once you have mastered the technicalities of photography, but knowing how to effectively compose an image in the field is a skill that does not come naturally. The good news is that while photographic vision may not be an inherent ability, it is a skill that can be developed through studying visual principles and developing a visual vocabulary. Creative composition is one of the most important... [More]

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Dramatise your story through narrative structure

New writers can struggle with narrative structure in writing whether the form is a novel, short story or script. In this workshop, writer John Harman will help you better understand the type of story you are telling, discover the importance of narrative structure and learn advanced techniques of plotting. Narrative structure is about choices and about writing your novel, short story or script in scenes. The choices hinge not only on the integration of the story and the plot (which... [More]

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Grammar Therapy II

Grammar Matters! Grammar holds sentences together, but it also communicates who you are. With the skills found in this course, you will gain a more advanced understanding of the grammar of English, and use this knowledge to make your writing more clear. This course is directly focused on writing, and gives you facts about language, grammar, and usage. It will help you get up to speed on formal styles, avoid common mistakes, and build a set of tools that you can keep using when the... [More]

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Social Impact of Social Media

The Hong Kong identity is changing with the help of social media. Social media is an undeniable force in today’s world. Learn about big history-defining moments to the silliness we’ve come to expect. Join researcher Dr Catherine Archer, and dig deep into the social impact of social media. Social media has only been part of our lives for little more than 15 years and yet it has irrevocably changed and challenged some of society’s major institutions regarded in the past as... [More]

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The Insider's Guide to Renaissance Rivals: Leonardo, Michelangelo, Raphael, and Titian

Leonardo, Michelangelo, Raphael, and Titian brought out the best in each other… and the worst. This lecture views the lives and greatest works of the foremost Renaissance masters through the prism of their ardent rivalry. These Renaissance superstars passionately strived to outdo both living competitors and the masters of antiquity. Who would have thought that the serene masterpieces of the High Renaissance owed so much of their vitality to backstage brawling? This lecture will... [More]

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The Insider's Guide to: Fate of the missing masterpieces -DEFERRED DATE -

DEFERRED DATE - please check your email for more information Imagine a museum of lost art. It would contain more objects than all of the world’s museums combined. Only a modest percentage of the artworks created through the ages survive intact today. Some vanished masterpieces are definitely gone: consumed by fire, destroyed by iconoclasts, or fed to pigs. But what stirs the imagination are not the definitive tragedies of artifacts known to have been ruined, but the stories of... [More]

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The Gut Brain Connection: How Gut Health Affects Wellbeing

Did you know we are essentially more bacteria than human? – and the microbes in our guts are responsible for 90% of the messaging to our brain rather than brain to gut! Science is beginning to catch up to the crucial impact our gut microbes have on our digestion, overall health and mental well being. In the last few years huge advancements in technology used to measure and detect the microbes that live on and in us has allowed researchers to map and track the diversity and the... [More]

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