Essex
Federation Events
ALL BRANCHES: Reminder - select your delegates to the Spring Regional Council on 10th MARCH. Please note: Essex hosts the Summer Council in Thaxted on 30th JUNE.
The Essex Federation
organise two Saturday events in the Autumn
and Spring at the Feering Community Centre
(click here
for a map). Three courses run throughout
the day on a variety of topics. In addition we organise a summer schools which run over three days in June/July. See details below.
Whether you want a convenient introduction
to the WEA or just want to meet up with
old friends in a convivial atmosphere,
these events are ideal for you.
Spring 2012 One Day School
The Essex Federation Spring One Day School will take place on Saturday 21st April 2012 at the Feering Community Centre from 11 a.m. to 3.30 p.m. The courses are listed below. Full booking details, with leaflet and booking form, will be posted on this site early in February.
Course Title: Four Queens and the Changing Constitution of Great Britain
Course Description: In this Jubilee year we study the reigns of four notable Queens, Elizabeth I, Anne, Victoria and Elizabeth II, in order to learn how and in what ways royal power has been eroded over four centuries.
Tutor: Roger Cooke
Venue: Feering Community Centre, Coggeshall Road, CO5 9QB
Date: 21/04/2012 Start Time: 11:00 Finish Time: 15:30
Lunch Arrangement: BYO / local hostelries
Fee: £10 Contact Name: Mrs J Dougan Telephone: 01245 476583 3
(from February)
Course Title: ONE DAY COURSE - "Rudyard Kipling"
Course Description: To follow.
Tutor: Jon Nay
Venue: Feering Community Centre, Coggeshall Road, Feering, CO5 9QB
Date: 21-Apr-12 Start Time: 11:00 AM Finish Time: 3.30 PM
Lunch Arrangement: Bring your own lunch / local hostelries
Fee: £10 Contact Name: Jane Dougan Telephone: 01245 476583
(from February)
Course Title: ONE DAY COURSE - "British Fashion 1960-2010: The Capsule Collection"
Course Description: In the world of fashion design, a 'capsule collection' is a small number of pieces which represent a designer's work for that season. In this three-hour scamper through the latter years of the 20th century, Irene Jacobson aims to provide a similar grasp of the world of British fashion design. Please bring along any original pieces of clothing which you feel typify that period.
Tutor: Irene Jacobson
Venue: Feering Community Centre, Coggeshall Road, Feering, CO5 9QB
Date: 21-Apr-12 Start Time: 11:00 AM Finish Time: 3.30 PM
Lunch Arrangement: Bring your own lunch / local hostelries
Fee: £10 Contact Name: Jane Dougan Telephone: 01245 476583
(from February)
2012 Summer School
Two summer schools will be held this year, at Chelmsford and Colchester. The courses are listed below. The full brochure, with booking forms, will be published by the end of February and a copy posted on this site. Bookings will then be open.
CHELMSFORD:
Monday 25th to Wednesday 27th June in the Chapter House, Chelmsford Cathedral:
"The Untold Story of the Symbolist Movement" -
Tutor: Graham Slimming
"Jane Austen, Her Life and Times" -
Tutor: Valerie Morse
A MUSIC course - title to be confirmed -
Tutor: Bill Tamblyn
COLCHESTER:
Monday 2nd to Wednesday 4th July in the Castle Methodist Church Centre:
“The care of the sick in Nineteenth Century Colchester”
Tutor: Dr. Jane Pearson
“Recent developments in Archaeology in Essex”
Tutor: Howard Brooks
“Why Shakespeare? – the man, his theatrical world, his craftsmanship and cultural legacy”
Tutor: Ron Marks
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