The Workers' Education Association
The Workers’ Educational Association - also known as the WEA - is the UK’s largest voluntary-sector provider of adult education.
It was founded in 1903, in order to support the educational needs of working men and women who could not afford to access further or higher education. Today the WEA provides courses for all kinds of adults and maintains its special mission to provide educational opportunities to adults facing social and economic disadvantage.
Nationwide, the WEA runs over 10,000 part-time adult education courses each year and they are one of the UK’s biggest charities, operating at local, regional and national levels through their regional offices and volunteer-led branches.
For more information, please contact their local volunteer Branch Secretary Linda Salkeld by calling 01472 200329, 07732559587, or email: .
Using Computers, Mobile Devices, Software & Social media:
Getting the most from your iPad or Tablet - Beginners
Saturday 20th October 2018 Ref. C3673593
or
Saturday 15th December 2018 Ref. C3673599
or
Saturday 16th February 2019 Ref. C3673602
10.00 - 14.00 for 1 Session.
Fee £12.00 Enrol online wea.org.uk or call 0300 303 3464
Location: St. James Centre, The Minster, St. James Square, Grimsby, DN31 1EP
Tutor: Catherine Ross
This session covers all you need to know to be able to use your own tablet.
Using Computers, Mobile Devices, Software & Social media:
Getting the most from your iPad or Tablet - Advanced
Saturday 17th November 2018 Ref. C3673597
or
Saturday 19th January 2019 Ref. C3673600
or
Saturday 16th March 2019 Ref. C3673603
10.00 - 14.00 for 1 Session.
Fee £12.00 Enrol online at wea.org.uk or call 0300 303 3464
Location: St. James Centre, The Minster, St. James Square, Grimsby, DN31 1EP
Tutor: Catherine Ross
This session allows you to explore more about your tablet, within a friendly and supportive group.
Archaeology: Lincolnshire Archaeology 2
Monday 24th September 2018 - 10 sessions
13.45 to 15.45
Ref. C3673561
Enrol online at wea.org.uk or call 0300 303 3464
Venue - Grimsby Central Hall, Duncombe Street, Grimsby, DN32 7EG
Fees £70.00
The course will continue to present the Archaeology of Lincolnshire from the Norman Conquests to modernity; includes castles, churches, towns, manors, trade, land reclamation and war.
Tutor: Simon Tomson
Archaeology: Aerial Photography in Archaeology
Monday 7th January 2019 - 10 sessions
13.45 to 15.45
Ref. C3673578
Enrol online at wea.org.uk or call 0300 303 3464
Venue - Grimsby Central Hall, Duncombe Street, Grimsby, DN32 7EG
Fees £70.00
The course will look at the subject of Archaeological Aerial Photography, what it is, how it works, its development into today's digital technique, and what it's used for.
Tutor: Simon Tomson
Archaeology: North East Lincolnshire Museum Service: The Collection Revealed, with Louise Bowden
Saturday 2nd March 2019
14.00 to 16.30, including half hour tea break
Ref. C3673768
Enrol online at wea.org.uk or call 0300 303 3464
Venue - St. James Centre, The Minster, St. James Square, Grimsby, DN31 1EP
Fee £10.00
Collections Officer, Louise Bowden, presents a talk on the collections of the North East Lincolnshire Museum Service including their history, care, and management. This is followed by an introduction to some of the fascinating objects held wihtin the archaeology collection.
Art Appreciation: Gustav Klimt and Vienna's Golden Age - Part 1
Friday 5th October 2018 - 10 sessions
14.30 to 16.30
Ref. C3673552
Enrol online at wea.org.uk or call 0300 303 3464
Venue - Grimsby Central Hall, Duncombe Street, Grimsby, DN32 7EG
Fees £70.00
To familiarise students with the cultural environment of Vienna which enabled the flourishing of the arts at the turn of the century, with specific reference to Gustav Klimt, his art and his life.
Tutor: Tim Stimson
Art Appreciation: Gustav Klimt and Vienna's Golden Age - Part 2
Friday 11th January 2019 - 9 sessions
14.30 to 16.30
Ref. C3673566
Enrol online at wea.org.uk or call 0300 303 3464
Venue - Grimsby Central Hall, Duncombe Street, Grimsby, DN32 7EG
Fees £70.00
This course will continue from the previous term in celebrating the central place of Gustav Klimt in the culture of the Golden Age of Vienna.
Tutor: Tim Stimson
Art Appreciation: Spirit of the North - Nordic Romantic Art
Saturday 9th February 2019
14.00 to 16.30
Ref. C3673737
Enrol online at wea.org.uk or call 0300 303 3464
Venue - St. James Centre, The Minster, St. James Square, Grimsby, DN31 1EP
Fee £10.00
To provide an introduction to the Golden Age of Scandinavian painting.
Tutor: Tim Stimson
History: Grimsby Streets
Monday 1st October 2019 - 4 sessions
19.00 to 21.00
Ref. C3673568
Enrol online at wea.org.uk or call 0300 303 3464
Venue - Grimsby Central Hall, Duncombe Street, Grimsby, DN32 7EG
Fees £28.00
An introductin to how the town developed in the late 19th century with the building of the docks, how the town was carved up by the large estates, and who the streets were named after.
Tutor: Emma Lingard
History: Healing Manor
Tuesday 1st October 2018 - 6 sessions
14.00 to 16.00
Ref. C3673570
Enrol online at wea.org.uk or call 0300 303 3464
Venue - Grimsby Central Hall, Duncombe Street, Grimsby, DN32 7EG
Fees £42.00
To explore the rise of an English country manor and the people who have inhabited the house
Tutor: Emma Lingard
History: Mary, Queen of Scots
Saturday 13th October 2018
14.00 to 16.30, including half hour tea break
Ref. C3673728
Enrol online at wea.org.uk or call 0300 303 3464
Venue - St. James Centre, The Minster, St. James Square, Grimsby, DN31 1EP
Fee £10.00
To provide an overview of the final imprisonment of Mary, Queen of Scots.
Tutor: Lesley Smith
History: The American Civil War: Causes, Course, and Consequences
Saturday 10th November 2018
14.00 to 16.30, including half hour tea break
Ref. C3673734
Enrol online at wea.org.uk or call 0300 303 3464
Venue - St. James Centre, The Minster, St. James Square, Grimsby, DN31 1EP
Fee £10.00
To provide a brief introduction to the American Civil War, its causes, course, and consequences.
Tutor: Andrew Heath
History: Moving Goods by Rail - An Introduction to Railway Signalling
Thursday 10th January 2019 - 10 sessions
11.00 to 12.00
Ref. C3673546
Enrol online at wea.org.uk or call 0300 303 3464
Venue - Grimsby Central Hall, Duncombe Street, Grimsby, DN32 7EG
Fees £28.00
This course explores the development of railway goods traffic over two centuries. It also looks at the provision of signalling systems to allow trains to move efficiently and safely over what was and is still one of the most complex networks in the world.
Tutor: Neil Burgess
History: Grimsby and Cleethorpes: A trip down Memory Lane
Saturday 12th January 2019
14.00 to 16.30, including half hour tea break
Ref. C3673735
Enrol online at wea.org.uk or call 0300 303 3464
Venue - St. James Centre, The Minster, St. James Square, Grimsby, DN31 1EP
Fee £10.00
To provide an introduction to the history of buildings and businesses in Grimsby and Cleethorpes
Tutor: Jennie Cartwright
Literature: The Story of English Part Three: 1500 to 1650
Thursday 10th October 2018 - 6 sessions
14.15 to 16.15
Ref. C3673523
Enrol online at wea.org.uk or call 0300 303 3464
Venue - Grimsby Central Hall, Duncombe Street, Grimsby, DN32 7EG
Fees £42.00
To show how and why the English language changed in the period 1500 to 1650. This was partly as a result of external factors (invention of printing, political changes) and partly because of internal linguistic reasons.
Tutor: Hazel Hale
Literature: Five More Great Poets of the Twentieth Century
Friday 11th January 2019 - 7 sessions
10.00 to 12.00
Ref. C3673535
Enrol online at wea.org.uk or call 0300 303 3464
Venue - Grimsby Central Hall, Duncombe Street, Grimsby, DN32 7EG
Fees £49.00
To learn about the works of 5 major poets of the Twentieth Century: AE Houseman, Thomas Hardy, DH Lawrence, RS Thomas and Edward Thomas.
Tutor: Hazel Hale
Music Appreciation: The Magnetism of Mozart's Music
Tuesday 18th September 2018 - 7 sessions
10.30 to 12.30
Ref. C3673565
Enrol online at wea.org.uk or call 0300 303 3464
Venue - Grimsby Central Hall, Duncombe Street, Grimsby, DN32 7EG
Fees £49.00
This course will aim to investigate how and why the music of W A Mozart immediately became so successful, and indeed has remained so to this day.
Tutor: Joanna Thornton
Music Appreciation: Choosing Discs for a Desert Island
Saturday 6th April 2019
14.00 to 16.30, including half hour tea break
Ref. C3673769
Enrol online at wea.org.uk or call 0300 303 3464
Venue - St. James Centre, The Minster, St. James Square, Grimsby, DN31 1EP
Fee £10.00
You have been fortunate (or unlucky) enough to be cast away on the fabled desert island. Somehow you've managed to take 8 discs with you. In this session we'll consider some ways in which you might go about choosing them.
Tutor: Graham Saunders
Philosophy: The History of Philosophy: Part One - Plato, Aristotle and the Ancients
Thursday 17th January 2019 - 7 sessions
13.45 to 15.45
Ref. C3673540
Enrol online at wea.org.uk or call 0300 303 3464
Venue - Grimsby Central Hall, Duncombe Street, Grimsby, DN32 7EG
Fees £49.00
A study of the philosophy of the pre-Soctratics, Plato and Aristotle.
Tutor: Paul Hill
Science: More Aspects of Astronomy
Tuesday 9th October 2018 - 8 sessions
13.45 to 15.45
Ref. C3673538
Enrol online at wea.org.uk or call 0300 303 3464
Venue - Grimsby Central Hall, Duncombe Street, Grimsby, DN32 7EG
Fees £56.00
This course covers several aspects of astronomy and space covering topics as diverse as the various moons of the solar system, how space research can affect anyone and give them benefits, how galaxies form, and much more.
Tutor: Paul Money
Science: Aspects of Space Flight
Tuesday 15th January 2019 - 6 sessions
19.30 to 21.305
Ref. C3673539
Enrol online at wea.org.uk or call 0300 303 3464
Venue - Grimsby Central Hall, Duncombe Street, Grimsby, DN32 7EG
Fees £42.00
In this short course we will look at spaceflight from the first steps to the end of the Shuttle era, as well as covering what benefits there are to us on the earth.
Tutor: Paul Money