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ADULT EDUCATION COURSES, WORKSHOPS, TALKS, TOURS, EVENTS 2019
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2019
* SPRING & SUMMER *
ADULT EDUCATION COURSES
1A Pelham Street, Brighton, BN1 4FA tel 01273 667704/88
All courses taught on Pelham Street campus unless otherwise stated e.g. Preston Manor (historic house)
Sessions are relaxed and friendly and there is no homework.
THERE MAY BE PROBLEMS ENROLLING FOR MET COURSES ONLINE AT THE MOMENT - IF SO, TELEPHONE 01273 667704 MONDAY TO FRIDAY OR ENROL IN PERSON AT PELHAM STREET - CONTACT ME IF PROBLEMS.
THIS SATURDAY
WOMEN, WARTIME AND THE HOMEFRONT (WWII)
We study life for women during Wartime and how they coped during the later 1940’s after war ended when life had changed completely. We look at women at war – their occupations in the armed services, as pilots, nurses, typists, working in the Land Army, in factories, in the WRVS and other voluntary organisations, as well as being housewives and mothers.
At home during war and after, women had to cope with rationing and learning to ‘make do and mend’ while attempting to remain glamorous keeping up with fashion and cosmetics. Then, when war ended women found it difficult to give up their new independence. Llife in the family changed and so did relationships. Illustrated with slides,and documentary film.
Saturday 16 March 11am-3pm Ref: CM0163-1C Fee: £25
Pelham Street campus.
Enrol in person at Student Centre, Pelham Street, Tel 01273 667704
https://www.gbmc.ac.uk/brighton/study-at-the-met/courses/history-women-wartime-and -the-homefront-wwii
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Spring courses currently running:
Gorgeous Georgians: Life in eighteenth century England
10 weeks Monday 1.30-3.30pm from 14 January
Pelham Street campus. Ref no: CL0059-1C
Fee: A £119 B £90 C £69
Fee: A £119 B £90 C £69
https://www.gbmc.ac.uk/brighton/study-at-the-met/courses/history-gorgeous-georgians-life-in-eighteenth-century-england
MET at Whitehawk Inn Community Centre Whitehawk Rd BN2 5NS
Elegance and Enlightenment: English society in the 18th Century
This was a time of enlightenment, the arts, culture, literature, the Grand Tour, scientific experiment and observance of nature. An age of travel with improvements to roads and carriages which led to coaching inns and the beginnings of consumerism and shopping - but also a period of great poverty.
10 weeks Wednesday 1-3pm from 16 January
Fee £75 EBPC £30 Ben £10 Tel: 01273 682222
PRESTON MANOR Preston Drove, BN1 6SD
Culture and Society Between the Wars 1918-1939
Study in the unique setting of a fabulous historic house.
We study how life changed after the First World War- high living for the wealthy declined with lack of servants, but cultural life took on a particular aspect reflected in architecture, design, fashion, music, literature, cinema and distinctive style of Art Deco and Modernism.
8 weeks Tuesday 1-3pm from 22 January
Pelham Street campus. Ref no: CM0400-1C Fee: A £96 B £72 C £24
https://www.gbmc.ac.uk/brighton/study-at-the-met/courses/history-culture-and-society-between-the-wars-1918-1939
Fortnightly Saturdays:
The Novel as Social History: London-second impressions
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Unique course comprising literature, social and cultural history and book club – and lively discussion! We study the social and cultural history within the novel by exploring background information we are absorbing unwittingly which is not the main theme.
THIS TERM: We take a further look at London and writers include Charles Dickens, Henry James, Somerset Maugham, P.G. Wodehouse, Arnold Bennett, Agatha Christie, Gerald Kersh, Stella Gibbons, Muriel Spark and Colin Wilson.
5 weeks fortnightly Sat 11am-1pm from 26 Jan
Pelham Street campus. Ref: CL0030-1C Fee:A £62 B £47 C £31
https://www.gbmc.ac.uk/history-the-novel-as-social-history-london2
Varndean College at Holy Cross Church Hall, Woodingdean
(Buses 2, 22, 22A stop outside, car park across road outside library)
Keep the Homefires Burning: The Homefront in the First World War
We study how when men went to war women went to work. They took on what had been seen as hard and heavy work in factories, on farms, driving buses and trams, working as railway porters and also cinema projectionists. We see the working conditions for nurses on the frontline and read from their letters and also see what life was like on the British homefront - giving us a touching insight into the lives of men and women during this period.
Monday 10am-12pm 6 weeks from 28 January
Fee £60 concessions £20/20 Tel: 01273 546604
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Short Weekday Evening Course:
For those of you who love the iconic style of Art Deco and clean lines of Modernism, this is the course which will explain the difference between the two and discover the influences that made these innovative forms.
and innovations such as plastic, chrome, aluminium and electricity. Smooth lines and geometric patterns featured on architecture, advertising, fashion, jewellery, furniture, glass, ceramics, lighting, metalware, technology and cinema.
https://www.gbmc.ac.uk/brighton/study-at-the-met/ courses/ history-space-light-speed-art-deco-and-modernism-1918-1939-1-day-course
Short Weekday Evening Course:
Space Light and Speed:
Art Deco and Modernism 1918-1939
For those of you who love the iconic style of Art Deco and clean lines of Modernism, this is the course which will explain the difference between the two and discover the influences that made these innovative forms.
Course aims and information:
The Decorative Movement, Modernism or ‘moderne’, later described as ‘Art Deco’ was based on classical and other influences, including Egyptian - after the 1922 opening of Tutankhamun’s tomb.
The distinctive iconic style of space, light and speed, utilised modern technology
and innovations such as plastic, chrome, aluminium and electricity. Smooth lines and geometric patterns featured on architecture, advertising, fashion, jewellery, furniture, glass, ceramics, lighting, metalware, technology and cinema.
Illustrated with powerpoint slideshows, books and paintings. and texts.
5 weeks Tuesday 7-9pm. Start Tue 23 April
Pelham Street campus Ref: CL0068-1C Fee: A £62 B £47 C £31
Enrol in person at Student Centre, Pelham Street, Tel 01273 667704
https://www.gbmc.ac.uk/brighton/study-at-the-met/ courses/ history-space-light-speed-art-deco-and-modernism-1918-1939-1-day-course
MET at Whitehawk Inn Community Centre Whitehawk Rd BN2 5NS
GORGEOUS GEORGIANS : LIFE IN EIGHTEENTH CENTURY ENGLAND
Gorgeous, grand, ghastly, grotesque, greedy, gin-drinking, gluttonous, gamblers – inventive, fabulously wealthy, devastatingly poor Georgians. We look at high and low society and study the elegant magnificence of the buildings and stunningly lavish life of a small handful of society contrasted with the devastatingly poor members of the lower class who lived in abject poverty and the grim goings-on of the underworld of pickpockets, prostitutes, thieves, gamblers and gin-drinkers – of all classes.
Not only a time of intrigue, debt and excess but also many interesting and colourful personalities – men and women who wrote, painted, sculpted, made beautiful gold, silver glass or pottery, dressed in the extremes of fashion, were witty or worthless, talented, intellectual but never dull. A hugely fascinating period.
8 weeks Wednesday 1-3pm start 24 April
Fee £tbc EBPC £tbc Benefits £10 Tel: 01273 682222
Short Weekday Course:
A GRAND TOUR OF GEORGIAN AND REGENCY INDULGENCE
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For those of you who are interested in the late Georgian and Regency period and of Brighton and its development. We look at high and low society, including some interesting personalities of the time.
Course aims and information:
We study different influences in architecture and fashion: neo-classicism, Gothick, Egyptian Revival and Chinoiserie style, including town and country gardens, grounds, public buildings, fashion and manners.
Excesses and vast wealth of a small section of society make us forget the other side of the Regency. Great poverty and hardship for the poor. We consider their conditions and contrast domestic society from aristocracy to residuum, including food, dining, household management, the role of servants and daily life above and below stairs in ta Regency town house.
Jane Austen and the Regency go hand in hand. We read some of her charming and witty writings as well as those of other writers and romantic poets.
Illustrated with images, period texts, maps, powerpoint and video.
5 weeks Monday 1.30-3.30pm starting 29 April
Pelham Street campus Ref: CL0028-1C Fee: A £62 B £47 C £31
Enrol in person at Student Centre, Pelham Street, Tel 01273 667704
https://www.gbmc.ac.uk/a-grand-tour-of-georgian-and-regency-indulgence
(Course eligible for Advanced Learner Loan – info here: https://www.gbmc.ac.uk/brighton/student-support/financial-assistance/advanced-learner-loan)
Single Saturday:
SUMMER READING: BOOKS, BOOKS AND MORE BOOKS!
Unique course comprising literature and social and cultural history.
Books for summer reading - recommendations, discussion, background social history... and novels to read before class. If you like books, literature and social history – this is for you! A different, unusual, exciting way of reading and learning in a friendly, relaxed group. We also view extracts of two of the novels that were made into films.
A reading list will be available from the tutor and you will be expected to participate in group discussion.
Saturday 27 April 10am-4pm * Ref: CL0067-1C Fee: £25
Pelham Street campus.
Enrol in person at Student Centre, Pelham Street, Tel 01273 667704
https://www.gbmc.ac.uk/brighton/study-at-the-met/courses/history-summer-reading-books-books-and-more-books
* THIS COURSE IS SHOWING INCORRECT TIME (10am-2pm) ON ONLINE BOOKING SYSTEM
Short Saturday Course:
SUMMER IN THE CITY: EXPLORING BRIGHTON'S UNIQUE HISTORY
Two classroom sessions and 3 field trips in Brighton
We study the fascinating history of Brighton in two classroom sessions giving a brief historical overview and looking at early maps.
This will be followed by three field trips, getting to know our unique city, discovering lots of hidden gems and understanding how Brighton evolved from a small Georgian fishing town to the vibrant seaside resort of today.
Pelham Street campus Ref: CL0027-1C Fee: £60 b. £44 c. £22
5 weeks Saturday 11am-1pm starting 04 May
https://www.gbmc.ac.uk/brighton/study-at-the-met/courses/history-exploring-brightons-rich-history-short-course
TEL 01273 667704 (667767/88)
Brighton Metropolitan College
Varndean College at Holy Cross Church Hall, Woodingdean
(Buses 2, 22, 22A stop outside, car park across road outside library)
1940s and The Homefront in Wartime
We study domestic, working and social life on the home-front during World War Two, the impact it had during this period and its life-changing effects post-war.
When the men returned from war the women returned to the home – which they had not really left. Their stories are fascinating. Women, such as Ruby, the welder, were not allowed to carry on with jobs for which they were highly trained. And, what about life on the home-front? Women displayed their ingenuity and inventiveness. Nurses writing home from overseas or who were stationed in Britain give us a touching insight into the lives of men and women during this period.
Post-war 1940s meant many adjustments and changes in relationships, social and domestic life. Schemes were put in place to get men and women back to work and cultural life, the cinema and holidays took on a renewed interest.
Monday 10am-12pm 5 weeks
start 13 May (finish 17 June)
Fee £60 concessions £20/20 Tel: 01273 546604 (not open for enrolment until March 2019)
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The Regency Town House, Hove
THE WAY WE WERE AND WHAT WE WORE
A talk with costumes and accessories from the collection of Marion May followed by tea in the dining room and servant's kitchen, after which Sarah Tobias will give an illustrated talk on life in the Twenties and Thirties.
Saturday 8 June 2.30pm
£15 plus booking fee
Further details to follow
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International Summer School
For students 18-24 years mainly from non-UK countries
COOL BRITANNIA: HOW FASHION SHAPED BRITISH CULTURE (1750-2019)
2019 Session 2:
4 weeks 22 July - 15 August
Tutor Sarah Tobias
Field trips include: Brighton Museum and Art Gallery, Museum of London, Victoria & Albert Museum (London)
Course fees £2000 includes tuition and housing. Deadline for application 02-04-2019 http://www.sussex.ac.uk/iss/apply
US Course and application enquiries: study@sussex.ac.uk
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Sarah Tobias MA, BA Hons, Dip Eur Hum
Entertaining lecturer in social, cultural and local (Brighton, Sussex, UK) history
Contact me for talks/guided walks/visits for groups, clubs, societies.
Current list of 30+ topics
Also contact me for poetry readings and narrations.
More information about me, my subjects, research and contact:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarah-tobias-0318943a?trk=nav_responsive_tab_profile
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Courses -Venue Addresses, transport and refreshments
Brighton Metroplitan College MET (formerly City College)
Pelham Street, Brighton BN1 4FA
Location:
Behind York Place & London Road, turn up Cheapside – Aldi supermarket on corner. Or, turn left in Trafalgar St walking down from Station.
Transport & Parking:
Lots of buses nearby.
Nearby car park, about 5 minutes walk.
Railway station few minutes walk
Refreshments and further information:
College canteen. Tea and coffee bar on balcony of Main Building. Vending machine.
Coffee shops, small cafés and public houses in nearby London Road
London Road and Trafalgar Street: many shops, some banks and supermarkets
Whitehawk Inn Community Centre
Whitehawk Road Brighton, BN2 3NS
Transport & Parking:
Buses stop nearby and some outside venue
Metered street car parking
Refreshments:
Café and garden area
Further information:
Shops, Co-op, public library in same road.
Few minutes walk to sea, beach and Marina or East Brighton Park
Holy Cross Church Hall, Woodingdean
Warren Road, Brighton, BN2 6ND
Transport & Parking:
Car park outside Library and Community Centre over the road, opposite church hall. Bus nos 2, 22, 22A stop nearby.
Refreshments:
Tea-making facilities in hall. Small cafes nearby. Downs Hotel almost next door serves tea, coffee and refreshments at bar and has outside area.
Further information:
Preston Manor
Preston Drove, Brighton BN1 6SD
Location:
Situated at end of Preston Park.
Transport & Parking:
Buses and rail nearby
Free parking outside and in adjacent street.
Refreshments:
No cafe. Refreshments provided by staff
Delicatessen cafe and public houses opposite and in Preston Drove. Chalet restaurant in park.
Sussex University
Falmer, Brighton, BN1 9RH
Location:
Campus located in the South Downs National Park
Transport & Parking:
Buses and rail nearby into town and elsewhere
Car parks
Refreshments:
Cafes and restaurants on campus.
Co-op, pharmacy, books and stationery shops
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