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An exploration of Tennessee Williams’ classic drama A Streetcar Named Desire, including scene analysis, discussion of contexts, characterisation, themes, genre, language, imagery, symbolism and music.

The transition from secondary school to A-level can feel overwhelming and scary. However, if you are determined to develop the right skills to be successful, you will find yourself in a better position to start your A-level studies.

This course covers the method of differentiation and its applications for Year 1 A Level Mathematics for any exam board.

Explore the different Number Systems, learn how to convert between them and perform simple binary based calculations.

In this course you will build up knowledge of Genetic Diversity, Species Diversity and Habitat Diversity.

All life on Earth exists as cells, they are the building blocks of all life. In this session you will cover both Eukaryotic and Prokaryotic cell structure and function. How cells are studied and the cell cycle.

This course will go through each stage of language acquisition and will explore the lexis (words), semantics (meaning), grammar (structure) and phonology (sounds) a child develops and can use during each stage. After looking at the stages of acquisition this course will also explore how adults can aid children’s development of language during the different stages.

This course is suitable for learners who are studying AS Level Further Maths. The course introduces you to complex numbers, looking at both the cartesian and modulus-argument form. As well as exploring how we can perform arithmetic on complex numbers, this course will introduce you to loci in the complex plane, and how we can use complex numbers to solve equations.

This course is designed to enable learners to build their understanding through example problems and to check their understanding by taking a short low stakes multiple choice quiz after each section.

This Day in the Life in Further Education course will give you an insight into a range of areas including:
1) Understanding the benefits of studying in Further Education.
2) Identifying your skillset through a personality based careers quiz.
3) Be able to identify important study skills for Further Education and explain how you have already begun to develop these skills.
4)Attempt some mini subject taster sessions of courses within the FE sector.

This short course will introduce you to the different ways you will learn as a university student. It will explore the approaches to learning and how they are different from learning at school and college. It will give you an insight into the different types of learning that form part of the typical day for a university student.

This short course will introduce you to different types of Social Workers and explore the types of work they each do. You will learn how Social Workers work with children, adults and families that are experiencing challenges in their lives and needing additional support or guidance.

The aim of this course is give you a deeper insight to Bram Stoker’s novel ‘Dracula’.

The course covers a range of aspects of the novel including:

– Characterisation

– Narrative Techniques

– Themes

– Motifs

– Language

– Context

This course will outline and explain the following;

1) Key transferable skills that employers look for.
2) Tips and information on how to develop transferable skills.
3) The process of gaining part time work from initial job search, CV and cover letter writing, interviews and finally accepting job offers.

This course is an introduction to the concept of employability and the core skills employers look for. The course will also allow you to create CV’s and Covering Letters, and understand their importance. “

An overview of the history, development, properties and testing of Engineered materials across the world. This course covers material design, properties and testing of materials. This course is an ideal accompaniment to an engineering course at level 3.

This course is designed for higher level students studying GCSE Biology or GCSE Science who want to learn, refresh, revise or build on their current knowledge. Also for for students studying the topic ‘Biological molecules/Enzymes’ in A level Biology and the topic of Enzymes in the various vocational courses in Science.

In this course you will begin by becoming fluent in skills such as simplifying fractions and understanding equivalent fractions. Once these skills have been mastered you will learn how to use operations (Add, Subtract, Multiply, and Divide) with both fractions and mixed numbers.

You will learn: How crude oil is formed and separated into useful fractions, the properties and trend of those different fractions, how to draw and name alkanes, the properties of alkanes, the differences between complete and incomplete combustion of fuels, how pollutants are formed and what problems they cause.

This is a series of lessons to guide you through the reading skills you are required to demonstrate in order to achieve at least a Grade 4.

This course is designed specifically for Level 3 college students who are working towards and intend to progress on to university.

This course is aimed at those who are leaving secondary school to progress into Further Education. It will help you to identify and develop your own goals at a time in your educational career where it is time to think about your next steps.

This course covers content from Level 2 Biology. We will look at health and the relationship between health and disease, different pathogens that cause illness in humans and how our body responds to dealing with disease and illness.

This course is aimed at level 3 learners and will focus on the need for homeostasis and describe the principle of negative feedback.

In this course you will learn all about how the body detects and responds to infectious diseases, the key types of white blood cell present in the human body and how advances in modern medicine such as vaccinations have helped us in our fight against infectious diseases.