The typical days and times when Continuing Education courses are taking place in academic year 2023/24 are outlined below.
Our programme of short courses varies by semester. This page will be updated as new courses are announced.
Click the relevant day of the week for each term to find out which short courses usually have classes on each day and whether delivery is online or in-person.
Journey to the Stars: An Introductory Astronomy Course with Observational Experience
Campus
7-9pm
Wonders of the Night Sky
Online
7-8pm
Paul's Prison Letters
Online
1.30-3.30pm
An Introduction to Ancient Mexico
Online
10am-12pm
Screenwriting for TV and Film with Adam Simpson
Campus
6-8pm
The Call of the Coast: Artists' Colonies in Britain 1890-1940
Campus
11am - 1pm
Monday Tuesday
Course
Location
Time
Bach and Beyond: A Journey into Baroque Music
Online
10am-12pm
A practical Introduction to Python
Campus
6-8pm
21st Century Women Writers: American Stories and Conversations
Campus
11am-1pm
The Genius of Italian Art from Cimabue to Caravaggio
Campus
2-4pm
The Call of the Coast: Artists' Colonies in Britain 1890-1940
Campus
11am-1pm
Egyptology: Evolution of a Discipline
Campus
11am-1pm
Egyptology: People and Places
Campus
11am-1pm
The Army of Caesars: The Imperial Roman Armuy
Campus
2-4pm
Streets of Liverpool, 1725-2008
Campus
11am-1pm
Reading World Literature: The Song of Kiều, Vietnam's national epic
Campus
6-8pm
Wednesday
Course
Location
Time
Advanced Screenwriting and Story Solutions with Adam Simpson
Campus
6-8pm
The Art and Craft of Screenwriting for TV and Film
Campus
6-7pm
Storytelling Fundamentals: From Planning to the Page
Campus
7-9pm
An Introduction to Philosophy through Thought Experiments
Campus
6-8pm
Parklife: Public Parks and Gardens of Merseyside, 1802-2020
Campus
11am-1pm
Ancient Greek I: An introduction
Online
6-8pm
Ancient Greek Language Taster
Online
6-7pm
Reformation, Rebellion, and Resilience: Ireland in the Early Modern Era
Campus
2-4pm
Discovering Liverpool's Pre-Rephaelite Legacy: Exploring the Art and Artists that Revolutionised the British Art Scene
Campus
2-4pm
Why You're Not Writing (and how to get started)
Campus
7-8pm
Thursday
Course
Location
Time
In Perspective: Structures in Art
Campus
1-3pm
Exploring John Donne: Poet and Preacher
Campus
2-4pm
The Discovery of the Unconscious: A Historical Journey in Psychology
Campus
11am -1pm
The Birds and the bees and Much More: Animal Life in the Art of Ancient Greek World
Ness Botanic Gardens
2-4pm
Echoes of Antinquity: Debating the Parthenon Sculptures
Ness Botanic Gardens
2-3pm
Latin I: An Introduction
Online
6-8pm
Latin Language Taster
Online
6-7pm
Youth Subcultures: Fashion, Style and Identity
Campus
1-3pm
Reading Sensation Fiction
Campus
11am - 1pm
Friday
Course
Location
Time
In Perspective: Structures in Art
Campus
1-3pm
The Monthly Novel: Close Communities
Campus
11am - 2pm
European Literature in Translation: European Auto-Fiction: Sebald, Ernaux, Erpenbeck
Campus
11am - 1pm
Saturday
Course
Location
Time
The Evolution of Istanbul: From Byzantium to Constantinople
Campus
11am - 4pm
The Evolution of Istanbul: From Constantinople to Istanbul
Campus
11am - 4pm
Eco Fiction: Reimaginging the Future
Campus
11am - 4pm
Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out: Psychedelia in Art, Design and Popular Music
Campus
1 - 3pm
Made in Liverpool: Celebrating a City's Historic Achievements
Campus
10am - 4pm
From Op to Pop: Music, Fashon and Media in the 1960s
Campus
1 - 3pm
Shakespeare on the Couch: 'Measure for Measure'
Campus
10am-4pm
Term two
To give you an idea of potential options in term two, we've compiled a provisional course timetable and indicated whether each course is expected to be available online or in person.
Full details about these courses, including how to enrol, will be available later this year.
Term two courses start from January 2024.
Course
Location
Time
Unravelling the Mysteries of the Universe: An Astronomy Course for Curious Minds
Campus
7 - 9pm
The Book of Isaiah - Chapters 1-23
Online
1.30-3.3opm
Ancient Peru and the Spanish Conquest
Online
10am - 12pm
The Art and Craft of Screenwriting for TV and Film
Campus
6 - 7pm
Hieroglyphs 101: Learn to Read Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphs
Campus
5 - 7pm
The Prison Writings of Jim Phelan
Campus
11am - 1pm
Wonders of the Universe
Online
6 - 7pm
Monday Tuesday
Course
Location
Time
Amarna: Life and Death in the Horizon of the Aten
Campus
11am - 1pm
21st Century Women Writers: Myths and Portents
Campus
11am - 1pm
The Masters of Northern Art, from Van Eyck to Vermeer
Campus
2 - 4pm
From Roads to Ruins: The Archaology of Roman North-West England
Campus
2 - 4pm
Memento Mori: The Celebration of Death in Liverpool, 1524 - 2016
Campus
11am - 1pm
An Illustrated History of Ancient Egypt: Predynastic to the Middle Kingdom
Campus
11am - 1pm
Flash Fiction: Short Stories and Restrictive Briefs
Campus
Phil Olsen
Piano Playing through a study of the lie and works of Ludwig Van Beethoven
Online
Debbie Adewale
Wednesday
Course
Location
Time
Storytelling Progression: From Page to Publication
Campus
7 - 9pm
Philosophical Approaches to Art and Aesthetics
Campus
6 - 8pm
Identifying the Archaeology of Prehistoric Britain
Campus
11am - 1pm
In Cauda Venenum: Religious Art in Liverpool
Campus
11am - 1pm
Ancient Greek II
Online
6 - 8pm
An Introduction to Album Cover Art
Campus
1 - 3pm
Revealed! The Nude in Victorian Art
Campus
2 - 4pm
Getting Stories Unstuck
Campus
7 - 8pm
Pottery and People in Ancient Britain: The 'Beaker' Phenomenon
Campus
11 - 12pm
Thursday
Course
Location
Time
Food for Thought: The Role of Food in Basic Artistic Impression
Campus
1 - 3pm
Gentle Dissidence: Jane Austen's Heroines
Campus
2 - 4pm
Sigmund Freud: Explorer of the Unconscious
Campus
11am - 1pm
Reading A.S. Byatt
Campus
11am - 1pm
Women of Distinction: The Artist, the Countess and the Diplomats Wife
Ness Botanic Gardens
2 - 4pm
Defying Convetions: Female Icons of the 18th Century
Ness Botanic Gardens
2 - 3pm
The Final Frontier: Street Art in Liverpool - A Survey
Campus
11am - 1pm
Latin II
Online
6 - 8pm
Friday
Course
Location
Time
Food for Thought: The Role of Food in Artistic Impression
Campus
1 - 3pm
The Monthly Novel: Love and War
Campus
11am - 1pm
European Literature in Translation: The European Crime Novel
Campus
11am - 1pm
The Booker Prize: Stories, Successes and Scandals
Campus
5 - 7pm
Saturday
Course
Location
Time
From Fringe to Page: Crafting Stories in Liverpools Edgelands
Campus
10am - 4pm
From Streets to Stories: A Place Writing Workshop in Liverpools Historic Georgian Quarter
Campus
10am - 4pm
Shakespeare on the Couch: Cymbeline
Campus
10am - 4pm
Victorian Design and Society
Campus
1 - 3pm
1960s Fashion and Popular Culture
Campus
1 - 3pm
Term three
To give you an idea of potential options in term three, we've compiled a provisional course timetable and indicated whether each course is expected to be available online or in person.
Full details about these courses, including how to enrol, will be available in Spring 2024.
Term three courses start from April 2024.
Course
Location
Time
The Wonders of our Solar System: A Journey through Planetary Landscapes
Campus
7 - 9pm
The Book of Isaiah: Chapters 24 - 39
Online
1.30 - 3.30pm
Lost Langauges: Cracking the Code
Online
10am - 12pm
Screenwriting for TV and Film with Adam Simpson
Campus
6 - 8pm
Wonders of the Solar System
Online
7 - 8pm
JAmes HAnley's Liverpool
Campus
11am - 1pm
Monday Tuesday
Course
Location
Time
The Sacred Gardens: Trees and Flowers in the Belief System of Ancient Egypt and the Prehistoric Aegean
Campus
11am - 1pm
The 10 Artists Who Changed the Face of Art
Campus
2 - 4pm
From Knossos to Armarna: th excavations of John Pendlebury
Ness Botanic Gardens
2 - 4pm
Blood and Sand: The Real Lives and Deaths of Roman Gladiators
Campus
2 - 4pm
Draconian TImies - Agitation & Protest: Political Art in Liverpool, 1848 - 1919
Campus
11am - 1pm
An Illustrated History of Ancient Egypt: New Kingdom to Greco Roman Period
Campus
11am - 1pm
21st Century Women Writers: Contemporary Japanese Fiction
Campus
11am - 1pm
Wednesday
Course
Location
Time
Advanced Screenwriting and Story Solutions with Adam Simpson
Campus
6 - 8pm
Beyond Reality: Crafting Speculative Fiction
Campus
7 - 9pm
Is it all in your head? An Introduction to the Philosophy of Mind
Campus
6 - 8pm
Ghosts of Orion: Legacy of Liverpool's Collectors
Campus
11am - 1pm
Ancient Greek Reading Group
Online
6 - 8pm
Reading Ancient Greek Taster
Online
6 - 7pm
Writing Worlds into Being
Campus
7 - 8pm
Thursday
Course
Location
Time
Latin Reading Group
Online
6 - 8pm
Reading Latin Taster
Online
6 - 7pm
Friday
Course
Location
Time
The Monthly Novel: New York
Campus
11am - 2pm
Taylormade: The Litearary Merit of Taylor Swift's Songs
Campus
5 - 7pm
Saturday
Course
Location
Time
Vulgar Display of Power: Sculptural Portraiture of Liverpool
Campus
10am - 4pm
Views of Britain and Wales: Poetry Writing Workshop
Ness Botanic Gardens
10am - 4pm
Regulating the Merseyside Moneylenders
Campus
11am - 4pm
From Story to Screen: Adapting Fiction for Film
Campus
11am - 4pm
Expressionism in Painting: New Ideas, New Techniques
Campus
10am - 4pm
Commemorating Conflict in Liverpool
Campus
11am - 4pm
Summer Bootcamp
Further details about our summer school in 2025 will appear here when confirmed.
