302 Courses in London

The Prince of Peckham is opening its doors to our amazing neon workshop for a special event of neon life drawing! Join us in Peckham for an evening of vibrant artistic fun. Come to a life drawing class like no other using neon reactive arts materials to draw inspiringly colourful life models.

EA/PA Excellence Workshop Live from London on the 25th of April 2024. Featuring Keynote speaker Reggie Love, former Special Assistant to 44th President of the USA, Barrack Obama. Panel featuring Sophie Chapman, assistant to Steven Bartlett entrepreneur, author, host of the diary of a CEO and youngest ever dragon on BBC's Dragon's Den, Victoria Wratten, CEO of the Executive & Personal Assistants Association. The workshop contains, panel talk, keynote talk and facilitation over key topics from Kate Wood over the course of the day.

Our students follow a weekly timetable of acting, film, singing and dance lessons all taught by leading industry professionals that have a wonderful rapport with young people.

Our students follow a weekly timetable of acting, film, singing and dance lessons all taught by leading industry professionals that have a wonderful rapport with young people.

Welcome to scottish country dancing at Chiswick Scottish Country Dance Club. We are looking forward to dancing with you! £7 cash at the door. Any questions to Iris at secretary@chiswickscottish.org.uk  The dates are published here and communicated via email (please subscribe by clicking the "e-mail" tab) Social dancing every Sunday 7-9pm. Our last Club night to live music is on Sunday, 23rd of July, 7-10pm to the music of Chris Oxtoby (accordion). £10 and shared refreshments. MC Jim Cook.  Our summer break will begin from 27th July and our first dance in the autumn will be on Sunday 3rd of September 2023, 7-9pm.  If you want to try something new, that will keep you fit and is great fun too, contact us at secretary@chiswickscottish.org.uk to ask any questions and register your interest for the future. It may well change your life!  Kay Senior President Founder   Our focus is on Scottish Country Dancing and on our core values of fun, friendship and fitness. Here is your committee: Pat Dunn - Chair Sarah Hughes - Vice Chair Iris Ronayne - Secretary Matthew Goulden - Treasurer Tracy Jerham Caroline Banszky

Our students follow a weekly timetable of acting, film, singing and dance lessons all taught by leading industry professionals that have a wonderful rapport with young people.

A masterclass in devising therapeutic metaphors This inspiring online training day gives you powerful, non-intrusive ways to help distressed young people – and others – overcome difficulties in their lives – the skills you will learn can also be used with adults Accredited CPD: 6 hours Length: 1 day (9.15am - 4.00pm GMT) LIVE ONLINE – Join Pamela Woodford live online on Tuesday 18th June 2024 for this enjoyable, experiential CPD accredited training day – you will have plenty of opportunities to ask questions, take part in exercises to practice the steps involved, come up with pertinent metaphors and create your own story. Limited numbers. BONUS RECORDING – you will also get a recording of the tutor sessions for a limited time afterwards to maximise your learning. >> If you can’t make this date please register your interest below and we’ll let you know as soon as a new date is available. Fantastic online training, engaging and thought-provoking throughout. The confidence Pamela has given me will impact positively on my everyday practice, I am truly inspired...PSYCHOTHERAPIST Why take this course Children’s natural affinity with stories gives us an incredibly powerful, non-directive way to help emotionally distressed and abused young people, who can sometimes be hard to reach in any other way. On this practical live training event you will learn how to tap into your own metaphorical brain to create therapeutic stories and metaphors ‘in the moment’ that are appropriate to each individual’s circumstances and experiences. Throughout the day Pamela – a master storyteller and highly experienced psychotherapist – draws on her own case histories, metaphor and story examples as she guides you through the steps involved in ‘thinking on your feet’ and creating a story yourself in the moment. By the end of the day you will have lots of new, innovative ways to engage with and help distressed children deal with the experiences they have had – whilst also offering them hope, understanding, and new ways of thinking and feeling about life and themselves. Indeed, you may well be surprised at how quickly positive psychological changes occur as a result of the stories you will create and tell ‘in the moment’. Stories also play a crucial role in child development – through the ways the different characters think, act and overcome difficulties, children gain important templates for understanding the world and dealing with the challenges and situations they will meet in life – both now and in the future. They are a wonderful way to help build resilience. Storytelling and the careful use of therapeutic metaphor are crucial elements of successful counselling and psychotherapy – they help bypass assumptions and rigid thinking to offer a new, broader way of looking at things, awaken innate resources and offer crucial hope – just what struggling children need… Wonderful, interactive online course. Pamela is a joy to listen to – I learnt so muchCOUNSELLOR What will you learn A clear understanding of how to address emotional issues in children Simple ways to calm and relax children – “it’s the way you tell ‘em” Tips for igniting your own imagination and creativity How to ‘think metaphor’ to find the right one for each situation A step-by-step guide to creating your own stories – the 6 steps for creating short stories with metaphors specifically tailored to quickly bring about positive psychological changes in children and young people Breathing life into inanimate objects and taking inspiration from nature – how to tune into your metaphorical mind Valuable experience in creating your own therapeutic story from scratch How to use your stories and metaphors The importance of paying attention to the words children use when telling you something Case histories which illustrate the effectiveness and flexibility of stories – and show why they are such powerful therapeutic tools, even with difficult cases How to find your own metaphors and connect them emotionally to distressing situations Using embedded suggestions in stories – exercise Different ways to use therapeutic stories, such as those in Pamela’s acclaimed Brighter Little Minds series, to develop emotional literacy The importance of incorporating all of our senses How to adapt stories to use with adolescents and adults Tips for thinking creatively ‘on your feet’ to come up with suitable metaphors and ideas there and then in the moment Flexible skills that can easily be adapted to working with adults Why subtly entwining a child’s interests into a story makes its impact stronger How to introduce a story or therapeutic metaphor naturally into your conversation Feedback on the story you create and time to ask questions of the tutor – a highly experienced and creative psychotherapist who has spent decades working therapeutically with distressed children and young people A greater appreciation of the subtle power of metaphor, imagination and embedded suggestions and how to use them to help the young people you care for Increased confidence in creating and telling therapeutic stories yourself A variety of story examples and ‘scripts’ Lots of new ideas from Pamela Woodford’s ‘treasure chest of healing spells’ to spark your own creativity Tips for improving your own storytelling abilities Such a helpful live online training day – the use of metaphor via story form is a powerful toolHEAD OF BEHAVIOUR SUPPORT SERVICE – EDUCATION Course Programme The ‘How to create healing stories for distressed children’ live online workshop starts at 9.15am and runs until 4.00pm. (GMT). 9.15am Join the Zoom meeting 9.30am What can go wrong for children? How stories can help 11.00am Comfort break and discussion 11.10am Using metaphor, relaxation, imagination and embedded suggestions 1.00pm Lunch break 1.40pm Setting the scene and creating the story 3.10pm Comfort break and discussion 3.20pm Sharing the stories you have created 4.00pm Day ends Who is this course suitable for? Anyone working with emotionally distressed children or young people, including: Psychotherapists, therapists and counsellors Teachers and educational professionals Childcare and healthcare professionals (and students) Foster carers Adoptive parents – and perspective adoptive parents Social workers Parents and carers Interested friends or family who wish to help a young person they know And anyone who would like to attend for personal reasons This course has been independently accredited by the internationally recognised CPD Standards Office for 6 hours of CPD training. On completion of this training you’ll receive CPD certificates from the College and the CPD Standards Office.

OpenStack for NFV and SDN course description OpenStack is predominately a cloud management technology. This course looks at how OpenStack can be used in a NFV and SDN environment. What will you learn Describe the architecture of NFV. Explain the relationship between NFV and SDN. Implement NFV VIM using OpenStack. Explain how OpenStack as VNFM and orchestrator works. OpenStack for NFV and SDN course details Who will benefit: Anyone wishing to implement NFV using OpenStack. Prerequisites: Introduction to Virtualization Duration 3 day OpenStack for NFV and SDN course content What is NFV? What is NFV? What are network Functions? NFV benefits, NFV market drivers. ETSI NFV framework. ETSI documents, Architecture overview, compute domain, hypervisor domain, infrastructure network domain. What is OpenStack? Virtual machines, clouds, management. OpenStack architecture, OpenStack modules. Why OpenStack for NFV? Hands on OpenStack installation. OpenStack Virtualization and NFV Server, storage and network virtualization and NFV. Where OpenStack fits in the ETSI framework. Virtual machines, containers and docker. Data centres, clouds, SaaS, IaaS, PaaS. Hands on OpenStack Iaas, OpenStack Nova. The virtualization layer VM centric model, containers versus hypervisors, FD.io. Hands on OpenStack as the VIM. OpenStack Neutron VXLAN, Networks, subnets, ports. Security groups. Routers. Service and component hierarchy. Hands on Implementing a virtual network with OpenStack Neutron. Virtualization of Network Functions Network virtualization versus Network Function virtualization. NFV MANO Management and Orchestration. Where OpenStack fits. MANO descriptors, Open orchestration. OpenStack Tacker, Open MANO, OpenBaton, other orchestrators. OpenStack Tacker Installation, getting started, configuration. SFC and OpenStack. Hands on Deploying a VNF. OPNFV What is OPNFV, Where OpenStack fits into OPNFV. SDN What is SDN? Control and data planes. SDN controllers. Classic SDN versus real SDN. Hybrid SDN, network automation, SDN with overlays. Northbound, southbound, SDN protocols, OpenFlow, OpenDaylight, ONOS, SDN with NFV. SDN and OpenStack. Summary Deploying NFV, performance, testing. Futures

This course is designed to enhance the speaking and conversational skills of adult learners in English. Through a combination of interactive activities, discussions, and real-life scenarios, participants will develop the confidence and fluency needed to engage in various social and professional situations. Emphasis will be placed on improving pronunciation, expanding vocabulary, and refining grammar structures to communicate effectively in English.  Course Duration: 10 weeks (20 sessions) Course Objectives: By the end of this course, participants will: 1. Improve their overall speaking fluency and accuracy in English. 2. Enhance their listening skills to understand and respond appropriately in conversations. 3. Expand their vocabulary and idiomatic expressions for effective communication. 4. Develop confidence in speaking English in social and professional settings. 5. Gain a deeper understanding of cultural nuances and non-verbal communication in English-speaking countries. Course Outline: Week 1: Introduction to Conversational English - Icebreaker activities to get to know each other - Assessing participants' current speaking level - Setting personal goals for the course Week 2: Pronunciation and Intonation - Identifying common pronunciation challenges - Practicing correct stress and intonation patterns - Role-playing exercises for clear communication Week 3: Everyday Conversations - Engaging in small talk and greetings - Discussing personal interests and hobbies - Describing daily routines and activities Week 4: Travel and Tourism - Asking for directions and recommendations - Role-playing scenarios at airports, hotels, and tourist attractions - Vocabulary related to travel and cultural experiences Week 5: Socialising and Networking - Discussing personal and professional backgrounds - Participating in group discussions and debates - Practicing active listening and turn-taking in conversations Week 6: Business Communication - Presenting ideas and opinions in a professional setting - Negotiating and persuading effectively - Writing and delivering effective elevator pitches Week 7: Job Interviews and Resume Building - Preparing for job interviews in English - Practicing common interview questions and answers - Crafting a compelling resume and cover letter Week 8: Public Speaking and Presentation Skills - Overcoming public speaking anxiety - Structuring and delivering engaging presentations - Using visual aids and body language effectively Week 9: Cultural Awareness and Non-verbal Communication - Understanding cultural differences in communication - Interpreting body language and gestures - Role-playing cross-cultural scenarios Week 10: Real-life Simulations - Applying all learned skills in real-life scenarios - Group discussions and feedback sessions - Reviewing progress and setting future language goals Note: This syllabus is a guideline and can be customised based on the specific needs and preferences of the participants. You can opt in and out of different modules. 

Take The SIA Door Supervisor Course + First Aid, This Will Take You 6 Days To Complete. Enrol Now On To The Course! What Is SIA Door Supervisor Course? The SIA (Security Industry Authority) Door Supervisor Training is a comprehensive training program designed to prepare individuals for roles as door supervisors within the security industry in the United Kingdom. Door supervisors play a critical role in ensuring safety and security at licensed premises, including bars, clubs, and events. This SIA Door Supervisor Course + First Aid is 6 days, this is a compulsory course in order to attain the Door Supervisor Licence. Furthermore, this will allow you to work as a doorman, nightclub security, retail security, corporate security, construction security and many other security sectors. Enrol now or contact us for any further details.  Course Overview: 6 Days Course | 09:00 – 18:30 | Mon – Sat Every Week SIA Door Supervisor Course Road Map 1. Book Course Book your SIA Door Supervisor Training and First Aid Course in London (6 Days) 2. Attend Course Attend a 6-day course, and successfully pass all your SIA Door Supervisor exams.  3. Apply SIA Register for an account with SIA, and apply for your SIA Door Supervisor Licence. Course Information Why Choose SIA Door Supervisor Course? Expert Instructors Learn from seasoned professionals who bring real-world insights to the classroom. Our instructors are dedicated to your success, offering guidance and support throughout the training. Practical Training Gain hands-on experience in simulated security scenarios, preparing you for the challenges you’ll face in the field. Our practical sessions enhance your problem-solving skills and decision-making abilities SIA Compliance Stay ahead in the security industry by understanding and complying with SIA regulations. Our course covers the latest guidelines, ensuring you are well-versed in the legal and ethical aspects of security operations Job Placement Assistance We go beyond training by offering job placement assistance. Our network of industry connections helps you kickstart your security career with confidence. Ready To Begi Your SIA Journey? Your journey toward a rewarding and responsible career as a Door Supervisor starts here. Contact us today to enrol in our Door Supervisor Training at London Construction College, and take the first step towards an exciting and impactful career in security. Your future awaits! SIA Door Supervisor Course Content Unit 1 : Working In The Private Security Industry Legal Considerations in the Private Security Industry. Ensuring Health and Safety for Private Security Operatives . Awareness of Fire Safety. Procedures for Emergency Situations. Effective Communication Skills and Customer Care. Unit 2: Working As A Door Supervisor Adherence to Behavioral Standards. Understanding Civil and Criminal Law. Procedures for Search Operations. Protocols for Arrest Situations. Awareness of Drugs and Their Impact. Documentation of Incidents and Preservation of Crime Scenes. Compliance with Licensing Laws. Emergency Procedures. Unit 3: Conflict Management For The Private Security Industry Conflict Avoidance and Personal Risk Mitigation. De-escalation of Conflicts. Resolution and Lessons from Conflicts . Application of Communication and Conflict Management Skills for Door Supervisors. Unit 4: Physical Intervention Skills For The Private Security Industry Overview of Physical Intervention Skills. Essential Legislation Awareness . Fun Fact: The persuasive Communication and Conflict Management skills acquired in this course are applicable both professionally and personally in conflict situations. This standalone component alone holds a value exceeding the course price. SIA Door Supervisor Exam On the last day of the course, you’ll encounter four multiple-choice exams along with a practical assessment. We acknowledge that exams can be intimidating, but rest assured, there’s no cause for concern. The Door Supervisor course comprehensively covers all exam topics, and your skilled instructor will thoroughly equip you for success in these assessments. Embarking on an exciting career in the security industry as a Door Supervisor or Security Guard starts with the initial step of acquiring the right training. Throughout your Door Supervisor training, we guide you through the entire process, offering essential training and providing the necessary materials to assist you in obtaining your SIA Door Supervisor license. Document Checks Proof Of Identity You will need to provide documents that prove you are who you say you are. Address history You need to provide two proofs of address. Bank or building society statement issued within the last three months. Utility bill issued within the last three months. A credit card statement was sent to your current address within the last three months. Council Tax statement issued in the last 12 months. Mortgage statement issued in the last 12 months. Age You must be 18 or over to hold an SIA licence. Criminal record Please be aware, that even if you pass the SIA door supervisor, you will still need to pass SIA criminal record checks. If you live outside the UK, or you have spent 6 continuous months or more outside the UK in the last 5 years, you need to provide evidence of overseas criminal record checks to the SIA. SIA will only issue a licence after completing background checks.  Right to work in the UK You must have the right to work in the UK to get a front-line or non-front-line licence.  Important Things You Should Know FAQ SIA Door Supervisor Training What is the SIA Door Supervisor course, and why do I need it? The SIA Door Supervisor course is a training program designed for individuals seeking employment in the security industry, specifically in roles such as door supervision. The Security Industry Authority (SIA) requires this qualification for those working in designated roles to ensure a standard level of competence and professionalism. What does the SIA Door Supervisor Course cover? The SIA course covers a range of topics essential for door supervisors, including conflict management, physical intervention, emergency procedures, legal responsibilities, and customer service. It provides a comprehensive skill set needed to excel in the role. Can I take the course in London? Yes, the SIA Door Supervisor course is available in London.  How long does the course take to complete? The SIA Door Supervisor and First Aid is completed over 6 days of training. Is there an age requirement for taking the SIA Door Supervisor course? Yes, you must be at least 18 years old to take the SIA Door Supervisor course as it is a legal requirement for working in the security industry. What are the job prospects after completing the course? Successfully completing the SIA Door Supervisor course enhances your employability in the security industry. Door supervisors are in demand in various establishments, including nightclubs, bars, and events, and having the SIA qualification opens up job opportunities in these sectors. Do I need any prior experience in security to enrol in the course? No, prior experience in security is not a prerequisite for enrolling in the SIA Door Supervisor course. The course is designed to provide comprehensive training for individuals at various levels, including those new to the security industry. Can I take the SIA Door Supervisor course if I’m not a UK citizen? Yes, the SIA Door Supervisor course is open to individuals regardless of nationality. However, it’s essential to ensure that you meet the legal requirements for working in the UK, including visa regulations.