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School of Humanities

Short Courses & Continuing Education

The School of Humanities runs an exciting and expanding range of taught courses for adults in Staffordshire (and south Cheshire) and residential summer schools based on campus at Keele.  These courses are open to all and can be a wonderful way of meeting new people, expanding your interests, learning something new, or preparing for further academic study.  All courses are taught by experts who are friendly and approachable as well as serious about their subjects.  These courses are suitable both for beginners and for those who already have a background in the topic.  If you are interested in finding out more about one of our courses, please don’t hesitate to contact Dr. Nick Seager (n.p.seager@keele.ac.uk) or individual course tutors.

 

In 2011/12 we are offering:

 

English Place-Names and Surnames, a 10 week course starting on 17 April 2012 at Uttoxeter Library meeting room, which will attempt to unravel the meanings of both major and minor place names in England and look at surnames which derive from places, occupations and nick-names.

 

Certificate in Local History 2011-12, a 2-year course (also with a 1-year option) for those interested in studying Staffordshire’s past in detail.

 

Latin and Palaeography Summer School, a week-long residential course based at Keele, which gives students of varying experience the opportunity to access Britain's medieval and early modern documentary heritage.

 

The Crusading Movement Part 4: The Age of Innocent III , a 22-week course starting in September 2011 at Nantwich, in which participants will study Europe in the early thirteenth century, a time of heresy, feudalism, and Crusades.

 

The Landscape of Woods, a 10-week course examining woodland pastures and forests in Anglo-Saxon and Norman England.

 

Keele Writing Retreat 2012 , a week-long summer school that gives creative writers an opportunity to develop your work in dialogue with published novelists and poets.