“Learning for Life”
The Worker’s Educational Association (WEA) was founded in 1903 to give new opportunities for working people to continue learning.
Today, it organises classes that are open to all adults: young, old, in work, at home, unemployed or retired.
It is a nationwide, voluntary educational charity with no party political or religious ties.
The WEA is represented locally by its Branches which provide courses of various kinds, supplementing but not competing with whatever is provided by local authorities.
The aim of the courses is to be friendly, informal and enjoyable, with expert tutors.
Loddon Branch
The Loddon Branch has been in existence for over 20 years and concentrates its activities on providing two courses per year, in the Autumn and Spring terms.
Each course consists of 10 one-and-a-half-hour talks, given in the Jubilee Hall on Monday afternoons from 2 to 3.30pm.
Courses have covered such topics as Astronomy, Genealogy, Earthquakes and Volcanoes, the Coast of East Anglia, European Cityscapes, Railways of Norfolk, Antiques, History of Science, and Philosophy.
The talks are given by people who have an excellent knowledge of their subject, but the people who sign up for the courses are anything but expert for the most part and come out of interest, to learn something new.
There are usually between 18 and 28 students but there is room for plenty more!
Programme of talks
Autumn 2011 – ‘China and its peoples’
How much do you know about China and its peoples?
The Autumn series of talks will cover 4,000 years of the country’s turbulent history, as well as China’s brilliant cultural achievements; continuing with the period of decay and exploitation by the West in the 19th century, the civil wars of the 1920s and 30s, the rise of nationalism, Communism, the People’s Republic, Mao Zedong and the cultural revolution, and finally to the emergence of China as a major power.
The speaker will be David Prynn, who used to lecture at Suffolk College and is currently a tutor for the Open University.
Ten talks will be given in the Jubilee Hall clubroom, George Lane, Loddon, on Mondays from 2 to 3.30 pm, starting on 19 September, with a half-term break on 24 October and the final talk on 29 November.
Course fee £45 (with concessions available for people in receipt of certain State benefits).
Come to the first talk free of charge and pay only if you continue.
Plenty of free parking space.
Everybody welcome.
No exams to take! No qualifications needed!
Further information from (01508) 521036 or 558453.
Spring 2012 – ‘Understanding Paintings’
For the Spring session of Loddon WEA, a previous popular speaker, Wanda Standley, will talk about ‘Understanding Paintings’.
She will examine and discuss artistic expression in a great variety of forms, from Byzantine icons, through the Renaissance period to 18th and 19th century England, the 20th century with its different schools and movements, and finally American abstract expressionism.
Ten talks will be given in the Jubilee Hall clubroom ,George Lane, Loddon on Monday afternoons from 2 to 3.30pm, starting on 16 January 2012 with a half term break on 13 February and the final talk on 26 March.
Course fee is £45, but if you feel uncertain why not come to the first talk free of charge and pay only if you continue?
Fee remissions are available for those in receipt of certain State benefits.
No previous qualifications required.
No exams to take.
Everybody is welcome!
Ample free parking.
For more information, phone (01508) 521036 or 558453.
