The typical days and times when Continuing Education courses are taking place in academic year 2025/26 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.
Piano Playing through a Study of the life of Beethoven
Online
10am - 12pm
MondayTuesday
Course
Location
Time
The History of British Art
Campus
2 - 4pm
Tinker, Tailor, Solider, Sailor - The Official Professions of Ancient Egypt
Campus
11am - 1pm
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Sailor - The Creative Professions of Ancient Egypt
Campus
11am - 1pm
History of Western Philosophy
Online
6 - 7.30pm
Critical Skills for Welfare Rights Professionals: Navigating DWP Disability and Sickness Processes
Online
6 - 8pm
21st Century Women Writers: Human/Nature
Campus
11am - 1pm
Dirty Old Town: The Great Liverpool Pub Crawl
Campus
11am - 1pm
Modernism on Sea
Campus
11am - 1pm
Modernism on Sea (Evening)
Campus
6 - 8pm
The Painting and Sculpture of Michelangelo
Campus
2 - 4pm
Python Coding for Beginners
Campus
6 - 8pm
Women in the Roman World
Campus
2 - 4pm
A Picture is Worth A Thousand Words - writing short stories inspired by art
Campus
6 - 8pm
The Rise of the Gothic: 1764-1831
Online
6 - 7.30pm
Wednesday
Course
Location
Time
Introduction to Ancient Greek
Online
6 - 7pm
Streets of Liverpool ll
Campus
11am - 1pm
Advanced Screenwriting and Story Solutions
Campus
6 - 8pm
Reading Elizabeth Taylor: Novels of the 1940s and 1950s
Campus
11am - 1pm
Great Thinkers Series: Thinkers from Western Philosophy
Campus
6 - 8pm
Aesthetics & Philosophy of Art
Campus
6.30 - 8.30pm
Storytelling Fundamentals: From Planning to the Page
Campus
7 - 9pm
Thursday
Course
Location
Time
Haute Couture in the Ancient Classical World
Ness
2 - 4pm
The John Moores Painting Prize 25: Modern Art at the Walker
Campus
1 - 3pm
Introduction to Latin
Online
6 - 7pm
European Literature in Translation: Early European Giants
Online
6 - 7pm
Henrik Ibsen, Master Playwright
Campus
2 - 4pm
Psychological perspectives on gender: psychoanalytic, social learning, cognitive and evolutionary theories
Campus
11am - 1pm
Masterpieces: An Introduction to J.M.W. Turner
Campus
2 - 4pm
Rock and Role Play - A History of Tribute Bands
Campus
1 - 3pm
1960s Fashion and Popular Culture
Campus
1 - 3pm
Friday
Course
Location
Time
The Greatest Miscarriage of Justice in Nineteenth-Century France? The Dreyfus Affair
Online
11am - 12pm
A Fair Depiction of the October Days? The Chatelet Inquiries of 1790.
Online
10am - 1pm
The John Moores Painting Prize 25: Modern Art at The Walker
Campus
1 - 3pm
The Monthly Novel: Classic Detectives
Campus
11am - 2pm
European Literature in Translation: Revolution and Rebellion in Novels by Flaubert, Hugo and France
Campus
11am - 1pm
Saturday
Course
Location
Time
Writing Poetry: Sonnets
Campus
10am - 4pm
The Creation Myths of Ancient Egypt
Campus
10am - 3pm
Soul of a New Machine: Liverpool in Stereoscope
Campus
10am - 4pm
The Ethereal Mirror: Liverpool in Magic Lantern Slides
Campus
10am - 4pm
‘Oh, I do like to be beside the seaside!' Modernism on Sea: Art and Culture at the British Seaside
Ness
10.30am - 4pm
One Day Introduction to Screenwriting
Campus
10am - 4pm
Graphic Novels - Thinking Inside the Box(es)
Campus
10.30am - 3.30pm
The Archaeology of Jordan
Campus
10am - 4pm
Shakespeare on the Couch: Much Ado About Nothing
Campus
10am - 4pm
Album Club - Appreciating Classic Rock and Pop Music
Campus
1 - 3pm
Eco Fiction: Reimagining the Future
Campus
11am - 4pm
Byron: Man, Myth and Legacy
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 2026.
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Time
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Saturday
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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 2025.
Term three courses start from April 2026
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Time
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Intensive Summer Courses
Further details about our summer school in 2026 will appear here when confirmed.