Brookmans Park WEA

The Brookmans Park branch is affiliated to WEA Eastern Region.

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The WEA is the UK's largest voluntary sector provider of adult education. Ever since it was founded in 1903, the WEA has maintained its commitment to enable people to realise their full potential through learning, to provide access to education and learning for adults from all backgrounds, and in particular those who have previously missed out on education.





Our Objectives

Learning with the WEA is a friendly, informal and enjoyable experience with students bringing their own varied experiences to bear on the subject.
No qualifications are required to attend and no examinations are set.

Spring Term 2012

Brief History of Science
Tuesdays: 10 weeks commencing 10 January 2012:
Tutor: Christopher Woolston

We will examine how science has developed throughout history concentrating on ancient Greek astronomy, the Scientific Revolution and the discoveries of the 19th and 20th centuries.

Enjoying Drama
Thursdays: 10 weeks commencing 12 January 2012:
Tutor: Michael King

We will study plays by Harold Pinter, Sheilagh Delaney, Arnold Wesker and others to examine how 1950s playwrights reflected the experiences of working class people in a changing post-war British society.



    

Margaret Simpson 1929 - 2010

It is with great sadness that we record the death of Margaret Simpson, a long serving member of Brookmans Park WEA and treasurer for over 20 years.