Short Courses

This eight-week programme introduces practical techniques to build awareness, resilience and overall well-being. Through mindfulness practices such as meditation, gentle movement and group sharing, you will learn to manage stress and daily challenges with greater calm and clarity. Over the duration of the course, you will take on weekly sessions and a retreat, experiencing a structured way to cultivate mindfulness skills that improve focus, creativity and relationships. Open to individuals from all backgrounds, this course provides a supportive environment for personal growth and self-awareness.

This course introduces learners to the exciting intersection of fashion, business and sustainability. Explore how creativity, entrepreneurship and responsible practices can shape the future of the fashion industry. You will gain an understanding of the global fashion system, from supply chains and materials to consumer behaviour and brand building. Through interactive workshops, case studies and practical exercises, you will learn the fundamentals of entrepreneurship—idea generation, business models, funding and marketing—while examining how sustainability can be integrated in every stage of a fashion venture. The course teaches you to explore innovative ways to enhance your projects and streamline your creative process …

This course on fashion styling is designed for working professionals and individuals interested in enhancing their employability and career prospects in areas such as fashion retailing, visual merchandising, buying, content creation, advertising, branding, public relations and event organisation. You will learn the fundamentals of fashion imaging—covering fabric, design, tailoring, fit, proportion, colour schematics, and trend analysis—supported by an introduction to fashion history and styling. You will also learn trend reporting, how to analyse top fashion collections and train in the latest styling techniques for online and print media and personal branding. Through weekly assignments and consultations, you will be guided …

Transform your passion for fashion into engaging written communication with this comprehensive course designed for aspiring fashion writers, marketers and industry professionals. This course explores fashion storytelling across multiple platforms, helping you develop the skills to create compelling content for today’s digital and editorial landscape. You will build your unique writing voice while learning essential fashion writing skills in fashion journalism, brand storytelling, trend analysis and visual storytelling. The course also covers fashion marketing copywriting, social media content creation for platforms such as Instagram and TikTok, and professional communication for fashion PR, including press releases and media pitches. Through practical …

This course invites you to reconnect with the process of writing and discover how lettering can be used to convey emotion and meaning. Beginning with an introduction to the history of Western calligraphy, you will explore how traditional tools and brushes shaped the development of letterforms over time. Using simple pencil exercises, you will construct foundational shapes and understand the principles behind classical scripts. From there, the course moves into modern brush lettering, showing how traditional techniques can inform contemporary styles. You will experiment with varying strokes, rhythm and composition, and learn to design your own lettering pieces in a …

This is the second in a trilogy of courses on the History of Western art which aims to provide a brief but essential survey of modern Western art from the early twentieth century to the 1960s. This course will survey the major art movements and artists of the twentieth century as well as the emergence of abstract art. It will discuss how the arts and artists responded to the social, political and cultural milieu of the times such as capitalism, urbanisation, technology and wars. Artists covered include Pablo Picasso, Wassily Kandinsky, Henry Moore, Salvador Dali, Jackson Pollock and Andy Warhol.

This course acquaints learners with the artistic language and conventions employed by Italian Renaissance artists, especially in the realm of painting. Learners will discover the context and knowledge required to understand the time-specific allegories, visual puns, signs and symbols of an Italian Renaissance painting, enhancing their intellectual and visual experience of the art. Rather than taking a chronological approach, this course will focus on specific themes and genres to discuss and illustrate the “secret” language used by Renaissance artists such as Botticelli, Fra Angelico, Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Michelangelo and Titian. There will also be a session where claims in …

The course will trace the history and development of Impressionism and Post-Impressionism and the artists within these movements. It will discuss how the innovations of both the Impressionists and the Post-Impressionists ushered in the beginnings of modern art. The course will take a thematic approach in understanding the changes which took place that created an artistic revolution. Themes that will be covered include the impact of science and technology on art, particularly in the development of photography art patronage, styles and techniques, and Japonisme (influence of Japanese art). Claude Monet, Edgar Degas, Pierre Renoir, Vincent Van Gogh and Paul Cezanne …

Learn to be more aware of your body in space and how to move with different dynamics in classes that focus on bodily release, organic movement and the connection between your centre and extremities. Classes progress weekly, and will provide you with approaches and techniques that build your core strength, posture, flexibility and musicality. Each session includes time on the floor (to focus on alignment and strength), movement (through travelling steps and jumps) and balance (curving with your body and shifting your weight). You will also tackle handstands and go upside-down. Every class ends with a short choreographed piece. For …

This foundational course explores the historical evolution and cultural significance of Chinese calligraphy, tracing its origins from ancient China to its modern influence on artistic expression. Students will gain a comprehensive understanding of how this revered art form developed through different dynasties, studying iconic calligraphers such as Wang Xizhi and Zhang Xu and their contributions to various script styles. Hands-on sessions will introduce the Four Treasures of the Study—brush, ink, inkstone and rice paper—allowing students to practice fundamental brush techniques and master different script styles, including Seal Script (篆书), Clerical Script (隶书), Regular Script (楷书), Running Script (行 书) and …