C1713 - Discover Tower Hamlets: a borough through a visitor’s eyes (all levels)

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Start Date: 21/04/2027      End Date: 26/05/2027        Start Time: 18:30      End Time: 20:30        Hours per Week: 2.00      No of Weeks: 6
Fees:      £80.00 (tuition)     £153.00 (overseas)     £25.00 (concessionary)
Tutor: David Charnick        No of Places: 15
Idea Store Watney Market

Course Overview

Course Overview
“What would you show someone visiting Tower Hamlets for the first time?”

This six week course explores the London Borough of Tower Hamlets as a place to visit, experience and promote. Through guided walks and classroom discussion, learners are encouraged to see familiar streets and neighbourhoods through a tourism lens, considering how history, culture, community and place shape the visitor experience.
The course is designed for adult learners who are curious about their borough, interested in tourism or heritage, or who simply enjoy learning through walking, conversation and observation. Learners will explore how Tower Hamlets’ diverse communities, landscapes and developments can be presented positively to visitors, while also deepening their own understanding of the area.

The course concludes with a relaxed, fully supported sharing activity. Learners are invited to share an informal tourism idea for Tower Hamlets, based on the places they explored and what they personally feel makes the borough special and worth visiting

Course Structure (6 Weeks)
Week 1 – Tower Hamlets as a Destination (Classroom session)
Week 2 – Immigration & Industry: Whitechapel and Spitalfields (Guided walking tour)
Week 3 – The River Thames: Wapping and Limehouse
(Guided walking tour)
Week 4 – Green Spaces and Urban Escape: Mile End to Bethnal Green (Guided walking tour)
Week 5 – Enterprise and Modern Development: Canary Wharf (Guided walking tour)
Week 6 – Sharing the Story of Tower Hamlets (Classroom session)

This course is suitable for:
• Adult learners interested in tourism, heritage or local history
• Residents who want to see Tower Hamlets in a new way
• Learners considering progression into guiding or cultural work
• Anyone who enjoys walking, discussion and discovering places

What will you learn and be able to do?

What will you learn and be able to do?
* Talk about at least two ways people can explore and enjoy Tower Hamlets as a place to visit
* Name and describe two or more historical, cultural, or social features that make the borough interesting
* Give one or more examples of how streets, parks, or local landmarks show the identity of an area
* Share ideas or opinions about Tower Hamlets in a short, supported discussion or activity
* Show a greater appreciation of local communities by referring to places, stories, or people explored during the course
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Entry requirements

Entry requirements
You will be able to speak English clearly and follow verbal instructions. 
You will need to be able to walk comfortably for 2 hours with regular stops.
Children are not allowed.
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Equipment required

Equipment required
Comfortable shoes and appropriate clothing for outdoor walking. Pen and paper for notes A bottle of water.
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How will you know you are making progress?

How will you know you are making progress?
The tutor will give on-going feedback during the course, particularly by means of the mid-course assessment.

Students are encouraged to monitor their progress and achievement using an Individual Learning Plan (ILP).
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No formal examination or assessment, but all learners will be asked to monitor your own progress using an Individual Learning Plan.
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Progress opportunities - your next steps

Progress opportunities - your next steps
Sharing Tower Hamlets courses at Idea Store Learning or Further local history or cultural studies courses
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Other info

Other info
In general, we will not allow late enrolment to any course after the first two weeks.

Children are not allowed in our health & fitness courses unless they are specifically family learning classes. Please do not ask your tutor to give your child access as they do not have the authority to do this.

Health and Safety requirements demand that all learners participating in fitness classes must complete the warm up. Therefore, latecomers that miss the warm up will be refused entry to the session.
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Extra Support

Extra Support
If you have declared a learning difficulty, disability or support need whilst enrolling and you require support/assistance in class or to complete your course, please discuss your needs with your tutor at the first lesson.

If you intend to take an examination and feel you have an additional learning need or special requirements, you must declare them to your tutor within the first 2 weeks of your course.

If you are studying in an online group, then you can arrange a one-to-one online discussion with your tutor, after the session, or by email.

Where we aim to make reasonable adjustments to support our learners, please note we are unable to provide any type of in class or in person support if your course takes place online.
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