UK PART-TIME COURSES

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Please contact the establishment and not the Society for details of the courses.

ABERDEENSHIRE

• Llyfr Bindery
  Bookbinding Tuition in the North East of Scotland.
  
  Newly renovated and recently re-opened Llyfr Bindery is offering tuition in all aspects and levels of craft and design bookbinding, including repair and renovation. Undertaken under professional instruction in a private, well-equipped bindery in the stunning Aberdeenshire countryside. Weekend and week-long sessions available with in-house accommodation if required. Tuition tailored to suit the need of the individual.
  
  For further details call:
  Mark Ramsden
  T: 01651 891284 (evenings) or 07900 696862
  E: bookman@btinternet.com
  
  

BEDFORDSHIRE

• Bedford Art & Craft Centre
  Raleigh House
  Bedford
  Thursday evenings
  Contact number: 01234 244970
  
  Thursday evenings starting 27th September 2007
  
  Tutor: George Davidson
  
  

BIRMINGHAM

• Harborne Bookbinders
  We are a group of amateur bookbinders who meet, under the guidance of an experienced bookbinder, on Wednesday evenings at Harborne Hill School, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 3JI, during term time from 7-9pm. Off-street parking is available and the school is on a bus route.
  
  If you have never tried bookbinding or wish to improve your skills, do come and join us. Just bring along one of your own books which is in need of repair or, if you wish, you can start by making a notebook. All levels are catered for as we all work on our own individual projects.
  
  For details please contact:
  Sybil Jones
  Tel: 0121 454 2172
  Don Dunbar
  Tel: 01384 379 475
  email: donsbooks@pedmore16.freeserve.co.uk
  
  

CAMBRIDEGSHIRE

• Brignell Bookbinders
  Unit 4
  25 Gwydir Street
  Cambridge
  CB1 2LG
  
  Tel: 01223 321280
  www.brignellbookbinders.com
  
  

CORNWALL

• Bude Adult Continuing Education
  The Gregson Centre
  New Road
  Stratton
  Bude EX23 9AP
  Tel: 01288 356 629
  
  All levels of Bookbinding
  
  

GLOUCESTERSHIRE

• Cirencester College
  
  Bookbinding & Book Restoration
  
  Second Saturday of each month, starting 2nd April '05
  Fee: £25 a day - SoB members £20.
  Tutor: John Jameson of Cotswold Bookbinders
  Tel: 01285 770 458
  email: john@cotswoldbookbinders.co.uk
  website: www.cotswoldbookbinders.co.uk
  
  

GLASGOW

• Glasgow College of Building & Printing
  60 North Hanover Street
  Glasgow G1 2BP
  Tel: 0141 332 9969
  
  H.N.C in Print Media
  Fine Bookbinding and Repair
  
  

KENT

• Adult Education College
  Bexley & Sidcup Arts and AE Centre
  Sidcup DA14 4ED
  Tel: 0208 309 9094
  
  Hand Bookbinding and Renovation
  
  

LEICESTERSHIRE

• Leicester College
  St Margaret's Campus
  Grafton Place
  Leicester
  LE1 3WL
  Tel: (0116) 224 2002
  website: www.lec.ac.uk
  email: print@lec.ac.uk
  
  Diploma in Bookbinding and Related Crafts
  
  

LONDON

• Greenwich Community College
  Gordon School
  Craigton Road
  Eltham SE9 1QG
  Tel: 0208 850 9392
  
  
• The Institute (The Hampstead Garden Suburb Institute)
  11 High Road
  East Finchley
  London
  N2 8LL
  Tel: 020 8829 4141
  Fax: 020 8829 4131
  email: office@hgsi.ac.uk
  www.hgsi.ac.uk
  
  Tutors: Gene Mahon and Chris Damp
  
  Three terms of part-time day and evening classes in bookbinding for both beginners and more advanced students. Beginners are introduced to the make-up of the book and given a grounding in basic hand bookbinding techniques. Advanced students are encouraged to develop their technical abilities, to work with the full range of materials, including leather and vellum, to try new structures and to develop their design skills and apply them to the book. Tuition is by individual attention. From September 2007 classes will move to a newly built, purpose designed Creative Arts Centre in East Finchley.
  
  
• London College of Printing & Distributive Trades
  School of Printing technology
  Elephant and Castle
  SE1 6SB
  Tel: 0207 514 6569
  Fax: 0207 514 6535
  
  H.N.D in Design (Bookbinding) - BTEC HND in Design Bookbinding
  
  
• Morley College
  61 Westminster Bridge Road
  SE1 7HT
  Tel: 0207 928 8501
  
  Beginners and Advanced Bookbinding
  
  
• Nautilus Press & Paper Mill
  77 Southern Row
  W10 5AL
  Tel: 0208 968 7302
  
  Courses in all aspects of fine book making and book art
  
  
• Shepherds Bookbinders Ltd.
  76 Rochester Row SW1P 1JU
  Tel: 0207 620 0060
  Fax: 0207 931 0541
  
  Bookbinding and Gold Finishing
  
  
• Studio Five
  The Mews 1st Floor
  46 - 52 Church Road
  Barnes
  SW 13 0DQ
  
  contact Mark Cockram
  Tel: 0208 563 2158
  email: studio5bookarts@aol.co.uk
  website: www.markcockrambooks.co.uk
  website: www.studio5bookbindingandarts.blogspot.com
  
  Studio 5 has a one year structured course in bookbinding from case binding through to full leather work.
  
  New for 2008: structured week courses in most aspects of bookbinding and book arts.
  
  

NOTTINGHAMSHIRE

• South Nottingham College
  Greythorn Drive
  West Bridgford
  Nottingham NG2 7GA
  Tel: 0115 914 6464
  Fax:0115 914 6444
  
  ONC in Book Restoration
  Library Binding and Case Book Construction
  
  

OXFORDSHIRE

• Oxford Brookes University
  School of Arts and Humanities
  Headington Hill Hall
  Headington
  Oxford
  OX3 0BP
  
  Tel: 01865 484951
  
  Evening classes in basic techniques.
  
  Non-vocational classes providing an introduction to bookbinding, examining the techniques, materials and equipment needed to bind and repair books. Traditional methods are considered in conjunction with practical alternatives. Students will achieve an understanding of the requirements and processes involved in producing clean, neat, basic work. Students work at their own pace and are individually tutored.
  
  Tutor/Organizer: Ian Ross
  Email: binding@ianaross.f2s.com
  Tel. 01865 793083
  
  

SOMERSET

• Wellington Community Education Centre
  10 Courtland Road
  Wellington TA21 8ND
  Tel: 01823 663000
  
  

STAFFORDSHIRE

• Keele University
  Keele
  Tel: 01782 621 111
  
  

SUFFOLK

• Belstead House
  Ipswich
  6th – 9th September 2007
  Contact number: 01473 686321
  
  Tutor: George Davidson
  
  

• Field Studies Council at Flatford Mill
  East Bergholt
  10th – 15th April 2007
  25th – 30th November 2007
  Contact number: 01206 298283
  
  Tutor: George Davidson
  
  

SURREY

• Caterham Valley Centre
  Beechwood Road
  Caterham CR3 6NE
  Tel: 01883 345 398
  
  

SUSSEX

• University of Brighton
  Adult & Continuing Education Office
  Grand Parade
  Brighton.
  Tel: 01273 643 015
  email: arthouse@brighton.ac.uk
  Web: www.brighton.ac.uk/arthouse/courses.html
  
  Various Courses in Bookbinding
  Restoration and Repair
  
  

TYNE AND WEAR

• Adult and Community Learning Service
  White Swan Centre
  Citadel East
  Killingworth
  NE12 6SS
  Tel: 0191 200 8332
  Fax: 0191 200 8339
  email: julie.taylor@northtyneside.gov.uk
  
  12 week bookbinding course (next one starting Sept '05) and a week long Summer School in North Tyneside (July '05)
  
  
• University of Newcastle
  (Robinson Library)
  Tel: 0191 2227 663
  
  Evening Classes
  
  

WILTSHIRE

• Salisbury College
  Southampton Road
  Salisbury
  Wiltshire
  SP1 2LW
  Tel: 01722 344344
  
  www.salisbury.ac.uk
  enquiries@salisbury.ac.uk
  
  Tutor: Lauri Sauer.
  
  

WORCESTERSHIRE

• Malvern Hills College,
  Albert Road North,
  Malvern,
  Worcestershire
  WR14 2YH
  Tel: 01684 565351
  Fax: 01684 561767
  Email: malvernenquiries@evesham.ac.uk
  Day and evening courses
  
  

YORKSHIRE

• Leeds College of Technology
  
  NCFE Basic Bookbinding
  NCFE Intermediate Craft Bookbinding
  
  18 weeks at 3.5 hours per week: Wednesday evenings starting at 5.00pm
  cost: £150.00.
  
  www.lct.ac.uk
  
  tutor: Mick McGregor (0113) 297 6438
  M.McGregor@leedscollege.ac.uk
  college student services: (0113) 2976464