A superb group of talented instructors teaching a sytem of Martial Arts which are of benefit to all…read moreages. I have studied various arts for over 25 years and always love the way that Dave and the team get the very best out of all of thier students. This is a superb way to get fit, have some fun and learn something worthwhile, dont simply waste your time on a treadmill do something positive and make friends that may be there for the rest of your life. ************************************************************************************

In the last 3 years I have enrolled my 7-year old son in many after school activities. And in my…read moreopinion Dartford Bushin Kenpo Martial Arts School (DBKMAS) is one of the best (if not the best place) for an active boy with high level of energy to train. There are a number of various activities for children locally. However, some of them fail to deliver a high intensity workout and competitive enough spirit to the participating children. The Dartford Bushin Kenpo Martial Arts School is not one of those. Every lesson here is filled with mini-tasks for every child to achieve. It is inspiring for ambitious young individuals. Each time we come home after the training, I watch my son to continue practicing in front of the mirror. Within a very short time of my son attending the lessons at the DBKMAS, I was very pleased to realize that one DOES get a very good value for money here! The children benefit from consistently high quality training in Martial Arts here. They are also taught discipline, respect to others and are introduced to some elements of Japanese culture. David and his team of enthusiastic instructors have done such a great job creating and running the DBKMAS; and it is such a pleasure for me to bring my child to the School twice a week and watch him training there. We both look forward to the beginning of the new academic year on the 4th of September.

I stumbled upon the What If Gallery whilst shopping in Dartford, and I was pleasantly surprised by…read morewhat I found. Dartford is a little lacking in places for artistic folk to display their creations so this for me was a welcome addition to the town centre. The gallery itself is situated in an old shop which was disused and awaiting redevelopment and is divided into several rooms. This is a perfect venue for local artists to show off their work and potentially sell some of it. On entering, I found the staff to be friendly and warm and enthusiastic about the project. As far as I know they are all volunteers. I enjoyed walking around the gallery - not only were there paintings on display but some craftwork and cards too. The great thing about this place is that not only do they encourage painting and art, and they hold some art classes here too, but I was told there is also a music rehearsal room for hire here at quite a competitive rate and I got the impression that they supported all other types of artistic expression and creativity too. A welcome addition to Dartford town centre and hopefully they will be able to find permanent premises before they have to move out when the redevelopment takes place.

The London Glassblowing Workshop offers one-day introductory glassblowing lessons once or twice a…read moremonth. It's a great day, you learn and make a lot (I made 2 paperweights, a dish and a vase). They really help you to make pieces in the styles and colours that you want, and there's only 2 students per instructor. Next door is the Peter Layton glass gallery, for inspiration.

This place is exceedingly interesting. You can pop in and watch pull a lump of molten glass on a…read morestick out of a furnace and then watch them blow and roll it into all manner of glass ornaments and vases. If you are exceedingly well heeled, you can buy them too. Prices are just a little shy of the 'if you have to ask...' range.

Well i have to give it five stars. One of the hardest art schools to get into and the Best art…read moreschool in the UK. A visit is a must. There's open studios in december and tours in october. Recently went into occupation over the 100% cuts in funding to all the arts, i advise you visit before things start to change!

I expected that the so called "best art school in Great Britan would be an exceptionally run…read moreinstitution, filled with young dedicated and well educated artists, driven faculty members and general order. What I found was the exact opposite, a disgrace to the fine art world. I could literally go on and on about the failures of this school, but instead I'll just summarize the key issues I have 1. no structure, no pressure, no expectation results in little to no production of artwork. The school seems to advertise a pride in the independence it provides its artist with but it fails to really make clear that literally anyone can pass with out ever showing up. As a matter fact, the faulty are so lazy that they don't even bother to show up on time for literally anything. They don't enforce rules and they don't understand their students. There are no assignments, no expectations and no structure. 2. The cleanliness of the place is repulsive, the facilities are horrid, they are not up to date of creative materials and machines for making. The students disrespect their peers work spaces and they disrespect the building as a whole. they literally believe that they own the place, that they can make it just as filthy as their drugged up lifestyle. 3. There is no learning, no educating and no positive actual encouragement If a student were to draw a stick figure on their Starbucks coffee cup, a faculty member passing by would literally just be like " that's fantastic, you're so creative, be yourself and keep up the good work" This is not a place for anyone who truely cares about art and wants to further educate themselves on art making, the art market, art and even just understanding how to be an adult and behave responsibly in this world. This is a place to go If you have a lot of money and want to paint a couple abstract paintings that resemble American expressionism of the 1940s. After you finish your time here, you will feel like you have wasted it

Camberwell's a well known and well renowned art school in South East London that's part of the…read moreUniversity of the Arts London. In the front is a space that is used for shows by alumni of the college and the college itself is contained to three buildings joined by corridors and bridges. It's a nice place to be and work, although the current SU bar is just a bar at the back of the canteen, there's nothing to really distinguish it as a bar. No nights or music goes on here as of yet, but there may well be in the future once the bar facilities are sorted out.

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I have been in this college a few times as I had had friends who studied Fine Art here. Although it…read morehas a really good reputation I feel it's probably not the best place to study fine art as it seems to be more Fashion orientated. I have considered studying here and even went to the open day recently but I wasn't really impressed with the layout and what they had to offer. In a few years they are moving to a bigger campus in Kings Cross which is a shame as it's currently in a great location in central London. They have a plaque on the wall at the reception stating that the Rolling Stones played here in 1970 something, Perhaps it was a more happening place back then.

Important decisions (like where to attend college) aren't really based on Yelp reviews, right? For…read moremore informed, less biased reviews I'd suggest checking out reputable sources. That aside, yes, I currently attend CSM and am finding it to be everything I expected and more. I'm working on my Masters. The learning opportunities at the college seem to be almost boundless. The course leaders have been exceptionally supportive, and their continuing experience in their fields strengthens their obvious, relevant expertise. All of which, they bring into the classroom in a genuinely compelling way. I'm getting to know the other students in my programme, which has been going well. It's a diverse group! Conversations and group work has been interesting and often fun. How will I feel by the end of this year? Who knows? But so far I'm appreciating my time there and want to make the most of it.

St Mary's University is located in Twickenham, but no, it is NOT a sports college. The college…read morespecialises in creative arts and mainly focuses on vocational courses. It has a great teaching course facility, which has its own building and library section devoted to students studying in that field. They offer a great number of unions for sports and have a large running track in the middle of the campus.

The Anna Fiorentini Theatre and Film School runs dancing, singing, acting, design and film classes…read morewith professionals from theatre, film and television for children and young people from underprivileged backgrounds. Childfren's dance classes include musical theatre, street dance, historical dance, choreography, tap dance, modern, salsa and jazz dance. Children's singing lessons cover musical theatre, pop and rock, R 'n' B, jazz, classical, rhythm, easy listening and music score reading. Children's acting and drama classes cover everything from shakespeare to contemporary drama, role play, scriptreading, scriptwriting, improvisation, sketches, sight reading, character research and audition and interview techniques.

Runs dancing, singing, acting, design and film classes with professionals from theatre, film and…read moretelevision for children and young people from underprivileged backgrounds. Really community centred performing arts school for kids trying to help children out who would never normally have a chance

My daughter absolutely loves it. Very warm atmosphere, and welcoming, no matter what level or…read morestage you are in arts. It has been great for my daughter's physical, emotional and mental wellbeing. It is fantastic for kids of any age.

My daughter has been attending classes at both locations and these are just wonderful! Great…read moreatmosphere, engaging classes and I can see how much our Lilly enjoys drawing and even how she got better so quickly! We have a little artist at home now. I cannot recommend enough the owner of the business! Ruth is great, she is so natural with kids and has this this magic aura about her that makes everything fun and charming. I see her as one of these lovely teachers from Harry Potter movies that we all wanted as kids....

I attended a 4 week city and guilds course (painting and decorating) in january 2011…read more The course was excellent and well worth doing, I also thought that the instructors were first class. Probably one of the best construction training centres in the Uk.

I've been meaning to write this review since my very first week at Able Skills, and feel a bit…read moreguilty about not doing it sooner, as I have always been very pleased with the high calibre of training and professionalism of all at Able Skills throughout. I embarked on the 'Gold Card' electrical package including the important 2330 and 2356 qualifications just before it became a Diploma. I finished my 2356 NVQ in October, though that was down to me not doing it sooner. Clive my NVQ Assessor processed it very quickly as soon as I handed it in, though he had been checking and guiding my collection of evidence, photos and written work through out. Right from the very start I knew I'd made the right choice for me of where and how to study - classroom based, and especially in terms of the advice they gave me on qualification pathway. When I was looking around about getting qualified as a spark there are a lot of companies out there selling different packages, its easy to get confused and pay a lot of money for a package of just the smaller qualifications by distance learning thinking you have got the same as being fully qualified and not getting good value for money either. The excellent good value clean self catering accommodation that Able Skills provides too also helped me choose them. The way the course was structured also meant I was able to keep working enough shifts to earn a reasonable living. I had the same teacher through all (except for one week) of my level 2 and 3 and 17th Ed. , building regs quals etc. There was a lot of snow over the winter I did my training, but my teacher was always there, and Able skills was always open what ever the weather. All the teachers and instructors (Including Steve the technician) were always friendly and enthusiastic, often giving their own time at break times, even if they weren't my actual teacher at the time, whether it to be explain some theory or go through something practical in the 'bays' downstairs. Even one of the plumbing teachers gave me some great advice about a problem I had with my boiler! Although I had done some data cabling work about 10 years prior, the electrical training was a career change for me from nursing/care work. Though the theory and practical was so well taught to such a high standard that I personally was able to learn enough to start doing some minor installation work (including new circuits) by my self as I was finishing off level 2. Though I did make sure I took out my own insurance and buy a calibrated multifunction tester so I could test my work and could then issue proper test certificates. We were taught to do things properly and be cautious throughout. We were also taught good theory to enable us to apply it and understand our installation work. I did my 2391 Inspection and Testing quite soon after I finished level 3. I was going to wait a while, but due to the fact that a lot of the regulations and theory (and safe procedures) were fresh in my mind (and we had a very good teacher) this helped me pass the difficult theory exam first time. I think they have now changed the 2391 qualification into two parts to make it easier. I guess what I am trying to say is that for me it was well worth doing the testing and inspecting qualification, it has certainly helped keep me employed in interesting work and with more responsibility and even when I have worked on large projects I've been the one doing the testing and inspection / commissioning above others that have many more years experience, but not a 'test and inspect' qualification. So far I have really enjoyed my work, for me it has all been sub contracting, but usually direct rather than through an agency, it just seems to have turned out his way and this has also given me the opportunity to squeeze in some of my own work (this is when I have used what I have learnt in training the most) and I haven't been out of work yet. On whole I have always got on well and had a (sensible) laugh with all the people I have worked with, and always made sure I learnt from / picked up a little knowledge from everyone, be they another sparky, supervisor, BMS engineer, contracts manager, designer/consultant or company director. So far I've worked on retail shops (small and very large stores),major airports, a Ministry of Defence project, a new 'recycling' power station, and done some local Council House rewires ('house bashing') too, making some good friendships along the way. I guess though the main reason I wanted to write this review though was after my initial experience of going through the minefield of available courses and training providers, and hard sell of unsuitable expensive options (one dodgy company even sent someone round my house!)... ... is to choose your course(s) and training provider carefully. I'm glad I did! PS I forgot to mention I passed my AM2 at Dartford too!