Monday 9 March – 13 March
WONDERFUL WOMEN, CELEBRATING WOMEN, ART & CULTURE
5 Day residential course: Course code SPO916
Venue: Ruskin College, Walton Street, Oxford, Entrance: £86, for those on income related benefits the course is free.
Booking Essential. Wheelchair Access: All Welcome. Tutors: Emma Howell/Penny Halliday

Exciting 5-day course celebrating the achievements and diversity of women throughout time, from activists to artists, suffragettes to slaves and poets to playwrights. Explores issues as diverse as women and the media, and is there such a thing as a feminine style of writing? An ideal course for anyone considering studying Women’s Studies, or English in the future, or simply if you would like to know more about the subjects covered. No previous experience needed; just interest and enthusiasm.
(ASET levels 1 -3)

Organiser: Ruskin College, Short Course Office
Contacts: Nicola Stokes to discuss remission of fees, 01865 517802
To book by telephone using a credit card, 01865 517802
Short Course Unit, 01865 554331

Monday 9 March
COME AND CONNECT WITH CONNECTION
Venue: Oxford Asian Cultural Centre, Manzil Way (off Cowley Road), Oxford 11.00am – 3.00 pm
Entrance: Free. Wheelchair Access: Women Only

Connection is holding an open session for all women. Speak with workers and clients to see how we support and enable women to live more independently and make changes to their lives.

Organiser: Connection. Contact: 01865 711267

Monday 9 March
MARY BAKER EDDY: THIS WOMAN NEVER GAVE UP
Venue: Christian Science Church, 36a St Giles, Oxford 7.30 pm
Entrance: Free. Wheelchair Access: All Welcome

Overcoming numerous difficulties concerning health, home, family and finance, Mary Baker Eddy challenged 19th century mainstream beliefs and became a respected author, teacher, healer, publisher and religious leader (Christian Science). This talk explains what she discovered and how her achievements still help people today.

Speaker: Barbara Fife, a practitioner and teacher of Christian Science healing from Vancouver, Canada

Organiser: Sally Lessiter. Contact: 01865 557605 or 875 529