I was a massive square at school (until I discovered I could get served in a pub at 15, anyway). I…read moredid my homework on time, I always did super amazing projects and liked getting top marks. That apparently hasn't changed and this week I went back to school. It's BRILLIANT. I'm doing a photography course at Greenwich Community College. This one is about composition and framing, and in two hours, I've already learnt stuff. I don't know the basics of photography, I've never been taught the technical stuff (I've also never asked anyone). So my four-week long course will teach me the basics, and also how to break the rules. We don't just sit in a photography classroom, oh no. Off I went running about Greenwich taking photos. Of flowers and double yellow lines, mostly. And then the best bit: We get homework! Oh, the school square in me is so pleased about the homework. I have to apply all the things I learnt last night, and show my best work next week. And we have an end of course presentation too. In a four week course. I'm so excited. I probably deserved the school bullying, if I'm honest. I'm even annoying myself with my excitement. Greenwich College are actually offering the first course you do with them for free, which is amazing. But the courses aren't massively expensive anyway. I might get a bit of a photo bug after this one and do them all. And no doubt be super excited about having to do homework.

Not great for adult education. Some of the tutors seem to be unable to communicate with adults and…read moretalk as though they are talking to children. The Access course is said to be intensive, yet 50% of the contact hours of the course are spent wasting time on maths, English, and the most pointless of all; academic skills. Fine, if a student needs these then that is fair enough but making them mandatory for those who do not is a waste of time. The classes that focused on the pathway I was on (science) were poor, apart from physics where the teacher was just fantastic. He deserves 5 stars but sadly the rest deserve 1. The college internet is heavily restricted to the point I could not work effectively on the college site. The IT dept were incredibly inept: when asked if they could install Chrome on the network so I didn't have to use IE9, I was met with inertia and nonsensical arguments such as 'well no one else has complained before'. After being rude about my perfectly reasonable request they silently installed it a few weeks later anyway. Nice. I left to pursue other avenues of learning as I felt like I was wasting so much time here.

- The absolute worst of colleges I have ever seen. I have…read morebeen study aat bokkeeping courses but the tutors I had is always unsupportive..

I wish to express my deepest gratitude and warmest appreciation to all the staff who in any way…read morehave contributed and inspired me to the overall success of my study. I am heartily thankful and I really appreciate you all, also I promise to make you proud anywhere in this world.

From the owner: Teacher Training Courses DET formally known as (DTLLS), AET formally known as PTLLS Teacher…read moreTraining, CET formally known as CTLLS, TAQA Assessors & Verifiers Courses, also Computing courses, ACCA Accounting, AAT Accounting, Book Keeping, BSc in Computing.

This place is amazing. Ok, so not plush, but I've taken a number of courses here over the years,…read moremainly in jewellery and sewing. The quality of teaching is excellent and the equipment and workshops are as good as any other facilities in London but at a fraction of the price - like £66 for 10 weeks of silversmithing. Periodically there are rumours that it will be shut down and the space leased out to other schools etc. So if you fancy upholstery or enamelling or pottery - get enrolled and keep the numbers up! Daytime and evening courses, not the most salubrious canteen etc but at least there is one!

Bethnal Green Centre is a learning centre for adults. It is situated between Bethnal Green tube…read morestation and Liverpool Street tube station. I have just started a ballroom dancing course in Bethnal Green Centre. Although it appears pretty dull on the outside, I like this place as it is not pretentious and provide a decent space for learning ballroom dancing. The course is really cheap too, £35 for 10 sessions of 90mins! What a bargain! One advise though, it might be a good idea to go with a partner as there are more women than men in the class. If you have a partner to join you, then you can always dance with him or her and will not have to wait for a male partner to be available.

I did my TEFL course at the ISIS center and found it to be one of the best experiences of my life…read more The course and lessons are very well structured with regular feedback and the teachers are excellent, friendly and accessible all the time. If you are looking to do a TEFL course, then look no further than the ISIS center! Tenzin Chiodak June 2012 Course

In the shadow of the Telecom Tower & the subject of a recent…read morefurore in Fitzrovia : Given Grade II listed status. - ministerhttp://ow.ly/4dZsm #in #fitzrovia dividing the residents between those who wanted it pulled down & those who wanted it preserved as an important part of history. I fall into the latter category. The historian, Prof Ruth Richardson makes a compelling case that Charles Dickens, who lived 100 yards away (No.22) in the same street, describes this workhouse in Oliver Twist. Whatever the case, it was once a workhouse where the work was carpet beating. The men,women & children - even from the same family -were split up, stripped of all posessions &, with only one bowl of gruel (watery porridge) to eat a day made to work till most died. The luckier ones were conscripted by Florence Nightingale to work for her in the Middlesex Hospital opposite. One of my pictures here shows the exercise yard under which was recently found, a burial ground with bones going 20 feet deep. Unfortunately, you can only see it from the outside at the moment. for security reasons. With your back to the entrance notice the building opposite with balconies : No 47 was the Studio of the Pre-Raphaelites Rossetti & Holman Hunt in 1849

A marvellous University. I followed in my grandfather's…read more footsteps here. Lively & interesting there are many public lectures you can attend

KCL is the least professional institution that I have ever encountered and provided the worst…read moreeducational experience of my life. The professors are not as engaged and do not provide as much time with students as they usually do at American universities. The educational services are nonexistent. If you are not a native English speaker, as a lot of the students, there are no opportunities for writing or academic assistance as foreign students get in American universities. The buildings are poorly maintained. They do not allow you to review your papers or problem sets, denying you the opportunity to learn. Most of all, they strike and use the students as leverage. The administration is totally incompetent, failing on all aspects from tuition, they overcharged me multiple times, to taking forever to respond to emails. There is no customer service and they care more about bureaucratic processes than helping students. My high school in the US was better run and the teachers and administration were more engaged in making me a better student than here at KCL.