by Jon Barnard | Jul 20, 2019 | Latest News
This week we welcomed 172 new students to Manor Courses, from 22 different countries from Italy to Vietnam to Mexico! To welcome them, we held an assembly in the beautiful chapel, where they were introduced to all of the staff, as well as a few key rules. After the...
by Jon Barnard | Jul 15, 2019 | Latest News
Week 2 classes….This week lots of fun was had in class! Check out some of the pictures… Classes 3a and 3b made masks of their favourite celebrities and interviewed each other as if they were reporters for a gossip magazine. The celebrities they chose...
by Jon Barnard | Jul 7, 2019 | Latest News
This week some of the students worked on creating animations using clay and computers. This was a great mix of traditional creative skills, making models, and some technology involving editing software. Here is an example of one: For these sessions we were very happy...
by Jon Barnard | Apr 24, 2019 | Latest News
Our classic English Language Course also focuses on Creativity this year more than ever MC has chosen this week to advertise the new Performing Arts Course to new agents. But we also want to highlight how our classic English Language Course covers similar important...
by Manor Courses | Mar 28, 2019 | Latest News
If you’re thinking about attending a Summer School this year to learn English you may be thinking about which country to choose – so why study English in the UK? There are literally hundreds of reasons to come to the UK to learn English so we’ve put our heads...
by Jon Barnard | Feb 27, 2019 | Latest News
Participants at our summer courses over the last few years will have noticed a growing range of nationalities coming to study and stay with us at Hurst, as well as coming for a wider range of services and experiences. In this blog we want to look at the ways we...
by Jon Barnard | Feb 8, 2019 | Latest News
It has now been a whole month since Jacky Barnard passed away. For those that do not know, Jacky was the mother of the 3 current Directors, and was a Director herself for many years. Before being a Director she assisted her own mother in the family business for many...
by Manor Courses | Jul 5, 2018 | Latest News
Staying at Manor Courses is a unique and memorable experience that all out students both past and present will testify too! Unlike many Summer Schools that have repurposed a building that was never originally intended for young people to learn in, our school is set in...
by Manor Courses | Apr 27, 2018 | Latest News
This year we’re pleased to announce some additional services, which are available to all students staying with us this summer! Free ‘Academic Prep’ service If you are thinking about studying or working in an English speaking country in the future, or perhaps you have...
by Manor Courses | Mar 14, 2018 | Latest News
Britain doesn’t have the greatest reputation for its traditional culinary offerings, but this is rather unfair. The UK is actually a fantastic place to visit and try new dishes. In this blog post we focus on ‘traditional’ dishes that are still popular in...