Welcome to Hawkwood College
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Wishing you a Happy New Year!
Hawkwood is beautiful in every season, and Winter brings its own character. We hope to see you soon. Click here for information about tutors and courses on offer to inspire you. Or just use the search bar. Our weekends include arts, crafts, music, spiritual development, mysteries, health & well being and creative expression. Some are suitable for CPD (continuing professional development). If you would like a copy of our 2012 brochure, (click here). To down load your own copy click www.hawkwoodcollege.co.uk/content/uploads/hawkwood-2012-brochure.pdf Hawkwood College, a registered charity, is a residential centre of learning in the beautiful and peaceful Cotswolds of England. Hawkwood also offers a friendly, residential facility for people who run their own courses, seminars and conferences.
Hawkwood is set in 42 acres of beautiful gardens, woods and fields, with its own spring water, and is in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The college works with ecological and sustainable land management practices, using organic and biodynamic methods. The Hawkwood impulse springs from the work of Rudolf Steiner, founder of Anthroposophy, seeking to foster ways and means to a spiritual foundation of life.
For further information, click on the appropriate section in the menu above, send us an email, give us a call, or drop us a line - we look forward to hearing from you and to welcoming you to Hawkwood College.
For Details of 2012 courses, CLICK HERE
We have many courses to take you on a journey of creative exploration
Joys, passions, inspirations, challenges and growth - what better way to find these than through exploring your creativity in company and community with others. I never cease to wonder at those who work in inspiring ways with children and youth, in helping them find an interest and joy in learning about the wonders of the world around. It is another challenge but also reward to grasp our own personal development in adulthood, to explore ways of extending our learning and creative talents. When you sit down and write a poem or make a painting or work on something new, whatever it is, your heart beats, your thoughts and feelings are lifted, your step is lighter, you feel like you transcend the relentless stream of time. You are meeting and living in the moment. Something in you has just expanded, out of a mould, and truly will never be quite the same again. We have all experienced it, and we can work on it further. We can have similar experiences in conversations and dialogues with others, if we truly listen and share - a feeling of creating a space between, where something new can form and grow. And this is the world of adult education.
Come to Hawkwood and explore your interests, passions and joys, whether in the arts and crafts, music, creative expression, complementary health or spiritual development. For a day, weekend or longer. For personal development or professional development - many are eligible as CPD courses. And in a beautiful location, with delicious food.
NEW PRINCIPAL FOR HAWKWOOD COLLEGE
Alicia Carey, is the new Principal of Hawkwood College, the independent adult education centre near Stroud. As Head of Arts at The Dartington Hall Trust in south Devon she ran the internationally acclaimed Summer School, programmed the year-round arts programme and developed local, regional and national arts and education projects. She also brings a wealth of experience in management to her position. Hawkwood’s eclectic course programmes includes arts, crafts, personal and spiritual development, health & well being and music, attracting tutors and participants from all over the world and the local region. The college is a member of the Adult Residential Colleges Association (ARCA) and is home to Stroud Community Agriculture.
“Hawkwood seems to embody the ethos I enjoyed at Dartington and I hope to foster an environment for working and learning that stimulates and inspires people from all backgrounds “ says Alicia. Married to a graduate of Wynstones School, Alicia already knows the area well.