Join our events from the comfort of your own home

We've loved hearing from attendees how much they have enjoyed learning online! Thank you for your encouragement and feedback. While we know that many people cannot wait to get back into the building and learning together in-person, we're also trying to ensure that those who cannot do so are still able to join in. Whether you live too far away to make the journey, other commitments make it tricky to come along in-person, or you simply find it easier to join from home, all are most welcome to continue learning as part of our online community. 

Hybrid events

While some of our events will take place only online or only in-person, we hope that the majority of our events will eventually be hybrid ones, where people can join live in either form. You will have to select whether you intend to join online (via zoom) or in-person when you buy your tickets - please make a note for yourself when you book! 

These hybrid events are a huge leap for us, and we're doing our best to ensure that they run smoothly and are enjoyable and engaging for both the in-person and online audience. Please bear with us as we find the best way to run them. 

Hybrid talks

If you are joining online for these, you will receive an email from us with joining instructions between 12-12.30pm on the day of the event (or the day before, for weekend events). If you have not received this information from us by this time, please check your spam or junk folder and then call our Adult Learning Officer on 01727 890205 before 5pm on the day of the event (or the day before, for weekend events).

On the day, please ensure that you have connected 5 minutes before the start time. If you have not joined by this time you may miss the introduction to the speaker before we can admit you.

You will be placed on mute for the duration of the event, but will be able to see the speaker and their slides throughout the talk. When it comes to the Q&A section at the end of the talk, you can submit questions for the speaker through the 'chat button', and they will be asked on your behalf. 

Hybrid courses

If you are joining online for these, you will receive all of the course information, along with joining instructions, before the course starts. If you have not received this information from us by 12.30pm on the day of the first session, please check your spam or junk folder and then call our Adult Learning Officer on 01727 890205 before 5pm on the day of the course starting. You will use the same zoom joining details for each week of the course, so please be sure to save these somewhere. 

You will be able to see the tutor and their slides, and the other online students, but not those in the classroom. You can submit any questions or reflections via the 'chat' button, and a technical assistant will be able to pass them to the tutor on your behalf. Any group discussions will be done via breakout rooms with other online attendees, and the tutor and technical assistant will do their best to ensure that reflections between the in-person and online attendees can be shared effectively. 

Please watch this video which gives you a bit more information about joining courses online:

Online Courses: Essential Information

New to Zoom? 

You can find some answers to FAQs by clicking on the button below, and instructions on how to join. We are unable to offer technical support on the day of our events, but if you are unsure about using zoom, please contact us in advance and we can arrange to talk you through how to join. You can now also join in talks by ringing in over the phone – so no wifi or computer required!

  Find out more about using Zoom for our events 

Instructions for joining Zoom events

Here is some encouraging feedback from others who have tried out zoom for our events and enjoyed it:

‘The experience far exceeded my expectations’

‘The best thing was being able to join in from our living room’

‘Great experience. We look forward to future events!’