Welcome
Welcome to
Hawkwood College
The year 2010 introduces many new courses and tutors as well as familiar ones to choose from. Whether on the website or in our colourful new brochure, you will find a wide range of courses to whet your appetite! Our website introduces a convenient new search bar on the home page and courses page to make it easy for you to find courses or tutors. Our 2010 brochure introduces a new format, with easily readable and colourfully illustrated descriptions and a convenient separate tutor index at the back. We would be glad to send you a copy (click here).
Hawkwood College, a registered charity, is a residential centre of learning in the beautiful and peaceful Cotswolds of England. It offers a wide range of short courses, from music, science, arts and crafts to personal development. Hawkwood also offers a friendly, residential facility for people who run their own courses, seminars and conferences.
It 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.
When the winds of change blow
Some build walls for defence,
Others build windmills.
A Chinese proverb
Details of 2010 courses now available
click here or on courses menu above
A new decade begins...
A new decade begins, and it hardly seems but a few years since the new millennium. After the many anxieties of crossing the millennium point, then the ‘battles’ of good vs. evil (politically - the ‘axis of evil’), and the bleak forecasts for environmental disasters, focus for some is now on 2012, the end of the Mayan calendar: a new film depicts cataclysms to come that year, while others speak of a new age of awakening - especially on and after 11-11-11!
When facing significant future time points, we seem to have a penchant to either fear horrendous doomsday scenarios, or to long for sudden divine intervention. These are often distractions from where the real drama is taking place: inside us. The inner playing field has a referee - our self. It can project our inner fears or struggles, but new doors can also be opened. It is both empowering and encouraging, where the work for renewal, regeneration and sustainability starts ‘at home’. This in turn, in its projection both on the spiritual and practical level, can bring new opportunities and hope for the world around.
Which is of course where learning and personal development come in, keeping ourselves inwardly stimulated and inspired, throughout life. Nurturing our inner creativity keeps us flexible for facing the unknown and finding creative solutions. On the pragmatic level, even the British government has recognised this in its March 2009 white paper, The Learning Revolution - ‘informal learning’ is seen as an investment for ourselves, for society and the future. In its small way, we hope that the courses at Hawkwood will encourage you to explore your own creativity. Enjoy!
With all best wishes for a positive and inspiring 2010, from
Richard Brinton
Principal
