Titus’s Courses
Courses created by Titus Alexander
Titus Alexander has run innovative courses and learning programmes on a wide range of topics in many different settings. Course materials and workshops are available from Titus, who would be glad to run them with you or guide others to use the materials.
“A good course can transform lives and the world”
Personal development
Find your Focus
To enable people to clarify their life goals, values and priorities. Titus has run this more than 30 times for students, community groups, mature adults and people recovering from mental health issues. It can be run in a variety of formats, from a short one-off, over several days in 2-3 hour sessions, or a deeper programme of:
- A two to three-hour taster, to recruit participants
- One- or two-day workshops
- Half-day follow up session to review progress and anchor learning
- Optional mutual support group follow-up sessions.
Building self-esteem
Half-day workshop or four 2-to-3-hour sessions to develop personal well-being and self-worth, run at the Skyros Holistic holidays in Greece and in the UK many times.
Increase your Impact
Effective time- and self-management, originally designed and run for trade union organisers but useful for anyone. Particularly suitable for people working in a team or organisation.
Family learning and work with parents
Supporting Parents Starting School
Two-day trainer of trainers programme for facilitators running workshops for parents, now rolled out to all schools in England;
Working with parents
One-day intensive inter-agency workshop for schools, local authorities or others who work with parents.
How to Raise Achievement by Enhancing Pupil Self-Esteem
One day course for teachers, run several times across the UK.
Effective citizenship and campaigning
Leading Change
12 – 18-month apprenticeship in campaigning, leadership and management, accredited by ilm and funded by the Apprenticeship Levy in the UK, run with Happy Ltd at L3 or L5, tailor-made for your organisation & issues.
Vets as advocates for animal welfare
Half- to one– day course for vet educators, students, created for World Animal Protection and run at the Universities of Edinburgh, Bristol, and veterinary teachers from East Asia at a conference in Taiwan.
Inspiring Change
6 – 18 month part-time leadership programme for change agents.
Learning for Democracy
One day course, originally run for American Political Science Association conference in Seattle, 2021, and Montreal 2022
Successful campaigning
Tailor-made workshops and course from 90 minutes to five days, based on campaign guides
Campaign coaching
One-to-one solution-focused coaching for campaigners.
Citizenship schools
One-day workshop for staff and students about using the citizenship curriculum to democratise schools, run for many local authorities and schools in the UK and Malta.
Current affairs
Weekly courses at the City Lit, Morley College, Clapham Battersea AEI and Pentonville Prison from 1983 – 1989
Learning to learn / study skills
Cultivating a passion for learning
Ten three-hour peer education workshops and trainer of trainers programme for voluntary governors of the Workers’ Education Association (WEA)
Learning to Learn
Study skills course based on purpose, meaning and personal responsibility as well as learning methods, developed at Sussex University for undergraduates and extra-mural students.
Global issues
Uniting Humanity: Learning advocacy in global citizenship
One-year part-time trainer of trainers’ course in advocacy for global citizenship, in three modules (Facilitating Learning, Global Issues, and Advocacy).
Could be run over three weeks. 11 units, for 7.5 ETS Advanced Post Graduate Diploma with the Universities of Burgas (Bulgaria), Gavle (Sweden), Kingston (UK) and a partnership of European NGOs
The Global Trainer
Units on global issues for trainer of trainers’ post-graduate certificate developed for the Institute of Education, University of London.
Who Runs the World?
An interactive educational game on global institutions and influences
The Debris Adventure: Learning Beyond the Beach
Inspiration and activities for teachers to promote understanding and advocacy on marine debris as a global issue, created for World Animal Protection and the Hawaiʻi Wildlife Fund Marine Debris Keiki Education and Outreach Program.