Our service
We offer:Professional training
- courses for deaf and hearing persons wishing to gain sign language or professional qualifications for working with deaf or deafened people
- training for students wanting to become technical support workers, lipreading tutors, lipspeakers, and notetakers for deaf and disabled people
- and lipreading classes for people with acquired deafness.
Continuing education for deaf people
We offer basic education courses for deaf adults in English, numeracy, IT and communication skills. Our Continuing Education Service offers a variety of classes for deaf people and the option to work towards a range of qualifications.
Student services
We have an officer for deaf students who can advise on welfare matters.
Support for students in further and higher education
The Deaf and Disabled Support Service provides communication, notetaking and tutorial support for D/deaf, hard-of-hearing and disabled students in Colleges and Universities around London.
Support application forms:
- Are you a student at a college or university (not a City Lit student)?
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If you want to arrange an interview, please contact us on 020 7492 2746 (minicom), 020 7492 2743 (fax), 020 7492 2722 (voice), or email us on dds@citylit.ac.uk.
Browse full range of courses
- Visual arts
- Art foundation and portfolio preparation courses
- Art history
- Basketry
- Bookbinding, book arts and conservation
- Calligraphy
- Ceramics
- Design
- Digital arts and graphics
- Drawing
- Drawing and painting from life
- Fashion and textiles
- Jewellery
- Mosaics
- Offsite and studio development courses
- Painting
- Printmaking
- Sculpture
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- Find out more about the Visual arts department
- Photography
- Beginners
- Business and copyright
- Computer based photography courses
- Documentary and photojournalism
- Exhibiting your photographs
- History, theory and talks about photography
- Lighting and studio techniques
- Photographing London
- Photography and contemporary art practice
- Portfolio and project creation
- Printing courses
- Taking photography further: general
- Taking photography further: specialist
- Traditional techniques
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- Find out more about the Photography department
- Languages
- Drama, dance and speech
- Accredited courses
- Acting - advanced
- Acting - follow-on
- Acting - introductory
- Acting short courses
- Arts administration
- Comedy
- Communication courses for speakers of other languages
- Communication skills for business
- Dance and movement
- Directing
- Drama teaching
- Drama therapy
- Internet broadcasting
- Musical theatre
- Performance skills
- Professional skills for actors
- Professional theatre company
- Stage combat
- Technical theatre
- TV, radio and sound
- Voice, speech and communication
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- Find out more about the Drama, dance and speech department
- Humanities
- Music
- Cello
- Clarinet
- Classical guitar
- Flute
- Instrument playing
- Instrumental ensembles
- Jazz and popular music
- Music access course
- Music appreciation
- Music foundation
- Music technology
- Musicianship
- Piano and keyboards
- Record your performance
- Recorder
- Singing
- String ensembles
- Ukelele
- Violin
- View all in Music
- Find out more about the Music department
- Health and movement studies
- Alexander technique
- Anatomy and physiology
- Complementary health studies
- Continuing professional development for therapists
- Energy and healing
- Fitness workouts
- Health and fitness teacher training
- Massage and bodywork: introductory level
- Massage and bodywork: professional practitioner level
- Meditation and stress management
- Movement classes
- Nutrition and food safety
- Professional development for movement instructors
- Self-defence
- Yoga
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- Find out more about the Health and movement studies department
- Computing
- Apple Mac
- Basic computing
- Bookkeeping
- Courses leading to a qualification
- Design and illustration
- Desktop publishing
- Digital Inclusion
- Explore your interests using a computer
- Keyboard skills
- Microsoft Office 2007 applications
- Programming
- Technical computing
- Web page design
- Windows and file management
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- Find out more about the Computing department
- Psychology, counselling & personal development
- English, maths & ESOL
- Deaf education
- Careers in care work
- Access to higher education
- Progress - courses for people with learning difficulties
- Speech therapy
- Teacher & management training
Contact us
Deaf education
Tel: 020 7492 2725
Fax: 020 7492 2745
Advice times for BSL and Lipreading: Wednesday 14:00 – 15:00 (term-time only) All other advice by appointment
English, maths and computing courses for Deaf people
Tel: 020 7492 2726 (voice)
Email: deafskills@citylit.ac.uk
Contact us for advice times.
Featured course
IT'S NEVER TOO LATE! We have places still available on our BSL Level 2 courses starting in January
Why City Lit?
If you are looking for a great choice of inspiring courses; a bright, modern environment to learn in located in central London; the opportunity to have fun and meet like-minded people, we look forward to seeing you at City Lit!