City Lit open as usual (Mon 6 Feb)
City Lit is open for business as usual today (Mon 6 Feb). Some tutors may experience difficulties travelling in, so please check this...
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Issues with emailing City Lit today (18 Jan)
We're pleased to announce that City Lit's email system is back up and running.
If you have sent us an email today since yesterday morning...
Strike action: Most courses running as normal
You may have heard about the proposed strike action about pensions on Wednesday 30 November.
City Lit aims to run all cours...
This Christmas treat someone to a truly unique experience
From stand-up comedy to jewellery-making and from astronomy to ballroom dancing - give a friend or family member the unique gift of explorin...
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Share your ideas on how City Lit can improve
Do you have a view on how City Lit can be improved? Do you have an opinion on what the experience is like at City Lit from enrolment ri...
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City Lit graded 'Outstanding' by Ofsted
Its official. Ofsted inspectors came. They saw. They liked what we do. And, with feedback from thousands of students, they awarded City Lit the h...
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Vote for your student governor
Vote for your student governor at City Lit - the ballot opens at 11am, Wednesday 28th September. There are 6 candidates and you can see their election...
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Your chance to be a City Lit student governor
Would you like to receive a discount of 85% on your next course (up to 70 hours per year), meet interesting people and contribute to ...
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Welcome to City Lit's new Principal
In June, City Lit welcomed Mark Malcomson into post as the new Principal after saying goodbye to P...
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Farewell to Peter Davies (City Lit Principal 2005-2011)
At the end of June, City Lit staff and students said goodbye to Peter Davies, who retired after 6 years as City Lit's Principal. He extended his ...
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Enrol now! Over 4,000 new courses now available
Over 4,000 new part-time courses are now here, on the website. Enrolling online is best, as you skip the queues, can view full course information...
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City Lit celebrates inspirational adult learners
On Thursday 19 May City Lit staff and students gathered at the Institute of Great Britain to celebrate inspirational adult learners, with guest of hon...
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29 April - most courses running as normal
29 April is a public holiday for the royal wedding.
Most City Lit courses will be running as normal. However, a few have...
Easter opening times
Between 18th and 26th April, some services will be available for shorter hours than usual due to the Easter holidays. City Lit will be cl...
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Inside the art and design foundation exhibition
Art and design foundation students launched their work at the City Lit private view on 30 March. The exhibition included a diverse range of mediums in...
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No online enrolment today (30 March 2011)
Today (30 March 2011) you will be unable enrol online for courses between 9am and 5pm.
Enrolment will be ...
Summer courses: enrol now!
You can now enrol on over 1,300 courses online starting April - July. Don't forget, courses fill quickly, and the fastest way to enrol is he...
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Do you have a disability or learning difficulty?
Do you have a disability or learning difficulty? If so, City Lit would like to hear your feedback. Meetings are taking place on:
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Thinking of enrolling?
Have a quick browse of the information below to help you book your place.
Enrolling online
You can e...
Get ready for new summer courses
In March we'll be launching our new summer courses, including some new July dates for current courses as well as some brand new subjects.
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Deaf education events 2010
City Lit's renowned Deaf Education and Learning Support team recently hosted a three-day series of major events. To find out more, and download relate...
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Survey on sexuality and gender
City Lit’s funder, the Skills Funding Agency, is conducting a national survey to explore the barriers to, and experiences within, adult learning...
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The King's Speech: Beyond the stammer
The King’s Speech, Starring Colin Firth and Geoffrey Rush, will be released on 7 January, raising awareness of stammerin...
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Snow update: City Lit open as usual
Despite the weather conditions, City Lit will be open as usual, and most courses will be running as normal.
Please visit this webpa...
Course of the week: Interior decoration
Find out how to give your interior that wow factor. Explore the various design styles as well as how to effectively use finishes, colour, texture, win...
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Bid for a unique pot signed and handmade by Strictly Come Dancing stars
CIty Lit is this week auctioning a signed pot, handmade by Pamela Stephenson and her dance partner James Jordon, which appeared on Saturday&rsquo...
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Course of the week: Travel journalism
You love travelling and taking photos but how do you decide what to write about and which pictures will sell?
This one-day course wil...
Strictly Come Dancing stars visit City Lit
Pamela Stephenson and James Jordon from Strictly Come Dancing dropped in to City Lit on Wednesday (1 Dec) t...
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Tube strikes starting on 28 November
There will be tube strikes starting on Sunday 28 December, lasting for 24-hours. City Lit will be open as usual, and most courses will be running as n...
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Help to improve teaching and learning at City Lit
Are you interested in helping to improve teaching and learning at City Lit? We are currently recruiting course reviewers, who will be asked to give us...
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Student scoops big award at House of Lords
City Lit student, Ray Kinsella, has been presented with a highly sought after Helena Kennedy Foundation award in a ceremony at the House of Lords...
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Tube strike 2 & 3 November
There will be a London tube strike starting on 2 November at 7pm and finishing at the same time on the 3 November.
With the exception of...
Get involved in how City Lit is run!
City Lit are recruiting students to get involved in our Student Panel. Your views will contribute towards enhancing the quality of our...
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Course coming to an end? Write a review!
Is your course finished or coming to an end? You can write a review and give a star rating for your course on t...
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International stammering awareness day at City Lit
City Lit is celebrating International Awareness Day (ISAD) today (Friday 22 October). This annual event is marked around the world and helps raise awa...
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Spending review: City Lit Principal responds
City Lit's Principal, Peter Davies, has today responded to the 2010 spending review, saying: "Based on yesterday's headline statements, i...
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Closed: Holborn station 14/10/2010
Holborn station and the surrounding area has been closed off due to a security alert. If you are travelling to City Lit by tube you should use an a...
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Sir Jonathan Miller speaks out against cuts to adult education
Sir Jonathan Miller, theatre director, author and TV presenter, this week lent his voice to the campaign to save adult learning from cuts that will ca...
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BSL tours at the London Dungeon for Halloween
London Dungeon in association with SignHere at City Lit will be offering special Halloween tours in British Sign Language.
Charmaine Andr...
Deaf education students express fear over potential cuts
This week, students from Deaf education classes at City Lit have been expressing their concerns over potential cuts, and how the cuts could affect the...
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Campaign gathers further momentum
An impressively large crowd of City Lit staff and students gathered today (6 October) outside the main building to unite against c...
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Thousands protest over cuts
Thousands of City Lit students and supporters from across the capital are protesting to the Government this week after learning that the funding that ...
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Songwriter or DJ...
....You are sure to enjoy this week's featured course... Ableton Live Plus
Join us for an in-depth look at techniques...
City Lit achieve silver Investors in People award
City Lit has held the Investor in People standard since 1998, but when reassessed in July 2010 were upgraded to the silver award.
The In...
Exceptional results: A* for every GCSE language student
City Lit are celebrating the success of GCSE Italian and Spanish students, who were all awarded A* grades.
Peter Davies, Principal, said:...
City Lit tutor selected for Threadneedle Prize Exhibition 2010
Wendy Elia, City Lit tutor, has been selected for the 2010 Threadneedle Prize for painting and sculpture just months after being selected for the...
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Website closures for essential maintenance
The City Lit website will be unavailable during the following hours due to essential planned maintenance:
Monday 23rd, 9pm - 7am....
FEATURE: Interview with novelist Andrea Levy
Novelist Andrea Levy has just released a new book, The Long Song. After attending a City Lit class, Andrea release...
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Raise funds for the student bursary without spending a penny
You now don't have to spend anything to raise funds for the City Lit student bursary. Easy ...
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FEATURE: Public sculptures to look out for in London
There is an enormous number of public sculptures in London at the moment and Alexandra Harvey, City Lit sculpture tutor, names her fa...
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Critic and musicologist praises recent City Lit music gala event
Music critic and musicologist Malcolm Miller has praised City Lit's music gala event, which took place in June, saying in Music and Visio...
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City Lit tutor selected for BP Portrait Award 2010
Out of 2,177 entrants, artist and City Lit tutor Wendy Elia, who grew her own painting career through adult education, has been selected along with 58...
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Music open day 2009 - 18 July
Love music? Whether you’re a complete beginner or an experienced musician seeking to improve your skills, come and find out about the massive va...
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Enrolling for the first time?
Are you new to City Lit and enrolling on a course for the first time? City Lit is experiencing technical problems with online enrolment, and this is o...
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Deaf awareness week 2010
28th June - 4th July 2010 is Deaf Awareness Week when City Lit will be celebrating the success of our D/deaf learners. The theme this year for Deaf Aw...
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Drama audition dates released for accredited courses
Accredited drama courses at City Lit offer a professional standard of teaching within a friendly and supportive atmosphere. City Lit has just revealed...
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New business and marketing skills for practitioners
You don't have to be a budding entrepreneur to need business and marketing skills, so City Lit is now offering these skills for fitness instructors, p...
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City Lit website highly commended at Heist awards
City Lit has been highly commended for its recently redesigned website in the Best Student Recruitment Website category at the 20th annual Heist ...
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Student launches children's book
Andrew Weale, City Lit student governor, has launched his first children’s book, The Newt in the suit. Andrew says, “It’s a...
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New book released on TV presenting by City Lit tutor
Tutor for children’s TV presenting, Kathryn Wolfe, is due to release her new book ‘So you want to be a TV
presenter?’
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Online Enrolment Offline - Wednesday June 9th
On Wednesday 9 June you will be unable enrol online for courses due to an important computer system upgrade.
Enrolment will be back up an...
New podcast: How to be funny
Want to learn how to be funny? Ever thought a sketch show was funny but didn't know why? City Lit has just released a new podcast, How to be funny...
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Boy George and William Baker at City Lit’s foundation private view
On 24 March 2010 scores of visitors descended on City Lit’s foundation private view, and among the visitors were singer and DJ Boy George and fa...
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City Lit piano tutor on tour with Shakespeare's Sister
Latin piano Tutor, Sara Dhillon, will be on tour with pop band Shakespeare's Sister in April.
Sara plays keyboards and percussion with th...
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Are you a social networker?
Are you already active in the social networking world? You can become a fan or follow City L...
Share your views with the student panel
Do you have a suggestion for ways to improve City Lit? You can now contact our student panel to share your views and ideas. The panel will discuss you...
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Opening night of Wonderful World of Dissocia a huge success
The first night performance of The Wonderful World of Dissocia was a huge success last night, with a full house in the City Lit theatre.
New summer courses - Enrol on 15 March
Collect your copy of the new City Lit summer course guide on Monday 15 March, containing new summer courses and courses from ...
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World Book Day
This year World Book Day falls on 4 March, and to mark this event 10 new Quick Read titles will be launched. Quick Reads are short b...
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Free IT training
Currently working? Need to upgrade your IT skills? Want to improve your job prospects and develop your potential?
City Lit is offering fr...
'Abigail’s Party' in the modern age
This modern-day adaptation of Mike Leigh’s Abigail’s Party, directed by City Lit drama tutor Petina Hapgood, received rave review...
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'Unearthed at The Crypt'
Friday 5th - Sunday 7th February, 11am-7pm (closes at 5pm on Sunday).
Three students from last year’s C...
City Lit students win designer bookbinding competition
Two students from Fine Binding, a bookbinding course at City Lit, won prizes at the 2009 Designer Bookbinders Competition.
Helen Shr...
Virus sends spam to City Lit students
City Lit discovered yesterday that a computer virus has been responsible for sending out spam emails to students from our email account 'cityl...
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FEATURE: Getting fit and healthy the really easy way
Although this is around the time we start looking into new ways to get fit and healthy, it’s probably safe to say that despite our best intentio...
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FEATURE: Explore London at Christmas - Ten of the best places to visit
Are you looking for free or low cost activities to do over Christmas in London? There’s a wealth of new places to discover over the holidays and...
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Film class welcomes ‘Britain’s greatest living film director’
Prominent film director, Terence Davies, visited City Lit’s film class ‘Antonioni and Bergman: the arthouse adventure’ on 19 Novembe...
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He's behind you! Time for the City Lit panto...
It’s the time of year when the men slip into their bonnets and bloomers and the women tape on their moustaches – no, it’s not Hallow...
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Find your Christmas presents at the City Lit pot sale
You know it’s coming up to Christmas when it’s time for the annual pot sale at City Lit. You can find practical presents such as mugs, bow...
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Off Limits: Photography exhibition
Come and see work by students on the City Lit Photographing London's landscape, architecture and people course. Discover the way our students explore ...
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Discount for dance film workshop available to City Lit students
London Metropolitan University is offering a special discount for a one-day dance film workshop, available to City Lit students.
This is ...
Homeless student to business man: Nigel Hulme wins Personal Achiever of the Year Award 2009
Nigel Hulme, a former student of City Lit’s training scheme for the homeless, Personal Best, won the European Social Fund Personal Achiever of t...
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Bursary awards for two Access students
Two City Lit students have been awarded Helen Kennedy Foundation bursaries. After attending Access courses to prepare them for higher education, Johan...
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City Lit win award for most accessible computer facility in the UK
City Lit has won the British Computer Society Accessibility Achievement Award for having the most accessible computer facility in the UK.
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City Lit gets involved in Colleges Week
Colleges Week, the national celebration of the role colleges play in celebrating the opportunities colleges create for individuals, businesses and Bri...
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3,500 new courses available
City Lit’s programme of part-time courses for 2009-10 is now available, with start dates from September. » Read the full story
Summer art exhibitions
Take in the incredible work of our art students this summer. Come along to browse or buy - or be inspired to take a course yourself.
Have your say: apply now for the National Learner Panel
The National Learner Panel (NLP) is recruiting up to 20 learners to share their experiences of learning in further and adult education.
...
City Lit Celebrates Black History Month in October
City Lit is holding exhibitions, events, performances, and courses to celebrate Black History Month in October.
Exhi...
Discounted courses
It doesn’t happen very often, but here’s a rare chance to attend a City Lit course at a 25% discount.
Browse the...
City Lit's 90th Birthday
This September, City Lit celebrates its 90th birthday. Since its doors opened in 1919 – initially in rented rooms on Fetter Lane – the col...
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Esther Rantzen joins outstanding adult learners
City Lit students were joined by journalist, broadcaster and spokesperson Esther Rantzen as they celebrated their sucess in the national Adult Learner...
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Website unavailable Sunday 9 August
City Lit's website will be unavailable on Sunday 9th August because of some essential maintenance that we need to take care of. So if you're keen t...
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Follow us on Twitter
You can now follow us on Twitter and receive alerts about college events, activities and news items. Join in the ...
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Government launches 'Learning Revolution'
City Lit was one of only a few colleges represented at the launch of the government's ‘Learning Revolution’, held at Tate M...
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Top British actor calls City Lit for help
Actor James McAvoy, who was nominated for a Golden Globe for his performance in Atonement, recently worked with City Lit's speech therapy tea...
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GMTV's Dr Hilary Jones tackles his fear of computers
Dr Hilary visited City Lit this week, to find out whether he could go from being a technophobe to a techno-whizz.
One in three people ove...
Major gallery celebrates City Lit ceramics
One of London's leading galleries for applied arts, Barrett Marsden, is currently hosting a major exhibition celebrating 20 years since City...
» Read the full storyHelp for learners made redundant
Worried about job security? Concerned about committing to paying for course fees? To help you enrol with confidence, you can ask for a refund on cours...
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Help save adult education with CALL - the Campaigning Alliance for Lifelong Learning
Did you know that 1.5m adult education course places have been lost nationwide over the last two years due to cutbacks and rising costs?
...
BSL for Dummies
City Lit's Deaf Education team has written the content for the BSL for Dummies book, launched in November. Copies are available from » Read the full story
Tutor nominated for lifetime achievement award
City Lit tutor Carolyn Cheasman (pictured left), who has helped hundreds of people to manage their stammer on unique speech therapy courses, has been ...
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New website for City Lit
Notice anything different about us? City Lit's website has been refreshed and you can now enjoy an improved search tool, easy-to-use summaries of late...
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