Beena Nadeem is one of the three recipients of the Malorie Blackman scholarship for ‘Unheard Voices’. We recently caught up with Beena to find out more about her City Lit experiences, winning the ...

In the UK, 12 million people have hearing loss and at least 4.4. million people with hearing loss are of working age so the chances are that you will have a colleague who will struggle with their hear...

City Lit has created programming communities for all its students. Using the platform Gitter, we have created general and language-specific forums to help students collaborate and learn.

This year we welcome four more wonderfully talented and highly committed Fellows: Dame Esther Rantzen, Francesca Martinez, Sir Kenneth Olisa OBE and the Rt Hon Damian Hinds MP.

Learn more about Music History courses at City Lit!

Attiya Khan completed a series of creative writing courses at City Lit while working as a GP and raising her 3 children. Her debut novel Ten Steps To Us is being released later this year. We recently ...

Carmen Morris-Coulson completed a series of Creative Writing courses at City Lit. She was offered a publishing contract in 2019 and won a FAB Publisher’s Prize in 2020. We recently caught up with Ci...

Our literature programme is growing! We are thrilled to welcome some fantastic new tutors to the team; they bring a wealth of expertise, along with a passion for sharing their enthusiasms!

Learning to sing online: six reasons why it works

Throughout our history, City Lit has played a significant role in educating female Londoners. Empowerment through education – regardless of gender – has been at the centre of our activities throug...