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City Lit is a leading provider of adult education in London and all over the UK. It's the perfect place to learn something new, gain new skills, and build your confidence. From mastering new languages and honing creative skills to advancing your career with professional development courses. Whatever your passion or goal, our diverse curriculum has the perfect course to inspire your next step.

 

 

 

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  1. Refugee Week at City Lit: Refugees and displaced people in modern Chinese history
    Course start date:  Mon 16 Jun 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Qiuyang Chen
    Join this session to understand how displaced people and refugees are central to understanding modern Chinese history. This course is part of City Lit’s Refugee Week events.
    Full fee £10.00 Senior fee £8.00 Concession £7.00
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  2. Full fee £179.00 Senior fee £143.00 Concession £116.00
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  3. Spanish 4/5: Spanish accents explained - Costa Rica
    Course start date:  Tue 17 Jun 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Keylor Murillo Moya
    How do you cope with different Spanish accents? Do you find some easier to understand than others? This series of short courses will help you understand the specificities and intricacies of a variety of Spanish and South American accents, so you can spot their speakers more easily and understand them better to keep the conversation going.
    Full fee £49.00 Senior fee £39.00 Concession £32.00
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  4. Full fee £10.00 Senior fee £8.00 Concession £7.00
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  5. Screen printing in a day
    Course start date:  Tue 17 Jun 2025 (and 5 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Rolina Elsje Blok
    In this fun, 1-day workshop you will be taught how to print and register a two colour screenprint using monoprint, colour blends and pre-made photographic screens. You will be taught some basic screen making process and insight into making digital artwork. This will set you up for longer and more advanced screenprinting classes.
    Full fee £129.00 Senior fee £129.00 Concession £129.00
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  6. Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £199.00 Concession £199.00
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  7. French 4: Return to French (Advanced)
    Course start date:  Wed 18 Jun 2025 (and 2 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    If your advanced French is a bit rusty and you wish you could reactivate your passive knowledge, this is the right course for you. This course will help you access your dormant French and bring it back to life. After attending this course you should be able join a level 4 or 5 course.

    Full fee £129.00 Senior fee £103.00 Concession £84.00
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  8. Acting for radio: Theatre Company
    Course start date:  Thu 19 Jun 2025 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  David Gooderson
    Become part of a radio repertory company and take part in creating and recording for broadcast a performance of a radio play. This term the play will be You Never Can Tell by George Bernard Shaw. This advanced course is for those with previous experience in acting and radio, either through courses or industry. Please click on Start Your Interview to apply; the Drama Department will contact you to progress your application.
    Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £199.00 Concession £139.00
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  9. Refugee Week at City Lit: the refugee figure in the 20th century
    Course start date:  Fri 20 Jun 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Martin Jorgensen
    Join us to explore the changes in the figure of the refugee as events made people who become refugees a figure in global politics over the course of the 20th century as part of Refugee Week at City Lit.
    Full fee £10.00 Senior fee £8.00 Concession £7.00
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  10. Full fee £429.00 Senior fee £343.00 Concession £279.00
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  11. Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £40.00
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  12. Influence of the Greek language on English
    Weekend
    Course start date:  Sat 21 Jun 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Maria Contos
    Did you know that the Oxford companion to the English language states that more than 150,000 words of English are derived from Greek, which is considered to have the richest vocabulary in the world?







    Join this lively workshop in the heart of London where you will be introduced to how Ancient Greek influenced the vocabulary of the English language.
    Full fee £29.00 Senior fee £29.00 Concession £29.00
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  13. Full fee £49.00 Senior fee £49.00 Concession £49.00
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  14. Demystifying Poetry
    Weekend
    Course start date:  Sat 21 Jun 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Whether you are new to poetry or an experienced reader of verse, this course will enable and enhance your enjoyment by exploring the techniques that poetry uses to affect our response and create meaning. Exploring rhythm and rhyme, voice, mood, imagery, language and allusions, we will focus on a diverse range of poetic examples to examine how this powerful form of literature works to create emotion and connection with the reader.
    Full fee £69.00 Senior fee £55.00 Concession £45.00
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  15. Spanish 3: one season, one painting: verano
    Weekend
    Course start date:  Sat 21 Jun 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    En estos talleres dedicados a las cuatro estaciones vamos a activar nuestros sentidos: vista, oido, olfato y gusto. Ven a practicar tu español mientras intercambiamos las sugestiones, impresiones y sentimientos que nos evoca una musica, un color o una pintura.







    Ideal for students who have done 3 or 4 years of Spanish, and are looking to practise more talking and listening skills, as well as develop their knowledge of art.
    Full fee £29.00 Senior fee £29.00 Concession £19.00
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