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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. Global History Friday Late: From Feudal Isolation to a Modern Nation-State: an introduction to Japan’s Meiji Restoration period (1868 – 1889)
    Evening
    Course start date:  Fri 26 Sep 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Dale Mineshima-Lowe

    Join Dr. Dale Mineshima-Lowe for a brief introductory history of Japan’s Meiji Restoration period (1868-1889) - an important turning point that helped to shape modern Japan. 

    Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £19.00 Concession £12.00
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  2. Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £19.00 Concession £19.00
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  3. Cornish advanced: module 1
    Evening
    Course start date:  Fri 26 Sep 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Jo P'Rhys
    Develop your advanced Cornish conversation and discussion.Suitable for anyone who has studied Cornish for several years and wants to improve their oral skills.



    Over two years, the course prepares those wishing to take the 4th grade (final grade) of the Cornish Language Board examinations.
    Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £149.00 Concession £97.00
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  4. Latin 4 upper: module 1
    Evening
    Course start date:  Mon 29 Sep 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Justin Murray
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    Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £219.00 Concession £142.00
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  5. Nineteenth century French fiction
    Evening
    Course start date:  Mon 29 Sep 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Megan Beech
    Passion, marriage, crime, class, and murder: these are just some of the key issues at play in the three exhilarating French novels we will discuss in this online course. Focusing on George Sand’s Indiana (1832), Balzac’s Père Goriot (1835) and Zola’s Thérèse Raquin (1868), we’ll explore French literary style and the influence of serialisation on sensation fiction and these author’s depictions of social class, romance, and realism.
    Full fee £179.00 Senior fee £179.00 Concession £116.00
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  6. Ancient Greek 3: module 3
    Evening
    Course start date:  Wed 7 May 2025 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Hugo Cook

    Suitable if you have completed Ancient Greek 3: module 2 or have an equivalent knowledge. Further your knowledge of grammatical structures and vocabulary so that you can read more complex Ancient Greek prose.

    Full fee £69.00 Senior fee £69.00 Concession £45.00
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  7. Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £229.00 Concession £149.00
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  8. Biblical Hebrew advanced: module 1
    Evening
    Course start date:  Mon 29 Sep 2025 (and 4 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Rachel Montagu

    In this advanced course, you will deepen your knowledge of Hebrew grammar and further develop your ability to translate from the Bible.

    Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £219.00 Concession £142.00
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  9. French 4: conversation
    Evening
    Course start date:  Tue 30 Sep 2025 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Valerie Jézéquel
    Venez discuter d'une diversité de sujets dans ce cours vivant et créatif qui vous aidera à renforcer vos compétences orales.
    Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £229.00 Concession £149.00
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  10. Full fee £109.00 Senior fee £109.00 Concession £109.00
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  11. Spanish A level
    Evening
    Course start date:  Tue 30 Sep 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    A demanding course preparing you for the A-level exam (Edexcel). You will need to have studied Spanish for about four years or have an equivalent level to join this course (B2).



    At the end of this course, you will sit an exam and, if successful, will gain a nationally recognised qualification. Exam costs are included in the fee and are not refundable.







    **City Lit is an adult education college, so we are only able to accept candidates who are aged 19 or over.







    This course will be delivered online. Please see the "How will I be taught" section for term dates. A mock exam will take place in on 28/02/2026 at our Covent Garden college. You will therefore need to make sure that you make the necessary arrangements so that you can attend in person on that date.







    The official exams will also take place at our Covent Garden college during the months of May and June 2026.
    Full fee £1,349.00 Senior fee £1,349.00 Concession £1,349.00
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  12. Full fee £209.00 Senior fee £209.00 Concession £136.00
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  13. Solitude in fiction and memoir
    Evening
    Course start date:  Tue 30 Sep 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Kate Wilkinson
    This online literature course explores representations of solitude in recent fiction and memoir. Reading twentieth- and twenty-first-century texts, we’ll consider experiences of solitude across rural and urban settings, from remote islands to crowded cities. How is solitude shaped by places, culture, gender, age and technology?
    Full fee £179.00 Senior fee £179.00 Concession £116.00
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  14. French A level
    Evening
    Course start date:  Tue 30 Sep 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    An opportunity to gain an A-level qualification in one year. You will study topics on the society, history and culture of contemporary France and will develop relevant exam skills. Suitable if you have studied French for about five years. The course fee includes non-refundable exam costs payable in advance and is payable in instalments.







    This course will be delivered online. However, a mock exam will take place on a Saturday in February 2026 (date TBC) at our central London college. You will therefore need to make sure that you make the necessary arrangements so that you can attend on that date.







    The official exams will also take place at our Covent Garden college during the months of May and June (exact dates to be confirmed).







    * Please note that, subject to government guidance, we might need to implement a contingency plan to be followed in the event of exam cancellations.







    Term 1: 30/09/2025 - 09/12/2025



    Term 2: 13/01/2026 - 31/03/2026



    Term 3: 21/04/2026 - 16/06/2026.
    Full fee £1,349.00 Senior fee £1,349.00 Concession £935.00
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  15. Comedy writing and performing: taster
    Evening
    Course start date:  Tue 30 Sep 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Alan Nixon
    Explore your comedy writing and performance potential under the guidance of an Emmy-award winning comedy producer/director. Alan Nixon shares an introduction to the skills behind creating powerful comedy using classic and modern techniques.
    Full fee £39.00 Senior fee £39.00 Concession £39.00
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