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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. Develop your confidence in writing: grammar, punctuation, expression (level 1-2)
    Last Few Places
    Course start date:  Fri 2 May 2025 (and 2 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Would you like to be more confident in the way you write whether emails or reports at work or messages to friends? Do you want to work on how you form sentences, understand grammar and use punctuation so your writing is more creative? Do you want to learn how to create meaning in your writing?. This course will help you be more secure in your professional, academic or creative writing skills and help you improve some of your weak areas around forming and punctuating sentences with appropriate grammatical form. You will develop your confidence in the most essential areas of writing including different sentence structures, writing paragraphs, using punctuation effectively, using active and passive voices and proofreading.



    You need to do a pre-course assessment. Contact universal.skills@citylit.ac.uk / 020 8078 0489 for a face-to-face assessment or click the Start Assessment button on this page. Log on with your email address (not name).



    This course is FREE if you are employed and on a low wage or you are claiming benefits. For more information Click here

    Full fee £179.00 Senior fee £143.00 Concession £90.00
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  2. Village London
    Course start date:  Wed 30 Apr 2025 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Off Site

    Tutors:  Hazel Baker
    London is made up of a series of villages, each with its own individual characteristics. Explore Spitalfields



    Shoreditch, Finsbury, Clerkenwell, Islington, Soho, Fitzrovia and Mayfair on these 8 guided walks.
    Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £159.00 Concession £129.00
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  3. Full fee £159.00 Senior fee £127.00 Concession £103.00
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  4. Full fee £169.00 Senior fee £135.00 Concession £110.00
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  5. Ways of reading: aspects of narrative theory
    Course start date:  Fri 16 May 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Jenny Stevens
    What do we mean by ‘literary fiction’? What expectations do we bring to the novels we read? Do we really ‘escape’ when we enter fictional worlds? These are just some of the questions addressed in a course which focuses on the analysis of prose fiction. Reading texts as short as one-sentence ‘flash fiction’ to complete short stories, it engages with writing from a wide range of periods and authors, paying close attention to narrative techniques and their effects.
    Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £159.00 Concession £129.00
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  6. Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £159.00 Concession £139.00
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  7. Philosophy and cinema
    Course start date:  Fri 30 May 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    We explore the intersection of film and philosophy, engaging with the works of influential thinkers and film makers. Together, we discover how cinema opens new possibilities to examine enduring philosophical questions concerning the mind, reality, identity, and ideology.
    Full fee £169.00 Senior fee £135.00 Concession £110.00
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  8. Business administration: getting ready for level 3 certificate in IT user skills - ICDL Advanced (intermediate)
    Course start date:  Tue 10 Jun 2025 (and 2 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Hybrid (choose either online or in-person)

    Are you wanting to complete the Level 3 Certificate in IT User Skills (ICDL Advanced)? If so, it is an important commitment. You are strongly advised to complete this short course to get you ready for the qualification and to d make sure Level 3 is the right one for you. This course will ensure you make the most of your ICDL Level 3 course and have the skills to achieve the qualification once you start.



    This course is FREE if you are employed and on a low wage or you are claiming benefits. For more information Click here

    Full fee £159.00 Senior fee £127.00 Concession £80.00
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  9. 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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  10. Chess for pre-intermediates: develop your game
    Course start date:  Fri 19 Sep 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  David Rowson
    This course is for people who are familiar with the basics of chess and are beginning to develop their understanding of the game, but who need help and practice navigating its rich complexity. It is suitable for those who already have the skills listed in section 4 below, but who may not have done a chess course before. It is also an ideal follow-on course for those who have completed City Lit’s Chess for Improvers courses, but who feel they need more practice before moving on to our intermediate level courses.
    Full fee £179.00 Senior fee £143.00 Concession £116.00
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  11. Full fee £179.00 Senior fee £143.00 Concession £125.00
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  12. Get Fit for Winter
    Course start date:  Fri 26 Sep 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Caroline Ings-Chambers
    This total body conditioning course aims to boost your stamina and energise your fitness levels.
    Full fee £179.00 Senior fee £143.00 Concession £125.00
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  13. Spanish 4/5 historia del arte español: module 2
    Course start date:  Fri 17 Oct 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Anna Riera Mora

    Ven a descubrir la Historia del arte español a traves de las galerias de arte de Londres en este segundo módulo que explorará los périodos artísticos del Romanticismo al expresionismo abstracto durante 6 sesiones y una visita final a la Tate Modern Gallery.

    Ideal para estudiantes de nivel 4 o 5, o que han estudiado español por 5 años (los participantes deben tener las habilidades necesarias para debatir activamente en clase usando el español).
    No es necesario tener conocimientos previos de historia del arte. Durante el curso estudiaremos tambien el vocabulario necesario para entender articulos sobre arte y para valorar obras de arte.

    Full fee £159.00 Senior fee £127.00 Concession £103.00
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  14. Global arts of Africa
    Course start date:  Fri 24 Oct 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Thomas Balfe
    This course introduces major forms of African art in their regional and global contexts. It studies classical traditions of carving, metal casting, architecture and textile arts as well as twentieth-century and contemporary developments, including the work of photographers and conceptual artists.
    Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £159.00 Concession £129.00
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