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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. Acting for radio: Theatre Company
    Last Few Places
    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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  2. Economics for beginners: capitalism and technology
    Course start date:  Fri 20 Jun 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Vina Theodorakopoulou
    Explore the fundamentals of capitalism and technology in this beginner-friendly course, understanding their impact on modern economics through engaging discussions and practical examples.
    Full fee £59.00 Senior fee £59.00 Concession £59.00
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  3. Improve your speaking voice
    Evening
    Course start date:  Fri 6 Jun 2025 (and 4 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Jonny Black
    Come and improve your vocal skills through voice production and speech exercises. Learn about self presentation, develop spontaneity and gain greater confidence by improving your communication skills in the workplace.
    Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £149.00 Concession £104.00
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  4. Spanish 3/4: grammar workshop - prepositions
    Weekend
    Course start date:  Sat 21 Jun 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Roser Martínez-Sánchez
    Consolida los diferentes usos de las preposiciones, incluyendo la diferencia entre "por" y "para" a través de actividades escritas y orales. Este curso es ideal para estudiantes de Spanish 3 lower/upper o si te estás preparando para el A-level or DELE B1 exam.
    Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £19.00 Concession £12.00
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  5. Influence of the Greek language on English
    Last Few Places, 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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  6. Demystifying Poetry
    Weekend
    Course start date:  Sat 21 Jun 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Linda Grant
    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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  7. Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £40.00
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  8. International Monetary Fund (IMF): Friend or Foe?
    Weekend
    Course start date:  Sat 21 Jun 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Tariq Hassan
    After more than 75 years since the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the world’s lender of last resort, made its first loan, the effects of its policies in general and lending practices in particular remain contested.
    Full fee £69.00 Senior fee £69.00 Concession £45.00
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  9. Full fee £289.00 Senior fee £231.00 Concession £188.00
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  10. Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £149.00 Concession £75.00
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  11. Face mapping: taster workshop
    Course start date:  Tue 24 Jun 2025 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Kean Street Wellbeing Centre

    Come along and join this fun workshop about Face mapping- it is a technique that associates different parts of the face with various internal health conditions. It is based on the idea that our skin reflects what is happening internally in our bodies!

    Full fee £49.00 Senior fee £49.00 Concession £49.00
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  12. Arts of Imperial China
    Course start date:  Tue 24 Jun 2025 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Meitao Qu
    Explore the arts of imperial China spanning across 13 dynasties and 2000 years. Study how painting, sculpture, and architecture were deeply shaped by its richly diverse culture, philosophy, and religion.
    Full fee £119.00 Senior fee £95.00 Concession £77.00
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  13. Women artists of the Renaissance: Sofonisba Anguissola and Lavinia Fontana
    Course start date:  Tue 24 Jun 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Elisa Stafferini

    An introduction to the life, art and career of Italian Renaissance artists Sofonisba Anguissola and Lavinia Fontana. We’ll explore notions of artistic identity and the distinct challenges faced by woman artists in a male-dominated art world. 

    Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £15.00 Concession £12.00
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  14. Van Eyck and the Pre-Raphaelites
    Last Few Places
    Course start date:  Wed 25 Jun 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Emma Rose Barber
    Explore the work of Van Eyck in relation to Holman Hunt and the Pre-Raphaelites more generally; consider how this 15th century painter influenced artists some 300 years later.
    Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £15.00 Concession £12.00
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  15. Full fee £49.00 Senior fee £49.00 Concession £49.00
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