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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. Return to French (lower intermediate)
    Evening
    Course start date:  Thu 22 May 2025 (and 5 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Silvana Avram
    Revise and consolidate your speaking and listening skills, as well as your grammar. Suitable if you have completed completed 2-3 years of study in the past.
    Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £149.00 Concession £97.00
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  2. Economics with Vince Cable: a global tour of politicians who changed the narrative on economics
    Course start date:  Wed 21 May 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Join Dr Vince Cable, former minister and party leader of the Liberal Democrats, to learn more about key politicians who changed the global narrative on economics.
    Full fee £119.00 Senior fee £95.00 Concession £77.00
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  3. Full fee £319.00 Senior fee £255.00 Concession £207.00
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  4. Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £183.00 Concession £149.00
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  5. Citta' di mare
    Course start date:  Wed 9 Jul 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Roberto Minardi
    Esploreremo alcune delle città portuali italiani più importanti (Ancona, Bari, Genova, Napoli, Palermo, Trieste) cercando di comprenderne l’importanza storica, culturale e lo spirito che le caratterizza.
    Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £63.00 Concession £51.00
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  6. Full fee £169.00 Senior fee £169.00 Concession £169.00
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  7. Global Literatures: Han Kang & Elif Shafak
    Course start date:  Wed 16 Jul 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Join us for an exploration of the ways we experience global literatures of our time. Inter-generational memory is the focus of two prize-winning novels, The Vegetarian (2007) by Han Kang and The Island of Missing Trees (2021) by Elif Shafak. Unearthing the painful truths of history in the context of culturally/politically divided Korea and Cyprus, the authors deal delicately, and brutally, with love, the environment, patriarchy, resistance and the metamorphosis of the female body.
    Full fee £49.00 Senior fee £39.00 Concession £32.00
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  8. Full fee £299.00 Senior fee £299.00 Concession £209.00
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  9. Sing opera workshop
    Course start date:  Wed 23 Jul 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Trevor Alexander
    A lively short workshop class for singers with some solo experience: employ your vocal technique in a more flexible and artistic way and deepen your understanding of critical evaluation of singing. This workshop will have a focus on Operatic repertoire and the techniques required for this demanding genre.
    Full fee £99.00 Senior fee £99.00 Concession £69.00
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  10. Classical singing workshop: summer
    Course start date:  Wed 23 Jul 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Trevor Alexander
    A lively short workshop class for singers with some solo experience: employ your vocal technique in a more flexible and artistic way and deepen your understanding of critical evaluation of singing.
    Full fee £99.00 Senior fee £99.00 Concession £69.00
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  11. Full fee £389.00 Senior fee £311.00 Concession £253.00
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  12. Dynamic stretching(clothed): a CPD workshop
    Course start date:  Wed 17 Sep 2025

    Location on this date:  Kean Street Wellbeing Centre

    Tutors:  Alex Brennan
    Learn effective stretching techniques which can be done with client fully clothed, to improve mobility and release deep seated muscle tension.
    Full fee £239.00 Senior fee £239.00 Concession £239.00
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  13. Full fee £239.00 Senior fee £191.00 Concession £155.00
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  14. 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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  15. German advanced: Konversation und Grammatik
    Course start date:  Wed 1 Oct 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Barbara Pöllet
    Practise your German in the heart of London. This is an advanced fortnightly in person German course.
    Dieser Kurs bietet von allem etwas: Lesetexte zu aktuellen Themen,Videoausschnitte, Deutschland heute, andere deutschsprachige Länder, Diskussion, und etwas Grammatik zur Auffrischung!
    Full fee £59.00 Senior fee £47.00 Concession £38.00
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