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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 – Entrepreneurship and Business
    Course start date:  Wed 18 Jun 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Ketan Varia
    Join us to explores the impact of refugees on businesses in the UK, highlighting both the challenges and opportunities they bring to the economy as part of Refugee Week at City Lit.
    Full fee £10.00 Senior fee £8.00 Concession £7.00
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  2. Friday lates: Text as image from the Renaissance to now
    Last Few Places, Evening
    Course start date:  Fri 20 Jun 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Sarah Jaffray
    What happens when word becomes image? From Chinese calligraphy to the prints of Francisco Goya, the graffitied phrases of Jean-Michel Basquiat and truisms of Jenny Holzer, this short course explores how to read text as image. We'll explore how we might read differently in the context of an artwork and how to approach artworks that rely on text as part of their visual composition.
    Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £19.00 Concession £12.00
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  3. Refugee Week at City Lit: political refugees and exiles in Latin America during the Cold War
    Evening
    Course start date:  Fri 20 Jun 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Maria Vasquez-Aguilar

    Join this session to understand how political refugees and exiles are central to understanding Latin America during the Cold War, and their arrival to the UK. This course is part of City Lit’s Refugee Week events.

    Full fee £10.00 Senior fee £10.00 Concession £7.00
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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. Spanish 4/5 Ibiza: la cara oculta de la Isla Mágica
    Weekend
    Course start date:  Sat 21 Jun 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Vanesa Guzman
    Redescubre la isla de Ibiza en este curso que te hará conocer su lado más oculto, fuera de su imagen de isla de fiesta y de la Jet set. En este curso que te prepara para el verano, aprenderás más sobre los aspectos culturales menos conocidos de una de las islas más famosas del mundo; y tal vez te ayudará a mirarla con ojos nuevos.







    Este curso es para estudiantes con nivel avanzado de español (si has estudiado español al menos durante 5 años).







    This course will be delivered online in Spanish. It is open to students with an advanced level of Spanish and native speakers. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in the course details for more information.



    This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.
    Full fee £29.00 Senior fee £29.00 Concession £29.00
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  6. Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £40.00
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  7. Pilates: Foam Roller Workshop
    Weekend
    Course start date:  Sat 28 Jun 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Caroline Ings-Chambers
    The foam roller is a convenient and versatile piece of equipment for mobilising and toning the whole body. By the end of this workshop, you will have the basic skills to exercise effectively using a foam roller.
    Full fee £59.00 Senior fee £59.00 Concession £59.00
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  8. Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £40.00
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  9. An Introduction to 21st century British drama and society
    Evening
    Course start date:  Mon 30 Jun 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    This online course offers an introduction to the concept of the 21st century British dramatist as a social observer, enabling a deeper understanding of how playwrights can illuminate and comment on social issues. Join us to find out how playwrights Polly Stenham, Jez Butterworth and Phillip Ralph have interrogated a variety of societal ills including a miscarriage of justice, dependency issues, class and the façade of contentment amongst the upwardly mobile.
    Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £19.00 Concession £12.00
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  10. Full fee £10.00 Senior fee £10.00 Concession £10.00
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  11. Tuesday talks: Emily Kam Kngwarray
    Course start date:  Tue 1 Jul 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Arjmand Aziz
    In July 2025 a major solo exhibition of Emily Kam Kngwarray, considered to be one of Australia’s greatest artists, will be held at Tate Modern. This course aims to introduce British audiences to the oeuvre of this remarkable artist.
    Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £15.00 Concession £12.00
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  12. Full fee £10.00 Senior fee £10.00 Concession £10.00
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  13. Art in England transformed: the court of Charles I
    Course start date:  Wed 2 Jul 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    The art collection of King Charles I (1600-1649) was magnificent and hugely influential. Explore the artists, craftsmen, agents and connoisseurs who shaped one of the most important European art collections and learn about how objects and artists from across Europe made their way to London.

    Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £15.00 Concession £12.00
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  14. Edvard Munch: beyond the Scream
    Course start date:  Fri 4 Jul 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    This session on Edvard Munch aims to give a fuller picture of the Norwegian artist’s creative legacy. To do so we will shed light on lesser-known works and aspects of his career. Munch’s art will appear immensely personal, and biographical, but also deeply connected to the cultural context in fin-de-siecle Europe.

    Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £15.00 Concession £12.00
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  15. Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £40.00
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