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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. Physics: from particles to the universe and beyond
    Evening
    Course start date:  Mon 6 Oct 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Gary Retallick
    Explore fundamental aspects of physics such as the nature of light, matter and energy and the physical laws governing our universe. Learn about the revolutionary discoveries of the world around us.
    Full fee £179.00 Senior fee £179.00 Concession £116.00
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  2. Full fee £449.00 Senior fee £359.00 Concession £292.00
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  3. Argonautica: reading group (in translation) module 1
    Evening
    Course start date:  Tue 7 Oct 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Nikoletta Manioti
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    Full fee £159.00 Senior fee £159.00 Concession £103.00
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  4. Chinese 4: module 1
    Evening
    Course start date:  Wed 8 Oct 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Fei Wang
    You will consolidate your knowledge of grammar and vocabulary and will work towards achieving better fluency at an intermediate level. You will develop your competence in reading Chinese characters. Suitable if you have studied Chinese for 5-6 years part time or have an equivalent level.
    Full fee £239.00 Senior fee £239.00 Concession £155.00
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  5. French DELF B2
    Evening
    Course start date:  Wed 8 Oct 2025 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Pierre Porcheron
    This online course will prepare you for the exam of the 'Diplôme d'études en langue française' (DELF), B2 level, in June 2026. Suitable if you have studied French for about four to five years. Ideal if you would like to live, study or work in France.

    Please note that exam fees are not included in the advertised fees. The course can be paid in instalments.

    Term dates:

    Term 1: 08/10/2025 - 10/12/2025
    Term 2: 14/01/2026 - 01/04/2026
    Term 3: 22/04/2026 - 10/06/2026


    There will be a minimum of two mock exams per term.
    Full fee £649.00 Senior fee £649.00 Concession £422.00
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  6. Spanish preparation for DELE B2
    Evening
    Course start date:  Wed 8 Oct 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Prepare for the 'Diploma de Español como Lengua Extranjera B2'. The course does not include exam fees and each learner will be responsible for their own enrolment in the exam. Please note that you should have studied Spanish for about 5 years or have an equivalent level.







    Please do not buy the book until after the first session, as if you transfer to another course, you will use a different book.
    Full fee £649.00 Senior fee £649.00 Concession £422.00
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  7. Extended drawing for artists and makers
    Evening
    Course start date:  Wed 8 Oct 2025 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Annie Attridge, Clare Barton-Harvey, Ruth Brison, Tony Hull, Claire Hynds, Monika Kita, Ute Kreyman, Mario Lautier Vella, Faith Vincent
    A multi-disciplinary course that will help broaden your skills and experience. Record, imagine, visualise, transform,



    narrate and develop through a series of practical projects. This exciting course is designed to help you place drawing at the centre of your chosen artistic discipline.



    This course requires a pre-enrolment application. Please click 'Start Assessment' on the right-hand side of this page to start your application.
    Full fee £1,649.00 Senior fee £1,319.00 Concession £1,154.00
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    93% of 100
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  8. An introduction to art history
    Evening
    Course start date:  Wed 8 Oct 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Thomas Balfe
    Art history is much more than decoding secrets and symbols. It is about critical thinking and empathy, understanding how an artwork reflects an artist’s interpretation of their world, and what it says to you about our world now. This course is designed to build your confidence in understanding visual art of the Western tradition. It is designed for both the absolute beginner and those with some existing art historical knowledge.
    Full fee £259.00 Senior fee £259.00 Concession £168.00
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  9. Angela Carter: ‘A Different Kind of Human Being’ -
    Evening
    Course start date:  Wed 8 Oct 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Fiona McCulloch
    This course will introduce and discuss the fiction of renowned author, Angela Carter, specifically focusing upon one novel and one short story. Carter wanted her writing to ‘demythologise the fictions that regulate our lives’, to explore how society narrates us into being and holds us there. In doing so, she offers us a chance to read and, ultimately, release ourselves through her work, as we come to understand the relationship between fiction and reality. For Carter, both of these – fiction and reality – are two sides of the same coin.
    Full fee £129.00 Senior fee £129.00 Concession £84.00
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  10. Advanced printmaking: practice and discourse
    Course start date:  Wed 8 Oct 2025

    Location on this date:  Blended (learn both online and in-person)

    Tutors:  Claire Hynds
    This year-long advanced course is aimed at artist-printmakers who wish to develop a sustainable personal practice through the medium of print. With the support of expert tutors, you will be guided through experimental, practice-based research and developmental tasks that challenge your preconceptions of print media including etching, screen-printing, lithography and relief. You will eventually focus on a longer project that encourage both a personal enquiry and the development of an individual methodology. The course involves theoretical, contextual and practical components.
    Full fee £2,099.00 Senior fee £1,679.00 Concession £1,469.00
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  11. Russian 4: art and culture
    Evening
    Course start date:  Wed 8 Oct 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Eugeniya Clark
    Suitable if you have completed Russian at Level 3, Level 4 or above. Learn Russian through this culturally immersive language course with the focus on Russian art. The emphasis is on developing listening and speaking skills. There will be some writing assignments too.
    Full fee £159.00 Senior fee £159.00 Concession £103.00
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  12. Spanish preparation for DELE B1
    Evening
    Course start date:  Thu 9 Oct 2025 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Amaia Ibargüen
    Prepare for the 'Diploma de Español como Lengua Extranjera B1'. The course does not include exam fees and each learner will be responsible for their own enrolment in the exam. Please note that you should have studied Spanish for about three years or have an equivalent level.







    Please do not buy the book until after the first session, as if you transfer to another course, you will use a different book.
    Full fee £649.00 Senior fee £649.00 Concession £422.00
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  13. Italian intermediate revision
    Evening
    Course start date:  Thu 9 Oct 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Rosanna Carlà
    An evening revision course for learners who have done about three years of Italian and who wish to brush up on the grammar covered so far. If you feel like you could do with another look at some key grammar points, perhaps from a different angle, this course should get you feeling more confident about your grasp of Italian grammar.
    Full fee £159.00 Senior fee £103.00 Concession £159.00
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  14. Russian 3: conversation
    Evening
    Course start date:  Thu 9 Oct 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Alla Young
    Revise, consolidate and improve your listening and speaking skills on this lively course, which will help you communicate more confidently in Russian.
    Full fee £119.00 Senior fee £119.00 Concession £119.00
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  15. Full fee £209.00 Senior fee £167.00 Concession £136.00
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