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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. City Lit ceramics diploma: two-year course
    Course start date:  Thu 11 Sep 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Carina Ciscato, Chantal Condron, Brigit Connolly, Annie Turner
    The Ceramics diploma course is designed for people with previous experience in ceramics or other art related practice. This advanced ceramics course encourages your creative development through a sustained practice-based programme of in-depth ceramic study that covers the artistic, technical, theoretical, and historical contexts of ceramics. For your final exhibition you will have the opportunity to exhibit at an external venue and at the New Designers show at the Business Design Centre in Islington.







    Once you have submitted an application for the course, your suitability for the course will be assessed by interview. You will need to bring a portfolio of 2D and 3D/clay work alongside your sketchbooks. During the interview you will be asked to write a short paragraph to demonstrate your writing skills and to show your understanding of the use of numbers. Interviews for this course will take place on dates to be confirmed.







    NOTE: Course dates are: 11/09/25 - 25/06/27, Thursday and Friday 9.30am – 6.00pm, 36 weeks per year. The course fee indicated on this page covers both years of the course. Payment plans will be available, details of which are to be confirmed.
    Full fee £11,499.00 Senior fee £11,499.00 Concession £8,049.00
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  2. English language GCSE
    Evening
    Course start date:  Thu 11 Sep 2025 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Are you excited by the English language? Do you want to engage with fiction and non-fiction? Do you need to improve your writing and critical thinking across a range of topics and themes? An English Language GCSE is an essential qualification for anyone wanting to practise higher-order reading skills and use these to develop fluent and effective writing. It is one of the most commonly required qualifications by employers and universities, and will enhance your job and education prospects. This specification will ensure that you can read fluently and write effectively, demonstrate a confident control of Standard English and write grammatically correct sentences, deploying figurative language, and analyse texts.



    You need to do a pre-course assessment. Contact universal.skills@citylit.ac.uk / 020 4582 0423 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 for learners who have not achieved a GCSE grade C (4) and higher in English. For more information Click here

    Full fee £599.00
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  3. The men who built London
    Course start date:  Thu 11 Sep 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Eleanor Jackson
    London was shaped by its architects, engineers, bricklayers, navies etc. Our lecture and walks examine London’s buildings and the men (and women) who worked throughout history to create this eclectic and wonderful city.



    First lecture will be delivered via zoom followed by 8 guided walks. Break week/no class 09/10/25.
    Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £175.00 Concession £142.00
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  4. Weekend Study: A short History of Subcontinent (With British Museum Visit)
    Weekend
    Course start date:  Sat 13 Sep 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Ketan Varia

    The India subcontinent is unique in its heritage and history. It has lasted through invasion, political change and assimilation. It is home to the one of the world’s oldest civilizations, the Indus Valley. Join us on this 2-day study weekend to learn more. 

    Full fee £169.00 Senior fee £135.00 Concession £110.00
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  5. String ensemble
    Evening
    Course start date:  Tue 29 Apr 2025 (and 3 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Robert Puzey
    Come and play string repertoire in a friendly group, and develop your confidence in ensemble playing. Suitable for those who have been playing violin, viola, cello or double bass for at least two years, playing at Grade 3 standard or above. Please click the 'start interview' button to apply. This is to make sure we have a balanced array of instruments for our ensemble. Break week 27 May 2025.
    Full fee £179.00 Senior fee £179.00 Concession £125.00
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  6. Natural facelift: a CPD workshop
    Weekend
    Course start date:  Sat 13 Sep 2025

    Location on this date:  Kean Street Wellbeing Centre

    Tutors:  Mark Woollard
    This highly effective and popular massage can delay the visible signs of ageing, without the need for invasive surgery.
    Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £229.00 Concession £229.00
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  7. Phenomenology: an introduction
    Course start date:  Mon 15 Sep 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  John Goff
    Phenomenology, one of the most influential approaches in contemporary philosophy, asks: how do we constitute experienced reality? Following Husserl and Heidegger, phenomenologists try to understand what it means, if anything, to be in the world.
    Full fee £309.00 Senior fee £247.00 Concession £201.00
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  8. Music theory: diploma topics 1
    Course start date:  Mon 15 Sep 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Simon Rigby
    Explore the music theory topics equivalent in standard to the first year of an undergraduate degree. The topics in this module are selected from the Trinity Associate (AMusTCL) syllabus. You may use this course as part of your preparation for this exam, or just to develop your knowledge. This term: Musical skills. Break week 27th October 2025.
    Full fee £269.00 Senior fee £269.00 Concession £188.00
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  9. Comedy improvisation
    Evening
    Course start date:  Mon 15 Sep 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Mark Phoenix
    Have fun acting, with theatre games and character exercises. Build your confidence, meet new people while you will learn and practice the key techniques needed for performing improvised comedy scenes.
    Full fee £159.00 Senior fee £159.00 Concession £111.00
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  10. Spanish 3 lower taster
    Course start date:  Mon 15 Sep 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Come and discover what a lower Intermediate Spanish class feels like.



    This course is suitable if you have studied Spanish for about 3 years recently.
    Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £19.00 Concession £19.00
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  11. Piano/keyboards 5A
    Course start date:  Mon 15 Sep 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Simon Atkins
    For pianists with around four years' experience. Improve your finger technique, coordination, phrasing, music



    reading, and your confidence.
    Full fee £239.00 Senior fee £191.00 Concession £167.00
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  12. Tap dance: improvers
    Evening
    Course start date:  Mon 28 Apr 2025 (and 5 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Jacqueline Pert
    Practice and improve your basic Tap skills and increase your vocabulary of steps and sequences. Gain a greater understanding of rhythm, tempo and syncopation. Suitable for students of all ages with good general fitness. Tap shoes are essential.
    Full fee £189.00 Senior fee £189.00 Concession £132.00
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  13. Full fee £249.00 Senior fee £249.00 Concession £125.00
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  14. Full fee £259.00 Senior fee £259.00 Concession £130.00
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  15. Full fee £249.00 Senior fee £199.00 Concession £174.00
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