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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. Spanish 3: jump into year 3 lower
    Course start date:  Mon 15 Sep 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Natalia Fajardo Ilaja
    This intensive course is suitable if you have studied Spanish for about 3 years in the past and would like to join our 'Spanish 3 lower' courses. You will review any language points necessary to join the level 3 lower in this one-week revision course and feel ready for 'Spanish 3 lower: module 1' starting in September.
    Full fee £139.00 Senior fee £111.00 Concession £90.00
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  2. Full fee £249.00 Senior fee £199.00 Concession £174.00
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  3. Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £119.00 Concession £104.00
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  4. Full fee £3,099.00 Senior fee £2,479.00 Concession £2,014.00
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  5. Discover North London through walks
    Course start date:  Mon 15 Sep 2025

    Location on this date:  Off Site

    Tutors:  Diane Burstein

    Discover the history of North London via guided walks. Great views, green spaces , places of worship, almshouses, plaques to famous people ,some lesser known museums, lots of hidden history and a couple of famous football stadiums will all feature..

    Full fee £269.00 Senior fee £215.00 Concession £175.00
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  6. Full fee £249.00 Senior fee £199.00 Concession £174.00
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  7. Exploring the music of Richard Strauss
    Course start date:  Tue 16 Sep 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Katy Hamilton

    From the heady waltzes of Der Rosenkavalier to the awe-inspiring opening of Also sprach Zarathrustra, come and delve into the life and works of the brilliant – and controversial – composer and conductor, Richard Strauss.

    Full fee £269.00 Senior fee £215.00 Concession £188.00
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  8. Lipreading and managing hearing loss: advanced
    Evening
    Course start date:  Tue 16 Sep 2025 (and 2 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Adam Gurney
    Develop your lipreading skills and strategies for face-to-face communication and keep up-to-date with relevant equipment and services. This course is suitable if you have completed a lipreading class at improvers' level.







    This course will be taught in spoken English and not in sign language.
    Full fee £399.00 Senior fee £399.00 Concession £200.00
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  9. Full fee £499.00 Senior fee £399.00 Concession £324.00
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  10. Piano/keyboards 4A
    Course start date:  Tue 16 Sep 2025 (and 2 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Edward Henderson
    For pianists with around three years' experience. Improve your finger technique, coordination, phrasing, music



    reading, and your confidence.
    Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £175.00 Concession £153.00
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  11. Jazz harmony, ear training and ensembles: intermediate
    Course start date:  Tue 16 Sep 2025 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Cerys Hogg
    Develop your jazz musicianship, repertoire, playing and improvising. Practise ear training, study jazz harmony, learn challenging repertoire. For players with established jazz education at foundation level. Assessment for entry to this course can be arranged when you apply to music@citylit.ac.uk. Break week: 28th October.
    Full fee £479.00 Senior fee £479.00 Concession £335.00
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  12. Full fee £349.00 Senior fee £349.00 Concession £244.00
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  13. Lunchtime lecture: Understanding Abstraction
    Course start date:  Tue 16 Sep 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Sarah Jaffray
    Learn the common reasons for abstraction in art, across time and culture. From the Byzantine icon to the Igbo figurine, from Young Sook Park to Mark Rothko, we’ll think about how abstraction is more common in the history of art than is typically thought. Explore ways into thinking about and experiencing abstract art.
    Full fee £14.00 Senior fee £11.00 Concession £9.00
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  14. London at Leisure: Three Great Squares
    Course start date:  Tue 16 Sep 2025

    Location on this date:  Off Site

    Tutors:  Eleanor Jackson
    Too often we rush around without looking, this course takes time to examine 3 of London’s most famous Squares in depth. A gentle walk allows us to explore these London landmarks at our leisure.
    Full fee £89.00 Senior fee £71.00 Concession £58.00
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  15. Listening to the 20th century 1
    Course start date:  Tue 16 Sep 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Edward Henderson
    Using Alex Ross’s 'The Rest is Noise' as a guide, we'll investigate art music in the first half of the 20th century. This module covers Mahler’s last symphonies, fin de siècle Paris and the Ballet Russes, and Expressionism and the Second Viennese School. Break week: 28 October 2025.
    Full fee £269.00 Senior fee £215.00 Concession £188.00
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