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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. Brazilian Portuguese film matinee
    Course start date:  Wed 10 Dec 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Óscar Salgado Suárez

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    The Brazilian Portuguese Film Matinee is a chance to find out more about Brazilian cinema in the college. The film will be presented by one of our wonderful Brazilian Portuguese tutors and there will be a discussion afterwards.

    The film we will be watching is the critically-acclaimed Aquarius, a 2016 co-production of Brazil and France, directed by Kleber Mendonça Filho and starring Sônia Braga;  

    Full fee £10.00 Senior fee £10.00 Concession £10.00
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  2. German beginners: module 1
    Course start date:  Wed 10 Dec 2025 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Anna Rioland

    Choose either an in-person course in the heart of London or live online sessions.This course aims to enable students to begin to communicate with some fluency in a range of everyday situations.The emphasis is on the practical use of German and the development of your speaking and listening skills. Based on chapters 1-4 of Willkommen (Hodder Arnold).

    Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £119.00 Concession £97.00
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  3. Italian film night
    Course start date:  Wed 10 Dec 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Francesco Bucciol

    With proceeds going to the City Lit Student Bursary, the Italian Film Night is a chance to round out the term with a fun movie night in the college. The film will be presented by Francesco Bucciol, head of the Classics department and our Italian GCSE and A Level tutor. Francesco will also lead a discussion (in Italian) about the film, but there is no obligation for you to speak Italian if you don't wish to. 

    For this term's Italian film night, we will be showing and discussing excerpts from a classic (perhaps THE classic) Italian film, La Dolce Vita. 

    Full fee £10.00 Senior fee £10.00 Concession £10.00
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  4. Full fee £14.00 Senior fee £11.00 Concession £9.00
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  5. Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £15.00 Concession £12.00
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  6. Film studies taster
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    Course start date:  Thu 11 Dec 2025 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Paul Sutton
    Learn how to evaluate and discuss films while enjoying a working example of a City Lit Film Studies class. In this class we will view and explore clips from a number of films, including popular remakes, enabling us to consider and compare themes and techniques from differing filmmaking countries. There will be a chance to review – in brief – film courses at City Lit (January - July 2026).
    Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £15.00 Concession £12.00
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  7. Try it out: jewellery making
    Course start date:  Thu 11 Dec 2025 (and 2 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Elizabeth Bone
    Ideal for beginners who want to give jewellery making a go. Come and join this short taster course introducing you to basic jewellery processes and techniques to enable you to make a simple piece of jewellery.
    Full fee £129.00 Senior fee £129.00 Concession £129.00
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  8. Great artists: David Munrow
    Course start date:  Thu 11 Dec 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Edward Breen
    Explore the life and works of David Munrow, one of the key performers of early music in the 1960s and 1970s.
    Full fee £29.00 Senior fee £29.00 Concession £29.00
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  9. Full fee £69.00 Senior fee £55.00 Concession £45.00
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  10. Music history bookclub: The Great Passion
    Last Few Places
    Course start date:  Fri 12 Dec 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Edward Breen

    The music history book club meets towards the end of each term to discuss novels and biographies with musical themes and references relevant to the music history programme. 

    Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £19.00 Concession £19.00
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  11. Lipreading taster session
    Course start date:  Fri 12 Dec 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Daryl Joyce
    This taster is suitable for total beginners and will give you an insight into how lipreading works and the opportunity to try out some fun exercises.

    This course will be taught in spoken English and not in sign language.

    See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.
    Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £19.00 Concession £19.00
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  12. Full fee £69.00 Senior fee £55.00 Concession £45.00
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  13. Full fee £99.00 Senior fee £99.00 Concession £69.00
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  14. Enhance your impact and presence
    Last Few Places, Weekend
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    Course start date:  Sat 13 Dec 2025 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Stephanie Lunn
    Discover how to enhance your vocal and physical impact and presence in many situations and become aware of habits that may hold you back, on this intensive weekend course.
    Full fee £139.00 Senior fee £139.00 Concession £97.00
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  15. Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £55.00
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