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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. Exploring classical music 3
    Course start date:  Thu 15 Jan 2026 (and 2 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Neil Luck
    Do you want to know more about Western classical music? Explore selected topics and key works in Romantic and modern music on this informative 10-week course. Ideal for people with no specialist knowledge. NB: Break week 19 Feb 2026.
    Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £175.00 Concession £153.00
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  2. Use your voice assertively (online)
    Weekend
    Course start date:  Sat 17 Jan 2026

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Allis Moss
    Do you want to sound more confident, grounded, self-assured and assertive? Improve your vocal skills through a series of exercises that will support you to become more vocally confident, expressive and dynamic without appearing arrogant. This course will be delivered online.
    Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £199.00 Concession £139.00
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  3. Full fee £159.00 Senior fee £159.00 Concession £80.00
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  4. Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £149.00 Concession £75.00
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  5. Art and environment in Ice Age Europe
    Course start date:  Thu 22 Jan 2026

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Simone Chisena
    Discover the artistic treasures of our most remote past, when our ancestors in the Ice Age created beautiful cave paintings and astounding sculpted works.
    Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £119.00 Concession £97.00
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  6. Communicating effectively at work (online)
    Evening
    Course start date:  Thu 22 Jan 2026

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Jonathan Mulquin
    How skilfully do you manage the impression you make on people both in person and in online meetings and interviews? Develop your personal effectiveness by looking at voice and body language, assertiveness, sensitive listening, interviewing techniques and communication skills for business meetings. This course will be taught online.
    Full fee £159.00 Senior fee £159.00 Concession £111.00
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  7. Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £40.00
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  8. Counselling skills for recently qualified speech and language therapists
    Course start date:  Wed 11 Feb 2026

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Vivien Grant-Jones
    Develop and practise a range of essential core counselling skills to help you work with emotional issues you will encounter as an SLT. You will receive feedback and learn through experience and reflective practice. This course is suitable for recently qualified therapists as well as therapists in training.
    Full fee £129.00 Senior fee £129.00 Concession £129.00
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  9. Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £40.00
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  10. Debating: beginners (online)
    Evening
    Course start date:  Mon 16 Feb 2026

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Gavin Illsley
    Debating requires the ability to speak English persuasively in public and, crucially, to respond rapidly to other people’s objections to what you say. We will cover the theory and practice of debating, and you will progress quickly in areas of content, strategy and style. A great mental workout. This course will be taught online.
    Full fee £139.00 Senior fee £139.00 Concession £97.00
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  11. Full fee £159.00 Senior fee £159.00 Concession £80.00
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  12. Drawing and mindfulness: the imagination
    Evening
    Course start date:  Thu 5 Mar 2026

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Clare Barton-Harvey

    Discover the enriching relationship of mindfulness and the imagination, whilst exploring a range of methods for stimulating and connecting to what inspires you.  This course offers an introduction to mindful drawing, as well as a context to explore it more deeply through the imagination.

    Full fee £209.00 Senior fee £167.00 Concession £136.00
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  13. Drawing and mindfulness: modern and contemporary nature
    Course start date:  Fri 6 Mar 2026

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Clare Barton-Harvey

    Explore how mindfulness can enrich the process of drawing, as we discover a range of modern and contemporary approached to drawing from nature. This course offers a great introduction to mindful drawing, or a way to explore it more deeply in the context of this theme.

    Full fee £209.00 Senior fee £167.00 Concession £136.00
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  14. Drawing and mindfulness: the art of seeing
    Weekend
    Course start date:  Sat 28 Mar 2026

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Clare Barton-Harvey

    Explore drawing and mindfulness and how the two combined can support new ways of seeing and relating to drawing. ‘The true journey of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having fresh eyes’ Marcel Proust.

    Full fee £89.00 Senior fee £89.00 Concession £89.00
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  15. London photography walk: River Thames
    Evening
    Course start date:  Wed 1 Apr 2026

    Location on this date:  Off Site

    Tutors:  Michael Harding
    Explore and discover London through photography walks around locations rich in photographic potential.
    The walks revolve around photographing views along the River Thames, from the Aldwych area eastwards to the City, from London Bridge to the Southbank and from Westminster to the newly developed Nine Elms area. Bring your own camera and comfortable walking shoes as you capture places, spaces, objects and people.
    Full fee £159.00 Senior fee £127.00 Concession £103.00
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