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All our courses here at City Lit are taught by expert tutors such as published authors, academics, practising artists, and experienced professionals. Our friendly, supportive, and inspiring tutors are here to boost your confidence and motivate you at every step. We always ensure that your journey with us is enjoyable, positive, and thought-provoking.
We offer online courses and in-person courses. Our interactive online courses are taught live and in small groups. Read our guide to online learning for more information. In-person courses are delivered at our modern college campus in London near Covent Garden.
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If you can't decide which subject to study, why not try some of our short taster courses?
- Comedy improvisation
Course start date: Mon 16 Sep 2024 (and 1 other date)Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Mark PhoenixHave 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 £149.00 Senior fee £149.00 Concession £104.00 - Writing for magazines Course start date: Mon 16 Sep 2024 (and 5 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Alice RobbGet inspired to write on this practical course for freelance journalists and bloggers. Learn to carry out research, interview people, pitch and publish stories, and build your presence on social media.Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £149.00 Concession £75.00 - How to read a film: a beginners' guide to cinema Course start date: Tue 17 Sep 2024 (and 3 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Paul SuttonThis course will develop your critical appreciation of the cinema by teaching you how to read and understand film texts. We will look at the elements that underpin film form – narrative, mise en scène, cinematography, editing and sound – alongside its historical development. We will consider film style by exploring classical, post-classical and art cinema and we will examine influential critical modes of analysis, such as genre, authorship and spectatorship.Full fee £129.00 Senior fee £129.00 Concession £84.00 - Ways into creative writing: intensive Course start date: Wed 18 Sep 2024 (and 11 other dates)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Claire CollisonNot sure whether creative writing is for you? Give it a try on one of these fun and supportive short courses covering the basics of fiction and poetry. Increase your confidence and produce work through guided exercises and discussion.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £149.00 Concession £75.00 - The art of negotiatingCourse start date: Wed 18 Sep 2024 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Gavin IllsleyNegotiation is a communication skill essential in solving problems and reaching your goals. Learn to prepare well and to feel confident using logical and emotional tools to achieve great outcomes in the art of negotiating. This course will be delivered in the college. - German beginners: module 1 Course start date: Mon 23 Sep 2024 (and 5 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Tim MatschakLearn German in the heart of London.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).
We offer one hour online or in person tasters in German on Monday 9th or Tuesday 10th September. Please check the details by using the following course codes in Search on the top of this page: LGT1, LGT2, LGT6 or LGT7.Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £183.00 Concession £149.00 - Ways into creative writing: a gentle pace Course start date: Fri 27 Sep 2024 (and 4 other dates)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Claire CollisonAre you brand new to creative writing? Do you want to build your confidence in a supportive environment alongside other beginners? This gentle short-course guides students taking their first steps on the path to becoming a creative writer.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £149.00 Concession £75.00 - Using your voice for audio books and talking newspapersCourse start date: Mon 14 Oct 2024 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: David ThorpeWould you like to narrate audio books? Are you interested in community work such as talking newspapers for the blind? Explore vocal skills and techniques required in these areas and identify what style works for you. This course will be delivered online.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £149.00 Concession £104.00 - Improvisation Course start date: Mon 28 Oct 2024 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Mark PhoenixEnrich and develop your skills in this improvisation course. Working in a safe and supportive atmosphere, you will learn and practice the key techniques needed for performing effective improvisations.Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £149.00 Concession £104.00 - Introduction to journalism Course start date: Mon 4 Nov 2024 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Allis MossOn this course students will explore the basic skills a freelance journalist needs to write and sell news and features to newspapers and magazines. From developing ideas and identifying outlets to interview skills and approaching editors.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £149.00 Concession £75.00 - Presenting on the spotCourse start date: Mon 4 Nov 2024 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Stephanie LunnLearn key vocal techniques and public speaking strategies that will support you when you need to give a memorable impromptu presentation or speech with gravitas and confidence. This course will be delivered in the college.Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £149.00 Concession £104.00 - 20th & 21st Century Black British LiteratureCourse start date: Mon 4 Nov 2024
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Rebecca BalfourthExplore some important names in Black British Literature – from Booker-winning novelist Bernadine Evaristo to T.S. Eliot Award-winning poet Roger Robinson, through to new and exciting work by Okechukwu Nzelu, who was longlisted for the 2023 Jhalak Prize, and non-fiction by Zadie Smith. Read, analyse and discuss this literature in context to earlier examples of writing by Black people in Britain, including pioneering feminist, poet, playwright, and broadcaster Una Marson and novelist and short fiction writer, Sam Selvon.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £119.00 Senior fee £119.00 Concession £77.00 - Art and architecture of ancient IndiaCourse start date: Mon 13 Jan 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Arjmand AhmadIndia's three indigenous religions - Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism - have given rise to one of the oldest artistic civilisations in the world. - Starting your novel: intensive Course start date: Mon 20 Jan 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Sarah LeipcigerGot a great idea for a novel? Jump start your project in this supportive, intensive course that covers craft basics such as character and plot. For fiction writers with some experience, and for those comfortable working at a fast pace.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information. - Writing an academic essay
Course start date: Tue 21 Jan 2025 (and 1 other date)Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Sinead KeeganA crash course in essay writing – beginnings, middles and ends. Suitable for students on A level and access courses or undergraduates.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £109.00 Senior fee £109.00 Concession £55.00
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