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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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- Join RED January & Decathlon: Introducing a Game-Changing Workplace Wellbeing InitiativeCourse start date: Thu 10 Oct 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Join RED January, Decathlon and some exciting guests as they reveal and explore their new workplace wellbeing initiative. RED January has raised millions for mental health causes, and inspired communities to embrace regular physical activity, helping to decrease inactivity levels and boost people’s mental health, wellbeing and quality of life.Full fee £0.00 - Reflecting and writing about musical memoriesCourse start date: Thu 10 Oct 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Edward BreenWrite a favourite musical memory in this workshop. Articulate the feeling of joy or happiness you get from a particular music track.Full fee £5.00 Senior fee £5.00 Concession £5.00 - City Lit Mental Wealth Festival: mosaics taster workshopCourse start date: Thu 10 Oct 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Vanessa BensonJoin us for this introduction to the world of mosaics. Working with mosaics can be a mindful activity for many of our learners. The repetitive sequences of shaping and placing the tiles to form the final composition can be a meditative process that can help to focus and calm the mind. This session is part of the 2024 Mental Wealth Festival hosted by City Lit and partners.Full fee £5.00 Senior fee £5.00 Concession £5.00 - An Evening with Sir Grayson Perry
Course start date: Thu 10 Oct 2024Location on this date: Keeley Street
An exclusive evening with renowned artist and City Lit Fellow Sir Grayson Perry. Headlining this year’s Mental Wealth Festival, he will discuss the fascinating intersection between art, creativity and mental health. This will be followed by a drinks reception in the City Lit Gallery, which offers a unique opportunity to meet and interact with the artist personally. This event is a fundraiser, with all proceeds going towards the City Lit student bursary.Full fee £50.00 Senior fee £50.00 Concession £50.00 - Working parents: Simple coaching strategies for success at work and homeCourse start date: Thu 10 Oct 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Working mother and business coach Rachel Morris shares her expertise about the transition working people navigate when they become parents. She will be sharing her insight about the needs people have before a child arrives in their lives, after the arrival of a child and the phase when they re-enter to the workplace as a ‘working parent’.Full fee £5.00 Senior fee £5.00 Concession £5.00 - Ballet for the mind and bodyCourse start date: Thu 10 Oct 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Martin WimpressBesides the joy that comes with dance, the benefits of dancing to your mental health and wellbeing are well documented. Dance and movement can improve confidence, heart health, balance, strength, and memory, and serve as a healthy mode of emotional expression.Full fee £5.00 Senior fee £5.00 Concession £5.00 - Celebrate in songCourse start date: Thu 10 Oct 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Trish ShawCelebrate in song in this fun session, learning how to unleash your singing voice.Full fee £5.00 Senior fee £5.00 Concession £5.00 - DrummingCourse start date: Thu 10 Oct 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Paul ChiversA fun session in which you will explore different playing techniques and sounds on the various types of drums, exercising the body, mind and ears.Full fee £5.00 Senior fee £5.00 Concession £5.00 - US Election Countdown: 3 weeks outCourse start date: Thu 17 Oct 2024
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Mark MalcomsonAs we approach the most important US Election in modern times, we will explore what is happening nationally and also on a state-by-state basis. We will reference election history to give context to give and understanding of what is going on and hopefully give an idea of how things might evolve.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £19.00 Concession £12.00 - Masters of cinema: Wes AndersonCourse start date: Thu 17 Oct 2024
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Graham Rinaldi“I have a way of filming things and staging them and designing sets. There were times when I thought I should change my approach but in fact, this is what I like to do. It’s sort of like my handwriting as a movie director.” Explore the signature style and adventurous cinema of Wes Anderson from coming of age films through stop motion animation to comedy dramas.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £49.00 Senior fee £49.00 Concession £32.00 - French beginners: taster Course start date: Thu 9 Jan 2025 (and 6 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Valerie JézéquelGet a flavour of French and its basic sentence structure. Learn some useful phrases and some pronunciation guidelines. A fascinating introduction for complete beginners and those who might like to take it further.Full fee £10.00 Senior fee £10.00 Concession £10.00 - ESOL, digital skills and maths - for life and work (entry 2-entry 3) Course start date: Thu 24 Oct 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Are you quite confident about your everyday English? Can you have some short conversations and read and write simple emails? Can you go shopping, talk about simple subjects, and write a letter? But do you make quite a lot mistakes? Is it difficult to speak, read or write about more complicated topics? This course will help you learn more vocabulary and grammar so you can talk, read and write about more interesting everyday things and make fewer mistakes. Your will practise your speaking, listening, reading and writing so you can understand people better, talk about most daily topics, read a simple news story, and write a long email or letter. You will also improve your maths and the English you need to do maths such as for simple calculations with money and using percentages.
You need to do a pre-course assessment. Contact universal.skills@citylit.ac.uk / 020 8078 0489 for a face-to-face assessment or click the Start Assessment button on this page. Log on with your email address (not name).
Free course: This is a Multiply course. Multiply is a new government programme to help adults improve their numeracy skills. This course is free for Londoners aged 19 or over. For more information Click here
Full fee £0.00 - Lunchtime lecture: Vanitas, a matter of life and death Course start date: Thu 31 Oct 2024
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Sarah JaffrayExplore the concept of vanitas in works of art from across time and place. Vanitas as a subject, an idea, helps us consider the temporary beauty of our world. Join us for a new perspective on an old subject.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £10.00 Senior fee £10.00 Concession £7.00 - US Election Countdown: one week outCourse start date: Thu 31 Oct 2024
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Mark MalcomsonAs we approach the most important US Election in modern times, we will explore what is happening nationally and also on a state-by-state basis. We will reference election history to give context to give and understanding of what is going on and hopefully give an idea of how things might evolve.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £19.00 Concession £12.00 - US Election: The ResultCourse start date: Thu 7 Nov 2024
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Mark MalcomsonTwo days after the election, we will explore what has happened and see where things stand. Analysing the results on a state by state basis will give us an idea of how the Democrats and Republicans have done both in terms of the Presidency and Congress.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £19.00 Concession £12.00
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