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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. City Lit evening reading group
    Evening
    Course start date:  Mon 22 Sep 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Claire Allen
    Share thoughts and ideas about what you are reading, with books chosen by the group. Please come to the first session with suggestions (contemporary literary fiction in paperback) and having read 'The Wren, The Wren' by Anne Enright. We meet on the following dates: 22/9, 20/10, 24/11, 12/1, 16/2, 16/3, 11/5, 8/6, 6/7.
    Full fee £189.00 Senior fee £189.00 Concession £123.00
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  2. Literary Science
    Course start date:  Mon 22 Sep 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Julian Birkett
    From the theory of evolution to quantum physics and artificial intelligence, modern science has upended our understanding of the world and our place in it. How have writers of fiction responded to these radical changes?



    We consider a range of fiction, including Frankenstein by Mary shelley, Angles and Insects by AS Byatt, Copenhagen by Michael Frayn and Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro.
    Full fee £259.00 Senior fee £207.00 Concession £168.00
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  3. Inclusive choir (for people with learning disabilities)
    Course start date:  Mon 22 Sep 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Improve your vocal ability. Compose original group vocal pieces. Listen to music from different parts of the world. Perform to an audience.
    Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £219.00 Concession £219.00
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  4. Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £219.00 Concession £142.00
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  5. Full fee £159.00 Senior fee £159.00 Concession £80.00
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  6. Medieval London
    Course start date:  Tue 23 Sep 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Mike Berlin
    This course explores the forces that shaped London between the coming of the Normans and the age of



    the Tudors.
    Full fee £259.00 Senior fee £207.00 Concession £168.00
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  7. Touch typing and keyboard skills
    Evening
    Course start date:  Tue 23 Sep 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Do you need to learn to type quickly and efficiently? Are you working or do you want to work in administration? Learn how to type with correct finger placement without looking at the keyboard. Build your speed with practice and speed tests. No previous experience required.



    This course is FREE if you are employed and on a low wage or you are claiming benefits. For more information Click here

    Full fee £189.00 Senior fee £151.00 Concession £95.00
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  8. Victorian Visions
    Course start date:  Tue 23 Sep 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Julian Birkett
    “It was the best of times…it was the worst of times.”



    How did the Victorians see the world? They lived through one of the most dramatic periods in our history – and their literature reflects that. Victorian Visions looks at a wide variety of themes in Victorian culture: from the city to the home, from dreams to nightmares, from faith to doubt, from moralism to decadence, from ideology to empire.
    Full fee £259.00 Senior fee £207.00 Concession £168.00
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  9. British Literature of the 1930s: Brits Abroad
    Evening
    Course start date:  Tue 23 Sep 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Lewis Ward
    On this in-college literature course we will explore what some of the most significant British authors of the period did and thought on their travels, real and imagined, in the decade leading up to World War II. Authors include Graham Greene, Christopher Isherwood, Jean Rhys and George Orwell.
    Full fee £179.00 Senior fee £179.00 Concession £116.00
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  10. Spanish beginners: module 3
    Evening
    Course start date:  Mon 28 Apr 2025 (and 3 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Online

    Continue learning to speak Spanish on this lively, communicative course for near beginners. Taught in Spanish with the emphasis on developing your listening and speaking skills.







    Based on units 7 and 9 of Nos Vemos Hoy 1 Compacto (Publisher: Difusión). Please see the relevant section below for the ISBN.







    Please do not buy the book until after the first session, as if you transfer to another level you might use a different book.
    Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £219.00 Concession £142.00
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  11. Full fee £239.00 Senior fee £239.00 Concession £120.00
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  12. Korean beginners: module 1
    Evening
    Course start date:  Tue 23 Sep 2025 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Jaeran Won
    Learn Korean on this lively online course and develop your speaking and listening skills in these communicative classes, which emphasise the practical use of the language. Suitable for complete beginners.
    Full fee £239.00 Senior fee £239.00 Concession £155.00
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  13. Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £199.00 Concession £129.00
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  14. Italian beginners at a gentle pace: module 1
    Course start date:  Tue 23 Sep 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Maria Fontana
    Do you want to start learning Italian but worry that you might not be able to keep up? Our Italian at a gentle pace courses are designed to cover the same material as our standard Italian courses, but at a slightly slower pace, and with more opportunities for revision built in.
    Full fee £249.00 Senior fee £199.00 Concession £162.00
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  15. Full fee £369.00 Senior fee £295.00 Concession £240.00
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