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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. Becoming confident on Outlook 365 (beginner)
    Course start date:  Wed 19 Nov 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Are you new to Outlook? Have you started using it but need more confidence? Working with emails and tasks is essential to almost every job and it can be easy to become overwhelmed by messages and information. This course will enable you to use the key features of Outlook including the do's and don'ts of sending and receiving emails, safely using and downloading attachments, adding signatures, creating folders to manage your emails, organising and using your calendar to keep on top of appointments, setting up reminders and creating task lists.



    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 £69.00 Senior fee £55.00 Concession £35.00
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  2. Full fee £129.00 Senior fee £103.00 Concession £84.00
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  3. Understanding the different political systems of the UK
    Course start date:  Thu 20 Nov 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Ian McGarvie
    Want to understand how the different political systems across the United Kingdom works? Join our tutor Ian McGarvie to explore!
    Full fee £129.00 Senior fee £103.00 Concession £84.00
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  4. Full fee £14.00 Senior fee £11.00 Concession £9.00
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  5. Sketching at the V&A
    Course start date:  Thu 20 Nov 2025 (and 2 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Off Site

    Tutors:  Amanda Bracken
    Exploring the pleasure and challenge of sketchbooks; learn and improve your drawing skills and 'ways of seeing' and understanding, working from a fascinating range of objects and artifacts in The Victoria and Albert Museum.
    Full fee £89.00 Senior fee £89.00 Concession £89.00
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  6. Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £19.00 Concession £12.00
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  7. Drawing and mindfulness: introduction
    Course start date:  Fri 21 Nov 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Clare Barton-Harvey

    Explore how mindfulness can enrich drawing and give you more creative freedom. This course offers a great introduction to mindful drawing or ways to explore it more deeply. A practical drawing course from observation, and the imagination.

    Full fee £209.00 Senior fee £167.00 Concession £136.00
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  8. An introduction to Japanese anime: history, genres and authors
    Weekend
    Course start date:  Sat 22 Nov 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Cristina Massaccesi
    What is anime? What are the artistic and narrative features that make these films so instantly recognizable? This one-day film course will provide an overview of the history of Japanese animation cinema, its inextricable links with manga and its multi-faceted and varied productions that range from children’s films to genres such as cyberpunk and yaoi. During the course, we will watch and discuss clips from a variety of production companies and directors, such as Miyazaki Hayao, Mushi Pro and Kon Satoshi.
    Full fee £69.00 Senior fee £55.00 Concession £45.00
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  9. Screen acting: intensive
    Weekend
    Course start date:  Sat 22 Nov 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Gary Grant
    This is a practical and intensive weekend course. Working in a friendly and supportive atmosphere, you'll explore and develop the key skills required for working on camera.
    Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £219.00 Concession £153.00
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  10. Realism and Genre: British Cinema in the 1960s
    Weekend
    Course start date:  Sat 22 Nov 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Jon Wisbey
    During the 1960s British cinema re-established itself as a leading producer of films, including realist dramas such as Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1960), and action and adventure fantasies with the highly popular James Bond films. This course explores these developments through a range of critical approaches and considers the way in which they contributed to a revitalised British cinema.
    Full fee £69.00 Senior fee £55.00 Concession £45.00
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  11. Create a short film on your smartphone
    Weekend
    Course start date:  Sat 22 Nov 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  David Kline
    The film making potential of smart phones and tablets have developed greatly over the last few years. Enjoy learning techniques for using them effectively to create short professional looking films for publishing online or for film festival submissions.
    Full fee £209.00 Senior fee £209.00 Concession £209.00
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  12. Full fee £89.00 Senior fee £89.00 Concession £89.00
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  13. Explore: Gel plate printing
    Weekend
    Course start date:  Sun 23 Nov 2025 (and 2 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    This one-day course is an introduction to Gel Plate Printing and will explore various techniques to mark-making and image creation. You will learn how this print technique can be used within your own Illustration and Graphic Design projects.

    Full fee £89.00 Senior fee £89.00 Concession £89.00
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  14. Full fee £59.00 Senior fee £59.00 Concession £59.00
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