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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. Chinese 2 lower: module 3
    Course start date:  Mon 12 May 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Ting Poon
    Continue improving your Chinese Mandarin in the heart of London on this lively classroom-based course with the emphasis on speaking and listening. Suitable if you have been studying Chinese 2 lower: module 2 for a year and a half or have an equivalent level.
    Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £229.00 Concession £149.00
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  2. Full fee £249.00 Senior fee £249.00 Concession £162.00
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  3. Biblical Hebrew 3: module 3
    Evening
    Course start date:  Mon 12 May 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Rachel Montagu

    Further your knowledge of Hebrew grammar and develop your ability to translate from the Bible. Suitable for those who have completed Level 2: modules 1 and 2 at City Lit or have an equivalent knowledge.

    Full fee £159.00 Senior fee £159.00 Concession £103.00
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  4. Workplace communication skills: how to get a better job (ESOL entry 3-level 1)
    Course start date:  Mon 12 May 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Are you looking for a new or better job? Do you feel nervous in interviews? Would you like to learn the English you need to impress an employer? This course will help you with the language you need to do well in interviews, to feel calm and relaxed. You will work on predicting the types of questions an employer will ask you and you will practise answering them. You will work on your pronunciation including stress and you will role play different situations that take place in an interview.



    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).



    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 £49.00 Senior fee £39.00 Concession £25.00
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  5. Korean 3 upper: module 3
    Last Few Places, Evening
    Course start date:  Mon 12 May 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Jaeran Won
    Continue your study of Korean in this lively online year 3 course. Improve your speaking and listening skills while further developing your understanding of Korean grammar.
    Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £199.00 Concession £129.00
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  6. Spanish 2 lower: module 2
    Evening
    Course start date:  Mon 12 May 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Gracia Chinchilla
    Continue improving your elementary Spanish on this communicative course, taught in Spanish with the emphasis on speaking and listening. Suitable if you have completed 'Spanish 2 lower: module 1' or equivalent. Based on units 6-10 of 'Ele Actual A2 (libro del alumno)' and exercise book (SM Publishers).







    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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  7. Global encounters: Europe and the Ottoman Empire, 1100-1700
    Course start date:  Tue 13 May 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Vanessa King
    The Turks entered European consciousness in 1071 when they captured the Byzantine emperor at the Battle of Manzikert. So began centuries of uneasy co-existence between Christians and Muslims on the fringes of Europe.
    Full fee £169.00 Senior fee £135.00 Concession £110.00
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  8. London in Writing
    Evening
    Course start date:  Tue 13 May 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Kate Wilkinson
    Come and explore London in writing! On this course we’ll study fiction and non-fiction texts about London. Contemporary perspectives on the city include two recent novels: Happiness by Aminatta Forna and Light Perpetual by Frances Spufford.
    Full fee £119.00 Senior fee £119.00 Concession £77.00
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  9. Contemporary Middle-Eastern politics
    Course start date:  Wed 14 May 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Nomaan Hanif
    The Middle East remains the global hotbed of conflict and instability where religion still plays a dominant role in the life and politics of society. This course will aim through a combination of teaching and participant discussion to provide some historical perspective and connect, evaluate and understand contemporary geopolitics, diplomacy and events in the region. Tutor: Noman Hanif.
    Full fee £249.00 Senior fee £199.00 Concession £162.00
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  10. A Social History of England in 12 Objects: From the Tudors to the Victorians
    Course start date:  Fri 16 May 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Vanessa King
    What do Henry VIII’s rosary and the Golden Boy of Pye Corner tell us about Tudor and Stuart England? Study these and other items to build a comprehensive picture of social life in England over four centuries.
    Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £159.00 Concession £129.00
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  11. Full fee £159.00 Senior fee £127.00 Concession £103.00
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  12. The Iliad reading group (in translation)
    Course start date:  Wed 14 May 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Justin Murray
    Come and explore Homer's great epic tale in translation.
    Full fee £129.00 Senior fee £129.00 Concession £84.00
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  13. An introduction to stained glass at the V&A
    Course start date:  Thu 5 Jun 2025

    Location on this date:  Off Site

    Tutors:  Andreas Petzold
    Stained glass has been described as the most original and important medium in the high Middle Ages. The Victoria and Albert Museum has one of the finest and most comprehensive collections of stained glass in the world, spanning the twelfth century to the modern period. The course will provide an introduction to this medium and the collection of it in the Victoria and Albert Museum.
    Full fee £69.00 Senior fee £55.00 Concession £45.00
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  14. Arts and Crafts of Hampstead Garden Suburb: a guided walk
    Course start date:  Mon 16 Jun 2025

    Location on this date:  Off Site

    Tutors:  Marilyn Greene
    The walk traces the early history and developments of Hampstead Garden Suburb and includes the Heath Extension, Central Square- designed by Edwin Lutyens, and the original Artisans quarter designed from 1907 by Parker and Unwin. Starts outside the main entrance to Golders Green Tube station and ends at Temple Fortune on the Finchley Road.
    Full fee £29.00 Senior fee £23.00 Concession £19.00
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  15. Art Deco London walk
    Course start date:  Thu 19 Jun 2025

    Location on this date:  Off Site

    Tutors:  Diane Burstein
    Travel back to the 1930s to explore the Art Deco style that influenced a variety of designs, from radios and cutlery to places related to travel, entertainment and commerce. In addition to looking at the architecture of the period, your guide will tell stories of life in London from the time these buildings were being erected.



    Meeting outside St James’s Park tube station (Broadway exit) and finishing at the coach station. Meeting outside St James’s Park tube station (Broadway exit) and finishing at the coach station.
    Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £15.00 Concession £12.00
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