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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. First steps in reading and writing
    Course start date:  Thu 8 May 2025 (and 3 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Blended (learn both online and in-person)

    Do you need help with reading and writing English? Can you write the letters of the alphabet or do you need to practise? Do you need to improve your spelling? Can you use numbers and count up to 100 or do you need help? On this course you will learn how to write individual letters, spell whole words, write simple sentences, read whole words, read simple sentences and understand notices. You will become confident in your speaking. And you will also practise the maths you need for everyday life so you can shop, use money and measure things correctly.



    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 £179.00 Senior fee £143.00 Concession £90.00
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  2. Italian beginners: module 1
    Evening
    Course start date:  Tue 6 May 2025 (and 15 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Veronica De Felice

    With its rich culture and history and its incredible landscapes and architecture, there are countless reasons to learn Italian. Whether you wish to learn Italian in order to make your visits to Italy more enjoyable, or because you'd like to speak with family and friends in their native language, this course will provide the groundwork for you to begin your journey towards fluency. Our emphasis is on speaking and listening skills so that you can start communicating quickly in Italian. Once you've completed this course you can continue with 'Italian beginners: module 2.’

    Learn to speak Italian on this intensive evening class. Taught in Italian, the emphasis is on developing your speaking and listening skills. Each lesson is a bit longer than our standard lesson time, so you'll cover the same ground as you would in a standard beginners course, but you'll do so in fewer weeks. Based on Nuovo Espresso 1 (Alma Edizioni).
    Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £229.00 Concession £115.00
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  3. Spanish beginners: module 1
    Evening
    Course start date:  Mon 28 Apr 2025 (and 19 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Keylor Murillo Moya
    Learn to speak Spanish on this lively, communicative course for complete beginners. Taught in Spanish with the emphasis on developing your listening and speaking skills.







    Based on Units 1-3 of Nos Vemos Hoy 1 Compacto; publisher: Campus Difusión (please see the relevant section for the ISBN)







    Please do not buy the book until after the first class as if you transfer to another level, you may use a different book.
    Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £219.00 Concession £142.00
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  4. Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £219.00 Concession £142.00
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  5. Spanish 3/4: revisit and consolidate
    Course start date:  Tue 15 Jul 2025

    Location on this date:  Blended (learn both online and in-person)

    Tutors:  Óscar Salgado Suárez
    Practise your intermediate spoken Spanish and develop your language skills in these topical discussion classes. Suitable if you have recently studied Spanish for at least four years or equivalent.
    Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £149.00 Concession £97.00
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  6. Spanish beginners: revision
    Course start date:  Mon 21 Jul 2025 (and 3 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Analía Tolone

    Revise and consolidate your speaking and listening skills, as well as your grammar. Suitable if you have completed 'Spanish 1: module 3' or have an equivalent knowledge of the language (one year's study).

    Please see the How will I be taught? section below for details on your chosen course's format and mode of delivery.

    Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £149.00 Concession £97.00
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  7. City of words: London's literary landscape
    Course start date:  Thu 11 Sep 2025

    Location on this date:  Blended (learn both online and in-person)

    Tutors:  Eleanor Jackson
    London has been muse, magnet and mecca to writers for 400 years, home to Shakespeare's successes, Dickens' dramas and Wilde's witticisms. After an introductory lecture (via zoom) we walk a different London neighbourhood each week exploring its literary connections.Break week/No class: 09/10/25. Initial lecture is on zoom . This is followed by 7 guided walks.
    Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £175.00 Concession £142.00
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  8. Full fee £189.00 Senior fee £189.00 Concession £132.00
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  9. Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphs: an introduction for beginners
    Evening
    Course start date:  Fri 19 Sep 2025

    Location on this date:  The British Museum

    This four-week course delves into the written words and thoughts of the ancient Egyptians. Students will gain a foundation in the iconic writing of hieroglyphs, putting their newfound skills into practice by reading original texts from British Museum artefacts. This is a truly fascinating and intricate language, and it offers its readers the ability to understand the lost voices of one of history’s most remarkable civilisations. The class will be held at the British Museum.
    Full fee £139.00 Senior fee £111.00 Concession £90.00
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  10. German 2 : short stories
    Course start date:  Wed 1 Oct 2025

    Location on this date:  Blended (learn both online and in-person)

    Tutors:  Barbara Pöllet
    This is a lower intermediate course in which you will be focusing on your reading comprehension. Note that this course will be alternating between online and in person at Keeley Street. Your first session will be in Keeley Street.
    Full fee £99.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £64.00
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  11. Return to German (lower intermediate)
    Evening
    Course start date:  Mon 28 Apr 2025 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Anna Rioland
    Learn German in this online course. An intermediate course, suitable if you have completed 'German 2 lower' or studied the language for approximately two years. The emphasis is on developing your speaking skills. Based on Berliner Platz 2 NEU 1. Teil, chapters 16–18. A2.2.
    Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £199.00 Concession £129.00
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  12. Advanced painting: practice and discourse
    Course start date:  Mon 6 Oct 2025

    Location on this date:  Blended (learn both online and in-person)

    Tutors:  Clare Barton-Harvey, Michael Harding, Stuart Jones, Mario Lautier Vella, Joe Richardson, Benjamin Senior, Ian Tucknott
    Develop your painting in greater depth on this advanced course, working with a team of artist-tutors and a committed network of peer-practitioners, across a set of projects focusing on a range of contemporary themes, processes, and debates. The course is intended for experienced painters with a positive and enquiring attitude to the practices and discourses of painting in its various forms, and a commitment to peer-dialogue and critical discussion. Focused and intensive studio-based weekend projects (once per month), are interspersed with weekly online tutorials, feedback, discussion and seminars.
    Full fee £2,649.00 Senior fee £2,119.00 Concession £1,854.00
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  13. Contemporary practice: personal project
    Course start date:  Tue 7 Oct 2025

    Location on this date:  Blended (learn both online and in-person)

    Tutors:  Ian Tucknott
    On this course you will develop your creativity, your personal artistic understanding, and a body of contemporary art work at an advanced level through the experimental exploration of a personal project. The course is facilitated by practicing artists and theorists, who will support you through guided critical and creative research, experimental workshops, critical studies, studio practice and tutorials.
    Full fee £2,399.00 Senior fee £1,919.00 Concession £1,679.00
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  14. Advanced printmaking: practice and discourse
    Course start date:  Wed 8 Oct 2025

    Location on this date:  Blended (learn both online and in-person)

    Tutors:  Claire Hynds
    This year-long advanced course is aimed at artist-printmakers who wish to develop a sustainable personal practice through the medium of print. With the support of expert tutors, you will be guided through experimental, practice-based research and developmental tasks that challenge your preconceptions of print media including etching, screen-printing, lithography and relief. You will eventually focus on a longer project that encourage both a personal enquiry and the development of an individual methodology. The course involves theoretical, contextual and practical components.
    Full fee £2,099.00 Senior fee £1,679.00 Concession £1,469.00
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  15. Lipreading teacher training course
    Course start date:  Fri 18 Oct 2024 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Blended (learn both online and in-person)

    Tutors:  Anita Thornton
    Part-time 19 days spread over 10 lecture blocks







    This course will be a mixed delivery mode. Students will attend City Lit, Covent Garden, London for some of the teaching blocks and access some of the blocks online.







    You will attend lecture and teaching practice blocks on the following dates.



    2024: October 18th/19th November 15th/16th December 13th/14th



    2025: January 10th/11th February 7th/8th March 7th/8th



    April 4th/5th May 9th May 16th/17th June 13th/14th







    If combined with a teaching qualification such as our GT105 Award in Education and Training, this will qualify you to teach Lipreading in the Further Education sector.







    You cannot enrol online for this course. Please contact us at lipreading@citylit.ac.uk to request an application form.
    Full fee £2,599.00 Senior fee £2,599.00 Concession £2,599.00
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