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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. Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £51.00
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  2. German Christmas carols
    Last Few Places
    Course start date:  Thu 4 Dec 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Gisela Meyer
    Do you love singing at Christmas? Join this workshop to learn and sing German Christmas carols.
    Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £19.00 Concession £19.00
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  3. Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £15.00 Concession £12.00
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  4. German intermediate x mas special 
    Course start date:  Tue 9 Dec 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Barbara Pöllet
    Come to this one off German intermediate x mas special in the heart of London.
    Full fee £39.00 Senior fee £39.00 Concession £39.00
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  5. German beginners: module 1
    Course start date:  Wed 10 Dec 2025 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Anna Rioland

    Choose either an in-person course in the heart of London or live online sessions.This course aims to enable students to begin to communicate with some fluency in a range of everyday situations.The emphasis is on the practical use of German and the development of your speaking and listening skills. Based on chapters 1-4 of Willkommen (Hodder Arnold).

    Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £119.00 Concession £97.00
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  6. German for opera lovers (intermediate and advanced) x mas special
    Course start date:  Thu 11 Dec 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Katja Parmar
    Come to this one off German for German opera lovers x mas special in the heart of London.
    Full fee £39.00 Senior fee £39.00 Concession £39.00
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  7. German advanced: Von Hirten und Engelschören - die Advents- und Weihnachtszeit in der deutschen Kunst
    Course start date:  Fri 12 Dec 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Annette Kossow
    Come to this one off German advanced x mas special in the heart of London.
    Full fee £39.00 Senior fee £39.00 Concession £39.00
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  8. Philosophy and memory
    Course start date:  Mon 5 Jan 2026

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Anita Kasabova
    What is memory? How does memory impact our sense of self and time? Why does memory often go wrong? If our memory is unreliable, can it provide knowledge of our personal past? How is memory registered in the body? What is collective memory? This course explores memory through philosophical and psychological lenses.
    Full fee £179.00 Senior fee £143.00 Concession £116.00
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  9. Philosophy reading group: Slavoj Zizek's The Sublime Object of Ideology
    Evening
    Course start date:  Mon 12 Jan 2026

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Christopher Horner
    Žižek’s The Sublime Object of Ideology is a cornerstone of contemporary critical theory. It combines Marxist critique, Lacanian psychoanalysis, and Hegelian dialectics to explore the ways ideology shapes our perception of reality and influences human behaviour.
    Full fee £259.00 Senior fee £259.00 Concession £168.00
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  10. Being in the world: Heidegger's philosophy
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    Course start date:  Mon 12 Jan 2026

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  John Goff
    “The being of 'being' is itself not a being”. Questioning the meaning of ‘Being’ lies at the root of Heidegger’s critique of the ‘crisis’ of Western culture that his philosophy sought to overcome.
    Full fee £309.00 Senior fee £247.00 Concession £201.00
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  11. The great philosophers
    Evening
    Course start date:  Mon 12 Jan 2026

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Karl White

    Explore the ideas of major philosophers from Plato to Sartre. How does Western philosophy differ from religion and science? What problems have the great philosophers tried to solve?
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    Full fee £309.00 Senior fee £309.00 Concession £201.00
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  12. Modern political philosophy: ideas and ideologies in the 21st century
    Course start date:  Mon 12 Jan 2026

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Christopher Horner
    What are the key philosophical ideas behind the issues and debates of today? This is an opportunity to explore in more depth the concepts and ideologies that are shaping the politics of the 21st century.
    Full fee £239.00 Senior fee £191.00 Concession £155.00
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  13. An introduction to the philosophy of mind
    Evening
    Course start date:  Tue 13 Jan 2026

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Ariel Kernberg
    The saying 'No Brain, No Pain' is hardly controversial. But is having an experience or—indeed—entertaining a thought nothing else than neural activity? In this course we will look at this and some related philosophical questions. NB There will be no class on 17/02/26.
    Full fee £279.00 Senior fee £279.00 Concession £181.00
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  14. German beginners intensive: module 1 + 2
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    Course start date:  Fri 16 Jan 2026 (and 4 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Barbara Pöllet

    Choose either an in-person course in the heart of London or live online sessions. Suitable for complete beginners. The emphasis is on the practical use of German and the development of your speaking and listening skills. Based on chapters 1-5 of Willkommen (Hodder Arnold). This course is a bit faster so that 3 modules can be covered in 2 terms. It is therefore essential to do a minimum of 1.5 hours homework a week.

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    Full fee £239.00 Senior fee £191.00 Concession £155.00
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  15. German pronunciation
    Evening
    Course start date:  Fri 16 Jan 2026

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Katja Parmar

    Master the sounds of German with a hands-on, phonetics-based approach to clear and confident pronunciation.

    Full fee £59.00 Senior fee £59.00 Concession £59.00
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