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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 £129.00 Senior fee £103.00 Concession £84.00
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  3. Introduction to machine learning
    Evening
    Course start date:  Wed 28 May 2025 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Hybrid (choose either online or in-person)

    Tutors:  Kathryn Coldham
    One of the great advances in technology is that machines can learn without humans teaching them explicit rules – e.g. letting machines train on samples of speech allows Siri to recognise your commands. Machine learning is a large part of artificial intelligence, and a mystery to most of us. This practical course teaches you how to program learning algorithms in Python. We will cover fundamentals of classification, natural language processing, financial predictions and much more. You will learn elements of data mining, how to choose a learning algorithm, and how to tweak parameters of the algorithm. We will briefly cover the theory behind the algorithms, so some maths knowledge is useful, but not required. To enrol, you must have experience with Python or a similar programming language, e.g. have taken City Lit’s Introduction to Python or Introduction to R programming course.
    Full fee £289.00 Senior fee £231.00 Concession £188.00
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  6. Full fee £249.00 Senior fee £199.00 Concession £162.00
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  8. Full fee £129.00 Senior fee £103.00 Concession £84.00
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  9. Full fee £59.00 Senior fee £47.00 Concession £38.00
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  10. Full fee £129.00 Senior fee £103.00 Concession £84.00
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  12. Full fee £549.00 Senior fee £549.00 Concession £549.00
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  13. Create and promote your brand using Canva
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    Course start date:  Sat 2 Aug 2025 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Byron Johnson-Brown
    In this 6-hour workshop, master Canva to create and promote a standout brand identity. Perfect for entrepreneurs, small business owners, or personal branding, you’ll learn to design impactful marketing materials and social media content for platforms like Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn.
    Full fee £129.00 Senior fee £103.00 Concession £84.00
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  14. Business administration: using Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Access in the office (intermediate-level 2)
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    Course start date:  Sat 31 May 2025 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Hybrid (choose either online or in-person)

    Do you want to learn the digital skills needed for office and administration work? On this course, you will focus on completing the keys tasks required to be a business administrator. You will learn how to produce high quality and well-presented documents such as minutes, formal letters and flyers using Word. You will develop your skills in producing presentations with PowerPoint that are visually appealing, modern and effective. You will also work in depth on how to use Excel and Access for data handling, processing and analysing, including how to enter and edit data, arrange and present it effectively, make calculations and highlights data trends.



    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 £389.00 Senior fee £272.00 Concession £195.00
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