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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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  2. Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £183.00 Concession £149.00
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  4. Screen printing in a day
    Weekend
    Course start date:  Sun 6 Jul 2025 (and 4 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Adam Hogarth
    In this fun, 1-day workshop you will be taught how to print and register a two colour screenprint using monoprint, colour blends and pre-made photographic screens. You will be taught some basic screen making process and insight into making digital artwork. This will set you up for longer and more advanced screenprinting classes.
    Full fee £129.00 Senior fee £129.00 Concession £129.00
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  5. French 2: revision course
    Evening
    Course start date:  Tue 8 Jul 2025 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Pierre Porcheron
    Revise and consolidate your lower intermediate French speaking and listening skills. Suitable if you have recently studied French for two to three years.
    Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £149.00 Concession £97.00
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  6. Full fee £369.00 Senior fee £295.00 Concession £240.00
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  7. Return to French (lower intermediate)
    Evening
    Course start date:  Wed 2 Jul 2025 (and 7 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Silvana Avram
    Revise and consolidate your speaking and listening skills, as well as your grammar. Suitable if you have completed completed 2-3 years of study in the past.
    Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £149.00 Concession £97.00
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  8. Full fee £129.00 Senior fee £129.00 Concession £129.00
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  9. Piano/keyboards 3A
    Evening
    Course start date:  Mon 15 Sep 2025 (and 3 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Jonathan Wilson
    This fourth year of our piano programme begins with repertoire of a grade 2 standard. Improve your hand co-ordination, musical phrasing, reading and finger technique, and improve your confidence.
    Full fee £239.00 Senior fee £239.00 Concession £167.00
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  10. Piano/keyboards 2A
    Evening
    Course start date:  Mon 15 Sep 2025 (and 2 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Cheslav Singh
    This third year of our piano programme begins with repertoire of a grade 1 standard. Improve your technique, fluency of reading and playing, and exploring more complex rhythm patterns. Break weeks: no lesssons on bank holiday mondays (6, 27 May 2024).
    Full fee £239.00 Senior fee £239.00 Concession £167.00
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  11. Dynamic stretching(clothed): a CPD workshop
    Course start date:  Wed 17 Sep 2025 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Kean Street Wellbeing Centre

    Tutors:  Alex Brennan
    Learn effective stretching techniques which can be done with client fully clothed, to improve mobility and release deep seated muscle tension.
    Full fee £239.00 Senior fee £239.00 Concession £239.00
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  12. Sing jazz 1
    Weekend
    Course start date:  Sat 20 Sep 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Laura Zakian
    Learn some standard repertoire and jazz protocols. Explore style, develop good timing and phrasing, breath control, and extend your vocal range. Not suitable for beginner singers but ideal for singers who are new to the jazz idiom.
    Full fee £279.00 Senior fee £279.00 Concession £195.00
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  13. Italian 2 lower: module 1
    Evening
    Course start date:  Mon 22 Sep 2025 (and 6 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Evi Campetella
    Continue consolidating your Italian and find yourself speaking with increasing confidence on this communicative course for students who have studied Italian for year and are now starting their second year. The emphasis is on developing your oral skills. Suitable if you have completed 'Italian beginners' or have an equivalent level (about a year of part-time study). Based on Nuovo Espresso 2 (Alma Edizioni, Italian version).
    Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £183.00 Concession £149.00
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  14. French 3 upper: conversation
    Evening
    Course start date:  Tue 23 Sep 2025 (and 7 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Stephanie Radet
    Come and practise your intermediate spoken French and develop your language skills in these topical discussion classes. Based on recordings from French television, radio news and newspaper articles.
    Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £229.00 Concession £149.00
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  15. Italian 2 lower: module 2
    Evening
    Course start date:  Thu 25 Sep 2025 (and 3 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Silvana Vistola
    Suitable if you have completed Italian 2 lower: module 1. Improve your elementary Italian on this communicative course. The emphasis is on developing your oral skills. Suitable if you have completed 2 Lower: module 1 or equivalent. Based on Nuovo Espresso 2 (Alma Edizioni - Italian version).
    Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £229.00 Concession £149.00
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