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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 £249.00 Senior fee £249.00 Concession £174.00
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  2. Starting your novel
    Evening
    Course start date:  Mon 15 Sep 2025 (and 4 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Sophie McKenzie
    Got a great idea for a novel? Jump start your project in this supportive course that covers craft basics such as character and plot. Ideal for writers of fiction with some experience who have an idea for a novel.
    Full fee £249.00 Senior fee £249.00 Concession £125.00
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  3. Full fee £259.00 Senior fee £259.00 Concession £130.00
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  4. Folk and pop guitar 1B
    Evening
    Course start date:  Tue 16 Sep 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  David Harrison
    Come and learn to play more songs! This second term of study will suit you if you have experience of tuning your guitar efficiently, know note names up to the fourth fret, and can play essential folk chord shapes.
    Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £219.00 Concession £153.00
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  5. Piano/keyboards 4A
    Course start date:  Tue 16 Sep 2025 (and 2 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Edward Henderson
    For pianists with around three years' experience. Improve your finger technique, coordination, phrasing, music



    reading, and your confidence.
    Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £175.00 Concession £153.00
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  6. Full fee £259.00 Senior fee £259.00 Concession £130.00
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  7. Silver Swans ballet class improver plus
    Course start date:  Tue 16 Sep 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Abigail Bulfin

    This Improvers Plus course will focus on expanding existing knowledge of classical ballet technique with an emphasis on more complex and challenging vocabulary and movement sequences. Participants will develop their understanding of musicality, artistry and performance.  The improvers plus course is suitable for older leaners with a minimum of 1 year experience at improver level.

    Full fee £239.00 Senior fee £191.00 Concession £167.00
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  8. Classical guitar 1B
    Evening
    Course start date:  Tue 16 Sep 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Tony Rowden
    This 2nd term of study is for players who have 4 months experience of learning classical guitar and can play and read one octave from G to G.
    Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £219.00 Concession £153.00
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  9. Full fee £259.00 Senior fee £259.00 Concession £130.00
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  10. German beginners intensive: module 1 + 2
    Evening
    Course start date:  Mon 22 Sep 2025 (and 4 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Heiner Schenke

    Choose between studying in the heart of London or online. This course aims to enable students to begin to communicate with some fluency in a range of everyday situations. This is an intensive programme for beginners to German, with the emphasis on developing your speaking and listening skills. Suitable for complete beginners. Based on Willkommen Chapters 1-6 (Hodder Arnold).

    Full fee £269.00 Senior fee £269.00 Concession £175.00
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  11. German 2 lower: module 1
    Course start date:  Mon 22 Sep 2025 (and 4 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Tim Matschak
    Choose either an in-person course in the heart of London or live online sessions. Ideal if you have studied German for about one year (1.5 hours per week). Based on chapters 9-10 of Willkommen (IF) (Hodder Arnold).
    Full fee £239.00 Senior fee £191.00 Concession £155.00
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  12. Spanish 3 upper: module 1
    Evening
    Course start date:  Mon 22 Sep 2025 (and 2 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Amaia Ibargüen

    Further improve your Spanish in this lively class, taught in Spanish with the emphasis on developing your speaking and listening skills. You will also acquire a greater understanding of Spanish grammar. Suitable if you have completed 'Spanish 3 lower' or equivalent. Based on Aula Internacional 3 Plus, (Difusión 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.

    This is a non-accredited course. If you would like to take a further challenge and work towards a recognised qualification, you can enrol on our Spanish preparation for DELE B1 or Spanish preparation for DELE B2 course which leads to a final exam. Click here and here for further details. 

    Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £229.00 Concession £149.00
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  13. Italian 3 upper: module 1
    Evening
    Course start date:  Mon 22 Sep 2025 (and 3 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Paola North
    Questi corsi ti daranno la possibilità di migliorare le tue capacità di comprensione ed espressione scritta ed orale e sono basati sull'uso di materiale audiovisivo, lettura, discussione e pratica grammaticale. È necessario aver completato il livello 3 lower o equivalente. Il corso si basa sul libro Nuovo Espresso 3 (Alma Edizioni).
    Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £229.00 Concession £149.00
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  14. Spanish 2 lower: module 1
    Evening
    Course start date:  Mon 22 Sep 2025 (and 7 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  María Isalt

    Improve your elementary Spanish on this communicative course, taught in Spanish with the emphasis on speaking and listening. Suitable if you have completed 'Spanish beginners: module 3' or equivalent.

    Based on Units 10-11 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 session, as if you transfer to another level you might use a different book.

    Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £229.00 Concession £149.00
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  15. Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £183.00 Concession £149.00
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