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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 £169.00 Senior fee £135.00 Concession £118.00
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  5. Chinese 2 upper revision
    Course start date:  Thu 10 Jul 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Ting Poon
    Get a short introduction to the Chinese language and discover aspects of Chinese language culture in these live online communicative classes. Suitable for complete beginners.







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    Full fee £59.00 Senior fee £47.00 Concession £38.00
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  6. Modern Greek beginners: module 3
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    Course start date:  Mon 28 Apr 2025 (and 3 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Maria Contos
    Continue to speak Modern Greek in the heart of London on this lively online course.



    Develop your speaking and listening skills on this communicative course, which emphasises the practical use of the language. Suitable if you have completed Greek beginners: module 2 or equivalent (about 30 hrs of learning).
    Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £199.00 Concession £129.00
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  7. Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £229.00 Concession £149.00
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  8. Pentatonics and beyond: improvising in popular music
    Evening
    Course start date:  Thu 18 Sep 2025 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  David Harrison
    Study how to improvise in popular music. These practical sessions are for players of any instrument. Get to grips with improvisation in this exploration of common scales and approaches to improv in pop, rock, blues, folk and jazz. We’ll look at blues scales, pentatonics, extension notes and more to help you get the most out of your improvisation.
    Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £219.00 Concession £153.00
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  10. Jazz piano: introduction
    Course start date:  Thu 24 Jul 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Della Rhodes
    Meet the jazz idiom as you explore time feels and harmonic progressions at your piano. For pianists at grade 5 and above, with some knowledge of chord structures (triads and 7ths), this session in our pianos room will give food for thought and practice.
    Full fee £29.00 Senior fee £29.00 Concession £29.00
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  11. Opera appreciation: an introduction
    Course start date:  Thu 24 Jul 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Pauline Greene
    What is opera? And how do you approach watching and listening to it? Explore the ostentatious, sometimes overwhelming, world of opera through study of two major works and styles.
    Full fee £69.00 Senior fee £69.00 Concession £69.00
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  13. Japanese calligraphy: Shodo / peace and harmony
    Course start date:  Thu 31 Jul 2025 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Chikako Nakagawa
    Come and experience the calming effect of writing Japanese with a brush on a large scale. Shodo is an aesthetic and artistic calligraphy skill used to write the Japanese language. You need to have basic knowledge of the Japanese writing system.
    Full fee £29.00 Senior fee £29.00 Concession £29.00
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  14. Level 3 Certificate in counselling skills
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    Course start date:  Thu 11 Sep 2025 (and 2 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Edna Ogundare
    The Application Process for this course is now closed.







    Do you want to develop counselling skills for paid or voluntary work? This course includes occasional weekend sessions which you will be required to join and one compulsory residential trip away.







    In order to apply for this course, please ensure that:



    • you have (or will have) completed an in person introductory counselling course of 30 hours, with an attendance record of at least 80% (within the last three years)



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    • you have completed an in person introductory counselling course of 30 hours with an attendance record of at least 70%



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    • you have completed an in person ‘Counselling introduction: advanced’ course (or equivalent) with an attendance record of at least 80% (within the last three years)



    • you are able to speak and write fluently in English (level 2/GCSE).



    The Free Courses for Jobs initiative is for Londoners aged 24 or over at the start of the course who are: on a low-income; or on certain benefits; or do not have a full level 3 qualification. For more information Click here

    Full fee £2,549.00 Senior fee £2,549.00 Concession £2,549.00
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