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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 £479.00 Senior fee £383.00 Concession £311.00
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  2. English pronunciation: stage 2
    Evening
    Course start date:  Thu 1 May 2025 (and 3 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  David John Gwillim
    Designed for people who have completed ‘English Pronunciation: stage 1’ although new students with sufficient skills can join. Develop confidence and clarity, explore diphthongs and triphthongs, inflection and the rhythms of Standard English. This term the course will be taught in the college.
    Full fee £259.00 Senior fee £259.00 Concession £181.00
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  3. Film and Philosophy: Thinking through Cinema
    Evening
    Course start date:  Fri 26 Sep 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Is The Matrix a science-fiction movie starring Keanu Reeves, or the most influential work of philosophy of the last fifty years? Who is more nihilistic, Humphrey Bogart or Frederic Nietszche? In this course, we will examine the relationship between film and philosophy, engaging with current debates in film theory and in wider society. We will consider whether it is appropriate to label film as a form of philosophy, how film acts as philosophy, and the ways in which our experiences of watching film helps up to think through ideas about the human experience that have received attention amongst centuries of philosophical literature. Is film merely entertainment, or is it our most important form of philosophy?
    Full fee £179.00 Senior fee £179.00 Concession £116.00
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  4. Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £159.00 Concession £139.00
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  5. Character voices for animation, stage and screen
    Evening
    Course start date:  Fri 3 Oct 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  David Thorpe
    Character voices aren’t just for cartoons. Learn the tools and techniques you need to create new and unique character voices or to accurately imitate a historical or contemporary voice for animation, stage and screen. This intensive course will be delivered in the media studio.
    Full fee £159.00 Senior fee £127.00 Concession £111.00
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  6. Poetry of the Troubles: Seamus Heaney and his Contemporaries
    Evening
    Course start date:  Fri 3 Oct 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Lewis Ward
    On this in-college literature course we will read Seamus Heaney’s North (1975), his first collection to deal explicitly with the Troubles in Northern Ireland, alongside poems on the same theme by contemporaries including Michael Longley, Seamus Deane and Derek Mahon.
    Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £149.00 Concession £97.00
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  7. Introduction to using a Sketchbook
    Evening
    Course start date:  Fri 10 Oct 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    A sketchbook is a great place to try things out, make mistakes and take risks - all in the nature of experimentation. An introduction to exploring creative mixed-media, drawing and mark-making techniques with confidence which can build personal ideas for further development.



    Suitable for beginners as well as those with some previous drawing experience who would like to start using a sketchbook.
    Full fee £299.00 Senior fee £239.00 Concession £194.00
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  8. Develop your confidence in writing: grammar, punctuation, expression (level 1-2)
    Course start date:  Fri 2 May 2025 (and 2 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Would you like to be more confident in the way you write whether emails or reports at work or messages to friends? Do you want to work on how you form sentences, understand grammar and use punctuation so your writing is more creative? Do you want to learn how to create meaning in your writing?. This course will help you be more secure in your professional, academic or creative writing skills and help you improve some of your weak areas around forming and punctuating sentences with appropriate grammatical form. You will develop your confidence in the most essential areas of writing including different sentence structures, writing paragraphs, using punctuation effectively, using active and passive voices and proofreading.



    You need to do a pre-course assessment. Contact universal.skills@citylit.ac.uk / 020 8078 0489 for a face-to-face assessment or click the Start Assessment button on this page. Log on with your email address (not name).



    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 £179.00 Senior fee £143.00 Concession £90.00
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  9. Becoming confident on the cloud: a new way of sharing and managing your files - OneDrive and Google drive (foundation)
    Course start date:  Thu 8 May 2025 (and 2 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    The digital world is changing from sending emails to sharing files. Attaching files, sending them, downloading them, working on them, saving them, re-attaching and re-sending them is becoming a thing of the past. Instead, with cloud computing, you can share and collaborate on files either at the same time or separately without any emailing or downloading. Join this course and learn how to do this and stay on top of your file management. Learn how to use OneDrive and Google Drive to create, store, share and collaborate on different types of documents on your PC as well as other devices. Discover also how to maintain security while syncing your devices and accounts. By the end of this course, you will have grasped what cloud-computing means and be confident of exploring it further.



    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 £109.00 Senior fee £76.00 Concession £55.00
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  10. Introduction to beaded jewellery
    Course start date:  Fri 17 Oct 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Beverley Sell

    Fancy trying your hand at beaded jewellery making? Learn how to work with beads, wire, thread and findings to create beautiful beaded necklaces, bracelets, earrings and tiara designs. Join our introductory course for all levels to discover where to find the best beads, how to knot with thread, manipulate and twist wire and learn how to finish your work using clasps.

    Full fee £289.00 Senior fee £231.00 Concession £188.00
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  11. Design with Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator
    Evening
    Course start date:  Fri 17 Oct 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Gita Hahn
    A thorough, step-by-step introduction to Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator – programs widely used by designers and illustrators in the creative industries. Learn and experiment with a range of techniques that integrate vector and pixel-based images for design and illustration.
    Full fee £439.00 Senior fee £351.00 Concession £285.00
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  12. Children's book illustration studio
    Evening
    Course start date:  Fri 24 Oct 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Tim Ellis
    City Lit Studios provide time each week for you to commit to working on a personal project or portfolio, alongside your peers. A tutor will be on-hand to provide insights and guidance, as and when you need it.







    Studios are for experienced learners with a burgeoning creative practice they wish to hone, in a supportive environment. For example, those who have completed a Beginners and Developing course in a relevant subject, or have equivalent industry experience.
    Full fee £389.00 Senior fee £311.00 Concession £253.00
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  13. The Contemporary Global Novel
    Evening
    Course start date:  Fri 7 Nov 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Rebecca Jones
    Are you curious about reading contemporary global literature? Would you like to understand what we mean by the ‘global novel’, reading across cultures and national borders? This in-college course will introduce you to the study of global literature through reading three brilliant 21st century global novels: Mohsin Hamid’s Exit West, Rana Dasgupta’s Tokyo Cancelled and Julie Otsuka’s Buddha in the Attic.
    Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £149.00 Concession £97.00
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  14. Full fee £209.00 Senior fee £167.00 Concession £136.00
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  15. Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £159.00 Concession £129.00
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