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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 £629.00 Senior fee £503.00 Concession £440.00
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  2. 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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  3. Photography in a day: drawing with light
    Course start date:  Wed 1 Apr 2026

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Scott Perry
    Boost your creativity and explore different approaches to digital photography. Put new ideas to practice by responding to creative briefs. Participate in group discussion, share your images and get feedback in an encouraging group environment.
    Full fee £129.00 Senior fee £129.00 Concession £129.00
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  4. English entry 3 for deaf people - part 3
    Course start date:  Mon 13 Apr 2026

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    This course will help you get become confident in your everyday communication including reading and writing. We will focus on topics that interest you and use these to help you improve the key elements of reading and writing as well as communication skills to enable you to express your thoughts and feelings including in difficult situations. You will learn to how write whole sentences and paragraphs, use adjectives effectively, organise your writing, make notes and complete drafts, spell important common words, use punctuation correctly and develop reading and writing strategies most suited to you. And you will learn some digital skills including reading and finding information from websites.



    This course is free for learners who have not achieved a GCSE grade C (4) and higher in English. For more information Click here

    Full fee £0.00
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  7. Looking at photography: Wedding photography
    Course start date:  Wed 15 Apr 2026

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Sara Epstein
    This course will prepare you to compete in the challenging world of client-facing photography in the areas of wedding photography. You’ll be taught by knowledgeable and highly experienced professional practitioners who bring all their skills and experience to help launch or evolve your professional practice.
    Full fee £89.00 Senior fee £89.00 Concession £89.00
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  8. Lipreading and managing hearing loss: improvers module 3
    Course start date:  Mon 20 Apr 2026 (and 2 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Nicola Hicks
    Develop your lipreading skills and strategies for face-to-face communication and keep up-to-date with relevant equipment and services. This course is suitable if you have completed improvers module 1 and 2.







    This course will be taught in spoken English and not in sign language.
    Full fee £239.00 Senior fee £155.00 Concession £120.00
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  9. Full fee £249.00 Senior fee £199.00 Concession £174.00
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  10. Cyanotype and alternative processes in photography
    Course start date:  Tue 21 Apr 2026

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Catriona Gray
    Accept an experimental and playful attitude to photographic image-making.You will be guided through three hands-on creative techniques exploring the physical photographic print.
    Full fee £209.00 Senior fee £167.00 Concession £136.00
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  11. Full fee £269.00 Senior fee £215.00 Concession £188.00
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  12. Music in the Weimar republic
    Course start date:  Tue 21 Apr 2026

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Katy Homden
    Discover the colourful landscape of music in Germany between the wars. Break week: 26 May 26.
    Full fee £269.00 Senior fee £215.00 Concession £188.00
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  13. English for deaf people: Communicating confidently at work (entry 2) - part 3
    Course start date:  Wed 22 Apr 2026

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Do you want to develop your communication skills to participate, express and progress at work? This course will use a range of techniques to teach you how to get ahead in work situations. You will be introduced to practical language, vocabulary and skills. You will learn through realistic activities that are based on various work situations. This course has no exam.



    This course is free for learners who have not achieved a GCSE grade C (4) and higher in English. For more information Click here

    Full fee £0.00
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  14. Speak Shakespeare monologues and scenes: comedies
    Course start date:  Wed 7 May 2025 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Vernon Thompson

    Do you enjoy speaking Shakespeare or would you like to enjoy it? Whether you are preparing a Shakespearean monologue for audition or simply have an interest in their structure, rhythm and poetry, this course enables you to work on and speak monologues from the Comedies with confidence as well as rehearse duologues/ scene work from As You Like It and All's Well That Ends Well specifically. The course is held at the college, and includes a trip to the Box Office Studio in Shoreditch, site of the original Theatre where the Lord Chamberlain's Men performed.

     

     

    Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £149.00 Concession £104.00
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  15. Aural training (solfa) 2C
    Course start date:  Thu 23 Apr 2026

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Selena Kay
    This practical course focuses on sight-singing, putting the musical experience at the heart of learning. Gain a better understanding of musical concepts and develop your musicianship. Based on the famous Kodály method.
    Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £159.00 Concession £139.00
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