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  1. Full fee £179.00 Senior fee £143.00 Concession £116.00
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  2. Accents: Standard English
    Evening
    Course start date:  Tue 28 Oct 2025 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Jonathan Mulquin
    Do you feel stuck in a regional or international accent? Would you like to learn how to speak Standard English? This course is not for speakers of other languages who should take English Pronunciation courses instead.
    Full fee £129.00 Senior fee £129.00 Concession £90.00
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  3. English for deaf people: English for work - reading and writing skills (entry 3) - part 2
    Last Few Places, Evening
    Course start date:  Mon 5 Jan 2026

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    This course is suitable if you are looking for or already are in employment. The aim of the course is to help you to acquire English skills necessary for communication at work via e-mails, memos, reports etc. This course has no exams.



    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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  4. English entry 3 for deaf people - part 2
    Course start date:  Mon 5 Jan 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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  5. English Entry 2 for deaf people - part 2
    Course start date:  Tue 6 Jan 2026

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    This course will help you to get confident in reading, writing and communication. You will learn to read pieces of texts, write sentences, spell correctly and use punctuation. This course has no exams.



    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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  6. Art and Ideas: Identity and the self
    Evening
    Course start date:  Thu 8 Jan 2026

    Location on this date:  Online

    This course is for students and creative practitioners interested in identity as a creative and conceptual theme. Explore and discuss ideas, theories and work by significant artists and writers to enhance and inspire the development of creative work.
    Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £159.00 Concession £139.00
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  7. Award in education and training (City & Guilds 6502)
    Course start date:  Fri 25 Apr 2025 (and 2 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Laila Shariff
    The NCFE (6502) Award in Education and Training is an initial teacher training course ideal for anyone who teaches adults - or has experience of teaching adults - in Further Education or Adult and Community Learning. We may also consider you if you do not have teaching experience, but are qualified in your subject and have worked in a related field. The course will be mostly online, with two sessions at City Lit towards the end of the course.
    Full fee £599.00 Senior fee £599.00 Concession £407.00
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  8. Digital skills for deaf people: PC Maintenance (entry 3 - Level 1)
    Course start date:  Fri 9 Jan 2026

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    This course is about making your computer work for you. You will look at what is inside the computer, how it works, how to solve common problems and improve features.



    This course is free for learners who have digital skills assessed as below level 1. For more information Click here

    Full fee £0.00
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  9. Radio and podcast presenting: improvers (online)
    Course start date:  Mon 12 Jan 2026

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Allis Moss

    Extend and develop your skills for a range of podcasts and radio broadcasts, presenting and putting a live news, current affairs, features and music programme to air, creating the content yourselves. The course is the second of three that allows students to progress from complete beginner to an advanced level with the aim of being able to present and pitch programme ideas professionally. You'll need to have taken the beginners’ course or have previous industry experience. This course will be online and supported by a media technician.

    Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £199.00 Concession £139.00
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  10. Music theory: grade 3
    Course start date:  Mon 12 Jan 2026 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Selena Kay
    Develop your understanding of musical language by learning to read and write rhythm and melody in compound time, phrase structure and anacrusis (upbeat/pickup), transposing between clefs, major and minor keys up to four



    sharps/flats. NB: break week 16th Feb 2026.
    Full fee £249.00 Senior fee £199.00 Concession £174.00
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  11. Lipreading and managing hearing loss: improvers module 2
    Course start date:  Mon 12 Jan 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.







    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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  12. Fretted instruments ensemble
    Evening
    Course start date:  Mon 12 Jan 2026

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Martin Wheatley

    An ensemble class for players of any fretted instrument: guitar, banjo, ukulele, mandolin, banjo, bass guitar or any other! There will be individual parts for each player suited to their abilities; together we will play all sorts of music. This course is for experienced players, the ability to read one of the following will be necessary: chord symbols, tablature or musical notation. Challenging and fun - the music/repertoire will be tailored to your various abilities.

    Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £219.00 Concession £153.00
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  13. The essential history of jazz in 20 cuts
    Course start date:  Mon 12 Jan 2026

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Albi Gravener
    Through a selection of 20 iconic albums, we will study the key figures, the innovators and the star soloists of 20th century jazz, as well as some important artists you might be less familiar with. Break week: 16 Feb 2026.
    Full fee £269.00 Senior fee £215.00 Concession £188.00
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  14. Michael Tippett: an introduction to his music
    Course start date:  Tue 13 Jan 2026

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Katy Hamilton

    Michael Tippett was a British composer like no other, with interests in everything from Purcell and Beethoven to rock music and American spirituals. Come and discover the life and works of this unusual, brilliant, witty and beautiful musician.

    Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £119.00 Concession £104.00
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  15. Full fee £249.00 Senior fee £249.00 Concession £125.00
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