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  1. Full fee £59.00 Senior fee £59.00 Concession £59.00
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  2. Spanish 2/3: focus on accents - Andalucía
    Course start date:  Wed 19 Feb 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Elisabet Rodriguez
    How do you cope with different Spanish accents? Do you find some easier to understand than others? This series of short courses will help you understand the specificities and intricacies of a variety of Spanish and South American accents, so you can spot their speakers more easily and understand them better to keep the conversation going.
    Full fee £49.00 Senior fee £39.00 Concession £32.00
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  3. Full fee £59.00 Senior fee £59.00 Concession £59.00
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  4. Lunchtime lecture: Eric Ravilious – networks of art & design
    Course start date:  Wed 5 Mar 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Julia Musgrave
    In this lunchtime lecture we explore the art of Eric Ravilious and the artworld in which he operated. We look at how his career developed with the helped of William Rothenstein and Paul Nash, and meet some of his friends and inspirations including Tirzah Garwood and Edward Bawden.



    This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.
    Full fee £10.00 Senior fee £10.00 Concession £7.00
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  5. Spanish 2 upper: focus on listening
    Evening
    Course start date:  Wed 5 Mar 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Analía Tolone
    This skills-based course is for lower intermediate learners of Spanish and aims to train you on strategies you can apply to listen more effectively to spoken Spanish in a variety of different contexts. You will also look at elements of pronunciation to give you a better idea of how Spanish is spoken.



    This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.
    Full fee £49.00 Senior fee £49.00 Concession £32.00
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  6. Italian poetry: Ordine del sud
    Last Few Places, Evening
    Course start date:  Wed 12 Mar 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Roberto Minardi
    ‘Ordine del sud’, pubblicato da Industria & Letteratura a settembre del 2024, è l’ultimo libro di poesie di Roberto Minardi. In quest’incontro Roberto presenterà la raccolta in dialogo con Virginia Cinquemani, amica di Roberto e attenta lettrice della sua poesia. I partecipanti all’incontro avranno l’opportunità di ascoltare la lettura di alcuni testi e di interagire sia con Roberto che con Virginia.
    Full fee £5.00 Senior fee £5.00 Concession £5.00
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  7. Full fee £10.00 Senior fee £10.00 Concession £10.00
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  8. Full fee £29.00 Senior fee £23.00 Concession £19.00
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  9. Spanish 2/3: cultura andina y el español
    Course start date:  Wed 19 Mar 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Natalia Fajardo Ilaja
    Come and explore the life style of the ancient Andean civilizations. You will learn about their traditions, music, arts and the main groups that inhabited this wonderful area of South America.







    Please note that this course will be taught in Spanish. You should have an elementary level of the language (at least an A2 level).
    Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £19.00 Concession £19.00
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  10. Spanish 3/4: focus on accents - Argentina
    Evening
    Course start date:  Wed 19 Mar 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Analía Tolone
    How do you cope with different Spanish accents? Do you find some easier to understand than others? This series of short courses will help you understand the specificities and intricacies of a variety of Spanish and South American accents, so you can spot their speakers more easily and understand them better to keep the conversation going.



    This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.
    Full fee £49.00 Senior fee £49.00 Concession £32.00
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  11. Textiles at the V&A: 1650 to the present
    Last Few Places
    Course start date:  Wed 19 Mar 2025 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Off Site

    Tutors:  Elizabeth Eyres
    This session takes place in the V&A’s remarkable collection. You will see a wide range of woven, printed, painted and embroidered cloth from around the globe and explore the roles these have played in the world’s material culture from about 1650 to the present.
    Full fee £39.00 Senior fee £31.00 Concession £25.00
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  12. Great works: Ravel's L'enfant et les sortilèges
    Course start date:  Wed 2 Apr 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Trish Shaw
    The fantastical opera L'Enfant et les sortileges, by Maurice Ravel, was first performed in March 1925 at the Monte Carlo Opera. Come and explore this delightful work, with plot and libretto by the novelist Collete, and its magical characters and even more magical music.
    Full fee £39.00 Senior fee £39.00 Concession £39.00
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  13. Lunchtime lecture: Lee Miller's surrealist eye
    Course start date:  Wed 2 Apr 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Sarah Jaffray
    Explore the photography of Lee Miller, emphasising its relationship to the surrealist movement. Understand why Miller was affiliated with the movement and how it impacted her art and photojournalism.



    This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.
    Full fee £10.00 Senior fee £10.00 Concession £7.00
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  14. Great works: Smetana's Ma Vlast
    Course start date:  Wed 9 Apr 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Katy Hamilton
    Among the numerous operas, piano pieces, choral and chamber works composed by Bedrich Smetana, surely the best known is his depiction of the river Vltava from his cycle of symphonic poems, Má Vlast. This session explores the origins of Smetana’s six-movement cycle composed across several years, the stories that he conjures in such vivid orchestral colours, and its meaning for Czech national identity in the later nineteenth century.



    This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.
    Full fee £39.00 Senior fee £39.00 Concession £39.00
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  15. English communication for life and work - with maths and digital skills (entry 3-level 1)
    Course start date:  Wed 15 Jan 2025 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Do you want to improve your English reading, writing, speaking and listening so that you can express yourself confidently and do the most important and common everyday tasks at home and at work? Do you also want to develop your digital skills and maths so you can use be confident online and also handle money and budget successfully? Join this course and develop your communication skills for work and personal life. You will visit places of interest such as museums, cafes and market so you develop your skills in a real life settings. You will learn how to read and write paragraphs and short texts about topics that interest you and important events. You will practise filling in forms, writing formal and informal letters and emails and you will improve your spelling, vocabulary and use of punctuation. You will also become more confident in expressing your thoughts and feelings and dealing with difficult situations, for example, at work or in your personal life. You will practise talking about your own life events and key issues such as news stories, public figures, health and culture. Your digital skills and maths will improve so you can manage your money, research important topics and use social media.



    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

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