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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 £379.00 Senior fee £303.00 Concession £246.00
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  5. Jewellery: understanding rubies, sapphires and emeralds
    Last Few Places, Weekend
    Course start date:  Sun 8 Jun 2025 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Judith Crowe, Derek Jhinnoo
    Join this fascinating one day course for a valuable insight into the trade of rubies, sapphires and emeralds, different types of these precious stones on the market, and how to assess them. Learn about how the beautiful stones are mined, cut, graded and priced, as well as exploring common simulants. No previous experience necessary.
    Full fee £129.00 Senior fee £129.00 Concession £129.00
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  7. Experimental filmmaking: stage 1
    Evening
    Course start date:  Mon 9 Jun 2025 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Monika Kita
    On this fast track practical experimental film making course you will be encouraged to push boundaries exploring experimental digital film making. Explore ideas, develop skills and create your own personal project using professional equipment and software. Invaluable for film makers and artists who wish to enhance their moving image practice.explore visual and conceptual ideas,.
    Full fee £349.00 Senior fee £279.00 Concession £227.00
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  8. A sense of place: Constable’s Hampstead
    Course start date:  Mon 9 Jun 2025

    Location on this date:  Off Site

    Tutors:  Marilyn Greene
    Explore Georgian and Regency Hampstead walking in the footsteps of John Constable and seeing places he painted and quotes about his thoughts and feelings on Hampstead and his art.
    Full fee £29.00 Senior fee £23.00 Concession £19.00
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  9. Medicinal plants past and present
    Last Few Places
    Course start date:  Mon 9 Jun 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Letta Jones
    Join botanist Letta Jones for a short, practical, intensive 3-full day course exploring the richness of medicinal plants in literature, dried specimens, plus identification of plants in gardens and parks. The course will consist of a mixture of classroom sessions and visits to libraries and garden/parks. .
    Full fee £189.00 Senior fee £151.00 Concession £123.00
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  11. Full fee £159.00 Senior fee £127.00 Concession £103.00
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  12. The beauty of the medieval manuscript
    Course start date:  Tue 10 Jun 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Emma Rose Barber
    It is generally accepted that medieval illuminated manuscripts are very beautiful things. Something to do with all that gold-leaf maybe. While we cannot hold them in class, close-up digital reproduction will allow us to see if they really are as beautiful as we are told. Indeed, are none of them ugly? Join this course to find out.
    Full fee £129.00 Senior fee £103.00 Concession £84.00
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  13. Full fee £389.00 Senior fee £311.00 Concession £253.00
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  14. Intermediate Python
    Evening
    Course start date:  Tue 10 Jun 2025 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Hybrid (choose either online or in-person)

    Tutors:  Roden Derveni
    Take your Python coding skills to the next level. Extend your programming skills by learning how to create secure and reusable code using sub-routines and modules, use advanced lists and dictionaries to create more complex programs that solve real world problems, use inbuilt libraries to boost the functionality of your programs and learn how to build graphical interfaces to your code that work on Windows, Mac and Linux systems.
    Full fee £249.00 Senior fee £199.00 Concession £162.00
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  15. London street photography
    Course start date:  Tue 10 Jun 2025 (and 4 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Kean Street Photography Studio

    Tutors:  Michael Harding
    Wish you could capture those spontaneous moments of urban life like a pro? Learn the tricks of the skilful trade of street photography and build your confidence in snapping candid, unobtrusive photographs on the street, shooting in some of the most dynamic and vibrant areas of London to tell powerful stories in single images.
    Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £183.00 Concession £149.00
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