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  1. 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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  2. 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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  3. Award in education and training (City & Guilds 6502)
    Course start date:  Fri 9 Jan 2026 (and 2 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Laila Shariff
    The City & Guilds (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. This course will me mainly online with two sessions at City Lit towards the end of the course. Please note this course will be mainly online, except for sessions 8 and 10, and possibly 11.
    Full fee £599.00 Senior fee £599.00 Concession £407.00
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  4. 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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  5. 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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  6. 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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  7. 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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  8. 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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  9. 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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  10. Full fee £259.00 Senior fee £259.00 Concession £130.00
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  11. Listening to the 20th century 2
    Course start date:  Tue 13 Jan 2026

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Edward Henderson
    Using Alex Ross’s The Rest is Noise as a guide this course investigates art music in the second half of the twentieth century. This module covers the music of the Cold War culture wars, American experimental music, Minimalism and the use of technology. Break week: 17th February 2026.
    Full fee £269.00 Senior fee £215.00 Concession £188.00
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  12. Exploring opera 2
    Course start date:  Tue 13 Jan 2026

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Pauline Greene
    Join us to explore the history of opera over three enjoyable terms. In this second term we’ll explore the innovations of Mozart, the impact of the French Revolution and the early Romantics. break week: 17 Feb 2026.
    Full fee £269.00 Senior fee £215.00 Concession £188.00
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  13. Symphonies in production
    Course start date:  Wed 14 Jan 2026

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Pauline Greene
    Study symphonies coming up in the 2026–27 season, we will discuss their composition, context and style, and then hear a selection ofmusical examples. NB Break week: 30 May 2027.
    Full fee £269.00 Senior fee £215.00 Concession £188.00
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  14. English for deaf people: Communicating confidently at work (entry 2) - part 2
    Course start date:  Wed 14 Jan 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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  15. Beethoven's Vienna
    Course start date:  Wed 14 Jan 2026

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Katy Hamilton

    Ludwig van Beethoven’s music has come to stand for the greatest and best-known aspects of the Western classical tradition. But who was he? And what exactly did he do? Come and discover more about this most famous Viennese composer.

    Full fee £269.00 Senior fee £215.00 Concession £188.00
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