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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 £149.00 Senior fee £149.00 Concession £75.00
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  2. Communicate with confidence through voice and body language
    Last Few Places, Weekend
    Course start date:  Sat 10 May 2025 (and 5 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Kate Montague
    Discover how to enhance your vocal and physical impact and presence in many situations and become aware of habits that may hold you back from achieving your full potential. Skills include establishing rapport, assertive posture and gesture, vocal energy, projecting an effective personal style, sensitive listening and communicating with care and conviction. This Saturday course will be delivered in the college.
    Full fee £179.00 Senior fee £179.00 Concession £125.00
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  3. Full fee £159.00 Senior fee £159.00 Concession £80.00
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  4. Narration for podcast and documentary
    Evening
    Course start date:  Thu 26 Jun 2025 (and 2 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  David Spencer
    A fun and intensive course about the incredible world of narration. This enormous and lucrative area of the voiceover world includes podcasts, e-learning, documentaries, audio books, medical/technical narration, explainer videos and more. You’ll learn how to deliver great reads from the inside out. It’s not just about the sound of your voice! The course will be delivered in the media studio.
    Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £229.00 Concession £160.00
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  5. Full fee £109.00 Senior fee £109.00 Concession £55.00
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  6. Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £149.00 Concession £75.00
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  7. Full fee £929.00 Senior fee £929.00 Concession £707.00
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  8. Essential digital skills for the workplace: Word, Excel and PowerPoint (foundation-level 1)
    Evening
    Course start date:  Wed 22 Oct 2025 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Would you like to gain the most essential digital skills needed for today's workplace? Do you need to develop the foundational digital skills for today's job market? Then this is the course for you. Suitable for those who already have some knowledge of Microsoft Office programs, this course will give you the confidence to use Word, Excel and PowerPoint within the workplace so you can create documents, spreadsheets and presentations. You will learn the key skills needed to word process, handle data and produce clear digital. 53% of UK employees do not have the digital skills needed for work. You don't need to be one of them.



    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 £149.00 Senior fee £119.00 Concession £75.00
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  9. Fashion and editorial photography
    Evening
    Course start date:  Wed 25 Feb 2026 (and 3 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Ed Gregory
    This course will help you to develop your skills in editorial fashion photography.
    The course is project driven and will take you from the creation of a basic story board through to a photo shoot. By the end of the course you will understand the workflow, the tools and thinking / planning required to run a successful shoot for yourself. The course also provides advice on getting material published.
    Full fee £239.00 Senior fee £191.00 Concession £155.00
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  10. Full fee £89.00 Senior fee £89.00 Concession £45.00
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  11. Ways into abstract painting 2
    Evening
    Course start date:  Tue 10 Feb 2026

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Rebecca Allen

    A follow-on course from Ways Into Abstract Painting. Explore colour, scale and mark-making in more depth to get the best out of your compositional ideas. Build skills in paint-handling, personal methods of developing abstract imagery, and confidence in discussing your work and themes.

    Full fee £389.00 Senior fee £311.00 Concession £253.00
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