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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. Use your voice assertively
    Evening
    Course start date:  Tue 8 Jul 2025 (and 2 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Lloyd Wylde
    Do you want to sound more confident, grounded, self-assured and assertive? Improve your vocal skills through a series of exercises that will support you to become more vocally confident, expressive and dynamic without appearing arrogant.
    Full fee £179.00 Senior fee £179.00 Concession £125.00
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  2. Learn English - learn about London (entry 2-entry 3)
    Course start date:  Tue 8 Jul 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Do you want to improve your English and learn about London at the same time? This course will help you feel more confident about living in London and using your English. You will visit interesting places and learn about the history of the city and the people who live there. You will also learn about important events in the city in the past and now. You will improve your speaking, listening, reading and writing. You will learn a lot of new words to describe people and places and how to express yourself fluently and correctly.



    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).
    Full fee £59.00 Concession £30.00
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  3. Tiepolo: virtuoso of Venetian Rococo
    Course start date:  Tue 8 Jul 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Dive into the dazzling world of Giambattista Tiepolo! We'll explore his amazing Rococo paintings, from grand palace decorations to heavenly church scenes. See how he learned from Venice's past masters and how his son Giandomenico carried on his legacy.

    Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £15.00 Concession £12.00
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  4. French film matinée
    Course start date:  Tue 8 Jul 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Stephanie Radet

    With proceeds going to the City Lit Student Bursary, the French Film matinée is a chance to round out the term with a fun movie matinée in the college. The film will be presented by tutor Stéphanie Radet.

    The film we will be watching is Les 400 coups by François Truffaut (1959), a film about Antoine Doinel, a semi-autobiographical character and a misunderstood adolescent in Paris who struggles with his parents and teachers.

    Full fee £10.00 Senior fee £10.00 Concession £10.00
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  5. French 3: revision
    Course start date:  Tue 8 Jul 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Pierre Porcheron
    Come and consolidate your upper-intermediate French. You will develop your listening skills and practise your oral French by taking part in discussions, debates on news items and cultural events.
    Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £119.00 Concession £97.00
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  6. Streets of Horror, Streets of Hope: The East End, 1888
    Course start date:  Tue 8 Jul 2025

    Location on this date:  Off Site

    Tutors:  Sarah Wise

    Because of the ‘Jack the Ripper’ killings, the late-Victorian East End can be read as a cityscape of poverty and fear. But there is another Whitechapel – a magnet for a variety of individuals from a wide range of backgrounds who sought to grapple with the problems of the modern city and to create a better life.

    Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £15.00 Concession £12.00
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  7. Lunchtime lecture: Louise Bourgeois, the abject and the erotic
    Course start date:  Wed 9 Jul 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Sarah Jaffray
    An introduction to the art of Louise Bourgeois, its feminism, both erotic and abject. We explore Bourgeois as a sculptor, printmaker and performance artist, looking at how she was influenced by psychology and biography.
    Full fee £10.00 Senior fee £10.00 Concession £7.00
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  8. Full fee £109.00 Senior fee £109.00 Concession £109.00
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  9. Full fee £279.00 Senior fee £279.00 Concession £195.00
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  10. Italian summer: practise and consolidate 3
    Course start date:  Wed 9 Jul 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Roberto Minardi
    Consolidate your upper intermediate level of Italian in this interactive class. Further practise the main topics and grammar points learned at level 3 lower and 3 upper through some speaking and listening activities. A summer revision course for intermediate learners who would like extra practice to consolidate their learning over the summer and prepare for future courses.
    Full fee £69.00 Senior fee £55.00 Concession £45.00
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  11. Full fee £369.00 Senior fee £295.00 Concession £240.00
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  12. Full fee £69.00 Senior fee £55.00 Concession £45.00
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  13. Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £79.00
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  14. Full fee £129.00 Senior fee £129.00 Concession £84.00
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  15. Hatha Flow Yoga
    Course start date:  Thu 10 Jul 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Madlyn Ray-Jones

    Stretch, relax and feel good! This course is suitable for those who wish to enjoy the benefits of yoga at a gentle pace. Alternatives are offered if a student finds any particular postures (asanas) uncomfortable

    Full fee £99.00 Senior fee £99.00 Concession £99.00
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