2231 courses available
- Getting Ready for Maths Functional Skills (Entry 3)
This course offers a practical and supportive introduction to using maths in everyday life. It’s designed to help learners build confidence through hands-on activities and collaborative learning. With a focus on real-world applications, the course encourages problem-solving and independent thinking, laying a strong foundation for future progress in maths.
This course is FREE if you are employed and on a low wage or you are claiming benefits. For more information Click here
Keeley Street
Mon 14 Sep 2026Full fee £133.00 - Piano/keyboards: intermediate online
For pianists playing at around grade 5 standard. Improve your technique, coordination, phrasing, music reading, aural skills and playing confidence. This course is suitable for students working towards ABRSM Grade 5 and above.
Online
Mon 14 Sep 2026Simon AtkinsFull fee £249.00 Senior fee £199.00 Concession £174.00 
America's world: US foreign policy in the 21st CenturyUS foreign policy has reshaped the world since 9/11. This course tells the story of how and why. Over six weeks, you'll trace America's wars, alliances, and rivalries from the Bush Doctrine to the present, debating the big decisions through presidential speeches and primary sources.
Online
Mon 14 Sep 2026Dafydd TownleyFull fee £189.00 Senior fee £189.00 Concession £123.00- Pottery: introduction to throwing and decorationLearn basic throwing skills to enable you to make a variety of simple forms including cylinders, bowls, vases and lidded jars. Gain a basic understanding of surface decoration using slips, oxides, underglazes and glazes.
Keeley Street
Mon 14 Sep 2026Trish SpenceFull fee £649.00 Senior fee £519.00 Concession £422.00 - Classic jazz guitarIf you have played jazz styles and are familiar with some standard tunes, this course will develop your technical and musical skills in 'comping', soloing, and playing with others.
Keeley Street
Mon 14 Sep 2026Martin WheatleyFull fee £229.00 Senior fee £229.00 Concession £160.00 - Clarinet 2A
This course is for students who have played Bb clarinet for at least a year. Come and improve your technique and performance skills, and explore a variety of styles and repertoire. Continues to Clarinet 2B next term.
Break weeks
Term 1 26th - 30th Oct 2026
Term 2 No scheduled break week
Term 3 31st May -4th June 2027Keeley Street
Mon 14 Sep 2026Chris GoodmanFull fee £229.00 Senior fee £229.00 Concession £160.00 - Clarinet: intermediate
This course is for students who have played Bb clarinet for at least 2 years. Come and improve your technique and performance skills, and explore a variety of styles and repertoire.
Break weeks
Term 1 26th - 30th Oct 2026
Term 2 No scheduled break week
Term 3 31st May -4th June 2027Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £183.00 Concession £160.00 - Introduction to philosophyThis problem-based introduction to philosophy explores key themes of modern philosophy, including truth, knowledge, ultimate reality and the mind-body problem.
Keeley Street
Mon 14 Sep 2026Karl WhiteFull fee £329.00 Senior fee £263.00 Concession £214.00 - Silver Swans ballet class improver plus
This Improvers Plus course will focus on expanding existing knowledge of classical ballet technique, introducing new and more technically challenging vocabulary and movement sequences. Participants will continue to develop their understanding of musicality, artistry and performance as well as gaining the skills and experience to dance as part of a corps de ballet. The improvers plus course is suitable for older leaners 55+ with a minimum of 2 years experience of ballet at improver level.
Full fee £279.00 Senior fee £223.00 Concession £195.00 - Writing for magazines, newspapers and online mediaGet inspired to write on this practical course for freelance journalists and bloggers. Learn to carry out research, interview people, pitch and publish stories, and build your presence on social media.Full fee £179.00 Senior fee £179.00 Concession £116.00
- Portraits and people photography
This is a practical course that will teach you how to photograph people with confidence, sensitivity, and creativity across a range of real-world situations: from the studio portrait to street and documentary photography; or those special moments for the family album. You will learn invaluable skills about light, composition and posing your subject, helping you to produce a beautiful portrait portfolio.
Full fee £259.00 Senior fee £207.00 Concession £168.00 - Silver Swans ballet class improversThis improvers course will focus on expanding existing knowledge of ballet technique and vocabulary and is designed to enable you to learn and execute more varied and complex movement sequences. There is an emphasis on delivering ballet technique to facilitate healthy joints, flexibility, movement quality and core strength.
Silver Swans® classes have been specifically designed for the over-55s and the improvers course is suitable for older leaners with at least 1 year of foundation ballet or Silver Swans experience.Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £183.00 Concession £160.00 - Storytelling: tell your personal storyTell your own personal story to others, and in so doing gain some perspective on how past events have shaped your life and how they will affect your future, while at the same time inspiring and informing others about life choices. The course will take place in a safe environment in the college.Full fee £249.00 Senior fee £249.00 Concession £174.00
- Develop your writing and language skills (level 1-level 2)
Have you been learning English for years but feel stuck with your writing? Are you a confident speaker who struggles with formal communication? This course will release you! This course is designed to help you break through those barriers. You’ll focus on improving the structure of your writing - from full texts to paragraphs and sentences - while deepening your understanding of grammar. The skills you develop will also support more formal speaking tasks, such as job interviews, workplace meetings, and presentations. Ideal for those who feel comfortable speaking English but want to build confidence in their writing and formal communication.
You can join the course during terms 1 and 3.
You need to do a short test before joining.
Contact: universal.skills@citylit.ac.uk or call 0204 582 0423
This course is FREE if you are employed and on a low wage or you are claiming benefits. For more information Click here
Online
Tue 15 Sep 2026Full fee £195.00 Senior fee £195.00 Concession £137.00 - Watercolour painting: mixed media techniquesWatercolour has a rich tradition - this course will explore the more experimental ways of using this pleasurable medium and will present new possibilities for producing exciting new work with mixed media. Make inventive combinations of media to draw from your own found imagery, photographs and sketches.Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £183.00 Concession £149.00
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