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All our courses here at City Lit are taught by expert tutors such as published authors, academics, practising artists, and experienced professionals. Our friendly, supportive, and inspiring tutors are here to boost your confidence and motivate you at every step. We always ensure that your journey with us is enjoyable, positive, and thought-provoking.
We offer online courses and in-person courses. Our interactive online courses are taught live and in small groups. Read our guide to online learning for more information. In-person courses are delivered at our modern college campus in London near Covent Garden.
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If you can't decide which subject to study, why not try some of our short taster courses?
- Art history taster
Course start date: Mon 6 Jan 2025 (and 7 other dates)Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Sarah JaffrayCurious about art history? Join us for this taster session where we explore different ways into visual art and its histories, from the ancient to the contemporary.Full fee £10.00 Senior fee £10.00 Concession £10.00 - Maths for Deaf People: Introduction to Maths Entry 2 - Entry 3Course start date: Fri 17 Jan 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Want to improve your everyday maths and feel more confident with time, money, and measurements? This course will help you practice tasks like adding, subtracting, and working with numbers used in daily life. By the end, you'll better understand how maths is all around you and how it can make life easier.
Free course: This is a Multiply course. Multiply is a new government programme to help adults improve their numeracy skills. This course is free for Londoners aged 19 or over. For more information Click here
Full fee £0.00 - Deaf History Through Time: Understanding Timelines (entry 1 - entry 3)Course start date: Fri 7 Feb 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
This course introduces learners to Deaf history, highlighting important dates, time periods, and events that have influenced the Deaf community. Learners will gain a basic understanding of key historical events and cultural achievements. They will also learn to identify dates, follow timelines, and connect these dates to important events in Deaf history.
Free course: This is a Multiply course. Multiply is a new government programme to help adults improve their numeracy skills. This course is free for Londoners aged 19 or over. For more information Click here
Full fee £0.00 - In conversation with Jenny Lewis Course start date: Fri 21 Mar 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Join us as Jenny gives an outline of her career, from editorial photographer, to working on personal projects, publishing three monographs , turning portraiture into large scale permanent public art installations and getting her work into institutional collections.Full fee £5.00 Senior fee £5.00 Concession £5.00 - Gateway to maths GCSECourse start date: Fri 28 Mar 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Do you want to gain a Maths GCSE but are not ready yet to achieve this in a single year? Do you need to test your abilities before attempting the qualification course? Then this Preparing for Maths GCSE is the course for you. It will prepare you for the accreditation and familiarise you with its content, level and expectation. You will need to complete and pass an initial assessment before starting this course to demonstrate at least a Level 1 Functional Skills level of Maths.
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).
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 £0.00 - In conversation with Claire Wilcox Course start date: Fri 11 Apr 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Join us as Claire Wilcox discusses the motivation for and process of writing of her award winning book Patchwork.Full fee £5.00 Senior fee £5.00 Concession £5.00 - In conversation with Ella Ritchie Course start date: Fri 20 Jun 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Join us as Ella introduces the topic of her motivation and the mechanics of how she and her partner set up and manage an organisation with practising artists who have a learning disability that facilitates and promotes genuine inclusiveness in art.Full fee £5.00 Senior fee £5.00 Concession £5.00 - In conversation with Jacqui Ramrayka Course start date: Fri 11 Jul 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Join us as ceramicist Jacqui Ramrayka introduces the topic of her recent V & A residency during which her practice explored giving form to the intangible through porcelain vessels, particularly in relation to the Indo-Caribbean diaspora’s experience, memory and grief.Full fee £5.00 Senior fee £5.00 Concession £5.00
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