Courses in London & Online
Thousands of short courses in London and online as well as longer skills-based courses and qualifications available to book online now!
Whether you want to try something new, revive your passion, or take your skills to the next level; we have a huge range of courses for you to explore. Discover Languages, Art & Design, Drama, Music & Dance, Technology & Business, Writing, British Sign Language and much more!
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?
- French beginners: module 2Course start date: Wed 29 Jan 2025 (and 7 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Isabelle FontanLearn French on this lively interactive course for near beginners. The course will be taught in French with an emphasis on developing your speaking and listening skills.Full fee £209.00 Senior fee £209.00 Concession £136.00 - Holistic massage: taster workshopCourse start date: Tue 11 Feb 2025 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Kean Street Wellbeing Centre
Tutors: Hilary LyonsInterested in massage but don't know where to begin? Why not try this general introduction to massage! Learn about the many benefits of massage, as well as basic massage techniques to use on friends and family.Full fee £59.00 Senior fee £59.00 Concession £59.00 - Una stagione con Dante: PurgatorioCourse start date: Wed 12 Feb 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Francesco BucciolVedremo come i dannati vengono rappresentati dal poeta. Parleremo della condizione politica del tempo e leggeremo un estratto dal Canto VI dove emerge la rappresentazione dell’Italia.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information. - 'Wild Places': Katherine Mansfield's imaginative worldsCourse start date: Wed 12 Feb 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Fiona McCullochThis course will introduce and discuss a selection of short stories by Katherine Mansfield. Mansfield’s approach to art is to embrace hidden depths, to seek untamed and unhindered aspects lurking in the shadows, writing with a wild surmise in an attempt to find new literary vistas. Similarly, describing herself as ‘an alien’, we will consider her self-asserted feeling of strangeness as an outsider, and how this might manifest itself in her fictional work.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £119.00 Senior fee £119.00 Concession £77.00 - Return to French (elementary)Course start date: Thu 6 Feb 2025 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Yolande Mallet De ChaunyCome and join this lively course to refresh your elementary French. After attending this course you will be able join a level 2 course starting soon.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £149.00 Concession £97.00 - The Portuguese Empire; establishment, world-making, demise and legaciesCourse start date: Wed 12 Feb 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Ingrid Aguiar SchlindweinA journey through the rise and fall of the Portuguese Empire. Uncover pioneering navigation, understand colonial societies in Brazil, Africa, and Asia through their economies, culture, independence struggles, and legacies.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £51.00 - Ways into creative writing: a gentle paceCourse start date: Wed 12 Feb 2025 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Tasha KavanaghAre you brand new to creative writing? Do you want to build your confidence in a supportive environment alongside other beginners? This gentle short-course guides students taking their first steps on the path to becoming a creative writer.Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £149.00 Concession £75.00 - Manual lymphatic drainage: detox for face and neckCourse start date: Wed 12 Feb 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Kean Street Wellbeing Centre
Tutors: Janet WhiteheadWould you like to learn how to give a detox facial massage? Based on the lymphatic system, this technique is designed to eliminate toxins and improve the skin's appearance by boosting the immune system.Full fee £179.00 Senior fee £179.00 Concession £179.00 - Understanding Ethics in AICourse start date: Sat 24 May 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Hybrid (choose either online or in-person)
Tutors: Vina TheodorakopoulouThis is a short introduction to Ethics in AI for non-technical beginners who aspire to drive responsible AI design and use. This course will enable you to strike a balance between the potential benefits and risks of AI technology.
This course will be delivered online or in person. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £129.00 Senior fee £103.00 Concession £84.00 - Counselling skills for recently qualified speech and language therapistsCourse start date: Wed 12 Feb 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Vivien Grant-JonesDevelop and practise a range of essential core counselling skills to help you work with emotional issues you will encounter as an SLT. You will receive feedback and learn through experience and reflective practice. This course is suitable for recently qualified therapists as well as therapists in training.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information. - Introduction to journalismCourse start date: Wed 19 Feb 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Susan GrossmanOn this course students will explore the basic skills a freelance journalist needs to write and sell news and features to newspapers and magazines. From developing ideas and identifying outlets to interview skills and approaching editors.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £149.00 Concession £75.00 - Picture book writingCourse start date: Wed 19 Feb 2025 (and 4 other dates)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Lou KuenzlerWould you like to write a picture book text for young children? This course is designed for children's writers and for illustrators wishing to write their own stories; a starter course to develop both your ideas and your technique.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £149.00 Concession £75.00 - Post-colonial Legacies, Change and Continuity in Ghana 1956Course start date: Wed 19 Feb 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Sunday Abraham OgunodeJoin us to interrogate the impact of European colonial rule in Ghana, examining historical events, socio-economic changes, cultural influences, and the legacies that have continued to shape the country since independence in 1956.Full fee £119.00 Senior fee £119.00 Concession £77.00 - Masters of cinema: Ousmane SembeneCourse start date: Wed 19 Feb 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Jean-Baptiste de VaulxThe trailblazing Senegalese film director Ousmane Sembène remains the most famous filmmaker of Sub-Saharan Africa. As well as a filmmaker, he was also a celebrated literary figure, an activist, and a modern-day bard for Africa, utilising cinema as a vehicle for social change. This course offers an examination of his filmography which spanned over four decades, his distinctive style and his recurrent themes.Full fee £169.00 Senior fee £169.00 Concession £110.00 - Westerns on Wednesday: fifties WesternsCourse start date: Wed 19 Feb 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: John WischmeyerWesterns reinvented themselves in the 1950s, reaching their absolute high point both in the cinema and on television. You couldn’t move for westerns in the fifties. War films and comedies were increasingly anaemic but Westerns had an artistic renaissance as many now-canonic films were released: from Red River (1948 Howard Hawks) to Rio Grande (1950 John Ford) to Rio Bravo (1959 Howard Hawks). Westerns continued to flourish throughout the 50s both in cinemas and then at scale on television: The Lone Ranger, Roy Rogers, Gene Autry, Cheyenne, Wagon Train, Bonanza, and Gunsmoke, the first ‘adult western’.Full fee £169.00 Senior fee £135.00 Concession £110.00
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