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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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- Japanese beginners: module 1Course start date: Mon 25 Sep 2023 (and 6 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Junko FuseLearn to speak Japanese, with the emphasis on developing your listening and speaking skills.Suitable for complete beginners.Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £199.00 Concession £129.00 - Introduction to art historyCourse start date: Fri 29 Sep 2023 (and 3 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Sarah JaffrayAre you interested in art and want to get more out of looking at art and exhibitions? Want to know what an art historian does? Develop your interpretative skills by exploring at how art is made and what social and cultural factors construct our understanding of it.Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £183.00 Concession £149.00 - Short story writingCourse start date: Wed 27 Sep 2023 (and 8 other dates)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Wendy BrandmarkA hands-on introduction to the art of writing short stories. You will receive technical advice, creative exercises to generate ideas, and feedback to develop your writing skills.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £219.00 Concession £110.00 - French 3 lower: module 1Course start date: Wed 4 Oct 2023 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Daniel FernandezContinue improving your lower intermediate French on this communicative course. The emphasis will be on developing your speaking and listening skills and on acquiring a greater understanding of French grammar and fluency.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £199.00 Concession £129.00 - Introduction to clothes makingCourse start date: Fri 29 Sep 2023 (and 3 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Silvia SacrestanoLearn how to make your own clothes. This beginner's course will teach you how to use the sewing machine, as well as basic sewing techniques and processes. Start by sampling, then construct a simple garment.Full fee £269.00 Senior fee £215.00 Concession £175.00 - Spanish 3 lower: module 2Course start date: Wed 4 Oct 2023 (and 3 other dates)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Carolina MartínezImprove your intermediate Spanish on this lively course, with the emphasis on speaking, listening and acquiring a greater understanding of Spanish grammar. Suitable if you have completed 'Spanish 3 lower: module 1' or equivalent. Based on Aula Internacional Plus 3, (Difusión Publishers).
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £199.00 Concession £129.00 - French 2 lower: module 1Course start date: Tue 26 Sep 2023 (and 8 other dates)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Pierre PorcheronImprove your elementary French on this lively interactive course. The emphasis of the course will be on the developing your speaking and listening skills.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £199.00 Concession £129.00 - Design with Adobe Photoshop and IllustratorCourse start date: Fri 6 Oct 2023
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Gita HahnA thorough, step-by-step introduction to Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator – programs widely used by designers and illustrators in the creative industries. Learn and experiment with a range of techniques that integrate vector and pixel-based images for design and illustration. - ITEC Levels 3, 4 & 5 in Sports Massage TherapyCourse start date: Fri 6 Oct 2023 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Kean Street Wellbeing Centre
Tutors: Trevor EnglandBecome a qualified Sports and Remedial Massage Therapist with our course in Sports Massage Levels 3, 4, 5. This course is designed for those with no prior massage qualification. This course provides you with the qualification and training required to work as a Professional Sports Massage Therapist. This course runs on a Friday daytime.
The course fee is £1417, plus an upfront fee of £1082 payable at the time of your enrolment.
If you are unable to pay the course fee upfront, you can choose to apply for an Advanced Learner Loan from Student Finance England (SFE) to help cover the cost, repayable after the course ends. You can find more information about the Advanced Learner Loan www.citylit.ac.uk/advanced-learner-loans
If you are unable to pay the upfront fee, you can talk to our Information, Advice and Guidance team who will advise you on other financial support available. You can contact the Advice and Guidance Team by phone on (telephone temporarily unavailable) or by email: advice@citylit.ac.uk
For more information, please call Health & Wellbeing on (telephone temporarily unavailable).Full fee £2,499.00 Senior fee £2,499.00 Concession £2,499.00 - Irish Gaelic advanced: book clubCourse start date: Fri 6 Oct 2023
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: William Brady, Niall CulliganAn bhfuil suim agatsa i litríocht atá scríofa i nGaeilge? Bígí linn agus gheobhaidh tú eolas ar raon leathan scríbhneoirí Gaeilge. Beidh scéal nua á phlé again gach seachtain. Fógrófar an liosta léitheoireachta roimh thús an chúrsa.Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £149.00 Concession £97.00 - Foundation in Drama (Certificate Level 2)Course start date: Fri 6 Oct 2023 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Laura Baggaley, Vernon Thompson, Martin WimpressDo you want to be an actor but find it hard to fit the training around your other commitments? This intensive and practical accredited course, running one full day each week, provides classes in the core disciplines of acting, voice and movement, and culminates in a showing of contemporary scenework to an invited audience. Successful candidates achieve the Level 2 Certificate in Performing Arts awarded by OCN London.Full fee £1,249.00 Senior fee £1,249.00 Concession £1,249.00 - Contemporary sketchbook: mixed media projectsCourse start date: Fri 6 Oct 2023 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Ruth BrisonDevelop a creative and experimental sketchbook. Explore materials and techniques with confidence, including mark making, drawing and mixed media within a contemporary context. Produce a collection of work or ideas for composition. Drawing experience is an advantage but not essential.Full fee £409.00 Senior fee £327.00 Concession £266.00 - From the Holy Roman Empire to the unification of Germany (the Middle Ages to 1871)Course start date: Fri 6 Oct 2023
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Rudolf MuhsThe course offers a broad survey of the German lands over the centuries from the Middle Ages to the Unification of Germany in 1871. - German beginners: module 1Course start date: Tue 26 Sep 2023 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Barbara PölletThe course aims to enable students to begin to communicate with some fluency in a range of everyday situations. The emphasis is on the practical use of German and the development of your speaking and listening skills. Based on chapters 1-4 of Willkommen (Hodder Arnold).Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £199.00 Concession £129.00 - Painting: oil techniques and mediumsCourse start date: Thu 14 Sep 2023 (and 3 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Lindsay PickettOil paint is a uniquely luscious medium, capable of heavy impasto effects and also the most delicate transparent colour films. Explore the different effects that can be created when different oil painting mediums are added to the oil paint. Learn to use a range of these mediums to create excitng and varied surfaces in your painting, expanding your use of texture and glazing.
This course is for all levels – both beginners and more experienced painters.Full fee £189.00 Senior fee £151.00 Concession £123.00
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