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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. Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £175.00 Concession £142.00
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  2. Chinese beginners: module 3
    Evening
    Course start date:  Mon 28 Apr 2025 (and 3 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Fei Wang
    Continue learning Mandarin Chinese on this lively live online course. You should have completed Chinese beginners: module 2 or equivalent (about 30hrs hours of learning).
    Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £199.00 Concession £129.00
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  3. Russian advanced conversation
    Evening
    Course start date:  Mon 28 Apr 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Inessa Ray
    This is a very advanced discussion group covering topical and cultural issues with relevant points of grammar, as and when necessary. You should have an advanced level of Russian (5 or more years).
    Full fee £69.00 Senior fee £69.00 Concession £69.00
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  4. Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £159.00 Concession £129.00
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  5. Preparing digital images for printmaking (online)
    Evening
    Course start date:  Tue 29 Apr 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Claire Hynds
    This online workshop in preparing digital images for printmaking will provide an introduction to specialist tools and techniques required using Adobe Photoshop in order to prepare your imagery for printmaking processes such as screen-printing, photo-etching, polymer gravure and relief, and photo litho.



    Please note this course is online, for same course in the studio please see below.
    Full fee £169.00 Senior fee £169.00 Concession £169.00
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  6. Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £183.00 Concession £149.00
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  7. Representing nature in early modern Europe
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    Course start date:  Tue 29 Apr 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Thomas Balfe
    Explore the links between the visual image and ideas of nature in early modernity (c.1500-1750). At this time, tools like the microscope were visualising nature in new ways, changes were afoot in how humans related to animals, and the environments of Asia and the Americas were becoming more familiar to Europeans. We will focus on how artists and skilled artisans engaged with these subjects.
    Full fee £119.00 Senior fee £119.00 Concession £77.00
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  8. Full fee £49.00 Senior fee £49.00 Concession £32.00
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  9. Full fee £369.00 Senior fee £295.00 Concession £240.00
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  10. Full fee £279.00 Senior fee £223.00 Concession £181.00
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  11. Farms to finance: an introduction to political economy
    Evening
    Course start date:  Wed 30 Apr 2025 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Ingrid Aguiar Schlindwein
    Human economies have many foundations, from agriculture to banking. Some are unstable, yet we often feel powerless to change them - even when they threaten our survival. Are there alternatives? Join ud online to learn more.
    Full fee £69.00 Senior fee £55.00 Concession £45.00
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  12. Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £183.00 Concession £149.00
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  13. Full fee £299.00 Senior fee £299.00 Concession £209.00
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  14. Full fee £119.00 Senior fee £119.00 Concession £77.00
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  15. Full fee £139.00 Senior fee £139.00 Concession £139.00
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