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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. Drawing for beginners
    Last Few Places, Evening
    Course start date:  Thu 1 May 2025 (and 8 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Andrea Voisey
    Explore traditional and less traditional methods of drawing simple objects. Using structured activities, you will be introduced to key concepts such as line, tone, composition and mark making. Ideal if you have little or no drawing experience; a great way to learn the basics or prepare for longer courses.
    Full fee £139.00 Senior fee £139.00 Concession £139.00
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  3. Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £149.00 Concession £149.00
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  4. Philosophy of medicine
    Course start date:  Tue 6 May 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Annamaria Carusi
    We have all had contact with medicine in one way or another: through being ill ourselves, or through taking care of somebody else who is ill. Medicine is not only about the science and evidence for medical practices. It is also political, social, cultural and personal. This course is about the kind of knowledge and value system that makes up medicine in its current form, and explores how it has evolved, what its main features are, what its strong and weak points are, and, potentially, how it is changing.
    Full fee £119.00 Senior fee £95.00 Concession £77.00
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  5. Full fee £129.00 Senior fee £103.00 Concession £84.00
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  6. Return to French (lower intermediate)
    Evening
    Course start date:  Thu 15 May 2025 (and 5 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Silvana Avram
    Revise and consolidate your speaking and listening skills, as well as your grammar. Suitable if you have completed completed 2-3 years of study in the past.
    Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £149.00 Concession £97.00
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  7. Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £149.00 Concession £75.00
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  8. Full fee £129.00 Senior fee £129.00 Concession £129.00
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  9. Preparing digital images for printmaking
    Evening
    Course start date:  Tue 3 Jun 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Claire Hynds
    Digital technologies play an increasing role in the world of more traditional printmaking. Screenprinting, photo-etching, polymer gravure and relief, and photo litho all require imagery that has been generated using digital image manipulation software. This 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 these printmaking processes.
    Full fee £139.00 Senior fee £139.00 Concession £139.00
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  10. Social media introduction: stage 1
    Course start date:  Tue 3 Jun 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Amber Raney-Kincade
    This practical course is aimed at beginners who are looking to develop their social media skills for personal use or to promote their business. Learn how social media can be used to communicate with your target audience.
    Full fee £129.00 Senior fee £103.00 Concession £84.00
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  11. Full fee £129.00 Senior fee £103.00 Concession £90.00
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  12. Communicating effectively at work
    Evening
    Course start date:  Thu 5 Jun 2025 (and 2 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Jonny Black
    How skilfully do you manage the impression you make on people both in person and in online meetings and interviews? Develop your personal effectiveness by looking at voice and body language, assertiveness, sensitive listening, interviewing techniques and communication skills for business meetings. This course will be taught online.
    Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £149.00 Concession £149.00
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  13. Vibes - Worldviews - Ideologies
    Course start date:  Tue 10 Jun 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Are we living in an age of vibes? Have recent political events such as the re-election of Donald Trump or Brexit occurred because of a “vibeshift” in popular discourse? This course analyses the use of this popular term across a range of media and texts in a quest to grasp what it denotes, why it is being mobilised right now and where we can find its roots in the history of ideas.







    Catherine Berger holds a PhD in the History of Art from University College London, where she also taught for many years. She has worked as a tutor at the University of Basel and as a researcher at the University of Zurich and taught in various other institutions, including adult education and a secondary school. She has worked as an editor, written for publications and regularly translates essays and book chapters in her areas of expertise. The analysis of the relationship of cultural production to its social conditions is at the core of her work. Her interests and methods reach across disciplinary boundaries, interweaving visual culture with philosophy, sociology, political and economic theory, linguistics, literature, musicology and psychology, often with a focus on feminism, gender and theories of the maternal. A passionate teacher, Catherine works hard to create inclusive, supportive, student-centred learning environments.
    Full fee £119.00 Senior fee £95.00 Concession £77.00
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  14. Full fee £129.00 Senior fee £103.00 Concession £84.00
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  15. French beginners: an introduction
    Weekend
    Course start date:  Sat 5 Jul 2025 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Valerie Jézéquel
    Get ready for a new challenge and join this intensive course for complete beginners.
    Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £149.00 Concession £149.00
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