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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. Singing 2
    Last Few Places
    Course start date:  Mon 15 Sep 2025 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Hakan Vramsmo
    Continue your singing journey and explore your voice in the second year of our training programme. These classes will further develop your singing voice and musicianship skills through a selection of technical exercises and songs from a variety of genres to suit all musical tastes.
    Full fee £279.00 Senior fee £223.00 Concession £195.00
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  2. Full fee £319.00 Senior fee £255.00 Concession £223.00
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  3. Classical singing: advanced workshop
    Evening
    Course start date:  Mon 28 Apr 2025 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Hakan Vramsmo
    Explore the rich repertoire of classical song and develop expressive and communicative skills. This workshop is for experienced classical singers (at least five years' tuition). Click the pink Start Your Interview button, and the Music Department will contact you to arrange authorisation to enrol. Break weeks 5th And 26th May.
    Full fee £279.00 Senior fee £279.00 Concession £195.00
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  4. Archaeology of London
    Course start date:  Mon 22 Sep 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Jill Hummerstone

    Explore the archaeology and history of London through its cultural monuments, topography and material remains to  more fully appreciate the rich archaeological evidence of the capital.

    Tutor: Jill Hummerstone

    Full fee £279.00 Senior fee £223.00 Concession £181.00
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  5. Full fee £259.00 Senior fee £259.00 Concession £130.00
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  6. Full fee £259.00 Senior fee £259.00 Concession £130.00
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  7. Stage 1 stammering therapy
    Evening
    Course start date:  Mon 29 Sep 2025 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Vivien Grant-Jones
    Learn strategies to help you speak more easily. You'll also work on becoming less sensitive about stammering, reducing avoidance strategies and developing self confidence. Designed specifically for people who stammer /stutter.
    Full fee £259.00 Senior fee £181.00 Concession £52.00
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  8. Archaeology of Prehistoric Britain
    Course start date:  Mon 12 Jan 2026

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Jill Hummerstone

    This course will explore the many fascinating archaeological sites and finds from the UK from the period of the first people in the British Isles c900,000 years ago, right up to the start of the Roman period c50AD.

     

    Full fee £279.00 Senior fee £223.00 Concession £181.00
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  9. The Nasty Normans: 1066- 1155
    Course start date:  Mon 12 Jan 2026

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Vanessa King

    The Norman Conquest was arguably the most catastrophic event in English history. Changes in language and law are still with us today.  We can thank the Normans for words like ‘murder’, the imposition of inheritance tax and haute cuisine!  

     

    Full fee £279.00 Senior fee £223.00 Concession £181.00
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