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Dive into an unparalleled range of online courses with City Lit, the UK’s leading adult education provider. 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.

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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  1. Spanish 2/3: focus on accents - Andalucía
    Course start date:  Wed 19 Feb 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Elisabet Rodriguez
    How do you cope with different Spanish accents? Do you find some easier to understand than others? This series of short courses will help you understand the specificities and intricacies of a variety of Spanish and South American accents, so you can spot their speakers more easily and understand them better to keep the conversation going.
    Full fee £49.00 Senior fee £39.00 Concession £32.00
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  2. Learning to use your smartphone (Android)
    Last Few Places
    Course start date:  Thu 13 Mar 2025 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Does your smartphone confuse you? Are you unsure how to make the most of its many features? Understanding and navigating your way round a smartphone is now as important as being able to use a regular computer. This short course will help you understand your Android smartphone, troubleshoot problems and use some of the most popular apps. By the end of the course you will be confident you can use or find out how to use the key features of your phone.
    Full fee £29.00 Senior fee £23.00 Concession £15.00
    Rating:
    93% of 100
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  3. Becoming confident with online communication: Zoom (beginner)
    Course start date:  Tue 29 Apr 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Are you new to Zoom? Have you started to use it but are unsure about some of its functions? Do you need to use Zoom at work, in your studies or to communicate with friends and relatives? Zoom is now as essential to communication as texts, emails, smartphones and PCs. This course will take you from the basics of being on Zoom as a participant and a host, including how to join meetings and set them up. You will learn what to do in both circumstances, what appropriate etiquette is, how to use chat and other features such as breakout rooms, how to share your screen, take control of someone else's screen and how to make sure you don't do something on Zoom that you shouldn't. By the end of this course, you will be able to comfortably host a meeting with friends or work colleagues, communicate, privately share and collaborate on projects or ideas.
    Full fee £29.00 Senior fee £23.00 Concession £15.00
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  4. Spanish 2/3: focus on accents - Argentina
    Course start date:  Wed 11 Jun 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    How do you cope with different Spanish accents? Do you find some easier to understand than others? This series of short courses will help you understand the specificities and intricacies of a variety of Spanish and South American accents, so you can spot their speakers more easily and understand them better to keep the conversation going.
    Full fee £49.00 Senior fee £39.00 Concession £32.00
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  5. Spanish 4/5: focus on accents - Costa Rica
    Course start date:  Tue 17 Jun 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Keylor Murillo Moya
    How do you cope with different Spanish accents? Do you find some easier to understand than others? This series of short courses will help you understand the specificities and intricacies of a variety of Spanish and South American accents, so you can spot their speakers more easily and understand them better to keep the conversation going.
    Full fee £49.00 Senior fee £39.00 Concession £32.00
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  6. The Battle of Lepanto 1571
    Course start date:  Tue 24 Jun 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Vanessa King
    The Battle of Lepanto, possibly the largest naval battle in 2000 years, has been described as the last European crusade that led to the decline of the Ottoman empire. But has its significance been exaggerated?
    Full fee £49.00 Senior fee £39.00 Concession £32.00
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  7. Christopher and his Kind: Christopher Isherwood in Berlin
    Course start date:  Fri 27 Jun 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    The experience of living in Berlin in the early 1930s had a transformative effect on the life and work of Christopher Isherwood. In this course, we will discuss Isherwood’s masterpiece, Goodbye to Berlin (1939), and his autobiography Christopher and His Kind (1976), which reveals the real people behind the characters of Sally Bowles and Otto Nowak, and shines a light on the queer culture of Berlin Isherwood was unable to write about in the 1930s.
    Full fee £49.00 Senior fee £39.00 Concession £32.00
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  8. Global Literatures: Han Kang & Elif Shafak
    Course start date:  Wed 16 Jul 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Join us for an exploration of the ways we experience global literatures of our time. Inter-generational memory is the focus of two prize-winning novels, The Vegetarian (2007) by Han Kang and The Island of Missing Trees (2021) by Elif Shafak. Unearthing the painful truths of history in the context of culturally/politically divided Korea and Cyprus, the authors deal delicately, and brutally, with love, the environment, patriarchy, resistance and the metamorphosis of the female body.
    Full fee £49.00 Senior fee £39.00 Concession £32.00
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  9. German 3/4: Eine Deutschlandreise
    Course start date:  Thu 17 Jul 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Barbara Pöllet
    Do you really know Germany? Yes, you might have seen the ‘Brandenburger Tor’ or taken a picture in front of ‘Neuschwanstein’ , tucked into some ‘Käsespätzle’ and even followed the ‘Romantische Strasse’ in your BMW, but there is more to Germany than the obvious. Your tutor will take you on a journey through Germany to discover some more suprising aspects of Germany.
    Full fee £49.00 Senior fee £39.00 Concession £32.00
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  10. German for Austria lovers (intermediate and advanced)
    Course start date:  Mon 21 Jul 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Barbara Pöllet
    This is a mixed ability intermediate to advanced German language workshop for lovers of Austria.
    Full fee £49.00 Senior fee £39.00 Concession £32.00
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