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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. Indigenous Australia: the beginnings of the Western Desert art movement
    Course start date:  Thu 8 May 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Arjmand Aziz
    Explore the beginnings of Western Desert painting in 1970s Australia by focussing closely on the cosmopolitan and intercultural worlds of the Indigenous Australian artists at its heart.
    Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £63.00 Concession £51.00
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  2. Irish history and identity 5: American and European Influences in the Modern Era
    Course start date:  Thu 8 May 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Colm Hickey
    Although inextricably linked to Britain, Ireland’s history, identity, and nationhood has equally been shaped by its relationship with Europe. This course traces Ireland’s the influence of European and American



    politics.
    Full fee £169.00 Senior fee £135.00 Concession £110.00
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  3. French 3 lower at a gentle pace: module 3
    Course start date:  Thu 8 May 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Yolande Mallet De Chauny
    Do you want to continue learning French but worried that you might not be able to keep up? Our French at a gentle pace courses are designed to cover the same material as our standard French courses, but at a slightly slower pace, and with more opportunities for revision built in.
    Full fee £239.00 Senior fee £191.00 Concession £155.00
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  4. Carving in wood or stone
    Last Few Places, Evening
    Course start date:  Thu 8 May 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Belinda Edwards
    Get inspired by trying carving techniques in stone or wood and create your own small carving in wood and stone. Suitable for anyone from beginners to experienced carvers. This course will explore the characteristics of wood and stone, lead you through the steps of design and carving, encourage you to explore and develop your ideas, and try more experimental techniques.
    Full fee £529.00 Senior fee £423.00 Concession £344.00
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  5. Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £119.00 Concession £97.00
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  6. Ways into abstract painting
    Last Few Places
    Course start date:  Thu 8 May 2025 (and 4 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Henry Gibbons Guy
    Encounter different approaches to making abstract paintings while developing your skills in using a range of painting materials. With reference to the work of a variety of abstract artists explore the visual language common to both representation and abstraction, eg. colour, composition, tone and paint application.
    Full fee £369.00 Senior fee £295.00 Concession £240.00
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  7. Fashion and editorial photography
    Evening
    Course start date:  Thu 8 May 2025 (and 3 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Kean Street Photography Studio

    Tutors:  Ed Gregory
    This course will help you to develop your skills in editorial fashion photography.



    The course is project driven and will take you from the creation of a basic story board through to a photo shoot. By the end of the course you will understand the workflow, the tools and thinking / planning required to run a successful shoot for yourself. The course also provides advice on getting material published.
    Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £183.00 Concession £149.00
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  8. Developing children's book illustration
    Last Few Places, Evening
    Course start date:  Thu 8 May 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Ciara Flood
    Our 'Developing' courses help you take your next step in a chosen creative field.







    This course will help develop your burgeoning children’s book illustration practice by enabling you to more deeply explore the practical skills and conceptual skills integral to the discipline. You will also begin to consider which of the many genres of children's book illustration your developing personal style might lend itself to; for example, board-books, picture books, or non-fiction for older children, to name a few.
    Full fee £279.00 Senior fee £223.00 Concession £181.00
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  9. HTML5 & CSS: introduction (stage 1)
    Evening
    Course start date:  Thu 8 May 2025 (and 2 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Hybrid (choose either online or in-person)

    Tutors:  George Stickney
    HTML is the foundation language of web sites and web based apps. It's easy to learn and can help you to begin a career in tech, update web sites and content management systems, have a better understanding of UX/UI, gain skills for SEO and digital marketing, collaborate more effectively with developers and much more!
    Full fee £249.00 Senior fee £199.00 Concession £162.00
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  10. Full fee £209.00 Senior fee £167.00 Concession £136.00
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  11. Full fee £249.00 Senior fee £249.00 Concession £125.00
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  12. Gender, Intersectionality and Women’s studies
    Course start date:  Thu 8 May 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Michele Scott
    Come along with us as we explore and examine new and emerging debates around queer studies, post-feminism and the feminist backlash.
    Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £63.00 Concession £51.00
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  13. Women writing and walking: Virginia Woolf, Nan Shepherd, Rebecca Solnit, Elizabeth-Jane Burnett
    Course start date:  Thu 8 May 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Sophie Oxenham
    This in-person Literature course considers the relationship between walking and writing in four innovative works of literary non-fiction: Virginia Woolf’s essay ‘Street Haunting’ (1927), Nan Shepherd’s ‘The Living Mountain’ (written c. 1945, first pub. 1977), Rebecca Solnit’s ‘A Field Guide to Getting Lost’ (2006), and Elizabeth-Jane Burnett’s ‘The Grassling’ (2019).
    Full fee £179.00 Senior fee £143.00 Concession £116.00
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  14. Spanish 4: lengua y cultura
    Course start date:  Thu 8 May 2025 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Pilar Villanueva Martinez
    Ideal si has completado 'Spanish 3 upper' o 'Spanish 3 upper consolidation' o has estudiado español unos cinco años y quieres consolidar tu conocimiento de la lengua y cultura del mundo hispanohablante antes de continuar al nivel 5. Este curso es para aquellos estudiantes que han estudiado unos cinco años de español y desean obtener un conocimiento más profundo de la lengua y cultura del mundo hispanohablante.
    Full fee £239.00 Senior fee £191.00 Concession £155.00
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  15. Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £229.00 Concession £160.00
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