Courses - Online & in London

Learn how to create effective Excel tables and to chart your data on this short course.



This course will be delivered online or in person. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.

Cybersecurity doesn’t have to be complicated. Find out how to protect yourself, your Apple Mac and your most sensitive data in this short course.

Where do we come from? There can be no more profound question for science to ask and at the dawn of the 21st century we have made much progress in answering this.Using striking images, Prof. Raman Prinja will describe our profound connection to the life-cycle of stars, including the building and dispersal of life-giving chemical elements.



Join City Lit guest speaker Professor Raman Prinja to learn more.







Raman Prinja is Professor of Astrophysics and Head of the Physics and Astronomy Department at University College London. His main research interests are in the studies of the evolution and properties of the most massive stars in our Galaxy. Beyond research and teaching, Prof. Prinja is keen to promote astronomy to wider audiences, and has written more than 20 successful outreach-level books, including the award winning titles 'Science Crazy', 'Night Sky Watcher' and 'Planetarium'. His latest books for 9+ ages are 'The Future of the Universe' and 'Wonders of the Night Sky'. Professor Prinja has been awarded the Pol and Christiane Swings research prize by the Belgian Royal Academy; the UCL Education Award; American Institute of Physics Science Education Award (2019); Royal Society Young People's Book Prize (2019). In Sept. 2021 Prof Raman Prinja was a recipient of the UCL Leadership Award and the Institute of Physics 2021 Lise Meitner Medal and Prize.

This skills-based course is for lower intermediate learners of Spanish and aims to train you on strategies you can apply to listen more effectively to spoken Spanish in a variety of different contexts. You will also look at elements of pronunciation to give you a better idea of how Spanish is spoken.

Learn how to create and edit pivot tables to analyse large lists of data with multiple views and calculated fields using drag and drop. You should have a good understanding of Excel.



This course will be delivered online or in person. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.

Get a flavour of French and its basic sentence structure. Learn some useful phrases and some pronunciation guidelines. A fascinating introduction for complete beginners and those who might like to take it further.

Get a flavour of a new language and its basic sentence structure. Learn some useful phrases and some pronunciation guidelines. A fascinating introduction for complete beginners.

Are you one of the estimated 90% of people who find networking daunting and difficult? If so, discover the easy way to network, and reap the benefits in your work or business life.

Move beyond basic arithmetic in Excel and learn to use the power of formulas and functions to save time and extract new information from your data.



This course will be delivered online or in person. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.

Gurbani Sangita is the music of the Sikhs; once widely present in the Indian subcontinent and beyond, a pinnacle of musical excellence, it is now nearly extinct. In this short session, many facets of this still potent, living tradition will be explored, including unique musical compositions, melodic modes, pedagogical processes and instruments.

This fascinating workshop offers complete beginners the opportunity to discover the characters of the Russian (Cyrillic) alphabet.

Aesop’s fables have been used through history to clarify important issues within society. Investigate their perseverance through history and why they continue to be relevant today.

The course introduces you to the basic techniques of playing the flute and gives you an insight into what is involved in learning the instrument.