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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. English for deaf people: Getting started with vocabulary - part 2 (pre-entry)
    Last Few Places
    Course start date:  Wed 7 Jan 2026

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    This course is suitable if you have recently arrived in the UK from abroad and/or missed out on the education at school due to communication barriers. This course will help you to develop your basic communication skills in various social settings such as starting, maintaining and ending the conversations, confirming your understanding of the conversation flow and/or ask for clarification if/when necessary, asking and answering questions on various social topics etc. You will develop your basic vocabulary linked to everyday life, spelling and punctuation.You will also develop basic study skills to help you to complete simple tasks and do homework on your own. This course has no exam. To be able to participate in this course, you will need to have basic BSL skills.



    This course is free for learners who have not achieved a GCSE grade C (4) and higher in English. For more information Click here

    Full fee £0.00
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  2. Jewellery: design lab
    Last Few Places, Evening
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    Course start date:  Wed 7 Jan 2026 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Louise Seijen Ten Hoorn
    Fancy working on your own jewellery projects in a professional workshop with an expert tutor?

    Join our jewellery: design lab to develop your skills, try different techniques, and discover new design approaches.
    Develop your own projects with expert guidance, and step outside your comfort zone to produce top quality pieces to your own jewellery designs.
    Full fee £499.00 Senior fee £399.00 Concession £324.00
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  3. Reading images: exploring film studies
    Evening
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    Course start date:  Wed 7 Jan 2026 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Cristina Massaccesi

    This comprehensive introductory course provides an overview of the main historical, technical and theoretical aspects of filmmaking and film analysis. In its exploration of aspects of film theory as it relates to film aesthetics and film history, the course develops certain ideas with rigour and depth.

    Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £149.00 Concession £97.00
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  4. Developing graphic design
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    Course start date:  Wed 7 Jan 2026 (and 2 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Andrew McCarten, Pam Williams

    Our Developing courses help you take your next step in your chosen creative field.

    Graphic Design is everywhere; in our books, magazines, and newspapers. Emblazoning packaging at the corner shop to the mall. On our screens- phones, TVs, computers and tablets. To say it’s important would be an understatement. 
     

    Full fee £389.00 Senior fee £311.00 Concession £253.00
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  5. Return to German (intermediate)
    Course start date:  Wed 7 Jan 2026 (and 4 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Anna Rioland
    This course is suitable if you are studying 2 upper or 3 lower courses at City Lit or have done GCSE, O Level or A level German some time ago and/ or would like to revive your intermediate German.
    Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £19.00 Concession £19.00
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  6. Introduction to graphic design
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    Course start date:  Wed 7 Jan 2026 (and 2 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Andrew McCarten, Pam Williams

    Graphic Design is everywhere; in our books, magazines, and newspapers. Emblazoning packaging at the corner shop to the mall. On our screens- phones, TVs, computers and tablets.

    In this introductory course, learn how to use image and type to communicate your messages and ideas through a variety of different ways.
     

    Full fee £389.00 Senior fee £311.00 Concession £253.00
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  7. Being ecological 2: Ecological Thought in cultures of climate crisis
    Course start date:  Wed 7 Jan 2026

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Katie Goss

    This Culture course will give students an opportunity to engage with cultures of climate crisis – both the complex challenges we face and a wide-range of exciting theoretical initiatives and artistic practices that attempt to foreground and transform ecological dimensions of existence. Drawing on theoretical and literary texts, films, performance art, and political activism, we will explore radical ways of rethinking and reinhabiting our relations with more-than-human worlds, and how they open new possibilities for living on a damaged planet. Students will also have the chance to pursue their own research projects. 

    Full fee £179.00 Senior fee £143.00 Concession £116.00
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  8. Develop your jewellery design and making
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    Course start date:  Wed 7 Jan 2026 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Elizabeth Bone
    Fancy honing your jewellery making skills in a professional workshop with an expert tutor? If you are an intermediate to advanced jewellery maker and would like to improve your designs and push your technical skills to a higher standard, this hands-on, expert led course is for you. Perfect your skills, try different techniques, and discover new design approaches.
    Full fee £729.00 Senior fee £583.00 Concession £474.00
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  9. Full fee £549.00 Senior fee £439.00 Concession £357.00
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  10. Full fee £389.00 Senior fee £311.00 Concession £253.00
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  11. Carving in wood or stone
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    Course start date:  Thu 8 Jan 2026 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Belinda Edwards
    Get inspired by trying carving techniques in wood or stone and create your own small carving. 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 £579.00 Senior fee £463.00 Concession £376.00
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  12. Full fee £239.00 Senior fee £191.00 Concession £155.00
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  13. BSL level 1
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    Course start date:  Thu 8 Jan 2026 (and 3 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Samuel Georges
    Have you always wanted to learn British Sign Language and communicate with Deaf people? Develop the skills you need to gain the level 1 BSL qualification, accredited by Signature. The fees for BSL level 1 courses include a year's subscription to Signworld.







    You may wish to study BSL without the pressure of an exam, or just for fun. We can arrange for you to be taught without a formal final assessment and you will receive a certificate of attendance.
    Full fee £779.00 Senior fee £779.00 Concession £584.00
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  14. ITEC Level 3 Diploma in Massage
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    Course start date:  Tue 9 Sep 2025 (and 2 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Helen Rennie
    Considering massage therapy as a career? Learn the theory and practice of massage at a professional level. City Lit is a leading training provider in London for Massage and Complementary Therapies, providing outstanding achievement at high industry standards. Our courses are taught by experienced and practising industry professionals who have current knowledge of the massage sector. If you’ve applied for this course and not heard back from us, please email us on health@citylit.ac.uk, or call us (Mon-Fri 10:00-17:00) on 020 8142 4577.



    The application process is open until 15 Sepember 2023.



    The Free Courses for Jobs initiative is for Londoners aged 24 or over at the start of the course who are: on a low-income; or on certain benefits; or do not have a full level 3 qualification. For more information Click here





    The course fee is £1679.00. If you are unable to pay the course fee upfront, you can choose to apply for an Advanced Learning Loan from the Student Loans Company (SLC) to help cover the cost. The Advanced Learner loan available for this course is £1679.00. The Loan is repayable after the course ends. For more information, please call Health & Wellbeing on 020 8142 4577. You can find more information about the Advanced Learner Loan here www.citylit.ac.uk/advanced-learner-loans
    Full fee £1,679.00 Senior fee £1,679.00 Concession £1,679.00
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  15. Full fee £239.00 Senior fee £191.00 Concession £155.00
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