Courses in London & Online
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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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- Spanish 2 conversationCourse start date: Thu 23 Jan 2025 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Natalia Fajardo IlajaRevise, consolidate and improve your listening and speaking skills on this lively course, which will help you communicate more confidently in daily life situations. Ideal if you are doing 'Spanish 2 lower', 'Spanish 2 upper' or have an equivalent level (A2 level).
This course runs every other Thursday on the following dates: 23 Jan, 6 Feb, 20 Feb, 6 Mar, 20 Mar.Full fee £99.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £64.00 - Instagram for business: intermediate
Course start date: Wed 26 Feb 2025 (and 1 other date)Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Amber Raney-KincadeThis is a follow on course from 'Instagram for business: introduction' which is designed to expand your skills in using Instagram for business even further.Full fee £59.00 Senior fee £47.00 Concession £38.00 - Restorative Yoga Course start date: Thu 27 Feb 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Madlyn Ray-JonesWould you like to relax your mind and body, improve wellbeing and develop a calm and focused awareness? Learn the relaxing practice of restorative yoga combined with gentle breath work and mindfulness meditation.Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £79.00 - Great works: Jane Austen’s EmmaCourse start date: Thu 6 Mar 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Kate WilkinsonThis short in-college literature course explores Jane Austen’s ‘Emma’ (1815), often considered her finest – and funniest – novel. We’ll study its characters, themes and narrative techniques, and we’ll consider the historical and social contexts in which Austen was writing.Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £63.00 Concession £51.00 - Using hashtags effectively Course start date: Thu 6 Mar 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Amber Raney-KincadeHashtags are used on social media across many platforms, including Instagram, TikTok and Threads. This class is devoted to understanding hashtags and how to use them properly and effectively on social platforms. What is a hashtag, how do you create and track one, and how do you pick the right hashtag for your social media content.Full fee £59.00 Senior fee £47.00 Concession £38.00 - Dante and philosophy Course start date: Thu 6 Mar 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Karl WhiteThis course on Dante aims to introduce students to his world of thought in order to enhance and deepen their enjoyment of his poetry.Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £63.00 Concession £51.00 - Create presentations and brochures using CanvaCourse start date: Thu 27 Mar 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Yolanda De Los Bueis UnanuaLearn the essentials of creating visually engaging presentations and brochures using Canva. Whether you’re a small business, a marketing officer, or simply interested in promoting a project, this course will equip you with the skills to design impactful graphics for show and distribution. Learn to navigate Canva’s user-friendly interface and create professional-quality content that stands out.Full fee £59.00 Senior fee £47.00 Concession £38.00 - Modern Greek Beginners: short introduction Course start date: Mon 31 Mar 2025 (and 3 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Florendia YiannoullouGet a short introduction to the Modern Greek language and discover aspects of Greek language culture in these lively classroom based in central London communicative classes. Suitable for complete beginners.
.Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £159.00 Concession £129.00 - Sing musical theatre workshop Course start date: Tue 29 Apr 2025 (and 4 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Katherine StrohmaierThis popular course explores musical theatre singing. Grow your knowledge of the repertoire. Suitable for singers and actors wanting to improve their singing and acting through song technique. Be guided through the basics to find the right singing qualities for this repertoire.Full fee £299.00 Senior fee £299.00 Concession £209.00 - Tai Chi Chuan: mixed levels Course start date: Thu 1 May 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Carla DraytonContinue to refine and develop the gentle, graceful movements of T'ai Chi in classes designed to help you develop clear, powerful and effective practice. Build on your experience with more advanced sequences.Full fee £169.00 Senior fee £135.00 Concession £118.00 - Gender, Intersectionality and Women’s studiesCourse start date: Thu 8 May 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Michele ScottCome 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 - Indigenous Australia: the beginnings of the Western Desert art movementCourse start date: Thu 8 May 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Arjmand AzizAn introduction to 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 - Spectacles of the Ancient worldCourse start date: Thu 8 May 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Michael BloomfieldThis course explores some of the most elaborate and powerful displays of the Graeco-Roman world. Designed to entertain, inform, and elicit support, often at times of great political or religious significance, they were unforgettable, and have long exercised an influence on our own understanding of the nature of power.Full fee £99.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £64.00 - An introduction to the philosophy of Simone WeillCourse start date: Thu 29 May 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Karl WhiteIn this course we will look at aspects of the wide-ranging and intriguing philosophy of Simone Weil, one of the 20th century’s most intriguing and mysterious thinkers.Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £63.00 Concession £51.00 - Becoming confident on Word 365 (beginner)Course start date: Thu 12 Jun 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Are you new to Word and word processing? Do you want to learn this essential skill both for work and private life? This course will help you create and organise digital letters and short documents.You will learn all the basic functions of creating documents: adding, copying, moving and formatting text, inserting pictures and creating tables, checking spelling and grammar, changing the page layout and printing different documents accurately. All you need is enthusiasm, and confidence using a mouse and basic keyboard functions.
This course is FREE if you are employed and on a low wage or you are claiming benefits. For more information Click here
Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £63.00 Concession £40.00
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