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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- Introduction to stone setting: casting with stonesCourse start date: Sat 22 Feb 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Kinga OlahEver wondered how stones are cast into metal or found your wax carved settings have changed in the lost-wax casting process? This course will introduce you to the principles of wax-carved settings for lost-wax casting and how stones can be cast directly into metal using cuttlefish and delft-clay sand casting. - Adobe Illustrator: stage 1Course start date: Sat 22 Feb 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Gita HahnExplore basic design and illustration techniques using Adobe Illustrator – the key high-end graphics software used to create logos and icons. Discover what you can achieve using paths, pens, colour, and type as you learn about infographics and designing with vectors.Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £175.00 Concession £142.00 - Introduction to music productionCourse start date: Sun 23 Feb 2025 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Max La VillaCome and learn the basics of recording and editing so that you can turn your musical ideas into completed songs you can share!Full fee £179.00 Senior fee £179.00 Concession £179.00 - DSLR filmmakingCourse start date: Sat 1 Mar 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Lyndon IvesThink quality video production needs a whole film crew? Think again! Discover how you can easily shoot
professional-level video on your own digital SLR camera and find out why DSLRs have become the camera of choice for many broadcast professionals.Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £199.00 Concession £199.00 - French 3 lower: focus on listeningCourse start date: Sat 1 Mar 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Valerie JézéquelLearn French in the heart of London.This skills-based course is for intermediate learners of French and aims to train you on strategies you can apply to listen more effectively to spoken French in a variety of different contexts. You will also look at elements of French pronunciation to give you a better idea of how French is spoken.Full fee £49.00 Senior fee £49.00 Concession £49.00 - European design 1915-1935: designing utopiaCourse start date: Sat 1 Mar 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Rachel SandersStudy the dominant design aesthetic of the twentieth century, considering its development, successes and failures. Movements will include Russian Constructivism, the Bauhaus and Purism. Design practices will include graphics, furniture and architecture.Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £63.00 Concession £51.00 - The physics of timeCourse start date: Sat 1 Mar 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Gary RetallickAn opportunity to explore the various different conceptions of time within modern physics - from the absolute time of Newtonian mechanics to the relativistic time of Einsteinian gravity - and to consider the emergence of time in the big bang, the direction of time, and the possibility of time travel. - Large-scale mixed mediaCourse start date: Sat 1 Mar 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Stephanie ConwayAn exciting short experimental course to explore and combine a variety of creative techniques including collage from found images, drawing, painting and paper to create unexpectedly beautiful or powerful images on a large scale.Full fee £319.00 Senior fee £255.00 Concession £207.00 - HTML5 & CSS: introduction (stage 1)Course start date: Sat 8 Mar 2025 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Voula PapadopoulosHTML 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!
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £249.00 Senior fee £199.00 Concession £162.00 - Model animationCourse start date: Sat 8 Mar 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Stephanie GriffithsTraditional model animation is more popular than ever. On this short practical course you will learn how to create and animate engaging and effective 3D puppets and create an exciting short animated sequence for your showreel.Full fee £249.00 Senior fee £199.00 Concession £162.00 - Botany: Why plants matterCourse start date: Sat 8 Mar 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Letta JonesJoin us for a three week Saturday course to explore the world of botany. Why do plants matter and how do we use them in everyday life? Please note: The morning sessions will take place at City Lit. After the lunchbreak, there will be a botany walk just over the road in Lincoln's Inn Fields.Full fee £189.00 Senior fee £151.00 Concession £123.00 - Drawing into paintingCourse start date: Sat 8 Mar 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Sisetta ZapponeGain an understanding of the creative journey from a drawing to finished painting. Explore the creative potential when drawing and painting activities are combined.Full fee £369.00 Senior fee £295.00 Concession £240.00 - Introduction to watercolour paintingCourse start date: Tue 4 Mar 2025 (and 4 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Adam HennesseyGain a grounding in the rich possibilities available when working with watercolour paint. Through a series of practical studies, you will investigate the potential of this versatile medium.Full fee £279.00 Senior fee £223.00 Concession £181.00 - Full fee £49.00 Senior fee £49.00 Concession £49.00
- French holiday kitCourse start date: Sat 15 Mar 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Yolande Mallet De ChaunyLearn French in the heart of London to make the most of your holidays in a French-speaking country with this short, intensive course. This holiday kit will provide you with all the language you need to communicate in the most common holiday situations and have a friendly chat with the locals!Full fee £99.00 Senior fee £99.00 Concession £64.00
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