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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. Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £183.00 Concession £149.00
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  4. Photography for beginners
    Last Few Places
    Course start date:  Thu 1 May 2025 (and 17 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Kean Street Photography Studio

    Tutors:  Sara Leigh Lewis
    Always wondered what half the buttons on your camera actually do? Discover how to use them properly and produce impressive photographs, even as a complete beginner. Gain useful technical knowledge and get expert creative guidance in easy-to-understand language. An ideal first step before enrolling on our intermediate courses.
    Full fee £369.00 Senior fee £295.00 Concession £240.00
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  5. Improve your speaking voice
    Course start date:  Thu 19 Feb 2026 (and 5 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Lloyd Wylde
    Improve the quality of your voice and standard of speech through relaxation, stance, breath capacity/control, articulation, forward placing and expression. This course will be delivered in the college.
    Full fee £169.00 Senior fee £135.00 Concession £118.00
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  6. Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £149.00 Concession £75.00
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  7. Voice technique: improvers
    Evening
    Course start date:  Thu 26 Feb 2026 (and 2 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Kate Montague
    This course will support your extended vocal development with a focus on resonance, tonality and pitch. Open to those who have completed at least one voice course previously as well as professionals looking to refresh their skills. This course will be taught in the college.
    Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £149.00 Concession £104.00
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  8. Narration for podcast and documentary
    Course start date:  Thu 19 Feb 2026 (and 2 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  David Spencer

    A fun and intensive course about the incredible world of narration. This enormous and lucrative area of the voiceover world includes podcasts, e-learning, documentaries, audio books, medical/technical narration, explainer videos and more. You’ll learn how to deliver great reads from the inside out. It’s not just about the sound of your voice! The course will be delivered in our media studio.

    Full fee £249.00 Senior fee £199.00 Concession £174.00
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  9. Full fee £239.00 Senior fee £191.00 Concession £155.00
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  10. Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £79.00
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  11. Radio and podcast presenting: beginners
    Evening
    Course start date:  Thu 19 Feb 2026 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  David Spencer
    What makes a good radio presenter and podcaster? From getting the script off the page and ad-libbing to music presenting and news reading, develop your own on-air identity, working as live ‘on mic’ each week. This course will be delivered in the media studio.
    Full fee £249.00 Senior fee £249.00 Concession £174.00
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  12. 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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  13. Embodied voice course for people who (consistently or sometimes) speak too fast
    Evening
    Course start date:  Thu 5 Feb 2026

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Vivien Grant-Jones
    This course will most benefit students who experience cluttering. Some features of cluttering are:







    • Speaking quickly, often with rapid bursts of speech



    • Some words being unclear or mis-pronounced



    • Difficulties in explaining and conveying sequences of information



    • Difficulties in being understood by the listener







    Cluttering can be present as the only communication challenge or alongside stammering, dyslexia and/or ADHD (formal diagnosis is not required).







    This course will provide you with skills to become more aware and knowledgeable of your voice and speech. The course will also explore ways to develop effective listening and communication strategies.
    Full fee £99.00 Senior fee £69.00 Concession £20.00
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  14. Full fee £89.00 Senior fee £89.00 Concession £45.00
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  15. Piano: the complete Mozart sonatas part two
    Course start date:  Thu 26 Feb 2026

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Lewis Kesterton
    Join City Lit's flagship piano repertoire project for 2025-26, The Complete Mozart Piano Sonatas. During the course of the year, participants will explore and play all 18 sonatas, culminating in a collaborative, professional quality recording. This course is split into two fifteen-week parts across the academic year; you are welcome to come to one or both parts of the project (see further details about each part below).
    Full fee £499.00 Senior fee £499.00 Concession £349.00
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