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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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If you can't decide which subject to study, why not try some of our short taster courses?
- Self Defence and personal safety for women
Course start date: Sat 18 Jan 2025 (and 3 other dates)Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Carla DraytonExplore physical and non-physical techniques for self defence, developing your assertiveness, body language and more. Women of any age or fitness level are welcome to come and enhance their confidence.Full fee £99.00 Senior fee £99.00 Concession £99.00 - The holistic voiceCourse start date: Sun 19 Jan 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Kate MontagueYour voice should be an extension of your character. This Sunday workshop offers accessible and empowering mind-body techniques to deepen your awareness and holistic connection to your voice so that the message you give out is true to your intention.Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £55.00 - Writing for children: getting started Course start date: Sat 1 Feb 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Josh LaceyDevelop your ideas for children's stories in this practical and interactive short course. Topics will include plot, characterisation and viewpoint, and how to approach the children's publishing industry today.Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £40.00 - Create a website using CanvaCourse start date: Tue 4 Feb 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Hybrid (choose either online or in-person)
This is a new course In the Business and Technology department, and we are currently developing the course outline. Please check back soon.
This course will be delivered online or in person. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £99.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £64.00 - When stars collapse: the physics of black holes, from small to supermassiveCourse start date: Sat 15 Feb 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Gary RetallickBlack holes, created by the collapse of massive stars, are objects which curve space-time to such an extent that light itself cannot escape from them. We explore the compelling physics of these mysterious entities.Full fee £69.00 Senior fee £55.00 Concession £45.00 - Japanese beginners: holiday KitCourse start date: Sat 22 Feb 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Chikako NakagawaMake the most of your visit to Japan 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 to have a friendly chat with the locals!Full fee £59.00 Senior fee £59.00 Concession £38.00 - French 3/4: improve your pronunciation Course start date: Sat 22 Feb 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Pierre PorcheronHaving difficulties pronouncing your French ‘r’s and ‘u’s? Practise some difficult sounds on this lively course and impress your French friends! - The physics of time Course 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. - European design 1915-1935: designing utopia Course 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 - French holiday kit Course start date: Sat 15 Mar 2025
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 - Alexander technique: workshop Course start date: Sun 16 Mar 2025 (and 3 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Cristina Codina LlavinaDiscover how to return your body to its natural state of balance and poise in this beginner's guide to the Alexander Technique. Learn to become mindful of muscular and mental tension in one Sunday workshop.Full fee £99.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £69.00 - Postgraduate academic writing Course start date: Sat 22 Mar 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Anne WilsonExplore the building blocks and strategies for good academic writing at postgraduate level. Ideal for those studying or contemplating academic writing beyond undergraduate studies.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £40.00
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