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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. Basic DS skills for deaf people: Getting started with online learning (pre-entry)
    Course start date:  Fri 12 Sep 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    This complete course for beginners will help to become a confident user of your computer from setting it up to understanding and using basic digital skills functions.



    This course is free for learners who have digital skills assessed as below level 1. For more information Click here

    Full fee £0.00
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  2. Digital skills for deaf people: Introduction to MS Office 365 (entry 2 - entry 3) - part 1
    Course start date:  Fri 12 Sep 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Microsoft Office 365 is a valuable tool for work, study, and those who require flexible ways to collaborate and communicate. You will learn the basic functions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.



    This course is free for learners who have digital skills assessed as below level 1. For more information Click here

    Full fee £0.00
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  3. String ensemble
    Evening
    Course start date:  Tue 16 Sep 2025 (and 3 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Robert Puzey
    Come and play string repertoire in a friendly group, and develop your confidence in ensemble playing. Suitable for those who have been playing violin, viola, cello or double bass for at least two years, playing at Grade 3 standard or above. To apply for the ensemble please click the pink 'Start your interview' button and someone from the music department will be in touch. Break week 21 Oct 2025.
    Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £219.00 Concession £153.00
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  4. Phenomenology: an introduction
    Course start date:  Mon 15 Sep 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  John Goff
    Phenomenology, one of the most influential approaches in contemporary philosophy, asks: how do we constitute experienced reality? Following Husserl and Heidegger, phenomenologists try to understand what it means, if anything, to be in the world.
    Full fee £309.00 Senior fee £247.00 Concession £201.00
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  5. Full fee £3,999.00 Senior fee £3,199.00 Concession £2,599.00
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  6. Tap dance: beginners
    Course start date:  Tue 29 Apr 2025 (and 7 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Jacqueline Pert
    If you are new to tap then this is the place to start. Come and find your dancing feet. Suitable for students of all ages with good general fitness. Tap shoes are essential.
    Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £159.00 Concession £139.00
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  7. Full fee £239.00 Senior fee £239.00 Concession £120.00
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  8. ESOL - communication skills for life and work - level 1 (Reading)
    Evening
    Course start date:  Mon 15 Sep 2025 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    This is the Reading unit of the ESOL course to give you confidence in reading straightforward and some complex texts. You will practice reading different types of text including emails, letters, adverts, posters, books, newspapers, and websites. You will read interesting everyday topics and practice finding information and understanding general meaning of stories, news, descriptions, messages, signs, and notices.



    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 £479.00 Senior fee £383.00 Concession £240.00
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  9. Violin and viola 3A
    Evening
    Course start date:  Mon 15 Sep 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Robert Puzey
    This course is for players who have been learning violin/viola for two to three years (playing at Grade 2-3 standard), take the next step to learn vibrato, positions above 1st, and improved bow control. This course continues with Violin and viola 3B next term. Break week 20th October 2025.
    Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £219.00 Concession £153.00
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  10. The Smashing Saxons: 600-1066
    Course start date:  Mon 15 Sep 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Vanessa King
    Why did Offa build his dyke? Were the Vikings just ‘long-haired tourists who occasionally roughed up the natives’? Was Alfred really that great? These questions and more will be answered as we study the rise and fall of pre-Conquest England.
    Full fee £309.00 Senior fee £247.00 Concession £201.00
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  11. City Lit basketry
    Course start date:  Mon 15 Sep 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  John Page
    Learn a wide variety of basketry techniques: stake and strand, plaiting, twining and coiling in materials such as willow, cane, rush, cords, string, paper and possibly other less traditional ones.



    This course is suitable for beginners, though some craft experience is expected. Payment plans will be available.







    This course will reopen for applications in February 2025. To register your interest for this course, please contact visualarts@citylit.ac.uk.
    Full fee £3,999.00 Senior fee £3,199.00 Concession £2,599.00
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  12. Singing 1
    Course start date:  Wed 30 Apr 2025 (and 4 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Siobhan Blake
    Start singing and explore your voice in this fun, confidence-building course. These classes will introduce you to healthy use of your singing voice and basic musicianship through a selection of songs from a variety of genres. Break weeks: 2 May & 30 May 2023.
    Full fee £259.00 Senior fee £207.00 Concession £181.00
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  13. Piano/keyboards 3A
    Evening
    Course start date:  Mon 15 Sep 2025 (and 4 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Jonathan Wilson
    This fourth year of our piano programme begins with repertoire of a grade 2 standard. Improve your hand co-ordination, musical phrasing, reading and finger technique, and improve your confidence.
    Full fee £239.00 Senior fee £239.00 Concession £167.00
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  14. Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £175.00 Concession £153.00
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  15. Tap dance: improvers
    Course start date:  Tue 29 Apr 2025 (and 5 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Jacqueline Pert
    Practice and improve your basic Tap skills and increase your vocabulary of steps and sequences. Gain a greater understanding of rhythm, tempo and syncopation. Suitable for students of all ages with good general fitness. Tap shoes are essential.
    Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £159.00 Concession £139.00
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