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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 £99.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £64.00
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  2. Excel: advanced
    Course start date:  Wed 21 May 2025 (and 5 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Hybrid (choose either online or in-person)

    Tutors:  Aurica Jalba
    Learn advanced features of Excel: linking, advanced sorting, filtering, advanced formulae, scenarios, data validation and audit spreadsheet, pivot tables and macros to create and work with complex spreadsheets. This course is suitable for anyone who is involved in Data Analysis using Excel.
    Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £175.00 Concession £142.00
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  3. Full fee £129.00 Senior fee £103.00 Concession £84.00
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  4. Full fee £289.00 Senior fee £231.00 Concession £188.00
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  5. Exploring histories, memories and heritage: Making connections (1)
    Course start date:  Tue 8 Jul 2025

    Location on this date:  Off Site

    Tutors:  Monica Clarke

    New to the UK and London? Just finished your ESOL course and looking for your next course? Join us to explore heritage and to find out how it helps us to examine how history connects us to our past, and evaluate how societies have evolved, whilst exploring their significance today.

    Full fee £59.00 Senior fee £47.00 Concession £38.00
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  6. Streets of Horror, Streets of Hope: The East End, 1888
    Course start date:  Tue 8 Jul 2025

    Location on this date:  Off Site

    Tutors:  Sarah Wise

    Because of the ‘Jack the Ripper’ killings, the late-Victorian East End can be read as a cityscape of poverty and fear. But there is another Whitechapel – a magnet for a variety of individuals from a wide range of backgrounds who sought to grapple with the problems of the modern city and to create a better life.

    Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £15.00 Concession £12.00
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  7. Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £79.00
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  8. Full fee £249.00 Senior fee £199.00 Concession £162.00
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  9. Late Victorian Soho: From Sex and Shopping to Police & Radical Politics
    Course start date:  Tue 15 Jul 2025

    Location on this date:  Off Site

    Tutors:  Sarah Wise

    The West End was a heady mix of glamorous shopping emporia, political refugees from Europe, street-based and brothel-based prostitution, and the general public just enjoying a day or evening ‘Up West’. Join Dr. Sarah Wise to learn more on this 2 hour guided walk of Soho. 

    Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £15.00 Concession £12.00
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  10. Excel: analysing your spreadsheet with pivot tables
    Evening
    Course start date:  Thu 24 Jul 2025

    Location on this date:  Hybrid (choose either online or in-person)

    Tutors:  Aurica Jalba
    Learn how to create and edit pivot tables to analyse large lists of data with multiple views and calculated fields using drag and drop. You should have a good understanding of Excel.
    Full fee £59.00 Senior fee £47.00 Concession £38.00
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  12. HTML5 & CSS: introduction (stage 1)
    Weekend
    Course start date:  Sun 27 Jul 2025 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Voula Papadopoulos
    HTML 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!
    Full fee £249.00 Senior fee £199.00 Concession £162.00
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