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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. Hungarian beginners holiday kit
    Evening
    Course start date:  Mon 2 Jun 2025 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Eva Pallaghy

    Make the most of your holidays in Hungary with one of our short intensive courses. This Holiday Kit will provide you with all the language you need to communicate in the most common holiday situations & have a friendly chat with the locals!

    Full fee £99.00 Senior fee £99.00 Concession £64.00
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  2. Return to Spanish (upper intermediate)
    Evening
    Course start date:  Mon 2 Jun 2025 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Cristina Casado

    If you have learned Spanish in the past, but it has been a while, then come and join this lively course to refresh your upper intermediate Spanish. You will review, revise and practice in a course that is tailored to your needs. After attending this course, you will be able join a level 3 lower or 3 upper course in September.

    Full fee £99.00 Senior fee £99.00 Concession £64.00
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  3. Full fee £129.00 Senior fee £103.00 Concession £84.00
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  4. Spanish 4/5: Spanish accents explained - Chile
    Course start date:  Tue 3 Jun 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Pilar Villanueva Martinez
    How do you cope with different Spanish accents? Do you find some easier to understand than others? This series of short courses will help you understand the specificities and intricacies of a variety of Spanish and South American accents, so you can spot their speakers more easily and understand them better to keep the conversation going.
    Full fee £49.00 Senior fee £39.00 Concession £32.00
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  5. Land Acknowledgement and Racial Justice: Approaches from Different Settler Societies
    Course start date:  Tue 3 Jun 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Olivia Durand

    Learn about the origins and purpose of land acknowledgements in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and beyond. Examine their role in racial justice, Indigenous sovereignty, and whether they create real change or remain symbolic gestures.

    Full fee £10.00 Senior fee £8.00 Concession £7.00
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  6. Looking for the Golden Fleece: Jason and the Argonauts
    Course start date:  Tue 3 Jun 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Maria Contos
    Come and explore the journey of the Argonauts and discover Jason.
    Full fee £49.00 Senior fee £39.00 Concession £32.00
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  7. Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £40.00
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  8. Full fee £129.00 Senior fee £103.00 Concession £90.00
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  9. Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £149.00 Concession £149.00
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  10. Modern France: from de Gaulle and the Resistance to Macron
    Course start date:  Thu 5 Jun 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Sebastien Ardouin
    (Re)discover France's complex politics during the Fourth and Fifth Republics, and the social challenges and tensions the country faced both at times of growth and modernisation and of crisis and doubts.
    Full fee £169.00 Senior fee £135.00 Concession £110.00
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  11. Japanese beginners: short introduction
    Evening
    Course start date:  Thu 5 Jun 2025 (and 4 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Hisaka Bunting
    Get a short introduction to the Japanese language and discover aspects of Japanese language culture in these online communicative classes. Suitable for complete beginners.
    Full fee £99.00 Senior fee £99.00 Concession £64.00
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  12. Origins of the Italian Renaissance: the Primitivi
    Course start date:  Fri 6 Jun 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Simone Chisena
    Discover the history, politics and intellectualism that fuelled the Italian Renaissance. Explore the art of Giotto and his peers from a new perspective.
    Full fee £169.00 Senior fee £135.00 Concession £110.00
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  13. German for art lovers (intermediate and advanced)
    Course start date:  Fri 6 Jun 2025 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Annette Kossow
    This an upper intermediate German language course (B2) discovering and discussing German art.
    Full fee £99.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £64.00
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  14. Full fee £59.00 Senior fee £59.00 Concession £59.00
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  15. Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £40.00
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