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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. Refugee Week at City Lit: Refugees – Entrepreneurship and Business
    Course start date:  Wed 18 Jun 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Ketan Varia
    Join us to explores the impact of refugees on businesses in the UK, highlighting both the challenges and opportunities they bring to the economy as part of Refugee Week at City Lit.
    Full fee £10.00 Senior fee £8.00 Concession £7.00
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  2. Full fee £99.00 Senior fee £99.00 Concession £99.00
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  3. Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £149.00 Concession £75.00
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  4. Full fee £99.00 Senior fee £99.00 Concession £99.00
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  5. Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £149.00 Concession £75.00
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  6. The Socratic philosophers: Aristotle
    Evening
    Course start date:  Thu 19 Jun 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  John Goff
    This is a basic introduction to the philosophy of Aristotle, of which his ‘Ethics’ & ‘Politics’ will form the core.
    Full fee £119.00 Senior fee £119.00 Concession £77.00
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  7. Friday lates: Text as image from the Renaissance to now
    Last Few Places, Evening
    Course start date:  Fri 20 Jun 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Sarah Jaffray
    What happens when word becomes image? From Chinese calligraphy to the prints of Francisco Goya, the graffitied phrases of Jean-Michel Basquiat and truisms of Jenny Holzer, this short course explores how to read text as image. We'll explore how we might read differently in the context of an artwork and how to approach artworks that rely on text as part of their visual composition.
    Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £19.00 Concession £12.00
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  8. Nature Friday Lates: The Lost Temperate Rainforests of the UK
    Evening
    Course start date:  Fri 20 Jun 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Chantal Woodun
    The British isles were once covered in temperate rainforests. Join Chantal Woodrun to discover these landscapes and what still remains of them.
    Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £19.00 Concession £12.00
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  9. Micro-memoir: a taster
    Evening
    Course start date:  Fri 20 Jun 2025 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Julie Garton
    A life is measured in moments as well as momentous occasions. This fun day workshop coaches students in the art of micro-memoir. Can you write about an instant that changed you in 200 words or less?
    Full fee £29.00 Senior fee £29.00 Concession £29.00
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  10. Refugee Week at City Lit: political refugees and exiles in Latin America during the Cold War
    Evening
    Course start date:  Fri 20 Jun 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Maria Vasquez-Aguilar

    Join this session to understand how political refugees and exiles are central to understanding Latin America during the Cold War, and their arrival to the UK. This course is part of City Lit’s Refugee Week events.

    Full fee £10.00 Senior fee £10.00 Concession £7.00
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  11. Spanish 3/4: grammar workshop - prepositions
    Weekend
    Course start date:  Sat 21 Jun 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Roser Martínez-Sánchez
    Consolida los diferentes usos de las preposiciones, incluyendo la diferencia entre "por" y "para" a través de actividades escritas y orales. Este curso es ideal para estudiantes de Spanish 3 lower/upper o si te estás preparando para el A-level or DELE B1 exam.
    Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £19.00 Concession £12.00
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  12. Spanish 4/5 Ibiza: la cara oculta de la Isla Mágica
    Weekend
    Course start date:  Sat 21 Jun 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Vanesa Guzman
    Redescubre la isla de Ibiza en este curso que te hará conocer su lado más oculto, fuera de su imagen de isla de fiesta y de la Jet set. En este curso que te prepara para el verano, aprenderás más sobre los aspectos culturales menos conocidos de una de las islas más famosas del mundo; y tal vez te ayudará a mirarla con ojos nuevos.







    Este curso es para estudiantes con nivel avanzado de español (si has estudiado español al menos durante 5 años).







    This course will be delivered online in Spanish. It is open to students with an advanced level of Spanish and native speakers. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in the course details for more information.



    This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.
    Full fee £29.00 Senior fee £29.00 Concession £29.00
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  13. Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £40.00
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  14. How to spark your creative writing
    Weekend
    Course start date:  Sat 21 Jun 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Sophie McKenzie
    Discover the joy of creative writing! Leave stress and worry at the door and find new ways to express your creativity on this fun, dynamic and supportive short course.
    Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £40.00
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  15. Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £40.00
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