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Whether you’re interested in a one-off talk or taster class, a short course over a few weeks, or a year-long programme. You'll find a course to suit your schedule and goals.

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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. Japanese Reading Club
    Last Few Places, Evening
    Course start date:  Tue 11 Nov 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Junko Fuse

    Come to enjoy reading Japanese in this interactive and lively reading group for students having studied Japanese for at least 5/6 years.

    Full fee £59.00 Senior fee £59.00 Concession £59.00
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  2. Excel: advanced
    Last Few Places
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    Course start date:  Tue 11 Nov 2025 (and 6 other dates)

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

    Tutors:  Terry Myers

    Take your Excel skills to the next level with our Advanced Excel Course, designed for professionals who work with complex data. Learn how to link worksheets, apply advanced sorting and filtering, use powerful formulas, create scenarios, validate data, audit spreadsheets, and build dynamic reports with pivot tables and macros. Ideal for anyone involved in data analysis, this hands-on course will help you streamline workflows and make smarter decisions using Excel’s advanced features. Enrol now and transform the way you work with data!

    Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £183.00 Concession £149.00
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  3. Full fee £209.00 Senior fee £167.00 Concession £136.00
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  4. French 5: Barbara: une chanteuse, une chanson, une vie
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    Course start date:  Tue 11 Nov 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Pierre Porcheron

    Save up to 15% when you book onto selected language culture workshops. Find out more >

    Venez découvrir et écouter une grande dame de la chanson française. Quand Barbara chante, sa voix, ses émotions et sa poésie ne peuvent vous laisser indifférent. La nouvelle génération lui rend sans cesse hommage en reprenant son répertoire!

    Full fee £49.00 Senior fee £39.00 Concession £32.00
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  5. Full fee £119.00 Senior fee £119.00 Concession £77.00
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  6. Social Media Building Better Posts
    Evening
    Course start date:  Wed 12 Nov 2025 (and 2 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Amber Raney-Kincade

    This course will discuss how to improve posts on social media. Each platform is unique, but you can learn to improve your content and present your business by creating better posts. You can no longer get away with a simple text message or a stolen image from Google. You must learn how to improve your posts in order to get the most from your social media.

    Full fee £69.00 Senior fee £55.00 Concession £45.00
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  7. HTML5 & CSS: intermediate (stage 2)
    Evening
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    Course start date:  Wed 12 Nov 2025 (and 2 other dates)

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

    Tutors:  George Stickney
    Want to expand your knowledge of HTML5 and CSS? Need a better understanding of UI design? This course builds on the skills gained on our stage 1 course. Learn to section a web page using strucural tags in HTML5. Learn to arrange and position HTML5 elements to create modern web page layouts using CSS.
    Full fee £239.00 Senior fee £191.00 Concession £155.00
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  8. Indigenous Australian art: an introduction
    Course start date:  Thu 13 Nov 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Arjmand Aziz

    Explore with this course a theme rarely studied for itself: artefacts and artworks created by people from indigenous communities and nations. You will learn about the artistic traditions of Native American peoples, the Sámi, Aboriginal Australians, and more. We will discuss the styles, and techniques, as well as narratives that are expressed in these objects.

    Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £119.00 Concession £97.00
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  9. Return to French (lower intermediate)
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    Course start date:  Thu 30 Oct 2025 (and 11 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Silvana Avram
    Revise and consolidate your speaking and listening skills, as well as your grammar. Suitable if you have completed completed 2-3 years of study in the past.
    Full fee £139.00 Senior fee £111.00 Concession £90.00
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  10. Introduction to the Hebrew alphabet
    Course start date:  Thu 13 Nov 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Rachel Montagu

    Learn to read letters of the Hebrew alphabet as you can find them in the Bible.

    Full fee £39.00 Senior fee £31.00 Concession £25.00
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  11. Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £15.00 Concession £12.00
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  12. Italian 3: cinque settimane, un libro
    Course start date:  Fri 14 Nov 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Ottavia Castellina
    Improve your knowledge of Italian through on this short literature course which will give you an opportunity to learn new vocabulary and practise your grammar by being exposed to authentic Italian texts. Each term learners will look at a new text and use it as a base to improve not only their reading skills but also their speaking, grammar and vocabulary.
    Full fee £119.00 Senior fee £95.00 Concession £77.00
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  13. Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £19.00 Concession £19.00
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  14. Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £19.00 Concession £12.00
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  15. Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £40.00
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