- Japanese beginners: short introductionCourse start date: Wed 5 Nov 2025 (and 3 other dates)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Noriko InagakiThis skills based course is for upper intermediate learners of Japanese and aims to develop your communication skills while in Japan. More specifically, you are going to “visit” one of the most fascinating parts of Japan, ASAKUSA, east of Tokyo, where traditional and modern culture mixed.Full fee £99.00 Senior fee £99.00 Concession £64.00 - Tai Chi Chuan: Beginners
Course start date: Wed 24 Sep 2025 (and 6 other dates)Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Carla DraytonLearn the Yang-style Tai Chi form. This flowing movement sequence contains the basic movements of Tai Chi which will help you to develop and practice smooth movement, good alignment and improved balance. Develop good personal practice that will enable you to fully realise the benefits of this absorbing Taoist art.Full fee £179.00 Senior fee £143.00 Concession £125.00 - How to write a novel Course start date: Mon 28 Jul 2025 (and 4 other dates)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Thomas McMullanThis course deals with all aspects of novel writing technique and prose style. Ideal for fiction writers about to begin a novel or those with a novel at early draft stage.Full fee £89.00 Senior fee £89.00 Concession £45.00 - Social media content strategy Course start date: Wed 14 Jan 2026 (and 3 other dates)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Amber Raney-KincadeIn order to successfully use social media for business, it is essential to have a clear strategy and create good content to encourage audience engagement. You'll learn both in this class.Full fee £69.00 Senior fee £55.00 Concession £45.00 - Return to French (elementary) Course start date: Wed 29 Oct 2025 (and 9 other dates)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Yolande Mallet De ChaunyCome and join this lively course to refresh your elementary French. After attending this course you will be able join a level 2 course starting soon.Full fee £159.00 Senior fee £159.00 Concession £103.00 - Return to German (lower intermediate)Course start date: Wed 1 Oct 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Blended (learn both online and in-person)
Tutors: Anna RiolandThis course is suitable if you have done GCSE/ O Level German some time ago and would like to return to studying German or are studying 2 upper at City Lit and would like to revise your lower intermediate German.Full fee £99.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £64.00 - Introduction to Herbal MedicineCourse start date: Wed 1 Oct 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Ellie HollyHerbal medicine has lot to offer when it comes to improving mood, reducing anxiety, improving cognitive function and increasing energy levels. Herbal medicine is the use of whole plant extracts to treat illness and to prevent disease. When used correctly, herbal medicines offer a safe and effective way to improve mental health. Many herbs can be used safely alongside orthodox medicines. This course is all about giving you the knowledge you need to feel confident buying and trying herbal medicines to support your own health.Full fee £69.00 Senior fee £69.00 Concession £69.00 - Spanish 3/4: colonialismo español y esclavitud en el Caribe: el caso de CubaCourse start date: Wed 8 Oct 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Vanesa GuzmanEste fascinante curso explora la historia de la esclavitud y el colonialismo en la Península Ibérica, el Caribe y particularment Cuba, entre el siglo XV y el siglo XX.
Este curso es para estudiantes con nivel intermedio y avanzado de español (si has estudiado español al menos durante 4 o 5 años).
This course will be delivered online in Spanish. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in the course details for more information.Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £51.00 - Refresh, revise stammering therapy Course start date: Wed 22 Oct 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Rebecca EvansDo you feel like a refresh or a fresh start? This 8 week course will help you tackle fears around stammering while working on personal goals, within a supportive group. There will be a focus on exploring more of your natural expressiveness and spontaneity, while challenging beliefs and habits that you wish to tackle. You will also have opportunities to review your strategies, stretch your comfort zones and build your confidence.Full fee £99.00 Senior fee £69.00 Concession £20.00 - Farms to finance: an introduction to political economyCourse start date: Wed 22 Oct 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Ingrid Aguiar SchlindweinHuman economies have many foundations, from agriculture to banking. Some are unstable, yet we often feel powerless to change them - even when they threaten our survival. Are there alternatives? Join us online to learn more.
Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £63.00 Concession £51.00 - Philosophy reading group: Descartes's Meditations Course start date: Wed 29 Oct 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Karl WhiteDescartes’ Meditations is arguably the foundational text of modern Western philosophy influencing not only the what of philosophy, but the how and the why. Reading it together, we’ll discover the stone that created ripples still affecting our thinking today.
Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £51.00 - Arabic beginners: short introduction Course start date: Tue 8 Jul 2025 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Taïssir K MahmoudGet a short introduction to the Arabic language and discover aspects of Arabic language culture in these live online communicative classes. Suitable for complete beginners.
.Full fee £99.00 Senior fee £99.00 Concession £64.00 - Peacebuilding and Post-Conflict SocietiesCourse start date: Wed 5 Nov 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Maisa EdwardsThis four-week course explores peacebuilding in post-conflict societies, examining key concepts, case studies, and practical tools to understand how diverse actors rebuild and sustain peace after violent conflict.
Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £51.00 - Social Media Engagement, Trends & Algorithms Course start date: Wed 5 Nov 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Amber Raney-KincadeEngagement is an important part of social media. By not engaging on the platform you reduce your visibility and raking with the algorithm. This class will show you how to engage and use trends on LinkedIn, Facebook, X (previously Twitter), Instagram and TikTok. When you engage with other posts on social media this helps to improve your performance on the algorithm. - Italian pronunciationCourse start date: Wed 5 Nov 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Evi CampetellaThis short course is geared towards helping you sound more like a native speaker of Italian. While Italian pronunciation may seem relatively simple, there are actually quite a few features that require focus and practice. This course will allow you to concentrate on the sounds of Italian - how to produce them when speaking and how to recognise them when listening.Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £63.00 Concession £51.00
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