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All our courses here at City Lit are taught by expert tutors such as published authors, academics, practising artists, and experienced professionals. Our friendly, supportive, and inspiring tutors are here to boost your confidence and motivate you at every step. We always ensure that your journey with us is enjoyable, positive, and thought-provoking.
We offer online courses and in-person courses. Our interactive online courses are taught live and in small groups. Read our guide to online learning for more information. In-person courses are delivered at our modern college campus in London near Covent Garden.
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- Writing and rewriting fairytalesCourse start date: Sun 21 Apr 2024 (and 3 other dates)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Helen CoxOnce upon a time there was a City Lit workshop all about writing fairytales. The quest: to inspire writers to pen stories of love, fear, forests, revenge, dragons, witches, kings, queens, frogs and magic.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £69.00 Senior fee £69.00 Concession £35.00 - Generative AI: a short introductionCourse start date: Sat 13 Apr 2024 (and 9 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Kate ScottThis is a short introduction to Generative AI for non-technical beginners who want to find out what all the fuss is about over ChatGPT, DALL-E and Stable Diffusion.Full fee £99.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £64.00 - Writing an academic essayCourse start date: Mon 22 Apr 2024 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Sinead KeeganA crash course in essay writing – beginnings, middles and ends. Suitable for students on A level and access courses or undergraduates.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £99.00 Senior fee £99.00 Concession £50.00 - Makers not muses: Claude Cahun, Eileen Agar and Isabel RawsthorneCourse start date: Thu 25 Apr 2024
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Chantal CondronExplore the work of three radical artists whose work and practice defied convention in modern art from the 1920s to 1960s. Discover how each artist challenged and transcended society’s expectations of being a ‘muse’ by living freely and making art in a variety of media, from painting and sculpture to collage, photography and performance.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information. - An introduction to paradoxCourse start date: Thu 25 Apr 2024
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Oliver JosiahA paradox is an apparently absurd conclusion derived from seemingly uncontroversial premises through supposedly valid reasoning. This course will introduce you to six major philosophical paradoxes and some of the attempts to solve them.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £99.00 Senior fee £99.00 Concession £64.00 - Jazz flute and clarinetCourse start date: Thu 25 Apr 2024
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Angele VeltmeijerExplore jazz and latin rhythms, phrasing, chord/scale relationship, how to approach chord sequences and the interpretation of tunes. Live classes where you play your flute or clarinet on Zoom. Not a class for novice players.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £99.00 Senior fee £99.00 Concession £99.00 - Return to Spanish (lower intermediate)Course start date: Mon 29 Apr 2024 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Roberto GallegoIf you have learned Spanish in the past, but it has been a while, then come and join this lively course to refresh your lower intermediate Spanish. You wil review, revise and practice in a course that is tailored to your needs. After attending this course, you will be able join a level 2 upper course in September. Or a lvel 2 summer course.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £199.00 Concession £129.00 - Italian 3 ConversationCourse start date: Tue 24 Sep 2024 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Silvana VistolaThis skills-based course is for intermediate learners of Italian and is intended to improve your Italian speaking skills in everyday situations. We will be looking at both formal and informal scenarios, and the aim is to help you to feel more comfortable speaking Italian in order to improve your fluency.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £99.00 Senior fee £99.00 Concession £64.00 - Image and identity: 20th century Chinese art and cinemaCourse start date: Tue 30 Apr 2024
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Meitao QuExplore the art of Chinese artists and filmmakers from the turn of the 20th century to the turn of the 21st, as they try to make sense of a world on the cusp between the old and the new, marked by encounters with imperialism and iconoclasm. Learn what place art had in socio-political movements, and how it reflected the hopes and anxieties of its time.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £99.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £64.00 - ACT for people who stammerCourse start date: Wed 1 May 2024 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Carolyn Cheasman, Rachel EverardThis is a powerful approach to therapy. You'll learn to work more effectively with negative thoughts and feelings through acceptance and mindfulness work. You'll also learn how to identify, and move towards, valued goals and directions in your life. If you are new to us, you need to have some advice on the course suitability. Please mail speechtherapy@citylit.ac.uk to arrange this.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £99.00 Senior fee £69.00 Concession £20.00 - PopulismCourse start date: Wed 1 May 2024
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Francesca GranelliPopulism and radicalism is challenging how politics looks and works in many places around the world. Join Dr. Granelli to learn more!
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £89.00 Senior fee £89.00 Concession £58.00 - Modern Greek beginners: short introductionCourse start date: Thu 2 May 2024 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Florendia YiannoullouLearn to speak Greek and develop your speaking and listening skills on this communicative course, which emphasises the practical use of the language.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £99.00 Senior fee £99.00 Concession £64.00 - Welsh reading club / Clwb Darllen Cymraeg UwchCourse start date: Thu 2 May 2024 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Clare WhiteheadCome to improve your Welsh through reading a couple of short novels. This course aims at developing your understanding of the Welsh language as well as the pronunciation.
Books details in the course outline below.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.
Please note that there is no class on 30th May 2024.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £109.00 Senior fee £87.00 Concession £71.00 - Welsh reading club / Clwb Darllen Cymraeg CanolraddCourse start date: Thu 2 May 2024 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Clare WhiteheadCome to improve your near-beginners Welsh through reading a couple of short novels. This course aims at developing your understanding of the Welsh language as well as the pronunciation.
Books details in the course outline below.
Please note that there is no class on 30th May 2024.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £109.00 Senior fee £87.00 Concession £71.00 - Welsh reading club/ Clwb Darllen Cymraeg SylfaenCourse start date: Thu 2 May 2024 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Clare WhiteheadCome and read some Welsh short stories together! You'll expand your vocabulary, see the grammar we learn in class come alive, and have an introduction to Welsh literature.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £109.00 Senior fee £87.00 Concession £71.00
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