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Writing romanceIt is a truth universally acknowledged that a writer in possession of a single pen can compose an unforgettable romance novel. This six-week course will guide students through the plotting of modern romance stories.Full fee £179.00 Senior fee £179.00 Concession £116.00- Spanish beginners: module 1A
Learn to speak Spanish on this short course for complete beginners. You will be able to continue by joining Spanish beginners: module 1B if you want more than just an introduction.
Did you know that we offer support sessions for beginner students over the term? More information is available in the how will I be taught section below.
Full fee £119.00 Senior fee £95.00 Concession £77.00 - Philosophy reading group: Kierkegaard's fear and TremblingFear and Trembling is a moving, challenging and influential work of philosophy: short but powerful. This course will offer an introduction to the work of Kierkegaard, explanation of some of the book’s knottier passages and group discussion.
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Wed 28 Oct 2026Karl WhiteFull fee £89.00 Senior fee £89.00 Concession £58.00 - Russian 4: translation in practiceA practical, online translation course for Level 4 learners of Russian.Full fee £159.00 Senior fee £159.00 Concession £103.00
- Mystery religionsMystery religions were very popular in the ancient world and were organised as voluntary associations. Their popularity is attested in writings and in material culture of the Greco-Roman world. They offered intense religious experiences outside the official, civic religions. The participants were initiated into the mysteries: whilst there is considerable variety in form and content, a belief in a form of salvation was a common denominator of many of these mystery religions. The question of the relationship between the mystery cults and Christianity will also be broached.
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Wed 28 Oct 2026Ann JeffersFull fee £79.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £51.00 - Hitchcock's British Films
Hitchcock established his reputation early on in his British career, particularly with a series of thrillers that showcased his distinctive style. This course explores his British films and the factors that helped to shape his filmmaking and, subsequently, his reputation as a major film artist, while also considering his position in, and relationship to British cinema of the 1920s and 1930s.
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Wed 28 Oct 2026Jon WisbeyFull fee £139.00 Senior fee £139.00 Concession £90.00 - Road to Antalya: Global Climate Solutions at COP31
Will COP 31 address theunprecedentedthreats that climate change posesto society and the environment, or do we need more ambitious global solutions?
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Wed 28 Oct 2026Anita PunwaniFull fee £49.00 Senior fee £49.00 Concession £32.00 - Origins of the Italian Renaissance: the PrimitiviDiscover the history, politics and intellectualism that fuelled the Italian Renaissance. Explore the art of Giotto and his peers from a new perspective.
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Thu 29 Oct 2026Simone ChisenaFull fee £209.00 Senior fee £209.00 Concession £136.00 - Textile book projectOn this course you will make a textile book following a theme of your choice. You will be shown book binding techniques, how to incorporate appliqué, text, photos using different types of stitching.
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Thu 29 Oct 2026Lara HaileyFull fee £239.00 Senior fee £191.00 Concession £155.00 - America Divided: Lead up to the Mid-Terms 2
Join City Lit Principal Mark Malcomson to discover why the US Mid-Term elections are among the most dramatic and high-stakes political events -and why they could matter far beyond America’s borders.
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Thu 29 Oct 2026Mark MalcomsonFull fee £29.00 Senior fee £29.00 Concession £19.00 - The pre-socratic philosophers: philosophy in the beginningThe beginnings of philosophy and science are found in the thinking of early Greek, ‘Presocratic’, philosophers. Who were they? Why is their thinking still relevant?
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Thu 29 Oct 2026John GoffFull fee £149.00 Senior fee £149.00 Concession £97.00 - Spanish beginners intensive: module 1
Learn to speak Spanish on this intensive, communicative course for complete beginners. Taught in Spanish with the emphasis on developing your listening and speaking skills.
Did you know that we offer support sessions for beginner students over the term? More information is available in the how will I be taught section below.
If you feel you may benefit from learning at a slower pace, please check our Spanish beginners at a gentle pace: module 1 courses, and if you already speak a Romance language fluently, you may want to check our Spanish rápidamente: module 1 courses.
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Mon 15 Feb 2027 (and 3 other dates)Full fee £239.00 Senior fee £239.00 Concession £155.00 - Introduction to Agentic AI
Learn more about AI Agents, what makes them different from Generative AI, and how to build simple agents using free tools such as Claude, Gemini, Glif, and Coze.
Full fee £159.00 Senior fee £127.00 Concession £103.00 - Communication Skills for Life and Work (ESOL Entry 3 - Level 1)
Are you quite confident about your everyday English? Can you go shopping, talk about simple subjects, and write emails or letters - but still make some mistakes? Do you find it hard to speak, read, or write about more difficult subjects?
This pre-intermediate course will help you improve your speaking, listening, reading, and writing. You will learn to understand people more easily, talk about most daily topics with more than one person, read short, simple texts like emails and news stories and write different types of sentences and check your own work effectively.
You can join the course during terms 1,2 or 3. You need to do a short test before joining. Contact: universal.skills@citylit.ac.uk or call 0204 582 0423
This course is FREE if you are employed and on a low wage or you are unemployed and claiming certain benefits. For more information Click here
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Sat 31 Oct 2026 (and 1 other date)Full fee £298.00 Senior fee £298.00 Concession £209.00 - Jazz drumming
Learn to appreciate and play swing jazz on a drum kit. Enjoy regular and constructive feedback on your progress to enable you to achieve your drumming goals.
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Sun 1 Nov 2026Mark HuggettFull fee £99.00 Senior fee £99.00 Concession £99.00
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