Specialist Learning Courses
From vocational courses and qualifications in care work, Access to Higher Education, British Sign Language (BSL) and teacher training to specialist courses in speech therapy and courses for students with learning difficulties.
- City Lit gift vouchers - the perfect gift
Looking for that perfect present? Treat someone to the gift of learning with a course at City Lit. Available from £10, our gift vouchers can be used to book a place on any of our courses, from London walks and food tasting to museum visits, poetry and much more. Simply purchase your voucher and the recipient can choose from thousands of courses, at a time which suits them.Full fee £10.00 - Effective counselling skills for speech and language therapistsCourse start date: Mon 18 May 2026 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Louise Hillyer, Anita McKiernan, Amy StewartDesigned for SLTs working with any client group, this interactive workshop will help you develop practical counselling skills. Topics include developing the therapeutic relationship, boundaries, ways of responding, paraphrasing, reflecting, questioning, immediacy, self disclosure and loss.Full fee £499.00 Senior fee £499.00 Concession £499.00 - Introduction to BSL Course start date: Tue 19 May 2026 (and 9 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Alexia LumleyInterested in learning British Sign Language? Learn some basic vocabulary and grammar, and decide if you want to progress to the level 1 qualification.Full fee £289.00 Senior fee £289.00 Concession £202.00 - Embodied Voice for people who stammerCourse start date: Mon 1 Jun 2026 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Vivien Grant-JonesBecome knowledgeable about your own voice as an instrument and gain insights into how you currently use and relate to it. Identify what you like about your voice in a safe place to play with possibilities. Get to know your voice through engaging in creative, experiential voice work.
Designed specifically for people who stammer/stutter, this course places no interest or importance on fluency. Instead, it will introduce concepts and practical opportunities to cultivate skills to experience speaking in flow.Full fee £99.00 Senior fee £69.00 Concession £20.00 - BSL with Basic English VocabularyCourse start date: Mon 1 Jun 2026
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Full fee £0.00 - Speaking confidently in workplace settings for people who stammerCourse start date: Tue 2 Jun 2026
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Vivien Grant-JonesThis Stage 2 online course provides a supportive and structured space for adults who stammer to practise communication skills related to employment and everyday working life. The focus is on confidence, participation and self-expression rather than fluency.
Full fee £129.00 Senior fee £90.00 Concession £26.00 - Speech and language therapy as a career Course start date: Wed 10 Jun 2026 (and 3 other dates)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Vivien Grant-JonesInterested in becoming a speech and language therapist? This one-day workshop covers training courses in the UK, what the job involves, career structure, pay and hints for a successful interview, plus the opportunity to meet clients.Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £149.00 Concession £91.00 - Acceptance and commitment therapy for speech and language therapists Course start date: Mon 15 Jun 2026 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Carolyn Cheasman, Rachel EverardThe two major goals of ACT (a mindfulness-based approach) are acceptance of experience that is out of personal control and taking committed action towards living a valued life. On this worksh op you'll learn how this is achieved and ACT's relevance to speech and language therapy.Full fee £249.00 Senior fee £249.00 Concession £249.00 - Living well with hearing loss Course start date: Wed 17 Jun 2026 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Lisa CoxThis course will give you practical strategies for coping with your hearing loss and will help improve your confidence and well-being.
This course will be taught in spoken English and not in sign language.Full fee £69.00 Senior fee £45.00 Concession £35.00 - Managing hearing loss at work Course start date: Fri 19 Jun 2026 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Nicola HicksThis course is for people who have a hearing loss and who work in an office environment. It covers a range of common office scenarios and issues that arise for people with hearing loss.
This course will be taught in spoken English and not in sign language.Full fee £69.00 Senior fee £69.00 Concession £69.00 - Acting workshop for people who stammer Course start date: Sat 27 Jun 2026 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Laura BaggaleyA fun one-day intensive encounter with the acting process. Increase your confidence and discover your potential in a safe and supportive environment with other people who stammer.Full fee £69.00 Senior fee £48.00 Concession £14.00 - Advancing your practice for speech and language therapists Course start date: Mon 20 Jul 2026 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Vivien Grant-JonesThis course is for speech and language therapists working with adults or young people who stammer wishing to develop their practice. It will provide opportunity to update your knowledge and learn from peers.Full fee £139.00 Senior fee £139.00 Concession £139.00 - English for deaf people: English for work - reading and writing skills (entry 3) - part 1Course start date: Mon 7 Sep 2026
Location on this date: Keeley Street
This course is suitable if you are looking for or already are in employment. The aim of the course is to help you to acquire English skills necessary for communication at work via e-mails, memos, reports etc. This course has no exams.
This course is free for learners who have not achieved a GCSE grade C (4) and higher in English. For more information Click here
Full fee £0.00 - English for deaf people: Getting started with vocabulary - part 1 (pre-entry)Course start date: Mon 7 Sep 2026
Location on this date: Keeley Street
This course is suitable if you have recently arrived in the UK from abroad and/or missed out on the education at school due to communication barriers. This course will help you to develop your basic communication skills in various social settings such as starting, maintaining and ending the conversations, confirming your understanding of the conversation flow and/or ask for clarification if/when necessary, asking and answering questions on various social topics etc. You will develop your basic vocabulary linked to everyday life, spelling and punctuation.You will also develop basic study skills to help you to complete simple tasks and do homework on your own. This course has no exam. To be able to participate in this course, you will need to have basic BSL skills.
This course is free for learners who have not achieved a GCSE grade C (4) and higher in English. For more information Click here
Full fee £0.00 - English for deaf people: Get Confident with Reading and Writing Skills (Entry 3) - part 1Course start date: Mon 7 Sep 2026
Location on this date: Keeley Street
This course will help you get become confident in your everyday communication including reading and writing. We will focus on topics that interest you and use these to help you improve the key elements of reading and writing as well as communication skills to enable you to express your thoughts and feelings including in difficult situations. You will learn to how write whole sentences and paragraphs, use adjectives effectively, organise your writing, make notes and complete drafts, spell important common words, use punctuation correctly and develop reading and writing strategies most suited to you. And you will learn some digital skills including reading and finding information from websites.
This course is free for learners who have not achieved a GCSE grade C (4) and higher in English. For more information Click here
Full fee £0.00
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