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.
- Improvisation for people who stammerCourse start date: Fri 16 Apr 2027
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Anita McKiernanDevelop your spontaneous communication and expressiveness through Improvisation. Discover how to embrace more of your natural spontaneity and expressiveness, within a playful and supportive space. Discover more flow in communication with others and explore what helps you achieve this.Full fee £99.00 Senior fee £69.00 Concession £20.00 - Lipreading and managing hearing loss: improvers module 3Course start date: Mon 19 Apr 2027 (and 3 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Nicola HicksDevelop your lipreading skills and strategies for face-to-face communication and keep up-to-date with relevant equipment and services. This course is suitable if you have completed improvers module 1 and 2.
This course will be taught in spoken English and not in sign language.Full fee £179.00 Senior fee £116.00 Concession £90.00 - English for deaf people: Practical Communication Skills for Work (Entry 2) - part 3Course start date: Wed 21 Apr 2027
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Do you want to develop your communication skills to participate, express and progress at work? This course will use a range of techniques to teach you how to get ahead in work situations. You will be introduced to practical language, vocabulary and skills. You will learn through realistic activities that are based on various work situations. This course has no exam.
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 - Level 3 Award in education and training (NCFE)
Course start date: Fri 23 Apr 2027Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Laila ShariffThe NCFE Award in Education and Training is an initial teacher training course ideal for anyone who teaches adults - or has experience of teaching adults - in Further Education or Adult and Community Learning. We may also consider you if you do not have teaching experience, but are qualified in your subject and have worked in a related field. The course will be mostly online, with two sessions at City Lit towards the end of the course.
Full fee £599.00 Senior fee £599.00 Concession £407.00 - Maths for deaf people: Getting started with maths - (Entry 1 - Entry 2) - part 3Course start date: Sat 24 Apr 2027
Location on this date: Keeley Street
This course is suitable if you are new to the UK or have missed school education because of language barriers. You will learn basic maths skills, including addition, subtraction, money management, telling the time, and simple measurements.
This course is free for learners who have not achieved a GCSE grade C (4) and higher in Maths. For more information Click here
Full fee £0.00 - ACT for people who stammer Course start date: Thu 29 Apr 2027
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.Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £104.00 Concession £30.00 - Assertiveness for speech and language therapistsCourse start date: Wed 12 May 2027
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Vivien Grant-JonesDevelop your personal effectiveness by learning and practising some key assertiveness skills that are highly relevant in a range of situations including: attending an interview, working with clients, communicating with your manager/supervisor and contributing to an MDT meeting.Full fee £139.00 Senior fee £139.00 Concession £139.00 - Embodied voice for people who (sometimes or continuously) speak too fastCourse start date: Fri 14 May 2027
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Vivien Grant-JonesThis course will most benefit students who experience cluttering. Some features of cluttering are: speaking quickly, often with rapid bursts of speech, some words being unclear or mis-pronounced, difficulties in explaining and conveying sequences of information, difficulties in being understood by the listener. Cluttering can be present as the only communication challenge or alongside stammering, dyslexia and/or ADHD (formal diagnosis is not required). This course will provide you with skills to become more aware and knowledgeable of your voice and speech.
Full fee £59.00 Senior fee £41.00 Concession £12.00 - Open StammeringCourse start date: Tue 18 May 2027
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Become 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 £39.00 Senior fee £27.00 Concession £8.00 - Acceptance and commitment therapy for speech and language therapists Course start date: Mon 24 May 2027
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 £259.00 Senior fee £259.00 Concession £259.00 - Living well with hearing loss Course start date: Wed 16 Jun 2027
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 - Acting workshop for people who stammer Course start date: Sat 19 Jun 2027
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 - Introduction to mindfulness for speech and language therapists Course start date: Tue 22 Jun 2027
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Carolyn Cheasman, Dh KarunaviraLearn the elements of mindfulness-based stress management and mindfulness-based cognitive therapy. Experience a range of mindfulness practices. Background theory is included and relevance for clients and therapist well-being benefits will be explored.Full fee £259.00 Senior fee £259.00 Concession £259.00 - 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: 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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