Courses in London & Online

New courses added for 2025/26

The biggest choice of adult education short courses in London and online.

Looking for a course? City Lit has you covered. We have lots of courses, guided walks, expert talks, and events — more than any other college in London.

Whether you’re interested in a one-off talk or taster class, a short course over a few weeks, or a year-long programme. You'll find a course to suit your schedule and goals.

We offer online courses as well as hybrid and blended learning, and in-person courses in London.

 

Browse all Courses by Category

Use our subject categories to find the right course for you. Narrow down your selection using the filters to find your course by level, location, start date, duration, and price.

Online Courses by Category

Languages

Over 30 languages

Writing

Become a published author

Visual Arts

Explore Art & Design

Skills for Life & Work

English & Maths

Learn from expert tutors

All our courses are taught by experts with professional industry experience. From published authors and academics to exhibited artists and performers.

Business & Marketing

Upgrade your digital skills

Humanities

Explore History, Culture, Science & More

Choose from thousands of courses

With our daytime, evening, and weekend courses, there's course that is convenient for you.

Centre for Deaf Education

BSL & Lipreading 

Wellbeing & Massage

Gain skills in wellbeing

Speech Therapy

Manage your stammer

Performing Arts

Drama, Dance & Music

City Lit is a leading provider of adult education in London and all over the UK. It's the perfect place to learn something new, gain new skills, and build your confidence. From mastering new languages and honing creative skills to advancing your career with professional development courses. Whatever your passion or goal, our diverse curriculum has the perfect course to inspire your next step.

Taught by experts and practising professionals

All our courses are led by expert tutors including published authors, academics, practising artists, and experienced professionals; and they look forward to sharing their valuable knowledge and experience with you.


City Lit is a leading provider of adult education in London and all over the UK. It's the perfect place to learn something new, gain new skills, and build your confidence. From mastering new languages and honing creative skills to advancing your career with professional development courses. Whatever your passion or goal, our diverse curriculum has the perfect course to inspire your next step.

 

 

 

Filters

Items 1-15 of 25

Page
per page
  1. Full fee £49.00 Senior fee £49.00 Concession £49.00
    Add to Compare
  2. Full fee £49.00 Senior fee £49.00 Concession £49.00
    Rating:
    100% of 100
    Add to Compare
  3. Full fee £10.00 Senior fee £10.00 Concession £10.00
    Rating:
    99% of 100
    Add to Compare
  4. Full fee £49.00 Senior fee £49.00 Concession £49.00
    Add to Compare
  5. Full fee £49.00 Senior fee £49.00 Concession £49.00
    Add to Compare
  6. Full fee £49.00 Senior fee £49.00 Concession £49.00
    Rating:
    100% of 100
    Add to Compare
  7. The philosophy of race
    Course start date:  Tue 3 Jun 2025 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Ovett Nwosimiri

    This course session touches upon the philosophical foundations of race, engaging with historical and contemporary debates on racial identity, racism, and justic

    Full fee £10.00 Senior fee £8.00 Concession £7.00
    Add to Compare
  8. Struggles for Racial and Gender Justice in Latin America
    Course start date:  Tue 3 Jun 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Pilar Villanueva Martinez

    This course explores key contemporary movements for racial and gender justice in Latin America, including the feminist and women's movement, Indigenous peoples' land defense, and the anti-racist struggles of Afro-descendant communities.

    Full fee £10.00 Senior fee £8.00 Concession £7.00
    Add to Compare
  9. Art for social change: introducing the photography of Gordon Parks
    Course start date:  Tue 3 Jun 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Sarah Jaffray

    An introduction to the photography of Gordon Parks and its significant impact on social justice in the United States. We’ll develop Parks’s biography before looking at some of his famous photo-essays for Life and Ebony Magazines in the 1940s and 50s.

    Full fee £10.00 Senior fee £10.00 Concession £7.00
    Add to Compare
  10. Ethnicity, Racism, Crime and the Criminal Justice System in Britain
    Course start date:  Tue 3 Jun 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Michele Scott

    Join us to discuss ethnic inequalities within the British Criminal Justice System (CJS) and why these inequalities continue to persist in the 21st century. This session is part of the day on Racism and Racial Justice with Amnesty International UK..   

    Full fee £10.00 Senior fee £8.00 Concession £7.00
    Add to Compare
  11. Queer UK: Broadcasting history
    Evening
    Course start date:  Tue 17 Jun 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Siobhan McGuirk

    Attitudes towards gender and sexuality have transformed over the past 50 years. Television has documented it all – and sometimes surprisingly driven – radical change. Join us to explore the key moments that shaped Queer UK.

    Full fee £10.00 Senior fee £8.00 Concession £7.00
    Add to Compare
  12. Full fee £49.00 Senior fee £49.00 Concession £49.00
    Rating:
    100% of 100
    Add to Compare
  13. Gua Sha Facial massage: Taster Workshop
    Course start date:  Tue 24 Jun 2025 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Kean Street Wellbeing Centre

    Tutors:  Elena De Antoni
    Facial gua sha is a traditional Chinese skincare technique that involves gently gliding a smooth, flat tool (often made of jade or rose quartz) over the face in specific patterns to promote circulation, reduce puffiness, and encourage



    lymphatic drainage.
    Full fee £49.00 Senior fee £49.00 Concession £49.00
    Add to Compare
  14. Queer UK: rebels and revolutionaries
    Evening
    Course start date:  Tue 24 Jun 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Siobhan McGuirk

    Under-sung heroes, heroines and trancestors have long battled to make life bearable, better and even brilliant for LGBTIQ+ people in the UK. Join us to celebrate key figures in local history – and groups still battling for change

    Full fee £10.00 Senior fee £8.00 Concession £7.00
    Add to Compare
  15. Shiatsu: taster workshop
    Course start date:  Tue 24 Jun 2025 (and 2 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Kean Street Wellbeing Centre

    Tutors:  Fernando Cabo
    Shiatsu is a Japanese healing art, deeply rooted in the philosophy and practices of traditional Chinese medicine. This therapeutic form of body work involves applying pressure to the body using a practitioner’s thumbs, palms, elbows, knees and feet. Discover the basics of how to give this relaxing and therapeutic pressure point massage.
    Full fee £49.00 Senior fee £49.00 Concession £49.00
    Add to Compare
Page
per page

Can't see a course you want?

Add this category to your waiting list to set up alerts and we will update you when new courses are released online.

Add me to waiting list