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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.

 

 

 

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  1. Full fee £159.00 Senior fee £159.00 Concession £111.00
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  2. Craft focus: grammar, syntax, and style for creative writers
    Evening
    Course start date:  Mon 15 Sep 2025 (and 3 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  William Brady
    Great poetry and prose begin when the writer puts the right words in the right places. Learn how and why the rules and conventions of language matter in this course, which combines creative writing with opportunities to learn/revise essential points of grammar and useful literary concepts. Suitable for beginning writers looking to build confidence, and those with more experience who would like to practise these essential skills.
    Full fee £209.00 Senior fee £209.00 Concession £105.00
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  3. Use your voice assertively
    Evening
    Course start date:  Tue 8 Jul 2025 (and 2 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Ian Taylor
    Do you want to sound more confident, grounded, self-assured and assertive? Improve your vocal skills through a series of exercises that will support you to become more vocally confident, expressive and dynamic without appearing arrogant.
    Full fee £179.00 Senior fee £179.00 Concession £125.00
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  4. Full fee £449.00 Senior fee £359.00 Concession £292.00
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  5. Full fee £389.00 Senior fee £311.00 Concession £253.00
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  6. The art of negotiating
    Evening
    Course start date:  Wed 17 Sep 2025 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Gavin Illsley
    Negotiation is a communication skill essential in solving problems and reaching your goals. Learn to prepare well and to feel confident using logical and emotional tools to achieve great outcomes in the art of negotiating. This course will be delivered in the college.
    Full fee £139.00 Senior fee £139.00 Concession £97.00
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  7. Full fee £179.00 Senior fee £143.00 Concession £125.00
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  8. Full fee £239.00 Senior fee £191.00 Concession £155.00
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  9. British art: 1700-1850
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    Course start date:  Mon 6 Oct 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Thomas Balfe

    In the period 1700–1850, figures such as William Hogarth, Joshua Reynolds, Thomas Gainsborough and J. M. W. Turner emerged as leading figures in a newly ascendent British art tradition. This course explores British art of the eighteenth and early nineteenth century through key themes, including celebrity, satire, exploration, science, and social and industrial revolution.

    Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £219.00 Concession £142.00
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  10. Physics: from particles to the universe and beyond
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    Course start date:  Mon 6 Oct 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Gary Retallick
    Explore fundamental aspects of physics such as the nature of light, matter and energy and the physical laws governing our universe. Learn about the revolutionary discoveries of the world around us.
    Full fee £179.00 Senior fee £179.00 Concession £116.00
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  11. Introduction to using a Sketchbook
    Evening
    Course start date:  Fri 10 Oct 2025 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Sisetta Zappone
    A sketchbook is a great place to try things out, make mistakes and take risks - all in the nature of experimentation. An introduction to exploring creative mixed-media, drawing and mark-making techniques with confidence which can build personal ideas for further development.
    Suitable for beginners as well as those with some previous drawing experience who would like to start using a sketchbook.
    Full fee £299.00 Senior fee £239.00 Concession £194.00
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  12. Presenting on the spot
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    Course start date:  Mon 27 Oct 2025 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Stephanie Lunn
    Learn key vocal techniques and public speaking strategies that will support you when you need to give a memorable impromptu presentation or speech with gravitas and confidence. This course will be delivered in the college.
    Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £199.00 Concession £139.00
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  13. Full fee £239.00 Senior fee £191.00 Concession £155.00
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  14. Full fee £259.00 Senior fee £207.00 Concession £168.00
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  15. Ceramics: surface printing on clay
    Evening
    Course start date:  Mon 23 Feb 2026

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Lauren Ilsley
    Working with silkscreen, paper stencil, block and potato printing on unfired clay, biscuits and glazed surfaces, you will create pattern and narrative images with slips, oxides, glaze and on-glaze on simple mould forms and tiles.
    Full fee £339.00 Senior fee £271.00 Concession £220.00
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