28 Days of Learning Challenge — Prize Draw & Discount

Get 15% off now when you enter the prize draw for a chance to WIN a free course. Get 15% off now >

Terms and conditions apply. See full terms and conditions.

Discount only valid on one course between £99 and £500 inclusive. Discount ends midnight Monday 2 December 2024. 

See full terms and conditions

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 16-30 of 65

Page
per page
  1. Full fee £59.00 Senior fee £59.00 Concession £59.00
    Rating:
    100% of 100
    Add to Compare
  2. Full fee £129.00 Senior fee £129.00 Concession £129.00
    Rating:
    89% 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 £59.00 Senior fee £59.00 Concession £59.00
    Rating:
    83% of 100
    Add to Compare
  5. Combining voice and Pilates
    Weekend
    Course start date:  Sat 12 Jul 2025 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Kate Montague
    This innovative and one-off workshop shows you how to integrate modified Pilates movements with voice training as a holistic approach to voice, starting at breath release and progressing into phonation and resonance. Through this combination you may begin to find a link between body and voice through the core muscles of support. A fun but intensive Saturday workshop in the college.
    Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £55.00
    Rating:
    90% of 100
    Add to Compare
  6. Full fee £59.00 Senior fee £59.00 Concession £59.00
    Add to Compare
  7. Full fee £29.00 Senior fee £29.00 Concession £29.00
    Rating:
    94% of 100
    Add to Compare
  8. Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £79.00
    Rating:
    100% of 100
    Add to Compare
  9. Full fee £89.00 Senior fee £71.00 Concession £62.00
    Rating:
    90% of 100
    Add to Compare
  10. Storytelling for business and pleasure 1
    Course start date:  Tue 29 Apr 2025 (and 3 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Ariella Eshed
    All cultures respect the world of Story. The ability to tell Stories, in a variety of settings, is a skill that has seen a strong resurgence both in the workplace and in contemporary performance. Gain greater confidence in your communication skills and apply this to your wider experience. This course will be delivered in the college.
    Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £229.00 Concession £160.00
    Rating:
    96% of 100
    Add to Compare
  11. The Twelve Caesars, Emperors of Rome
    Course start date:  Wed 1 Oct 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Michael Duigan
    Discover the extraordinary lives of the first rulers of Imperial Rome. Ancient historians have given us vivid accounts of the sometimes amusing, often scandalous, but always fascinating events in their lives. Can we distinguish between 'fact’ and vicious propaganda? A visit to the British Museum is included.
    Full fee £249.00 Senior fee £199.00 Concession £162.00
    Add to Compare
  12. The beginnings of Impressionism: Millet and the Barbizon School
    Course start date:  Wed 1 Oct 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Emma Rose Barber
    Who said the Impressionists were the first to paint ‘en plein air’? Get lost in wood and green and light and shade in the large forest of Fontainebleau near Paris and learn about a group of 19th-century painters who influenced the Impressionists in the art of painting landscape outside.
    Full fee £129.00 Senior fee £103.00 Concession £84.00
    Add to Compare
  13. Poetry Reading Group
    Course start date:  Wed 1 Oct 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Sophie Oxenham

    This Poetry Reading Group explores a wide range of poetry across different themes and periods, in a supportive and friendly group. Each week we will read and discuss a selection of 2-4 poems, focusing on a different theme each session. The tutor will select poetry from different poets, forms and periods, introducing you to a broad range of poetic voices and perspectives. Poetry is for everyone - come and join us!

     

    Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £175.00 Concession £142.00
    Add to Compare
  14. Colour in medieval art
    Course start date:  Thu 2 Oct 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Andreas Petzold
    Colour is an all pervasive and fundamental aspect of medieval art, but one that is largely neglected in art historical studies.This course looks at some of the main themes relating to colour such as symbolism, materials, theory and key developments.
    Full fee £179.00 Senior fee £143.00 Concession £116.00
    Add to Compare
  15. Shakespeare's Women: Hamlet, Macbeth and As You Like It
    Course start date:  Thu 2 Oct 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Sophie Oxenham
    This Literature course will look at three of Shakespeare’s female characters: Rosalind (As You Like It), Ophelia (Hamlet) and Lady Macbeth (Macbeth). We will consider their wit, madness and ambition, exploring Shakespeare’s language, the historical context, and the plays in performance.
    Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £63.00 Concession £51.00
    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