Technology, science & business
Excited by new technology, scientific breakthroughs or business success? Or perhaps you'd like to delve deeper into nature, conservation or astronomy?
We have a huge range of courses which help you to get your head around modern technology, give you the tools to succeed in business, or enable you to explore more of the world around you.
Our courses take place in the evenings, daytimes and at weekends, and are held in Covent Garden.
Find our contact details under 'About technology, science and business'.
Get in touch on 020 7831 7831 Monday-Friday between 10am-5pm.
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Science guest lecture: Plate tectonics: the story of geology’s Grand Unifying Theory
Course Date: Fri 19 Oct 2018
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetThis year marks the 50th anniversary of the birth of Plate Tectonics which has since become terrestrial geology's Grand Unifying Theory. Ted Nield will explain the theory and how the concepts relate to the earlier ideas of ‘Continental Drift’.
Ted Nield is the author of several highly successful books on geology: Underlands - a journey through Britain's lost landscape (2014). Incoming! or, why we should stop worrying and learn to love the meteorite (2011)) and Supercontinent - 10 billion years in the life of our planet (2007). He was editor from 1997 to 2018 of the Geological Society’s magazine, Geoscientist.Full fee: £9.00Senior fee: £9.00Concession: £9.00 -
Introduction to artificial intelligence
Course Date: Sun 21 Oct 2018 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetStephen Hawking and Elon Musk say it's humanity's biggest threat, but you use it every day. Learn what artificial intelligence is, what it will become, and how it works.Full fee: £89.00Senior fee: £71.00Concession: £45.00 -
Build a website in a day with WordPress
Course Date: Sun 21 Oct 2018 (and 5 other dates)
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetWordPress is the world's most popular content management system, and it's free! On this intensive, one-day course you'll learn how to use it to build your own website.Full fee: £99.00Senior fee: £79.00Concession: £50.00 -
Advanced Python
Course Date: Sun 21 Oct 2018 (and 3 other dates)
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetTake your Python coding skills to the next level. Extend your programming skills by learning how to create secure and reusable code using sub-routines and modules, use advanced lists and dictionaries to create more complex programs that solve real world problems, use inbuilt libraries to boost the functionality of your programs and learn how to build graphical interfaces to your code that work on Windows, Mac and Linux systems.Full fee: £199.00Senior fee: £159.00Concession: £100.00 -
Access 2016: advanced
Course Date: Mon 22 Oct 2018 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetLearn advanced features of databases: relationships, data validation, advanced form design, subforms, multiple queries, advanced reports, macros and switchboard. Knowledge required: Access essentials course or equivalent knowledge and experience.Full fee: £189.00Senior fee: £151.00Concession: £95.00 -
Developing and managing your brand
Course Date: Tue 23 Oct 2018
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetA brand is the soul of your business. It defines its identity, the way it expresses itself and how other people see your business or product. This course will give you an overview into the ins and outs of creating and managing a brand.Full fee: £89.00Senior fee: £71.00Concession: £45.00 -
Excel 2016: advanced
Course Date: Tue 23 Oct 2018 (and 7 other dates)
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetLearn advanced features: sorting, filtering, linking, formulae, pivot tables and macros to create and work with complex spreadsheets. This course follows on from 'Excel: essentials' or is suitable for students with equivalent knowledge and experience.Full fee: £189.00Senior fee: £151.00Concession: £95.00 -
Using Apple Mac OSX: short introduction
Course Date: Wed 24 Oct 2018 (and 3 other dates)
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetLearn about Apple Mac computers: the desktop, layout and environment, how to open, save and close files, and navigate the operating system.Full fee: £39.00Senior fee: £31.00Concession: £20.00 -
WordPress: intermediate
Course Date: Wed 24 Oct 2018 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetTake your basic WordPress skills to the next level by using plugins and widgets to add new functionality, and by editing and creating theme files to customise the look of your site.Full fee: £229.00Senior fee: £183.00Concession: £115.00 -
HTML5 & CSS: introduction (stage 1)
Course Date: Wed 24 Oct 2018 (and 5 other dates)
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetStart learning the formatting languages used to create web pages and construct a website in which various pages are linked together using HTML5, the latest standard for HTML, and CSS. This course is also suitable for people who want to update the content on an existing website.Full fee: £249.00Senior fee: £199.00Concession: £125.00 -
Build a website with WordPress in two sessions
Course Date: Thu 25 Oct 2018 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetLearn how to use WordPress, the world's most popular website building program. This is our one day course 'Build a website in a day with WordPress' but taught over two evenings.Full fee: £99.00Senior fee: £79.00 -
Blogging: write your own blog using WordPress
Course Date: Thu 25 Oct 2018 (and 3 other dates)
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetLearn to create your own blog with this beginners course and raise your online profile.Full fee: £99.00Senior fee: £79.00Concession: £50.00 -
Introduction to machine learning
Course Date: Thu 25 Oct 2018 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetOne of the great advances in technology is that machines can learn without humans teaching them explicit rules – e.g. letting machines train on samples of speech allows Siri to recognise your commands. Machine learning is a large part of artificial intelligence, and a mystery to most of us. This practical course teaches you how to program learning algorithms in Python. We will cover fundamentals of classification, natural language processing, financial predictions and much more. You will learn elements of data mining, how to choose a learning algorithm, and how to tweak parameters of the algorithm. We will briefly cover the theory behind the algorithms, so some maths knowledge is useful, but not required. To enrol, you must have experience with Python or a similar programming language, e.g. have taken City Lit’s Introduction to Python or Introduction to R programming course.
Full fee: £229.00Senior fee: £183.00Concession: £115.00 -
Introduction to VBA
Course Date: Sat 27 Oct 2018 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetBuild on your advanced Excel skills and learn how to use the Visual Basic Editor (VBE) to create VBA procedures (macros) and user forms. You will then be able to modify and test these components easily step by step in the VBE.Full fee: £199.00Senior fee: £159.00Concession: £100.00