Business, Marketing & Technology Courses
Excited by new technology, scientific breakthroughs or business success? Want to improve your digital skills for the workplace or for personal use? Or perhaps you'd like to delve deeper into nature, conservation or astronomy?
We offer a wide range of courses to support your learning. Whether you're interested in programming, coding, web design, or data analysis with Python, we have something for you. Stay updated with the latest technology through our Generative AI and machine learning courses. These will help you understand new developments and give you the tools to succeed in business and digital marketing.
Additionally, we've introduced new courses in Financial Technologies (FinTech), Blockchain and Cryptocurrencies, and Cybersecurity for business. Recognizing the importance of decision-making in AI, we also offer short courses on Ethics in AI and Business Sustainability in AI.
Our tutors are highly qualified industry professionals and will help you reach your personal goals whether you are a complete beginner or are building on existing experience.
Staff training and employee development
We also offer corporate training for your employees. This can be customised to your company’s training needs and the areas we cover are Programming, Web development, Adobe Creative cloud, Advanced MS Office, digital marketing, social media, podcasting, Generative AI and Ethics in AI, Financial Technologies (FinTech) and cybersecurity for business. We have been successfully delivering ad hoc workplace training courses for over two decades to companies in London. In recent years we have also been offering staff skills training courses online or in hybrid format to provide more flexibility to employees looking to develop their skills. For more information on employee development courses please contact our department computing@citylit.ac.uk
Browse technology, business and science courses below and enrol today!
- Touch typing and keyboard skills
Course start date: Tue 14 Jan 2025 (and 2 other dates)Location on this date: Keeley Street
Do you need to learn to type quickly and efficiently? Are you working or do you want to work in administration? Learn how to type with correct finger placement without looking at the keyboard. Build your speed with practice and speed tests. No previous experience required.
This course is FREE if you are employed and on a low wage or you are claiming benefits. For more information Click here
Full fee £179.00 Senior fee £143.00 Concession £90.00 - Design with Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign Course start date: Tue 28 Jan 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Gita HahnA fun and challenging introduction to these three programs, regularly used together for everything from infographics to packaging and magazine work. Learn how to integrate vector graphics, photographic images and page layout and design.Full fee £649.00 Senior fee £519.00 Concession £422.00 - Forensic Science Part II Course start date: Tue 28 Jan 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Judy JohnsonHave you ever wondered how crimes are solved? How can you prove a suspect is guilty or innocent? Join Judy Johnson to explore topics including the analysis of human remains and the presence of toxins and their impact on the crime scene.Full fee £129.00 Senior fee £103.00 Concession £84.00 - Becoming confident with digital skills and AI chat: on your computer and online (beginner) Course start date: Tue 11 Feb 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Are you new to computers and the Internet? Do you need to increase your confidence with digital skills? This course will ensure you have a solid foundation in using computers and being online. You will learn the essential features of creating, saving, storing different types of files and documents, including photos and letters in Word. You will develop your internet skills to find information quickly and efficiently, and learn how to transfer this information to different documents and people. You will also learn the basics of how of how to use Zoom to host meetings and communicate effectively online. Finally, you do all of this while learning how to remain safe online and to keep your files secure.
This course is FREE if you are employed and on a low wage or you are claiming benefits. For more information Click here
Full fee £59.00 Senior fee £47.00 Concession £30.00 - Adobe Illustrator: stage 1Course start date: Sat 22 Feb 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Gita HahnExplore basic design and illustration techniques using Adobe Illustrator – the key high-end graphics software used to create logos and icons. Discover what you can achieve using paths, pens, colour, and type as you learn about infographics and designing with vectors.Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £175.00 Concession £142.00 - Business skills for creative businesses Course start date: Fri 28 Mar 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Michael HardingThis course will equip you with all necessary skills needed in starting, growing and managing a small business in the creative industries.Full fee £349.00 Senior fee £279.00 Concession £227.00 - Getting started in digital skills: becoming confident on your computer and online (complete beginner) Course start date: Tue 15 Apr 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Are you completely new to computers and the Internet? This course will help you get started on using a computer and the internet. You will learn all the basics and the key terms you need to starting becoming confident on a computer and online. You will learn about different files and how to create and save them. You will learn how to write and send simple letters and emails. You will develop your internet skills so you can find information and complete online forms. Finally, you do all of this while learning how to remain safe online and to keep your files secure.
This course is FREE if you are employed and on a low wage or you are claiming benefits. For more information Click here
Full fee £39.00 Senior fee £31.00 Concession £20.00 - Forensic Science part IIICourse start date: Tue 6 May 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Judy JohnsonHave you ever wondered how crimes are solved? How can you prove a suspect is guilty or innocent? Join Judy Johnson on this interactive 5-week course to explore topics including the examination of documents and fire explosion evidence to what forensic experts do in court.Full fee £129.00 Senior fee £103.00 Concession £84.00 - Digital skills for the workplace: working with data - inputting, finding, sorting, filtering with Excel (foundation)Course start date: Tue 6 May 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Working with data inside and outside of work is now an essential skill and Excel is one of the main tools you need to use. Whether you want to keep track of your personal finances or make calculations about expenditure, sickness absence or profits at work, you need to know how to use key functions of Excel so you can organise the data and make sense of it. This course will help you learn how to input, find, sort and filter data so you can achieve key tasks needed in the workplace and at home and present the information in a way other people can understand.
This course is FREE if you are employed and on a low wage or you are claiming benefits. For more information Click here
Full fee £179.00 Senior fee £143.00 Concession £90.00
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