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!
- Get Ready for the Dawn Chorus
Course start date: Wed 30 Apr 2025Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Chantal WoodunInternational Dawn Chorus Day takes place annually on the first Sunday of every May. Join us for this introductory session to discover the significance of the Dawn Chorus and learn to identify different bird songs.Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £19.00 Concession £12.00 - Introduction to Python Course start date: Tue 6 May 2025 (and 10 other dates)
Location on this date: Hybrid (choose either online or in-person)
Tutors: Muhammad KhanWant to learn more about how computers work and what computer programmers do? Get started using Python, the most popular and easy-to-use programming language in the world.Full fee £249.00 Senior fee £199.00 Concession £162.00 - Copywriting Course start date: Wed 7 May 2025 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Deborah MartinOn this practical course, you’ll learn the skills you need to create great copy and content for websites, social media and print.Full fee £269.00 Senior fee £269.00 Concession £135.00 - Chemistry for Fun, Part 3, Organic: From Alkanes to Amino AcidsCourse start date: Wed 7 May 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Gary RetallickWe look at organic chemistry, moving from relatively simple organic molecules such as alkanes to the structures which constitute the basis of living organisms, visiting petrochemicals and alcohols en route to amino acids and DNA.Full fee £99.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £64.00 - HTML5 & CSS: introduction (stage 1) Course start date: Thu 8 May 2025 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Hybrid (choose either online or in-person)
Tutors: George StickneyHTML is the foundation language of web sites and web based apps. It's easy to learn and can help you to begin a career in tech, update web sites and content management systems, have a better understanding of UX/UI, gain skills for SEO and digital marketing, collaborate more effectively with developers and much more!Full fee £249.00 Senior fee £199.00 Concession £162.00 - LinkedIn: a detailed introduction Course start date: Sat 17 May 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Hybrid (choose either online or in-person)
Tutors: Yana LapitskayaIn this longer, in-depth course, take a look at the crucial features to get started on building your network with LinkedIn.Full fee £99.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £64.00 - Excel: advanced Course start date: Wed 21 May 2025 (and 5 other dates)
Location on this date: Hybrid (choose either online or in-person)
Tutors: Aurica JalbaLearn advanced features of Excel: linking, advanced sorting, filtering, advanced formulae, scenarios, data validation and audit spreadsheet, pivot tables and macros to create and work with complex spreadsheets. This course is suitable for anyone who is involved in Data Analysis using Excel.Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £175.00 Concession £142.00 - Understanding Ethics in AI Course start date: Sat 24 May 2025 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Hybrid (choose either online or in-person)
Tutors: Vina TheodorakopoulouThis is a short introduction to Ethics in AI for non-technical beginners who aspire to drive responsible AI design and use. This course will enable you to strike a balance between the potential benefits and risks of AI technology.Full fee £129.00 Senior fee £103.00 Concession £84.00 - Introduction to machine learning Course start date: Wed 28 May 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Hybrid (choose either online or in-person)
Tutors: Kathryn ColdhamOne 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 £289.00 Senior fee £231.00 Concession £188.00 - Communicating effectively at workCourse start date: Thu 5 Jun 2025 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Jonny BlackHow skilfully do you manage the impression you make on people both in person and in online meetings and interviews? Develop your personal effectiveness by looking at voice and body language, assertiveness, sensitive listening, interviewing techniques and communication skills for business meetings. This course will be taught online.Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £149.00 Concession £149.00 - Introduction to artificial intelligence Course start date: Wed 14 May 2025 (and 4 other dates)
Location on this date: Hybrid (choose either online or in-person)
Tutors: Kathryn ColdhamStephen 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 £129.00 Senior fee £103.00 Concession £84.00 - HTML5 & CSS: intermediate (stage 2) Course start date: Thu 19 Jun 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Hybrid (choose either online or in-person)
Tutors: George StickneyWant to expand your knowledge of HTML5 and CSS? Need a better understanding of UI design? This course builds on the skills gained on our stage 1 course. Learn to section a web page using strucural tags in HTML5. Learn to arrange and position HTML5 elements to create modern web page layouts using CSS.Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £183.00 Concession £149.00 - Using hashtags effectively Course start date: Tue 24 Jun 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Amber Raney-KincadeHashtags are used on social media across many platforms, including Instagram, TikTok and Threads. This class is devoted to understanding hashtags and how to use them properly and effectively on social platforms. What is a hashtag, how do you create and track one, and how do you pick the right hashtag for your social media content.Full fee £59.00 Senior fee £47.00 Concession £38.00 - Machine learning: intermediate Course start date: Wed 2 Jul 2025
Location on this date: Hybrid (choose either online or in-person)
Tutors: Kathryn ColdhamOne of the best ways to learn machine learning is to take a project from beginning to end. This course will enable you to do this, in your field of interest.Full fee £289.00 Senior fee £231.00 Concession £188.00 - Pivot Tables: the Basics and BeyondCourse start date: Wed 17 Sep 2025
Location on this date: Hybrid (choose either online or in-person)
Tutors: Abbott KatzIn this course you will learn the essentials of pivot table construction and all additional features that will enhance the user’s pivot table competence.Full fee £139.00 Senior fee £111.00 Concession £90.00
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