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City Lit’s Malorie Blackman Scholarships for 'Unheard Voices' provide three annual awards to fund one year’s study within the Creative Writing department at City Lit. Learn more >
- French A levelCourse start date: Tue 30 Sep 2025
Location on this date: Online
An opportunity to gain an A-level qualification in one year. You will study topics on the society, history and culture of contemporary France and will develop relevant exam skills. Suitable if you have studied French for about five years. The course fee includes non-refundable exam costs payable in advance and is payable in instalments.
This course will be delivered online. However, a mock exam will take place on a Saturday in February 2026 (date TBC) at our central London college. You will therefore need to make sure that you make the necessary arrangements so that you can attend on that date.
The official exams will also take place at our Covent Garden college during the months of May and June (exact dates to be confirmed).
* Please note that, subject to government guidance, we might need to implement a contingency plan to be followed in the event of exam cancellations.
Term 1: 30/09/2025 - 09/12/2025
Term 2: 13/01/2026 - 31/03/2026
Term 3: 21/04/2026 - 16/06/2026. - City Lit fine jewelleryCourse start date: Tue 30 Sep 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Elizabeth Bone, Rae Duncan, Rebecca Ilett, Katrin SprangerThis advanced course will refine your existing jewellery making and design skills, through sessions in the workshop and guided independent study tasks. With an ethos of ‘idea to product', developing your personal research, design and making approach, there will be structured modules and projects encouraging you to build on your technical skills, presentation, and professional practice. We will explore material, finish and construction, alongside professional practice methodologies such as drawing, prototyping, outsourcing, pricing, and selling. The course culminates with working towards the production of a final body of work. - Ballet pointe: beginnersCourse start date: Tue 30 Sep 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Abigail BulfinThis short course offers you the opportunity to get introduced to pointe work at a pace that allows you to understand how to execute the basic exercises correctly. Working with correct alignment and safely are a focal point and to address any issues and concerns you may have. To get the most out of this course you should have attended regular ballet classes for at least 6 to 12 months. - Solitude in fiction and memoirCourse start date: Tue 30 Sep 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Kate WilkinsonThis online literature course explores representations of solitude in recent fiction and memoir. Reading twentieth- and twenty-first-century texts, we’ll consider experiences of solitude across rural and urban settings, from remote islands to crowded cities. How is solitude shaped by places, culture, gender, age and technology?Full fee £179.00 Senior fee £179.00 Concession £116.00 - Chess for beginnersCourse start date: Tue 30 Sep 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: David RowsonLearn one of the world’s most popular games, beginning with the basic moves and fundamental strategies. Includes a wide range of practical activities in a fun environment that will encourage you to pursue your interest further.Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £119.00 Concession £97.00 - Lunchtime Lecture: Bloomsbury and the art of Vanessa BellCourse start date: Tue 30 Sep 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Julia MusgraveAvant-garde painter, designer, decorator, inspired colourist, mother and muse, Vanessa Bell was the warm heart of the Bloomsbury Group, a set who Dorothy Parker once described as “living in squares and loving in triangles”.
Full fee £14.00 Senior fee £11.00 Concession £9.00 - America in the 50s: culture and societyCourse start date: Tue 30 Sep 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Pauline Greene, Mark Malcomson, Dale Mineshima-Lowe, Paul Sutton, Patricia Sweeney, Ian TucknottFrom America's domestic expansion and boom in the 1950s, this online intertextual course explores the political, social and cultural context of 1950s America through a study of literature, history, music, film and art of the period. With different tutors for each specialism, the course provides a 'taster' in each subject as a gateway to further study in understanding this fascinating period in American culture and society.Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £149.00 Concession £97.00 - Level 3 certificate in BSL for Deaf peopleCourse start date: Tue 30 Sep 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Pat ParkeIf you are deaf, have passed level 2 in BSL and are ready to further develop your use of BSL, this level 3 qualification, accredited by Signature will give you further knowledge of BSL and the deaf community in the UK .
The Free Courses for Jobs initiative is for Londoners aged 24 or over at the start of the course who are: on a low-income; or on certain benefits; or do not have a full level 3 qualification. For more information Click here
Full fee £0.00 - Full fee £179.00 Senior fee £143.00 Concession £125.00
- Comedy writing and performing: tasterCourse start date: Tue 30 Sep 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Alan NixonExplore your comedy writing and performance potential under the guidance of an Emmy-award winning comedy producer/director. Alan Nixon shares an introduction to the skills behind creating powerful comedy using classic and modern techniques.Full fee £39.00 Senior fee £39.00 Concession £39.00 - Latin 4 upper: module 3Course start date: Wed 1 Oct 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Justin Murray.Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £219.00 Concession £142.00 - ITEC Level 3 Certificate in Lymphatic drainage massageCourse start date: Wed 1 Oct 2025
Location on this date: Kean Street Wellbeing Centre
Tutors: Janet WhiteheadLearn how to provide a Lymphatic Drainage Massage using the classical lymphatic drainage techniques, including and the extraordinary benefits of this treatment. Prior experience: you must have completed the ITEC massage diploma or equivalent.Full fee £539.00 Senior fee £539.00 Concession £539.00 - Storytelling for business and pleasure 1Course start date: Wed 1 Oct 2025 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Ariella EshedAll 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 £189.00 Senior fee £189.00 Concession £132.00 - Masterclass: fiction (a year-long workshop)Course start date: Wed 1 Oct 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Thomas McMullanThis intensive three-term fiction workshop is open by selective application and interview to a maximum of ten fiction writers working at the advanced and professional levels. The deadline for applications is 25th August 2025. Shortlisted candidates will be invited to interview via Zoom on Wednesday 10th September. - The Twelve Caesars, Emperors of RomeCourse start date: Wed 1 Oct 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Michael DuiganDiscover 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
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