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- 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. - 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 - Latin 4 lower: module 1Course start date: Wed 1 Oct 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Doukissa Kamini. - Latin 4 upper: module 3Course start date: Tue 6 May 2025 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Justin Murray.Full fee £209.00 Senior fee £209.00 Concession £136.00 - 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. - Introduction to Herbal MedicineCourse start date: Wed 1 Oct 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Ellie HollyHerbal medicine has lot to offer when it comes to improving mood, reducing anxiety, improving cognitive function and increasing energy levels. Herbal medicine is the use of whole plant extracts to treat illness and to prevent disease. When used correctly, herbal medicines offer a safe and effective way to improve mental health. Many herbs can be used safely alongside orthodox medicines. This course is all about giving you the knowledge you need to feel confident buying and trying herbal medicines to support your own health.Full fee £69.00 Senior fee £69.00 Concession £69.00 - Grammar in practice: advanced (level 2+)Course start date: Wed 7 May 2025 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Online
Is your grammar holding you back? Learn how to communicate more effectively by analysing, discussing and experimenting with English grammar. This course will help you realise that grammar is really about meaning: understanding better the meaning of what someone is saying and expressing yourself more meaningfully.
You need to do a pre-course assessment. Contact universal.skills@citylit.ac.uk / 020 8078 0489 for a face-to-face assessment or click the Start Assessment button on this page. Log on with your email address (not name). The course runs over three terms (though you may start any term, places allowing).
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 - Masterclass: poetry (a year-long workshop)Course start date: Wed 2 Oct 2024 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Fran LockThis year-long poetry masterclass is open by selective application to a maximum of ten students. You will receive inspiring tutor instruction and rigorous constructive feedback on your poems as you prepare them for publication and performance.Full fee £999.00 Senior fee £999.00 Concession £999.00 - Voice masterclass: the Patsy Rodenburg methodCourse start date: Thu 2 Oct 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Lloyd WyldeExtended by popular demand into twice its original length, we will explore through practical exercises the basic methodology of the leading voice practitioner Patsy Rodenburg in these two three-hour workshops delivered in the college. - French DALF C2Course start date: Thu 3 Oct 2024 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Pierre PorcheronCe cours de niveau très avancé vous prépare pour les examens en juin 2025 du 'Diplôme approfondi en langue française' (DALF), niveau C2. Vous pouvez arranger un interview. Pour cela, contacter languages : languages@citylit.ac.uk.
Possibilité de paiement en plusieurs versements. Les frais d'examen ne sont pas inclus dans le prix.
Voici les dates des trimestres:
Term 1: 03/10/2024-12/12/2024
Term 2: 16/01/2025-10/04/2025
Term 3: 01/05/2025-19/06/2025.Full fee £869.00 Senior fee £869.00 Concession £565.00 - Character voices for animation, stage and screenCourse start date: Fri 3 Oct 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: David ThorpeCharacter voices aren’t just for cartoons. Learn the tools and techniques you need to create new and unique character voices or to accurately imitate a historical or contemporary voice for animation, stage and screen. This intensive course will be delivered in the media studio. - Poetry of the Troubles: Seamus Heaney and his ContemporariesCourse start date: Fri 3 Oct 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Lewis WardOn this in-college literature course we will read Seamus Heaney’s North (1975), his first collection to deal explicitly with the Troubles in Northern Ireland, alongside poems on the same theme by contemporaries including Michael Longley, Seamus Deane and Derek Mahon. - Physics: from particles to the universe and beyondCourse start date: Mon 6 Oct 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Gary RetallickExplore fundamental aspects of physics such as the nature of light, matter and energy and the physical laws governing our universe. Learn about the revolutionary discoveries of the world around us.Full fee £179.00 Senior fee £179.00 Concession £116.00
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