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- City Lit Pro: Managing Conflict at Work
Course start date: Fri 7 Nov 2025Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Ketan VariaDoes conflict at work impact your well-being and does it stop you from being effective?Full fee £279.00 Senior fee £223.00 Concession £181.00 - Beginners' bookbinding ICourse start date: Fri 7 Nov 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Alessia TumbioloStart your bookbinding journey with this accessible, 6 week introduction to techniques and structures. Learn how to make simple folded books progressing to a more complex stitched binding and explore the world of handmade books.Full fee £409.00 Senior fee £327.00 Concession £266.00 - Textiles for beginners short course Course start date: Fri 7 Nov 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Renata MinoldoGet started with the basics of textiles by painting, printing and stitching fabric. Combine simple practical techniques with design work in colour, texture, pattern and composition.Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £159.00 Concession £129.00 - Woodblock and lino printmaking workshopCourse start date: Fri 7 Nov 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Learn how to create multicolour or monochrome relief prints. You'll be encouraged to work from your own source imagery (sketches, magazine cuttings, photos etc) as an inspirational lead-in to producing relief prints to take home.Full fee £239.00 Senior fee £191.00 Concession £155.00 - Introduction to casting and mould making Course start date: Fri 7 Nov 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Valerie MerloBreak the mould - try your hand at the techniques of mould making and casting as practised by sculptors, prop makers and designers. Under the guidance of highly experienced industry professionals in our fully equipped sculpture studio, explore making plaster and rubber moulds. Then learn how to cast from them in plaster of Paris and cement.Full fee £279.00 Senior fee £223.00 Concession £181.00 - Japanese: writing for beginners part 1Course start date: Sat 8 Nov 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Chikako NakagawaCome and improve your knowledge of the basic Japanese writing system, Hiragana and Katakana. Suitable if you are studying Japanese at beginners level.Full fee £59.00 Senior fee £47.00 Concession £59.00 - Saturday stop motion animation workshopCourse start date: Sat 8 Nov 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Stephanie GriffithsLearn how to do traditional model armature puppet animation and plasticine animation. On this practical course you will learn the principles of animation and apply them to the puppet sequences produced during the sessions. You will be introduced to some examples of professional puppets used on broadcast TV and, using professional equipment and you will learn how to use timing and performance to create dynamic animations.Full fee £299.00 Senior fee £239.00 Concession £194.00 - Data Science: introduction Course start date: Sun 9 Nov 2025
Location on this date: Hybrid (choose either online or in-person)
Tutors: Kathryn ColdhamBridge data analysis and machine learning with Python. Master data handling, create insights with modern visualization, and build predictive models using state-of-the-art AutoML techniques. Gain practical, industry-relevant skills.
Full fee £259.00 Senior fee £207.00 Concession £168.00 - Pottery: a short course in throwing Course start date: Sun 9 Nov 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Josie WarshawIdeal for beginners who want to experience the basic techniques of throwing on the potter's wheel. Learn how to produce mugs, bowls and simple forms, as well as how to apply slips and glazes on this enjoyable five-day course.Full fee £599.00 Senior fee £479.00 Concession £389.00 - Explore: GIF making for illustration Course start date: Sun 9 Nov 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Sophie WolfsonThis one-day course is an introduction to creating animated gifs using hand-drawn illustrated images.
Full fee £89.00 Senior fee £89.00 Concession £89.00 - Mughal decorative arts: an introduction Course start date: Mon 10 Nov 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Arjmand AzizExplore the splendour and technical sophistication of the decorative arts during the Mughal era (1526-1857) in South Asia in this introductory course.Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £63.00 Concession £51.00 - Documentary filmmakingCourse start date: Mon 10 Nov 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Lily MarkiewiczDocumentary-style films are the most popular genre on Social Media, on TV, and in Film festivals. Come and learn the essential techniques that make a gripping documentary.Full fee £459.00 Senior fee £367.00 Concession £298.00 - Social Media Building Better PostsCourse start date: Wed 12 Nov 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Amber Raney-KincadeThis course will discuss how to improve posts on social media. Each platform is unique, but you can learn to improve your content and present your business by creating better posts. You can no longer get away with a simple text message or a stolen image from Google. You must learn how to improve your posts in order to get the most from your social media.
Full fee £69.00 Senior fee £55.00 Concession £45.00 - DSLR for video: shoot and editCourse start date: Wed 12 Nov 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Lyndon IvesThink quality video production needs a whole film crew? Think again! Discover how you can easily shoot and edit professional-level video on your own digital SLR camera; get expert guidance on the whole process and find out why DSLRs have become the camera of choice for many broadcast professionals.Full fee £239.00 Senior fee £191.00 Concession £155.00 - The Cold War: Talk & WalkCourse start date: Wed 12 Nov 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Join us on a romp through post-War London tracing the way in which the Cold War played out on the streets, on the page and on the screen. This 1-day workshop will be structured as a morning talk and an afternoon walk after the lunch break.
Full fee £49.00 Senior fee £39.00 Concession £32.00
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