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Unheard Voices Scholarship
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 >
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- German 3: revive your GermanCourse start date: Fri 18 Jul 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Barbara PölletRevive your German in the heart of London. Did you study German some time ago? This is the ideal course if you have studied German for at least 2 years (3 hours/ week ) or 3 years (1.5 hours /week) recently or want to pick up studying German again.This course is also suitable as a revison course.Full fee £49.00 Senior fee £49.00 Concession £49.00 - German 2: revive your GermanCourse start date: Fri 18 Jul 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Friederike SchroederRevise and consolidate your speaking and listening skills, as well as your grammar. Suitable if you have studied German for at least two years. Based on the tutor's own materials. - The writings of Cicero: an introductionCourse start date: Fri 18 Jul 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Sean GabbAn introduction to one of the most influential and prolific Roman writers, Cicero, his life and works. - Charleston intensiveCourse start date: Sat 19 Jul 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Rosaria SativaBuild a foundation of basic dance skills on this fun intensive which will have you dancing the energetic Charleston. You will be dancing to original jazz music from the 1920s and 30s as well different music styles to show that you can dance the Charleston to almost any beat.Full fee £99.00 Senior fee £99.00 Concession £69.00 - Craft focus: how to edit your non-fiction
Course start date: Sat 19 Jul 2025Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Andrew KenrickOnce your manuscript is on the page, the editing process begins. Where do you start and what skills do you need? This course guides learners through the editing of a non-fiction manuscript, exploring approaches to making line edits, improving structure and more.Full fee £119.00 Senior fee £119.00 Concession £60.00 - Build a website with Wix Course start date: Sat 19 Jul 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Gal SapirWix is an easy to use website builder and you can create a high quality website without the need of coding. This course will introduce you to the Wix platform and then guide you to build a website from start to finish.Full fee £129.00 Senior fee £103.00 Concession £84.00 - Postgraduate academic writing Course start date: Sat 19 Jul 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Anne WilsonExplore the building blocks and strategies for good academic writing at postgraduate level. Ideal for those studying or contemplating academic writing beyond undergraduate studies.Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £40.00 - Drama therapy: intermediateCourse start date: Sat 10 May 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Dan SkiliInvestigate the role and function of drama therapy as a working model on this interactive course. Looking at a range of drama tools that can be used in therapeutic settings, you will explore aspects of Playback Theatre and Forum Theatre as methods for engaging with others. Fun, insightful and packed with tools you can use, this is a great introduction to applying theatrical processes to therapy.Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £199.00 Concession £139.00 - Pentatonics and beyond: improvising in popular musicCourse start date: Thu 18 Sep 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: David HarrisonStudy how to improvise in popular music. These practical sessions are for players of any instrument. Get to grips with improvisation in this exploration of common scales and approaches to improv in pop, rock, blues, folk and jazz. We’ll look at blues scales, pentatonics, extension notes and more to help you get the most out of your improvisation.Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £219.00 Concession £153.00 - Jazz repertoireCourse start date: Sat 19 Jul 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Cerys Hogg, Della RhodesEnjoy playing and improvising on familiar and new jazz repertoire in a mixed ensemble. For players with substantial experience of jazz playing, ear training techniques and harmony study. Tunes will be announced and charts sent out two weeks in advance of the course. Rhythm section places are available for guitar, piano, bass and drums. - Experimental sculpture in plaster and clay Course start date: Sat 19 Jul 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: David FieldExplore the possibilities of modelling in clay and plaster. Taking inspiration from contemporary sculpture, work from found objects to develop your imagination, explore techniques of modelling, casting and transform forms according to your imagination. All levels of experience welcome.Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £183.00 Concession £149.00 - Beat writer’s block Course start date: Sat 19 Jul 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Claire CollisonA one day course for anyone who has started a project and lost their way, run out of momentum or found themselves staring at a blank page and wondering where the fun of writing went. - Excel: tricks and tips for productivity Course start date: Sat 19 Jul 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Aurica JalbaDo you have some familiarity with Excel? Would you like to learn methods that will make your use of the software easier and more efficient? The focus of the day will be to look at different features of Excel as well as adjusting settings and other shortcuts to improve your experience and productivity. - City Lit Pro: Machine learning for Financial Trading Course start date: Sat 19 Jul 2025
Location on this date: Hybrid (choose either online or in-person)
Machine learning is transforming financial trading. This course builds on your Python skills to teach the fundamentals of applying machine learning in finance. You'll analyze data, develop predictive models, and automate trading strategies through hands-on projects.Full fee £549.00 Senior fee £549.00 Concession £549.00 - Philosophy of Artificial IntelligenceCourse start date: Sat 19 Jul 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Edgar Ter-DanielyanThis course is an interactive introduction to philosophy of Artificial Intelligence (AI) focusing on ontological (‘what is AI?’) and epistemic (‘how do we know?’) aspects of recent revolutionary advances in AI from both philosophical and computer science perspectives. We will not focus on ethical aspects of AI in this course which are covered in a separate course.Full fee £69.00 Senior fee £55.00 Concession £45.00
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