Writing Courses & Workshops Online & in London
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- Portrait painting: two session pose
Course start date: Sat 7 Jun 2025 (and 2 other dates)Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Luke JonesDevelop a portrait from life: a structured course to build skills towards making a convincing portrait where the model keeps the same pose over 2 sessions to enable a sustained piece of work.Full fee £209.00 Senior fee £167.00 Concession £136.00 - Speech and language therapy as a career Course start date: Thu 12 Jun 2025 (and 3 other dates)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Vivien Grant-Jones, Corinne Moffatt-SantosInterested in becoming a speech and language therapist? This workshop covers training courses in the UK, what the job involves, career structure, pay and hints for a successful interview, plus the opportunity to meet clients.Full fee £129.00 Senior fee £129.00 Concession £79.00 - Writing poetry: getting started Course start date: Thu 12 Jun 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Billie ManningThis short, fun workshop is the perfect starting point for students who are writing for the first time or new to the poetry path. Join us for thought-provoking writing exercises and poetry theory for beginners.Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £40.00 - Bookbinding: lettering with foils Course start date: Thu 24 Jul 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Royston HawardThis course is a basic introduction to lettering for the bookbinder using individual handle letters and gold foil as a transfer medium. - City Lit ceramics diploma: two-year course Course start date: Thu 11 Sep 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Carina Ciscato, Chantal Condron, Brigit Connolly, Annie TurnerThe Ceramics diploma course is designed for people with previous experience in ceramics or other art related practice. This advanced ceramics course encourages your creative development through a sustained practice-based programme of in-depth ceramic study that covers the artistic, technical, theoretical, and historical contexts of ceramics. For your final exhibition you will have the opportunity to exhibit at an external venue and at the New Designers show at the Business Design Centre in Islington.
Once you have submitted an application for the course, your suitability for the course will be assessed by interview. You will need to bring a portfolio of 2D and 3D/clay work alongside your sketchbooks. During the interview you will be asked to write a short paragraph to demonstrate your writing skills and to show your understanding of the use of numbers. Interviews for this course will take place on dates to be confirmed.
NOTE: Course dates are: 11/09/25 - 25/06/27, Thursday and Friday 9.30am – 6.00pm, 36 weeks per year. The course fee indicated on this page covers both years of the course. Payment plans will be available, details of which are to be confirmed.Full fee £11,499.00 Senior fee £11,499.00 Concession £8,049.00 - First Steps in Reading and WritingCourse start date: Thu 8 May 2025 (and 3 other dates)
Location on this date: Blended (learn both online and in-person)
Do you need help with reading and writing English? Can you write the letters of the alphabet or do you need to practise? Do you need to improve your spelling? Can you use numbers and count up to 100 or do you need help? On this course you will learn how to write individual letters, spell whole words, write simple sentences, read whole words, read simple sentences and understand notices. You will become confident in your speaking. And you will also practise the maths you need for everyday life so you can shop, use money and measure things correctly.
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).
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 - Business administration: ICT skills for business (advanced)Course start date: Thu 5 Mar 2026
Location on this date: Online
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 £159.00 Senior fee £127.00 Concession £80.00 - City Lit certificate in rehabilitation work with deaf people Course start date: Thu 1 May 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Lorraine BragginsAre you working in a sensory team in Social Services supporting deaf service users in the community?
This course will give you a broad knowledge and understanding of all aspects of deafness to enhance your working practice.
Part-time. 20 days of teaching spread over 10 lecture blocks each of 2 days.
Students will attend City Lit, Covent Garden, London.Full fee £3,399.00 Senior fee £3,399.00 Concession £3,399.00
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