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All our courses here at City Lit are taught by expert tutors such as published authors, academics, practising artists, and experienced professionals. Our friendly, supportive, and inspiring tutors are here to boost your confidence and motivate you at every step. We always ensure that your journey with us is enjoyable, positive, and thought-provoking.
We offer online courses and in-person courses. Our interactive online courses are taught live and in small groups. Read our guide to online learning for more information. In-person courses are delivered at our modern college campus in London near Covent Garden.
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If you can't decide which subject to study, why not try some of our short taster courses?
- Art and critical theory: rethinking 'nature'Course start date: Wed 26 Jun 2024
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Irina ChkhaidzeExplore the role of critical theory within the field of art history, and learn new ways of thinking about art by focusing on how recent authors have been rethinking our understanding of nature.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £99.00 Senior fee £99.00 Concession £64.00 - Introduction to artificial intelligenceCourse start date: Fri 28 Jun 2024 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Stephen Hawking and Elon Musk say it's humanity's biggest threat, but you use it every day. Learn what artificial intelligence is, what it will become, and how it works.Full fee £99.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £64.00 - Left populism and socialism todayCourse start date: Tue 2 Jul 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
This course will provide an overview of the politics of ‘Left populism’ in their historical perspective and contemporary manifestations as well as in their relation to socialist politics.Full fee £99.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £50.00 - Interviewing skills for journalists
Course start date: Wed 3 Jul 2024Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Susan GrossmanWant to get people to spill the beans? This fascinating taster explores the core elements of interviewing and getting quotes to enhance your writing or storytelling.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £69.00 Senior fee £69.00 Concession £35.00 - Italian summer: practise and consolidate 3Course start date: Wed 3 Jul 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Roberto MinardiConsolidate your upper intermediate level of Italian in this interactive class. Further practise the main topics and grammar points learned at level 3 lower and 3 upper through some speaking and listening activities. - Writing the personal: autobiographical theatre Course start date: Thu 4 Jul 2024
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Brian MullinLearn how to select and shape your own life experiences into a dynamic text for live performance on this supportive online course. Suitable for those with some experience of creative writing.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £89.00 Senior fee £89.00 Concession £45.00 - Chinese 2 lower: revisionCourse start date: Thu 4 Jul 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Ting PoonConsolidate your lower knowledge of Chinese (Mandarin) in this class based course in central London. Suitable if you have studied Mandarin for three years or have an equivalent level.Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £63.00 Concession £51.00 - World-building for fantasy and speculative fiction writers Course start date: Sat 6 Jul 2024 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: KR MoorheadLearn how to build worlds that lend your fantasy or speculative fiction credibility, richness and the kind of depth that leaves readers wanting more.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £69.00 Senior fee £69.00 Concession £35.00 - Drawing for jewellers Course start date: Mon 8 Jul 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Are you a jewellery maker who wants to become more confident in drawing? Join us on this two-session long evening class and learn how to sketch jewellery. Draw designs from different angles and add colour, shading and highlights. Learn to make a simple plan drawing (technical drawing), showing your design from the top, front and side view.Full fee £99.00 Senior fee £99.00 Concession £99.00 - How to get published Course start date: Mon 8 Jul 2024 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Neil ArkseySo you've finished your novel. What's next? This short course provides guidance in submitting to agents and publishers, and helps you to tailor your work to maximise its potential in the marketplace.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £99.00 Senior fee £99.00 Concession £50.00 - Piano practice and memorisation: levels 3-5 Course start date: Mon 8 Jul 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Shelagh SutherlandThe perfect course for pianists of level 3-5 standard who would like to streamline their practice and improve their memorisation skills.Full fee £89.00 Senior fee £89.00 Concession £62.00 - Chamber music: introductionCourse start date: Tue 9 Jul 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Gisela MeyerDiscover the pleasure of playing in small ensembles with varied instrumentation, with repertoire ranging from early to modern. For instrumentalists at Grade 3 standard or above who can read music confidently. - Taste JapanCourse start date: Tue 9 Jul 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Chikako NakagawaFrom street food to monks' food, come and explore the richness of regional Japanese cuisine across the seasons in this exciting workshop. - Ballet intensive
Course start date: Tue 9 Jul 2024Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Dilek TaptikAn intensive course that will help adult ballet students not only to watch ballet repertoire but to actively take part in it. You will be able to transfer movements from your ballet class directly into ballet choreography.
The choreography will be part of a well known narrative ballet and will have a storyline that you as a dancer can understand. A fun, relaxed yet challenging course which culminates in a small work-in-progress showing on the last day. - Tap intensive (improvers)Course start date: Tue 9 Jul 2024 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Benjamin BaileyIf you have a strong foundation in tap, come and improve your technique, and increase your understanding of syncopation and your confidence in a variety of rhythms and tempos. Tap shoes are essential.Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £55.00
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