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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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- Discovering Victorian London: empire, enterprise and educationCourse start date: Tue 7 May 2024
Location on this date: Blended (learn both online and in-person)
Tutors: Eleanor JacksonVictorian London shaped today's city. Discover the lasting legacy of the Victorian age, uncover its secrets, and meet some of the characters who created one of the world's greatest cities.
Initial lecture via zoom followed by 7 guided walks.
This course will be delivered online and in person. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information. - Watercolour painting: mixed media techniquesCourse start date: Tue 9 Apr 2024 (and 3 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Ruth BrisonWatercolour has a rich tradition - this course will explore the more experimental ways of using this pleasurable medium and will present new possibilities for producing exciting new work with mixed media. Make inventive combinations of media to draw from your own found imagery, photographs and sketches.Full fee £189.00 Senior fee £151.00 Concession £123.00 - Homes, houses and art in Europe: 1900-1960Course start date: Tue 7 May 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Emma Rose BarberKnock on the door of artists’ houses and studios from 1900-1960 to experience exciting and visually dazzling spaces created over the course of their careers. At a time when artists were beginning to forge their own brave new visual worlds, this course considers what the homes might tell us about the artists and how they wanted their homes to be seen. This is the second part of a series on Homes and Houses; it can also be taken without having done the previous course.Full fee £119.00 Senior fee £95.00 Concession £77.00 - Acting for wellbeingCourse start date: Tue 7 May 2024 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Juliet PragueIncrease your physical and emotional wellbeing through playful and fun acting exercises. Connect, take notice, be active, learn new skills, become more present and engaged with others using tools drawn from actor training.Full fee £129.00 Senior fee £103.00 Concession £84.00 - Ways into poetry: intensiveCourse start date: Sun 29 Sep 2024 (and 5 other dates)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Alice FrecknallAre you just starting to write poetry? This shorter version of our introductory Ways into poetry course offers an opportunity to experiment with language and a variety of poetic devices. Discover the key elements of a poem in a friendly and interactive class.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £119.00 Senior fee £119.00 Concession £60.00 - Italian beginners: module 1Course start date: Tue 24 Sep 2024 (and 13 other dates)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Simona CecchiniWith its rich culture and history and its incredible landscapes and architecture, there are countless reasons to learn Italian. Whether you wish to learn Italian in order to make your visits to Italy more enjoyable, or because you'd like to speak with family and friends in their native language, this course will provide the groundwork for you to begin your journey towards fluency. Our emphasis is on speaking and listening skills so that you can begin communicating quickly in Italian. Once you've completed this course you can continue with 'Italian beginners: module 2.'.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £175.00 Concession £142.00 - Essential digital skills for work (Level 1)Course start date: Tue 7 May 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Do you have some digital skills but lack confidence to use them? Would you like to gain the most essential digital skills needed for today's workplace? If so, and you need to develop the foundational digital skills for today's job market, this is the course for you. The course will give you the confidence to use different digital devices and tools to collaborate and communicate efficiently with work colleagues, to create and edit documents and presentations, and make simple spreadsheets. You will learn about different types of digital communication as well as how to use online resources for finding and using information and completing transactions. You will learn the transferable digital skills you need to progress, participate and express yourself in the workplace and gain a qualification. 53% of UK employees do not have the digital skills needed for work. You don't need to be one of them.
Please note: you MUST pass the first part of the course, attend every class and do the necessary homework. If you do not, you will not be able to continue the course.
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.Full fee £0.00 Senior fee £0.00 Concession £0.00 - Painting: colour mixingCourse start date: Mon 10 Jun 2024 (and 4 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Ruth BrisonA concise study of colour usage. Investigate colour perception and how colour interacts. Explore a range of observational and expressive painting projects, relate colour theory to practice and develop confidence using colour. An emphasis on colour mixing using acrylics and oil paint.Full fee £189.00 Senior fee £151.00 Concession £123.00 - Before the election: the essentials of British politics!Course start date: Thu 9 May 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Ian McGarvieThis essentials course will give you the foundations of the political system in the United Kingdom, whilst also enabling you to use your newly acquired knowledge to discuss and debate current affairs matters in real time.Full fee £99.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £64.00 - French: more pronunciation through songsCourse start date: Thu 9 May 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Estelle HélouinWhether you are a shower singer, an experienced singer or just like listening to songs in French, this course is for anyone who would like to improve their French pronunciation while enjoying beautiful songs from different French speaking countries.Full fee £49.00 Senior fee £39.00 Concession £32.00 - Spanish beginners: module 1Course start date: Thu 25 Apr 2024 (and 13 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Amaia IbargüenLearn to speak Spanish on this lively, communicative course for complete beginners. Taught in Spanish with the emphasis on developing your listening and speaking skills.
Based on Units 1-4 of 'Nos Vemos Hoy' (Campus Difusión). PLEASE DO NOT BUY IT UNTIL AFTER THE FIRST CLASS (see the 'Are there any other costs' section).Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £159.00 Concession £129.00 - Drawing: ink and wash techniquesCourse start date: Thu 9 May 2024 (and 6 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Jack DuplockThe immediacy and versatility of ink and wash is perfect for those sketching on location, for designers and for students interested in watercolour techniques. Take the opportunity to explore the basic techniques of this exciting process.Full fee £189.00 Senior fee £151.00 Concession £123.00 - Spectacles of the Ancient worldCourse start date: Thu 9 May 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Michael BloomfieldThis course explores some of the most elaborate and powerful displays of the Graeco-Roman world. Designed to entertain, inform, and elicit support, often at times of great political or religious significance, they were unforgettable, and have long exercised an influence on our own understanding of the nature of power.Full fee £89.00 Senior fee £71.00 Concession £58.00 - Filmmaking: shoot and editCourse start date: Mon 4 Nov 2024 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Lily MarkiewiczLearn all the stages of film making from initial pre- production planning through to post production editing. Whatever genre interests you, this course will give you the essential skills to realise your own movie.Full fee £529.00 Senior fee £423.00 Concession £344.00 - French beginners: module 1Course start date: Fri 10 May 2024 (and 11 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Pascale VuittenezLearn French on this lively interactive course for beginners. The course will be taught in French, with an emphasis on developing your speaking and listening skills.Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £159.00 Concession £129.00
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