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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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- Try it out: jewellery making
Course start date: Fri 24 Jan 2025 (and 1 other date)Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Kinga OlahMake a pendant in two evenings. During this action packed course, you will gain the fundamental skills needed to make a simple pendant in copper and/or brass.Full fee £129.00 Senior fee £129.00 Concession £129.00 - Introduction to artificial intelligence Course start date: Fri 24 Jan 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Hybrid (choose either online or in-person)
Tutors: Marc CohenStephen 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.
This course will be delivered online or in person. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £129.00 Senior fee £103.00 Concession £84.00 - Picture book writing Course start date: Sun 26 Jan 2025 (and 5 other dates)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Andrew WealeWould you like to write a picture book text for young children? This course is designed for children's writers and for illustrators wishing to write their own stories; a starter course to develop both your ideas and your technique.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £149.00 Concession £75.00 - Try it out: animation Course start date: Mon 27 Jan 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Litza JanszEver fancied producing your own animations for web, devices and video? Come and learn the basics of creating professional-looking animated sequences using the software application Adobe After Effects CC.Full fee £129.00 Senior fee £129.00 Concession £129.00 - Wild Women: travel writing by women walkers, cyclists and horse ridersCourse start date: Thu 30 Jan 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Woody RiverAdventurous, brave, inspirational and tough! But you don’t have to be! Travel with these four amazing women on their immensely challenging journeys through wild terrains. See the landscapes through their careful descriptions, experience the cultures through their close observations, and meet the people through their intense curiosity, but also glimpse their strength – mental and physical – which made these writings possible.
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 £77.00 - German beginners for opera loversCourse start date: Wed 5 Feb 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Katja ParmarCome to this German for German opera lovers beginners language course in the heart of London.Full fee £129.00 Senior fee £103.00 Concession £84.00 - Massage: workshop Course start date: Sat 8 Feb 2025 (and 3 other dates)
Location on this date: Kean Street Wellbeing Centre
Tutors: Monica ClarkeDiscover how massage can relieve stress and promote relaxation and healing through touch. Learn techniques to perform on family and friends. Suitable for those with a general interest or wishing to progress on to an accredited course.Full fee £209.00 Senior fee £209.00 Concession £209.00 - Lecoq technique: physicality and action (level 2)Course start date: Sat 8 Feb 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Sean CroftDevelop your physical skills and a deeper understanding of the Lecoq technique. As well as looking in more detail at your physicality, you will have a chance to work individually to create exciting characters, and to learn the essentials of physical storytelling. Students should complete our introductory course before attending level 2.Full fee £129.00 Senior fee £129.00 Concession £90.00 - Cradles of Civilisation: The HittitesCourse start date: Mon 10 Feb 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Hugo CookIn this course we will explore one of the greatest and most powerful civilisations of the Bronze Age, who challenged Egypt and raised astounding monuments in what is now Turkiye.Join us to learn more!
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 £95.00 Concession £77.00 - 'Wild Places': Katherine Mansfield's imaginative worldsCourse start date: Wed 12 Feb 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Fiona McCullochThis course will introduce and discuss a selection of short stories by Katherine Mansfield. Mansfield’s approach to art is to embrace hidden depths, to seek untamed and unhindered aspects lurking in the shadows, writing with a wild surmise in an attempt to find new literary vistas. Similarly, describing herself as ‘an alien’, we will consider her self-asserted feeling of strangeness as an outsider, and how this might manifest itself in her fictional work.
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 £77.00 - Manual lymphatic drainage: detox for face and neck Course start date: Wed 12 Feb 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Kean Street Wellbeing Centre
Tutors: Janet WhiteheadWould you like to learn how to give a detox facial massage? Based on the lymphatic system, this technique is designed to eliminate toxins and improve the skin's appearance by boosting the immune system.Full fee £179.00 Senior fee £179.00 Concession £179.00 - Understanding Ethics in AI Course start date: Wed 12 Feb 2025 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Hybrid (choose either online or in-person)
Tutors: Vina TheodorakopoulouThis is a short introduction to Ethics in AI for non-technical beginners who aspire to drive responsible AI design and use. This course will enable you to strike a balance between the potential benefits and risks of AI technology.
This course will be delivered online or in person. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £129.00 Senior fee £103.00 Concession £84.00 - Looking beyond headlines: colonialism and contemporary conflictsCourse start date: Thu 13 Feb 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Salome IetterThis course will provide a reflection on the colonial, post-colonial and neo-colonial aspects and underpinnings of contemporary conflicts.Full fee £119.00 Senior fee £119.00 Concession £119.00 - Raise your self-esteem Course start date: Fri 14 Feb 2025
Location on this date: Kean Street Wellbeing Centre
Tutors: Jonathan FreilichBoost your inner resources through theory, discussion, tutoring and practical exercises. Learn how to release your self esteem and overcome feelings of inadequacy that can get in the way of your shining self.Full fee £129.00 Senior fee £129.00 Concession £84.00 - And the Oscar for Actor in a Leading Role doesn't go toCourse start date: Sun 16 Feb 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Graham RinaldiCome and join us at the Cultureplex during awards season. We will watch a film from three actors who have been nominated on multiple occasions but have never achieved an academy award. Each film will be introduced, placed in both its cinematic, cultural and historic context. After the screening we will devote the rest of the class to a collective exploration of the film, led by the tutor, but involving everyone in a participatory discussion that will allow all to express their responses, their views, their thoughts on the film screened.Full fee £119.00 Senior fee £95.00 Concession £77.00
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