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- Graphic design for beginnersCourse start date: Mon 13 Jun 2022 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Gillian FieldenWorking through a series of creative exercises that focus on the basic design principles in graphic design, you will create exciting visual solutions by learning to take risks and push your ideas forward.Full fee £239.00 Senior fee £191.00 Concession £155.00 - English communication skills for professionals: finding the right word in business (advanced)Course start date: Mon 23 May 2022 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Online
Are you already working at a good level of English but still not sufficient for the needs of your workplace or to develop your career? Do you need to find just the right word, the correct tone, the exact phrase' This course will help you develop the right English for the right situation particularly in the world of work. Learn about different styles of writing, and effective and appropriate communication.
Before this course, you need to do a pre-course assessment. Contact universal.skills@citylit.ac.uk / 020 7492 2511 or click the Start Assessment button on this page. Log on with your email address (not name). Use Chrome if possible.
This course is FREE if a) you are on a Low Wage or b) you are either on Jobseekers' Allowance (JSA) or Employment & Support Allowance(ESA) or c) you want to get a job or progress into a better job and you receive other state benefits (including Universal Credit). For more information click here
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £189.00 Senior fee £151.00 Concession £95.00 - Children's book illustration: developing personal projectsCourse start date: Fri 10 Jun 2022 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Tim EllisAn opportunity to further develop your design, drawing, imagination, characterisation and narrative skills. Ideal if you’re preparing a portfolio for presentation to publishers, planning entry to a children’s book competition or wishing to continue developing your skills and imagination.Full fee £319.00 Senior fee £255.00 Concession £207.00 - Writing comics and graphic novels
Course start date: Mon 20 Jun 2022 (and 2 other dates)Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Rachael BallLearn the skills to write comics on this introductory course. Discover the history and key features of the medium and create your own project.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £129.00 Senior fee £129.00 Concession £65.00 - Music theory: diploma topics 3Course start date: Mon 25 Apr 2022 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Karl LutchmayerConsolidate your knowledge of music theory topics equivalent in standard to the first year of an undergraduate degree. The topics in this module are selected from the Trinity Associate (AMusTCL) syllabus. Prepare for this exam, or just develop your knowledge. This term: Exam technique and preparation. Break weeks: 02, 09 and 30 May 2022.
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 £219.00 Concession £142.00 - Music theory: counterpoint 3Course start date: Tue 26 Apr 2022 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Selena KayExplore the art of counterpoint, a musical technique in which two or more melodies are combined to create a highly engaging musical texture. This term will focus on imitative forms including invention, canon and fugue, as well as analysing examples of counterpoint in repertoire from the Baroque period to Twentieth Century. Break weeks 31st May and 07 June 2021.
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 £219.00 Concession £142.00 - The long 19th century III: national pride and new directionsCourse start date: Tue 26 Apr 2022 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Katy HamiltonIn this last part of the course, we turn to the nationalists of Germany, Russia, Italy, Scandinavia and Spain, and the importance of folk music. And, as the century ends, we come to those composers seeking to break the boundaries of tonality itself. This course has a scheduled break week: 21 Jun 2022.
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 - Becoming confident on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram: for complete beginnersCourse start date: Mon 6 Jun 2022 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Too nervous to face Facebook? Is tweeting something birds do? Have you heard of Instagram but never used it? Then this is the course for you. Improve your digital communication in a supportive environment and learn the different ways you can connect to friends, family and the wider world.
This course is FREE if a) you are on a Low Wage or b) you are either on Jobseekers' Allowance (JSA) or Employment & Support Allowance(ESA) or c) you want to get a job or progress into a better job and you receive other state benefits (including Universal Credit). For more information click hereFull fee £69.00 Senior fee £55.00 Concession £35.00 - Craft focus: novel plotting workshop (advanced)Course start date: Sun 5 Jun 2022 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Jonathan BarnesIf you have made a start on your novel, but need help getting it into shape, this course provides a flexible template that will help you to overcome the obstacles ahead.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £199.00 Concession £100.00 - Symbols and stories: saints in artCourse start date: Tue 21 Jun 2022 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Online (other locations are available)
Tutors: Elizabeth EyresSaints are represented in masterpieces of Christian art from 1200 to the present – learn how to recognise them, decode their meanings and iconography and enhance your understanding of this aspect of art history.
NB.The first class is online due to the rail and tube strike on Tuesday 21 June. The rest of the course will take place in person at City Lit, Keeley Street.Full fee £139.00 Senior fee £111.00 Concession £90.00 - Advanced history reading groupCourse start date: Wed 18 May 2022
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Martin JorgensenWant to read works by historians and discuss them with your peers? Join us in this course and learn more about how is history and memory are vital to not just understanding the past, but also the workings of democracy in the present.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £49.00 Senior fee £49.00 Concession £25.00 - Britain and the Empire: the 1807 abolition of the slave tradeCourse start date: Thu 23 Jun 2022
Location on this date: Mixed Mode (Online and In Person)
Tutors: Ellen CarpenterWhy did the British slave trade end in 1807 despite its apparent financial advantages? Historians have long debated the reasons for the abolition of the slave trade, variously citing economic, social, political and moral factors. How can we reconcile these competing theories over the reasons why the slave trade ended?
This course will be delivered online and 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 £57.00 - Illustrative embroidery for textilesCourse start date: Wed 29 Jun 2022
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Rosie JamesDevelop your embroidery skills in both hand and machine stitching. Create a range of samples, learn how to transfer designs to cloth, explore design ideas, experiment with fabrics and threads.Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £175.00 Concession £134.00
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