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City Lit is a leading provider of adult education in London and all over the UK. It's the perfect place to learn something new, gain new skills, and build your confidence. From mastering new languages and honing creative skills to advancing your career with professional development courses. Whatever your passion or goal, our diverse curriculum has the perfect course to inspire your next step.

 

 

 

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  1. Painting: oil techniques and mediums
    Last Few Places
    Course start date:  Mon 12 May 2025 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Sisetta Zappone
    Oil paint is a medium with a long historical tradition, capable of heavy impasto effects and delicate transparent colour films. Working practically, in the studio, this course will expand your understanding of approaches to building a variety of surfaces in your paint working with mediums and expanding your use of texture and glazing This course is for all levels – both beginners and more experienced painters.
    Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £159.00 Concession £129.00
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  2. Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £159.00 Concession £129.00
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  3. Understanding the dynamics of the Middle East: Turkish Politics since the early republican period
    Evening
    Course start date:  Tue 13 May 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Caglar Ezikoglu
    Join Dr. Çaglar Ezikoglu to explore Turkish politics from the early republican period to today, understanding key developments, ideologies, and their impact on the Middle East.
    Full fee £119.00 Senior fee £119.00 Concession £77.00
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  4. Getting ready for essential digital skills for work (Level 1)
    Course start date:  Tue 13 May 2025 (and 3 other dates)

    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.



    This course is FREE if you are employed and on a low wage or you are claiming benefits. For more information Click here

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  5. Renaissance art at the National Gallery
    Course start date:  Wed 14 May 2025 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Off Site

    Tutors:  Emma Rose Barber
    This course explores the Making, the Locating and the Viewing of Renaissance paintings in the collection of the National Gallery. This course takes place at the National Gallery.
    Full fee £129.00 Senior fee £103.00 Concession £84.00
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  6. Italian pronunciation
    Course start date:  Wed 14 May 2025 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Evi Campetella
    This short course is geared towards helping you sound more like a native speaker of Italian. While Italian pronunciation may seem relatively simple, there are actually quite a few features that require focus and practice. This course will allow you to concentrate on the sounds of Italian - how to produce them when speaking and how to recognise them when listening.
    Full fee £69.00 Senior fee £55.00 Concession £45.00
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  7. Labour unions in the 21st century: relevant or a thing of the past?
    Evening
    Course start date:  Wed 14 May 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Caglar Ezikoglu
    Explore the evolving role of labour unions in modern society, examining their relevance and impact in the 21st century.
    Full fee £119.00 Senior fee £119.00 Concession £119.00
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  8. Return to French (lower intermediate)
    Evening
    Course start date:  Thu 15 May 2025 (and 5 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Silvana Avram
    Revise and consolidate your speaking and listening skills, as well as your grammar. Suitable if you have completed completed 2-3 years of study in the past.
    Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £149.00 Concession £97.00
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  9. Understanding the dynamics of the Middle East: authoritarianism and democracy
    Evening
    Course start date:  Thu 15 May 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Caglar Ezikoglu
    Join Dr. Çaglar Ezikoglu to exlore the dynamics of authoritarianism and democracy in the Middle East, analysing key political structures, movements, and their impacts on regional stability.
    Full fee £119.00 Senior fee £119.00 Concession £77.00
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  10. Full fee £49.00 Senior fee £49.00 Concession £32.00
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  11. Economic paradigms: are there alternatives to capitalism?
    Evening
    Course start date:  Fri 16 May 2025 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Caglar Ezikoglu
    Explore diverse economic theories beyond capitalism in economic paradigms with regards to the alternatives of capitalism and broaden your understanding of global economic systems.
    Full fee £119.00 Senior fee £119.00 Concession £119.00
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  12. The Legacies of the empire in conflicts in West and Central Africa after Independence
    Evening
    Course start date:  Fri 16 May 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Sunday Abraham Ogunode
    Join us to explore the legacies of empire in conflicts in West and Cental Africa.
    Full fee £119.00 Senior fee £119.00 Concession £77.00
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  13. Introduction to beaded jewellery
    Weekend
    Course start date:  Sat 17 May 2025 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Beverley Sell
    Explore traditional and contemporary beaded jewellery techniques such as stringing and knotting and learn about which beaded jewellery materials and tools to use to create a professional finish.



    You will take inspiration from current fashion accessories seen on the catwalk to create your own beaded jewellery and a striking final piece.
    Full fee £329.00 Senior fee £263.00 Concession £214.00
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  14. Full fee £119.00 Senior fee £119.00 Concession £60.00
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  15. Full fee £119.00 Senior fee £119.00 Concession £60.00
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