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Looking for a course? City Lit has you covered. We have lots of courses, guided walks, expert talks, and events — more than any other college in London.

Whether you’re interested in a one-off talk or taster class, a short course over a few weeks, or a year-long programme. You'll find a course to suit your schedule and goals.

We offer online courses as well as hybrid and blended learning, and in-person courses in London.

 

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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. NADA Protocol ear acupuncture
    Weekend
    Course start date:  Sat 28 Jun 2025 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Kean Street Wellbeing Centre

    Tutors:  Farrah Idris
    Do you want to become a certified NADA ear practitioner?



    The NADA Protocol is a five-point ear acupuncture treatment that effectively reduces stress and anxiety, chronic pain, symptoms of addiction, supports smoking cessation, weight management and boost overall wellbeing.
    Full fee £509.00 Senior fee £509.00 Concession £509.00
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  2. City Lit Pro: Adobe Creative Cloud intensive stage 1
    Course start date:  Wed 6 Aug 2025 (and 2 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Christine Robertson
    City Lit Pro courses are tailored for accelerated learning for busy people who need to learn key skills for the workplace. On this Adobe Creative Cloud course, covering Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign, you will learn key tools and techniques to develop, deliver and optimise vector graphics, photographic images and page layout and design.
    Full fee £599.00 Senior fee £599.00 Concession £599.00
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  3. Award in education and training for lipreading teachers
    Course start date:  Fri 19 Sep 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Lorraine Braggins
    Interested in teaching lipreading to adults? This introductory course leads to the City and Guilds Level 3 national teaching qualification. Combined with our GT106, you can become a qualified lipreading teacher.
    Full fee £599.00 Senior fee £599.00 Concession £599.00
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  4. Award in education and training (City & Guilds 6502) - blended
    Weekend
    Course start date:  Sat 4 Oct 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Laila Shariff
    The City & Guilds (6502) Award in Education and Training (blended) is an initial teacher training course ideal for anyone who teaches adult learners (or has some experience of teaching) in the Further Education and Adult and Community Learning sectors. We may also accept you if you have not taught before but have related work or voluntary experience. You will be asked to attend 4 Saturdays and 1 weekend - Saturdays: 12 and 19 October, 2 and 9 Nov; Weekend: 30 Nov & 1 Dec. Please note this course will be online except sessions 4 and 5 on 9 & 39 Nov Dec. You may also be asked to come in on 1 Dec.
    Full fee £600.00 Senior fee £600.00 Concession £408.00
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  5. Full fee £549.00 Senior fee £439.00 Concession £357.00
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  6. Working with adults who stammer: a course for speech and language therapists
    Course start date:  Mon 13 Oct 2025 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Carolyn Cheasman, Vivien Grant-Jones

    Designed for speech and language therapists, this four-day interactive workshop will cover assessment and selection, stammering modification, interiorised stammering, cluttering, acquired stammering and an introduction to mindfulness. Opportunity to practise teaching techniques to clients included.

    Note: this course runs on these days: October 13-15; and a final follow-up day on March 30..

    Full fee £599.00 Senior fee £599.00 Concession £599.00
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  7. Study Trip: Amsterdam - from Rembrandt to Mondrian
    Course start date:  Wed 12 Nov 2025

    Location on this date:  Off Site

    Tutors:  Sarah Jaffray

    Explore Amsterdam, one of Europe’s most important art cities with an expert art historian. This three-day course is an opportunity to learn the art history of the city through its museums, historic houses and religious buildings.

    Full fee £499.00 Senior fee £499.00 Concession £499.00
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  8. Effective counselling skills for speech and language therapists
    Course start date:  Wed 19 Nov 2025 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Vivien Grant-Jones, Anita McKiernan, Samantha Simpson
    Designed for SLTs working with any client group, this interactive workshop will help you develop practical counselling skills. Topics include developing the therapeutic relationship, boundaries, ways of responding, paraphrasing, reflecting, questioning, immediacy, self disclosure and loss.
    Full fee £499.00 Senior fee £499.00 Concession £499.00
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  9. Full fee £459.00 Senior fee £459.00 Concession £459.00
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  10. City Lit Pro: Cyber security for business
    Evening
    Course start date:  Thu 5 Feb 2026

    Location on this date:  Hybrid (choose either online or in-person)

    Tutors:  Vina Theodorakopoulou
    This is an introductory course to cybersecurity for business. Covering essential topics, it will enable you to understand and identify cyber threats, as well as outline mitigation strategies.
    Full fee £499.00 Senior fee £499.00 Concession £499.00
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  11. City Lit Pro: Adobe After Effects fast track
    Course start date:  Fri 6 Mar 2026

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Litza Jansz
    City Lit Pro courses are tailored for accelerated learning for busy people who need to learn key skills for the workplace. On this Adobe After Effects course, you will learn the essential tools and skills for using After Effects to transform your video projects. These include planning the project, organising and preparing the material, masking skills, key framing skills and working with layers.
    Full fee £459.00 Senior fee £367.00 Concession £298.00
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