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  1. Piano advanced performance workshop
    Last Few Places, Evening
    Course start date:  Thu 5 Dec 2024

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Maria Razumovskaya
    The advanced performance workshop is for pianists playing at Grade 8 standard and above, comprising two three-hour sessions. This insightful class will address issues of interpretation and style as well as dealing with aspects of technique and performance practice.
    Full fee £99.00 Senior fee £99.00 Concession £99.00
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  2. African resistance against empire
    Evening
    Course start date:  Thu 9 Jan 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Sunday Abraham Ogunode
    The end of the Second World War marked a watershed in African history, catalysing resistance against colonial rule that had been in place for a century. This module examines the history of such growing anti-colonial resistance from the late 19th century onwards.Tutor: Dr Sunday Oyewole.



    This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.
    Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £51.00
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  3. Full fee £169.00 Senior fee £135.00 Concession £118.00
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  4. Workplace communication skills: letters, emails, memos, notes, meetings and presentations (level 1)
    Evening
    Course start date:  Thu 16 Jan 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Do you need to improve your English so you can work in an office or be self-employed? Would you like to be an administrator but want to develop your email writing, reading, spelling and punctuation? This course will improve all your communication skills so you can feel confident at work You will work on how to speak well when working with the public or other clients, how to respond calmly to difficult situations. You will practise how t to write emails and messages, how to organise them, use paragraphs and write good introductions and conclusions. You will develop your sentences using good grammar and vocabulary, plus correct spelling and punctuation. Throughout the course, you will work on your reading so you can understand the overall meaning of work-based texts, see the bigger picture, find details and specific information, and make decisions based on your reading. By the end of the course you will have the range of expression and accuracy in English to work with confidence.



    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





    This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.

    Full fee £99.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £50.00
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  5. Drawing and mindfulness: beginners guide to approaches and techniques
    Evening
    Course start date:  Thu 16 Jan 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Clare Barton-Harvey
    An introduction to drawing and mindfulness and how when practised together they can support greater confidence and creativity in drawing. Through a variety of guided exercises, explore how the two disciplines relate and how each can enrich the other. This course is suitable for beginners to drawing and/or mindfulness.



    This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.
    Full fee £59.00 Senior fee £59.00 Concession £59.00
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  6. Becoming confident with digital skills: file management and Windows 11 (beginner)
    Course start date:  Thu 16 Jan 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Are you able to find the files you need on your PC or on your work's shared drive? Do you know how to search for



    missing files? Have you got a system to organise your work or home files? Files are the essential components of



    computer use and it is vital to manage them well, especially as cloud use becomes more common. On this course you will learn how to navigate Windows 10, essential to good file management, as well discover more about files, become confident with the terminology and develop strategies for saving, organising, navigating and searching files of all types. You will also learn how to back up your files so you never lose them!



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

    Full fee £69.00 Senior fee £55.00 Concession £35.00
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  7. Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £79.00
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  8. Tai Chi Chuan: mixed levels
    Course start date:  Thu 9 Jan 2025 (and 3 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Carla Drayton
    Discover the gentle, graceful movements of Yang-style T'ai Chi in classes. Learn and develop clear, powerful and effective practice designed to give you a good grounding in T'ai Chi and an insight into its wonderful possibilities. Please note that this course is not suitable for complete beginners in T'ai Chi.
    Full fee £169.00 Senior fee £135.00 Concession £118.00
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  9. Welsh 4: clwb darllen / reading club
    Course start date:  Thu 23 Jan 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Clare Whitehead
    Come to improve your Welsh through reading a couple of short novels. This course aims at developing your understanding of the Welsh language as well as the pronunciation.



    Books details in the course outline below. Please note that this club takes a mid-term break.



    This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.
    Full fee £99.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £64.00
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  10. Sketching at the museum: William Morris Gallery
    Course start date:  Thu 23 Jan 2025 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Off Site

    Tutors:  Heidi Wigmore
    Explore the pleasure and challenge of sketchbooks; practice and improve your drawing skills and 'ways of seeing' and understanding by working from a fascinating range of objects and artifacts in The William Morris Museum.



    Meet in main entrance Lloyd Park House, 531 Forest Rd, Walthamstow E17 4PP.
    Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £79.00
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  11. Spanish 2 conversation
    Course start date:  Thu 23 Jan 2025 (and 2 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Amaia Ibargüen
    Revise, consolidate and improve your listening and speaking skills on this lively course, which will help you communicate more confidently in daily life situations. Ideal if you are doing 'Spanish 2 lower', 'Spanish 2 upper' or have an equivalent level (A2 level).



    This course runs every other Thursday on the following dates: 23 Jan, 6 Feb, 20 Feb, 6 Mar, 20 Mar.
    Full fee £99.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £64.00
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  12. Welsh 3: clwb darllen / reading club
    Course start date:  Thu 23 Jan 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Clare Whitehead
    Come to improve your intermediate Welsh through reading short novels in this supportive and structured group.



    This course aims at developing your understanding of the Welsh language as well as improving pronunciation.



    Books details in the course outline below. Please note that this club has a half term break.



    This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.
    Full fee £99.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £64.00
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  13. Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £119.00 Concession £97.00
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  14. Welsh 2: clwb darllen / reading club
    Course start date:  Thu 23 Jan 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Clare Whitehead
    Come and read some Welsh short stories together! You'll expand your vocabulary, see the grammar we learn in class come alive, and have an introduction to Welsh literature.



    This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.
    Full fee £99.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £64.00
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  15. Partition in Palestine
    Evening
    Course start date:  Thu 30 Jan 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Martin Jorgensen
    Palestine has a long history. Join us in this short course to explore the most recent Palestinian history from the late Ottoman era through the British Mandate era and Al-Nakba to our own moment.



    This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.
    Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £51.00
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