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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. Full fee £119.00 Senior fee £119.00 Concession £60.00
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  2. Design with Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign
    Weekend
    Course start date:  Sun 16 Nov 2025 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Gita Hahn
    A fun and challenging introduction to these three programs, regularly used together for everything from infographics to packaging and magazine work. Learn how to integrate vector graphics, photographic images and page layout and design.







    Duration: 9 sessions (over 12 weeks) Sunday the 10/11/24 -15/12/24 and then it starts again in the new year on the 12/01/25 - 26/01/25.
    Full fee £699.00 Senior fee £559.00 Concession £454.00
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  3. Full fee £449.00 Senior fee £359.00 Concession £292.00
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  4. Full fee £319.00 Senior fee £255.00 Concession £207.00
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  5. Contemporary watercolour painting projects
    Evening
    Course start date:  Tue 3 Jun 2025 (and 6 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Anne-Marie Foster
    Through a set of short projects inspired by contemporary practitioners and their contribution to the uniqueness of the medium, the course will help you expand your understanding of watercolour and enable you to make informed choices in making personal work. It will also focus on exploring some watercolour approaches that can add variation and visual interest to your painting according to subject matter.
    Full fee £319.00 Senior fee £255.00 Concession £207.00
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  6. Full fee £329.00 Senior fee £263.00 Concession £214.00
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  7. Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £183.00 Concession £149.00
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  8. Full fee £449.00 Senior fee £359.00 Concession £292.00
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  9. French beginners: module 1 intensive
    Weekend
    Course start date:  Sun 9 Nov 2025 (and 4 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Yolande Mallet De Chauny
    Learn French on this intensive lively interactive and intensive course for beginners. The course will be taught in French, with an emphasis on developing your speaking and listening skills.
    Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £229.00 Concession £229.00
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  10. Illustrating people and places
    Weekend
    Course start date:  Sun 21 Sep 2025 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Be inspired by the people of London and the architecture and environments they inhabit. This course all about drawing people and places, providing you with ample opportunity observe London life, situations and scenarios that will inspire your work.







    Learn how to document and sketch from life in different locations and then develop artwork into compelling illustrations that are full of life.
    Full fee £239.00 Senior fee £191.00 Concession £155.00
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  11. Full fee £699.00 Senior fee £559.00 Concession £454.00
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  12. Beginners' jewellery I
    Weekend
    Course start date:  Sun 2 Nov 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Rebecca Ilett

    Learn all the basics of metal jewellery work by making a range of sample pieces in copper and a finished jewellery piece of your own design. You will be shown how to buy silver so you can take home at least one wearable piece.

    Full fee £419.00 Senior fee £335.00 Concession £272.00
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  13. Contemporary dance: improvers
    Weekend
    Course start date:  Sun 2 Nov 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Francis Angol
    The course aims to give you a further embodied understanding of Contemporary dance that is underpinned by Somatics practice, and other contemporary dance techniques, to bring greater flow and dynamics to your expression as you allow yourself to move from your inner space and to negotiate the flow of weight, rhythm, breath, space and time.
    Full fee £129.00 Senior fee £129.00 Concession £90.00
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  14. Full fee £599.00 Senior fee £479.00 Concession £389.00
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