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All our courses here at City Lit are taught by expert tutors such as published authors, academics, practising artists, and experienced professionals. Our friendly, supportive, and inspiring tutors are here to boost your confidence and motivate you at every step. We always ensure that your journey with us is enjoyable, positive, and thought-provoking.
We offer online courses and in-person courses. Our interactive online courses are taught live and in small groups. Read our guide to online learning for more information. In-person courses are delivered at our modern college campus in London near Covent Garden.
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- Excel: advancedCourse start date: Wed 22 May 2024 (and 5 other dates)
Location on this date: Hybrid (choose either online or in-person)
Tutors: Aurica JalbaLearn advanced features of Excel: linking, advanced sorting, filtering, advanced formulae, scenarios, data validation and audit spreadsheet, pivot tables and macros to create and work with complex spreadsheets. This course is suitable for anyone who is involved in Data Analysis using Excel.
This course will be delivered online or in person. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £159.00 Concession £129.00 - HTML5 & CSS: intermediate (stage 2)Course start date: Thu 11 Jul 2024 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Hybrid (choose either online or in-person)
Want to expand your knowledge of HTML and CSS? Need a better understanding of UI design? This course builds on the skills gained on our stage 1 course. Learn to section a web page using strucural tags in HTML. Learn to arrange and position HTML elements to create modern web page layouts using CSS.
This course will be delivered online or in person. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £159.00 Concession £129.00 - Web development: HTML5 & CSS stage 2Course start date: Tue 2 Jul 2024
Location on this date: Hybrid (choose either online or in-person)
Tutors: George StickneyLearn how to construct a website and host it on a server using HTML5, the latest standard for HTML and CSS. You
will learn how to position content using the new HTML5 Semantic Elements. You will need to have completed
'HTML5 & CSS: stage 1' or have a working knowledge of HTML.
This course will be delivered online or in person. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £159.00 Concession £129.00 - Fine art photography: digital printing with Adobe PhotoshopCourse start date: Tue 2 Jul 2024
Location on this date: Kean Street Photography Studio
Tutors: Dominic HarrisWant to give your portfolio or exhibition prints the professional edge? This hands-on course will guide you in printing top-quality inkjet (or giclee) prints as used by fine art photographers. Get to grips with Adobe Photoshop and our top-of-the-range Epson photo printers, and experiment with different paper types and inks.Full fee £189.00 Senior fee £151.00 Concession £123.00 - TV presenting for beginners (intensive)Course start date: Sat 13 Jul 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Gary GrantHave you ever thought you could cut it as a TV presenter, but been unsure where to start? Discover your TV presenting potential. Learn how to present to camera, read autocue, memorise a piece to camera, interview and talk to time. All this in one weekend! - Drama therapy: intermediateCourse start date: Sat 13 Jul 2024 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Dan SkiliInvestigate the role and function of drama therapy as a working model on this intensive course. Looking at a range of drama tools that can be used in therapeutic settings, you will explore aspects of Playback Theatre and Forum Theatre as methods for engaging with others. Fun, insightful and packed with tools you can use, this is a great introduction to applying theatrical processes to therapy.Full fee £159.00 Senior fee £159.00 Concession £103.00 - Bookbinding weekend: endband extravaganzaCourse start date: Sat 13 Jul 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Kathy AbbottA weekend packed full of endbands for bookbinding enthusiasts. Learn a little about the history and different styles of endband and try out some for yourself. There will be demonstrations of a range of endbands including multi-coloured, Islamic and ‘Manhattan’ style. Suitable for those with bookbinding experience.Full fee £159.00 Senior fee £159.00 Concession £159.00 - Introduction to body castingCourse start date: Sat 13 Jul 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Valerie MerloAn introduction to casting parts of the body from hands and limbs to faces and entire heads. We will also look at how to assemble moulds to eliminate bad registration lines and mould distortions in the finished plaster casts.Full fee £169.00 Senior fee £135.00 Concession £110.00 - Knotting and stringing for beads and pearlsCourse start date: Tue 16 Jul 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Beverley SellBy exploring a range of beaded jewellery techniques you will learn how to string precious beads and how to knot between beads and pearls. You will also learn how to attach simple clasps and findings to bracelets, necklaces and earrings.Full fee £189.00 Senior fee £151.00 Concession £123.00 - Colour mixing studio: two-day painting projectCourse start date: Thu 18 Jul 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Stuart JonesThis is a brief introduction to acrylic painting techniques and the use of mediums and materials. Explore a practical approach to painting, including layering, impasto, glazing and application of paint mediums. Ideal for those new to painting in acrylics.Full fee £189.00 Senior fee £151.00 Concession £123.00 - Introduction to social media data analyticsCourse start date: Sat 20 Jul 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Manideepa PaulLearn how recognise, analyse, present and use data on the social media channels most commonly used by organisations. - Old master drawing techniques: summer school intensiveCourse start date: Mon 22 Jul 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Simon EnglishLook back at the drawing techniques and materials used by the Old Masters of the Renaissance period. Working to set exercises, practise and develop drawing skills and explore drawing materials used by some of the artists of this time.Full fee £189.00 Senior fee £151.00 Concession £123.00 - Being a photography studio assistant: summer school intensiveCourse start date: Mon 22 Jul 2024
Location on this date: Kean Street Photography Studio
This is a course for students looking to take their first steps into commercial photography. This is a practical workshop-based course that will enable you to work with photographic studio equipment and software appropriate to a commercial photography workflow.Full fee £189.00 Senior fee £151.00 Concession £123.00 - Flush setting for jewellery makersCourse start date: Sat 27 Jul 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Louise Seijen Ten HoornFor intermediate jewellers. Learn how to set round brilliant cut/faceted stones in sheet metal and rings using the traditional flush setting technique. You will practice in copper, before moving on to work in silver. There will also be a chance to make your own flush setting tool. - Appraising jewellery and gemstonesCourse start date: Sat 27 Jul 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Judith Crowe, Derek JhinnooWish you knew more about the jewellery you were buying, or could value the heirlooms in your drawer? Join this fascinating two-day course to learn how to appraise gem set jewellery and stones. Explore precious metals, hallmarking, common gemstones found in jewellery and how to identify antique pieces, and bring your own jewellery for assessment by the tutor.
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