- Essential digital skills for the workplace: Word, Excel and PowerPoint (foundation-level 1)Course start date: Mon 16 Feb 2026 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Would you like to gain the most essential digital skills needed for today's workplace? Do you need to develop the foundational digital skills for today's job market? Then this is the course for you. Suitable for those who already have some knowledge of Microsoft Office programs, this course will give you the confidence to use Word, Excel and PowerPoint within the workplace so you can create documents, spreadsheets and presentations. You will learn the key skills needed to word process, handle data and produce clear digital. 53% of UK employees do not have the digital skills needed for work. You don't need to be one of 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 £169.00 Senior fee £135.00 Concession £85.00 - English Functional Skills (Level 2)
Course start date: Wed 25 Feb 2026 (and 2 other dates)Location on this date: Keeley Street
This course is free for learners who have not achieved a GCSE grade C (4) and higher in English. For more information Click here
- Introduction to journalism Course start date: Wed 18 Feb 2026 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Allis MossOn this course students will explore the basic skills a freelance journalist needs to write and sell news and features to newspapers and magazines. From developing ideas and identifying outlets to interview skills and approaching editors.Full fee £159.00 Senior fee £159.00 Concession £80.00 - Fashion and editorial photography Course start date: Wed 25 Feb 2026 (and 3 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Ed GregoryThis course will help you to develop your skills in editorial fashion photography.
The course is project driven and will take you from the creation of a basic story board through to a photo shoot. By the end of the course you will understand the workflow, the tools and thinking / planning required to run a successful shoot for yourself. The course also provides advice on getting material published.Full fee £239.00 Senior fee £191.00 Concession £155.00 - BSL intensive fingerspelling practiceCourse start date: Sat 7 Feb 2026 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Peter BrownAre you on a level 1 or 2 BSL course and would like to improve your ability to use and understand BSL fingerspelling? This workshop is taught by a highly experienced teacher and provides a perfect opportunity to focus on this particular area of BSL.Full fee £89.00 Senior fee £89.00 Concession £89.00 - Explore: Gel plate printing Course start date: Sun 23 Nov 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
This one-day course is an introduction to Gel Plate Printing and will explore various techniques to mark-making and image creation. You will learn how this print technique can be used within your own Illustration and Graphic Design projects.
Full fee £89.00 Senior fee £89.00 Concession £89.00 - Explore: Gel plate printingCourse start date: Sun 8 Feb 2026 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
This one-day course is an introduction to Gel Plate Printing and will explore various techniques to mark-making and image creation. You will learn how this print technique can be used within your own Illustration and Graphic Design projects.
Full fee £89.00 Senior fee £89.00 Concession £89.00 - Embodied voice course for people who (consistently or sometimes) speak too fastCourse start date: Thu 5 Feb 2026
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Vivien Grant-JonesThis course will most benefit students who experience cluttering. Some features of cluttering are:
• Speaking quickly, often with rapid bursts of speech
• Some words being unclear or mis-pronounced
• Difficulties in explaining and conveying sequences of information
• Difficulties in being understood by the listener
Cluttering can be present as the only communication challenge or alongside stammering, dyslexia and/or ADHD (formal diagnosis is not required).
This course will provide you with skills to become more aware and knowledgeable of your voice and speech. The course will also explore ways to develop effective listening and communication strategies.Full fee £99.00 Senior fee £69.00 Concession £20.00 - Writing funny fiction Course start date: Thu 5 Feb 2026
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Rene PerezWhat does it really mean to write funny fiction and what are the techniques writers use? Learn how to harness the power of humour in your fiction in this fun, supportive workshop.Full fee £89.00 Senior fee £89.00 Concession £45.00 - Maths for deaf people: Deaf History Through Time: Understanding Timelines (entry 3 - Level 1)Course start date: Fri 6 Feb 2026
Location on this date: Keeley Street
This course introduces learners to Deaf history, highlighting important dates, time periods, and events that have influenced the Deaf community. Learners will gain a basic understanding of key historical events and cultural achievements. They will also learn to identify dates, follow timelines, and connect these dates to important events in Deaf history.
This course is free for learners who have not achieved a GCSE grade C (4) and higher in Maths. For more information Click here
Full fee £0.00 - Refresher workshop for people who stammerCourse start date: Fri 6 Feb 2026
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Carolyn Cheasman, Vivien Grant-JonesFeeling a bit rusty when it comes to working on your stammering? If you have already completed some therapy either at City Lit or elsewhere, this workshop offers you the ideal opportunity to revise what you’ve learnt so far, practise your speech techniques and to become more open about, and desensitised to, stammering.Full fee £69.00 Senior fee £48.00 Concession £14.00 - Journaling: a taster Course start date: Mon 9 Feb 2026
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Julie GartonThis inspiring taster course led by an experienced journaler, encourages students to explore a range of techniques and prompts in order to find an approach to life writing that suits them.Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £40.00 - Ways into abstract painting 2Course start date: Tue 10 Feb 2026
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Rebecca AllenA follow-on course from Ways Into Abstract Painting. Explore colour, scale and mark-making in more depth to get the best out of your compositional ideas. Build skills in paint-handling, personal methods of developing abstract imagery, and confidence in discussing your work and themes.
Full fee £389.00 Senior fee £311.00 Concession £253.00 - Counselling skills for recently qualified speech and language therapistsCourse start date: Wed 11 Feb 2026
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Vivien Grant-JonesDevelop and practise a range of essential core counselling skills to help you work with emotional issues you will encounter as an SLT. You will receive feedback and learn through experience and reflective practice. This course is suitable for recently qualified therapists as well as therapists in training.Full fee £129.00 Senior fee £129.00 Concession £129.00 - Writing the body in fiction Course start date: Sat 14 Feb 2026
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Jennifer ClaessenExplore how to write bodies that bring your fiction to life in this short course suitable for those with some experience of creative writing.
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