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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. First Steps in Reading and Writing
    Course start date:  Thu 16 Apr 2026 (and 3 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Blended (learn both online and in-person)





    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 £179.00 Senior fee £143.00 Concession £90.00
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  2. Photography, space and architecture
    Course start date:  Thu 5 Mar 2026 (and 2 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Michael Harding
    Capture the architecture of London, from ancient churches to modern buildings in this introduction to architectural photography. Learn about the history and development of this specialist genre then venture onto the streets and spaces of London to put your theory into practice, identifying architectural styles and experimenting with different lenses, composition, processing and editing.
    Full fee £239.00 Senior fee £191.00 Concession £155.00
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  3. Piano: intermediate repertoire workshop
    Course start date:  Fri 24 Apr 2026 (and 2 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Gary Preston
    If you play piano at around grade 5-6 standard, join one of these workshops to develop your playing by studying a wide range of piano repertoire, with focus on technique, textural awareness, practice and performance skills.
    Full fee £369.00 Senior fee £295.00 Concession £258.00
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  4. The holistic voice
    Weekend
    Course start date:  Sat 28 Mar 2026 (and 2 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Kate Montague
    Your voice should be an extension of your character. This Saturday workshop offers accessible and empowering mind-body techniques to deepen your awareness and holistic connection to your voice so that the message you give out is true to your intention.
    Full fee £99.00 Senior fee £99.00 Concession £69.00
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  5. Full fee £979.00 Senior fee £979.00 Concession £744.00
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  6. Conversation Club
    Course start date:  Wed 15 Apr 2026 (and 2 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Do you speak English as a second language? Do you want to practise your speaking and listening skills in an immersive and engaging environment? Want to practise making good conversation? Would you like to improve your fluency and learn social cues, norms and natural key phrases we use in the English language. The conversation club will allow you to develop your verbal and non-verbal communication skills. You will meet different people on the course and explore different themes and topics.



    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 £179.00 Senior fee £143.00 Concession £90.00
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  7. Full fee £239.00 Senior fee £191.00 Concession £155.00
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  8. Exploring classical music 2
    Evening
    Course start date:  Thu 23 Apr 2026 (and 3 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Neil Luck
    Do you want to know more about classical music history? Explore selected topics and key works in Baroque, Classical and early Romantic music on this highly informative 10-week course. Ideal for people with no specialist knowledge. Break week: 28 May 2026.
    Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £219.00 Concession £153.00
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  9. Exploring classical music 4
    Course start date:  Thu 23 Apr 2026 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Neil Luck
    This course explores key ideas in art music during the twentieth century. Each week’s topic is introduced through study of a seminal musical work. **Break week: 28th May 2026.
    Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £175.00 Concession £153.00
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  10. Full fee £949.00 Senior fee £759.00 Concession £664.00
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  11. Preparing for Microsoft 365 qualification: Excel, PowerPoint and Word (level 2)
    Evening
    Course start date:  Mon 16 Mar 2026 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street





    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 £159.00 Senior fee £127.00 Concession £80.00
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  12. Full fee £669.00 Senior fee £535.00 Concession £468.00
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  13. Entry 1 Reading and Writing
    Course start date:  Thu 30 Apr 2026 (and 3 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Do you want to improve your reading and writing skills in English for everyday use? On this course, you will practise your reading and writing skills, but also improve your speaking and listening. Covering different topics such as daily routine, transport, health and shopping, you will practise identifying and reading different texts, writing answers, and asking and answering basic questions in the present simple tense.



    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 £209.00
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  14. Working with adults who stammer: a course for speech and language therapists
    Course start date:  Mon 16 Mar 2026 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    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: March 18-20; and an online follow-up day on October 5.
    Full fee £599.00 Senior fee £599.00 Concession £599.00
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  15. Becoming confident on the cloud: a new way of sharing and managing your files - OneDrive and Google drive (foundation)
    Evening
    Course start date:  Fri 17 Apr 2026 (and 2 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    The digital world is changing from sending emails to sharing files. Attaching files, sending them, downloading them, working on them, saving them, re-attaching and re-sending them is becoming a thing of the past. Instead, with cloud computing, you can share and collaborate on files either at the same time or separately without any emailing or downloading. Join this course and learn how to do this and stay on top of your file management. Learn how to use OneDrive and Google Drive to create, store, share and collaborate on different types of documents on your PC as well as other devices. Discover also how to maintain security while syncing your devices and accounts. By the end of this course, you will have grasped what cloud-computing means and be confident of exploring it further.



    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 £109.00 Senior fee £87.00 Concession £55.00
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