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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. Open Stammering - Mindful Drawing
    Evening
    Course start date:  Wed 18 Mar 2026

    Location on this date:  Online

    This course brings together adults who stammer to participate in an online Mindful Drawing event.



    City Lit fosters a stammer affirming environment where stammering is welcomed in all its forms. We recognise the experience of stammering is individual. Our Open Stammering events are an opportunity to build connections and gain support in the stammering community through creative, collaborative endeavours.
    Full fee £39.00 Senior fee £27.00 Concession £8.00
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  2. ITEC Level 5 Certificate in Sports Massage Therapy
    Course start date:  Fri 20 Mar 2026

    Location on this date:  Kean Street Wellbeing Centre

    Been practising at level 4 sports massage and wanting to update your skillset? Looking to expand your knowledge to confidently manage the more complex musculoskeletal injuries? If yes, the ITEC Level 5 Certificate in Sports Massage will equip you with these skills and more.
    Full fee £839.00 Senior fee £839.00 Concession £839.00
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  3. Drawing and mindfulness: the art of seeing
    Weekend
    Course start date:  Sat 28 Mar 2026

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Clare Barton-Harvey

    Explore drawing and mindfulness and how the two combined can support new ways of seeing and relating to drawing. ‘The true journey of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having fresh eyes’ Marcel Proust.

    Full fee £89.00 Senior fee £89.00 Concession £89.00
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  4. Great works: Arvo Pärt's Passio
    Course start date:  Mon 30 Mar 2026

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Edward Breen
    Estonian composer Arvo Pärt (b.1935) is one of the most frequently performed classical composers of our times. Explore his setting of St John’s passion and learn about his compositional techniques.
    Full fee £29.00 Senior fee £29.00 Concession £29.00
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  5. Digital skills for the workplace: working with data - inputting, finding, sorting, filtering with Excel (foundation)
    Course start date:  Tue 5 May 2026 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Working with data inside and outside of work is now an essential skill and Excel is one of the main tools you need to use. Whether you want to keep track of your personal finances or make calculations about expenditure, sickness absence or profits at work, you need to know how to use key functions of Excel so you can organise the data and make sense of it. This course will help you learn how to input, find, sort and filter data so you can achieve key tasks needed in the workplace and at home and present the information in a way other people can understand.



    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 £189.00 Senior fee £151.00 Concession £95.00
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  6. ESOL: Develop your speaking and listening skills (entry 3-level 1)
    Course start date:  Wed 6 May 2026 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Are you tired of asking people to repeat themselves? Do you nod and smile when you don't understand? Do you wish you could understand the TV better or follow phone conversations more easily? Good listening skills are essential to your English language development and students often never learn specific listening techniques. These skills will help your speaking and conversation skills. This course will help you identify the words and focus on the meaning instead of hearing a stream of meaningless sounds.. You will be able to relax when you are having conversations and enjoy films without subtitles!



    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

    Full fee £159.00 Senior fee £127.00 Concession £80.00
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  7. Creative coding with SWARM intelligence
    Course start date:  Fri 8 May 2026

    Location on this date:  Hybrid (choose either online or in-person)

    Tutors:  Muhammad Khan

    Bridge art and algorithm! Dive into swarm intelligence, using Python to translate nature's collective genius into mesmerizing generative visuals and interactive systems. Ideal for artists embracing algorithms and developers seeking creative frontiers.

    Full fee £299.00 Senior fee £239.00 Concession £194.00
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  8. Full fee £59.00 Senior fee £59.00 Concession £59.00
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  9. Business administration: using Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Access in the office (intermediate-level 2)
    Weekend
    Course start date:  Sat 30 May 2026 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Hybrid (choose either online or in-person)

    Do you want to learn the digital skills needed for office and administration work? On this course, you will focus on completing the keys tasks required to be a business administrator. You will learn how to produce high quality and well-presented documents such as minutes, formal letters and flyers using Word. You will develop your skills in producing presentations with PowerPoint that are visually appealing, modern and effective. You will also work in depth on how to use Excel and Access for data handling, processing and analysing, including how to enter and edit data, arrange and present it effectively, make calculations and highlights data trends.



    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 £319.00 Senior fee £255.00 Concession £160.00
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