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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. English entry 3 for deaf people - part 2
    Last Few Places
    Course start date:  Mon 5 Jan 2026

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    This course will help you get become confident in your everyday communication including reading and writing. We will focus on topics that interest you and use these to help you improve the key elements of reading and writing as well as communication skills to enable you to express your thoughts and feelings including in difficult situations. You will learn to how write whole sentences and paragraphs, use adjectives effectively, organise your writing, make notes and complete drafts, spell important common words, use punctuation correctly and develop reading and writing strategies most suited to you. And you will learn some digital skills including reading and finding information from websites.



    This course is free for learners who have not achieved a GCSE grade C (4) and higher in English. For more information Click here

    Full fee £0.00
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  2. Iranian cinema
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    Course start date:  Tue 6 Jan 2026

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Jean-Baptiste de Vaulx

    In the 1990s, films by Abbas Kiarostami, Jafar Panahi, Mohsen and Samira Makhmalbaf announced Iranian cinema on the global stage as one of the most exciting national cinemas around. But even now, the history and culture behind these films, as well as the many other masterpieces of Iranian cinema, remain too little-known. This course shall give an overview of the wider story of Iranian cinema.

    Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £149.00 Concession £97.00
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  3. Introduction to experimental film
    Course start date:  Tue 6 Jan 2026

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Gillian McIver

    Experimental film is often non-narrative and avant-garde. It is made to explore the boundaries of film and push the limits of what is considered normal filmmaking. Experimental films often use unconventional techniques such as animation, found footage and non-linear narrative structures to create unique visual experiences. The class will look at early experimental films by Georges Méliès, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy and Maya Deren, alongside recent digital works.

    Full fee £179.00 Senior fee £143.00 Concession £116.00
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  4. Maths for deaf people: Getting started with maths - (entry 1 - entry 2) - part 2
    Last Few Places
    Course start date:  Tue 6 Jan 2026

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

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    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
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  5. Korean beginners taster
    Evening
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    Course start date:  Tue 6 Jan 2026

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Jiyeon Kim
    Come and discover Korean in this lively taster.
    Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £19.00 Concession £19.00
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  6. The Asante Empire
    Evening
    Course start date:  Tue 6 Jan 2026

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Apeike Umolu

    Chart the rise and fall of the Asante Empire, how it became synonymous with wealth, culture, and military prowess in the 19th century, and how it used religious and political innovations to become a global economic superpower. Tutor: Apeike Umolu.

    Full fee £119.00 Senior fee £119.00 Concession £77.00
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  7. Spanish 2 lower: revision
    Evening
    Course start date:  Tue 6 Jan 2026

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Diego Iudicissa

    Revise and consolidate your speaking and listening skills, as well as your grammar. Suitable if you have completed 'Spanish 2 lower' or have an equivalent knowledge of the language (two years of study).
     

    Full fee £119.00 Senior fee £119.00 Concession £77.00
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  8. The life and works of Thomas More
    Course start date:  Tue 6 Jan 2026

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Ellen Carpenter

    Humanist scholar, Lord Chancellor of England, advocate for women’s education, opponent of Luther, careful in his avoidance in acknowledging Anne Boleyn as Henry VIII’s wife…Since the 1520's Thomas More has been celebrated, commemorated and vilified as a shrewd ‘man for all seasons.’ With such a contended reputation, how can we best understand and situate his life, work, and politics in history?

    Full fee £49.00 Senior fee £39.00 Concession £32.00
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  9. Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £19.00 Concession £19.00
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  10. Full fee £619.00 Senior fee £495.00 Concession £402.00
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  11. European global empires
    Last Few Places
    Course start date:  Tue 6 Jan 2026

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Michael Schraer

    This course compares the main European global empires - Spanish, British, Portuguese and Dutch - by taking a thematic approach to the acquisition of empire, settlement, history and legacy in each case.

    Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £119.00 Concession £97.00
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  12. Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £19.00 Concession £19.00
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  13. Full fee £299.00 Senior fee £239.00 Concession £194.00
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  14. An Introduction to Film
    Evening
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    Course start date:  Tue 6 Jan 2026

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Chris Darke

    Develop your critical understanding of cinema through a range of concepts and critical approaches in film studies, including narrative, genre, spectatorship, authorship and directors, popular cinema, art cinema, national cinema and early film, along with technological developments including the transition to sound, while we view and discuss a range of key films from cinema's history as examples.

    Full fee £129.00 Senior fee £129.00 Concession £84.00
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  15. Full fee £499.00 Senior fee £399.00 Concession £324.00
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