City Lit

City Lit - Centre for Adult Learning

At City Lit, we aim to help you achieve your goals. As the capital’s ultimate destination for evening, weekend and daytime courses, we inspire 60,000 Londoners with over 5,000 courses each year.

We pride ourselves on offering an array of courses across a massive range of subject areas including art and design, history, writing, computing, massage, languages and much more. Catering to the busy Londoner, our courses run during the daytime, evenings and weekends to help you find something that fits in with your busy schedule.

Our courses are taught by expert tutors, many of whom are industry professionals looking to pass on their knowledge and wisdom.

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Courses

Professional Training
Open / Scheduled
Business & Management	Length	Price	Location	Reviews

Business skills for creative businesses		349 GBP	London
Business Planning
Business plan: financial planning and forecast		99 GBP	London
Developing a successful business plan		89 GBP	London
Communications & Media
Communication Skills
Communicating at work: the business pitch		169 GBP	London
Communicating effectively at work	4 weeks	129 GBP	London
Finance
Accounting
Introduction to business accounting	4 weeks	189 GBP	London
IT & Computer Skills
Grow in confidence with networking - for work and business		49 GBP	London
Marketing
Social Media Marketing
Facebook for business		99 GBP	London
Social media for business: intermediate	2 weeks	199 GBP	London
Twitter for business		99 GBP	London
Twitter: a short introduction		39 GBP	London
Using Instagram for business		89 GBP	London
Personal Development
Self-presentation skills for business people	1 week	159 GBP	London
Writing & Literature
Business Writing
Advanced business writing: an introduction		59 GBP	London
Leisure / Fun Classes
Animation
Animation intensive	1 week	229 GBP	London
Animation workshop: animating still life		69 GBP	London
Archeology
Petrie and Pendlebury: two archaeologists at Amarna	1 week	59 GBP	London
Architecture
Journey in pre-Islamic and early Islamic art and architecture		59 GBP	London
Shock of the New: post-modern architecture in London		69 GBP	London
Victorian architecture in London: a clash of old and new		69 GBP	London
Interior Design
Interior design on Saturday		249 GBP	London
Art & Design
An introduction to contemporary art concepts		129 GBP	London
Art and creative thinking workshop with Rod Judkins		99 GBP	London
Art workshop	1 week	89 GBP	London
Botanical illustration workshop	1 week	129 GBP	London
Calligraphy and decorated letterforms	1 week	229 GBP	London
Calligraphy: gothic script	1 week	129 GBP	London
Casting and mouldmaking project: resin and jesmonite	3 weeks	179 GBP	London
Children's book illustration: intensive	1 week	299 GBP	London
Collectors and curiosities - at the V;A		39 GBP	London
Design and model making	5 weeks	179 GBP	London
Develop a children's picture book	5 weeks	199 GBP	London
Develop a personal sketchbook intensive	1 week	139 GBP	London
Experimental printmaking	2 weeks	69 GBP	London
Explore watercolour techniques and materials	1 week	69 GBP	London
Explore your creativity intensive	1 week	139 GBP	London
Gum arabic transfer	2 weeks	139 GBP	London
Handmade prints	3 weeks	139 GBP	London
How to compose a picture		69 GBP	London
Illustrated stitch: a masterclass with Rosie James	1 week	199 GBP	London
Illustration: an introduction to visual storytelling	1 week	199 GBP	London
Introduction to casting and mould making	1 week	349 GBP	London
Introduction to the art of collecting	3 weeks	199 GBP	London
Introduction to watercolour and mixed media	4 weeks	139 GBP	London
Learn to use: charcoal		69 GBP	London
Learn to use: colour media in drawing		129 GBP	London
Learn to use: ink and wash		69 GBP	London
Learn to use: soft pastels		69 GBP	London
Making illuminated manuscripts in the Islamic world		149 GBP	London
Mobiles and hanging sculptures		209 GBP	London
Mokulito	2 weeks	119 GBP	London
Monoprinting with oils	2 weeks	79 GBP	London
Movements in art: Surrealism		69 GBP	London
Opera appreciation: an introduction	1 week	49 GBP	London
Philosophy of art		49 GBP	London
Picture book writing		99 GBP	London
Print and dye: polychromatic fabric printing	1 week	129 GBP	London
Printmaking evening studio		139 GBP	London
Professional practice: get your artwork out there		69 GBP	London
Start a sketchbook	3 weeks	109 GBP	London
Summer nights taster: speed life drawing		29 GBP	London
Symbols and stories: introducing saints in art	1 week	199 GBP	London
Try it out calligraphy weekend	1 week	129 GBP	London
Using a sketchbook: materials and techniques	2 weeks	129 GBP	London
Drawing
100 drawings in a day		89 GBP	London
Abstract drawing		179 GBP	London
Anatomical life drawing		229 GBP	London
Beginners' drawing intensive	1 week	179 GBP	London
Contemporary drawing sketchbook		229 GBP	London
Developing drawing: intermediate		249 GBP	London
Drawing and painting from the imagination intensive	1 week	279 GBP	London
Drawing caricatures	1 week	109 GBP	London
Drawing perspective intensive: an introduction to the basics	1 week	139 GBP	London
Drawing techniques of the old masters		129 GBP	London
Experience: life drawing		69 GBP	London
Glorious colour: expressive drawing with mixed media	1 week	159 GBP	London
Introduction to life drawing	5 weeks	189 GBP	London
Learning to draw at the V;A Museum	4 weeks	139 GBP	London
Life drawing after work: all levels		109 GBP	London
Life drawing: all levels	3 weeks	229 GBP	London
Speed life drawing		29 GBP	London
Graphic Design
Collage for graphic design: text and image		139 GBP	London
Create a digital portfolio for visual artists	2 weeks	199 GBP	London
Experimenting with graphic design		109 GBP	London
Explore your graphic design creativity in 5 days	1 week	259 GBP	London
Graphic design professional portfolio	4 weeks	129 GBP	London
Improving your composition and colour		119 GBP	London
User experience and interface (UX/UI) : intermediate		249 GBP	London
Painting
Beginners' painting intensive	1 week	139 GBP	London
Beginners' painting projects	4 weeks	319 GBP	London
Experience: painting		69 GBP	London
Expressionist life painting weekend: single pose		129 GBP	London
Inspired by Georgio Morandi: painting stillness and light		129 GBP	London
Introduction to abstract painting	1 week	129 GBP	London
Landscape painting weekend	1 week	109 GBP	London
Learn to use: oil painting mediums		69 GBP	London
Learn to use: oil pastels		69 GBP	London
Life painting: three-day pose		199 GBP	London
Oil painting projects	4 weeks	309 GBP	London
Paint a portrait in oils	1 week	199 GBP	London
Painting 3: reading a paint surface		319 GBP	London
Painting and the creative imagination	4 weeks	249 GBP	London
Painting sketchbook		179 GBP	London
Painting studio: three-day painting project		199 GBP	London
Painting the city	4 weeks	229 GBP	London
Painting traditional portraits intensive	1 week	299 GBP	London
Painting: focus on expressive colour	1 week	129 GBP	London
Painting: focus on light and shade	1 week	129 GBP	London
Screen Printing
Cut, stab and etch: printmaking with linocuts	5 weeks	189 GBP	London
Sculpture & Pottery
Introduction to ceramic sculpture		199 GBP	London
Poetry masterclass at Keats House, Hampstead (advanced)		69 GBP	London
Pottery: beginners' taster course	2 weeks	379 GBP	London
Coaching
Coaching and developing others	2 weeks	129 GBP	London
Communications & Media
Communication Skills
Become more lipreadable		49 GBP	London
Improve your speaking voice	4 weeks	99 GBP	London
Public speaking: intensive	3 weeks	119 GBP	London
The City Lit 7-day intensive course for adults who stammer		289 GBP	London
Film and Television
An introduction to East Asian cinema	6 weeks	109 GBP	London
City Lit film forum	2 weeks	139 GBP	London
Create a short film in a day		69 GBP	London
Film editing: theory, demonstration and discussion	4 weeks	139 GBP	London
Film technique and style: visions of light		49 GBP	London
Filming and compositing with green screen		139 GBP	London
Introduction to free video editing software	2 weeks	69 GBP	London
The double in cinema	6 weeks	109 GBP	London
Video editing: Final Cut Pro X tips and tricks		89 GBP	London
Media & Journalism
Copywriting: a taster		59 GBP	London
Digital journalism: pitching and writing for modern media		59 GBP	London
Construction
Ceramics: architectural slab construction		149 GBP	London
Cesspools, latrines and drains: sanitation in London 1400-1650		39 GBP	London
Cookery
Cider, the apple of Britain's eye		39 GBP	London
Citylit wine club: Fantastic fiz		39 GBP	London
Citylit wine club: New Zealand		39 GBP	London
Rioja revisited: a guide to classical and modern wines		49 GBP	London
Wine: Languedoc part 2 - east		49 GBP	London
Data Analytics
Data analysis with Power BI	2 weeks	279 GBP	London
Google Analytics: introduction		89 GBP	London
Economics
The end of globalisation?		49 GBP	London
Fashion
Introduction to fashion sketchbook	2 weeks	99 GBP	London
Introduction to fashion styling	3 weeks	89 GBP	London
Textile and surface pattern: from drawing to digital print	5 weeks	199 GBP	London
Textile sketchbook: developing ideas and projects		209 GBP	London
Textiles: playing with paper		99 GBP	London
Textiles: waxed surfaces	3 weeks	199 GBP	London
Fashion Design
Designing textiles using Photoshop: stage 2	1 week	159 GBP	London
Jewellery Making
Colour, print and dye on metal for jewellers		149 GBP	London
Flush setting for jewellery makers	1 week	159 GBP	London
Gold tooling on paper		259 GBP	London
Introduction to beaded jewellery		209 GBP	London
Introduction to leather jewellery		149 GBP	London
Introduction to stone setting: casting with stones	3 weeks	199 GBP	London
Jewellery: cloisonné workshop	1 week	149 GBP	London
Jewellery: etching project	1 week	179 GBP	London
Knotting and stringing for beads and pearls	4 weeks	219 GBP	London
Laser cut a piece of jewellery in acrylic		29 GBP	London
Photographing jewellery	4 weeks	129 GBP	London
Try it out: jewellery making weekend	1 week	129 GBP	London
Sewing & Fashion Making
Introduction to quilting	1 week	179 GBP	London
Make a Kimono	3 weeks	99 GBP	London
String ensemble: summer season		39 GBP	London
Textiles: constructing pattern, colouring cloth	1 week	129 GBP	London
Textiles: monoprinting and hand stitch		229 GBP	London
Finance
Accounting
Explore Costa Rica		39 GBP	London
Introduction to Sage Accounts	2 weeks	179 GBP	London
Introduction to Sage Payroll	4 weeks	179 GBP	London
Financial Modelling
Excel: financial modelling		349 GBP	London
Functional Skills
Still-life in pastels	1 week	129 GBP	London
Business Skills
Assertiveness	2 weeks	129 GBP	London
Building confidence and moving forward: how to get unstuck		69 GBP	London
City Lit tasters: Good with money		29 GBP	London
NLP and confidence building		69 GBP	London
Health & Safety
First Aid
Emergency first aid at work: QA level 3 award (RQF)		99 GBP	London
Health and Social Care
Nutrition for healthy joints and bones		49 GBP	London
Nutrition for your neurons: brain food		89 GBP	London
Nutrition: an introduction		89 GBP	London
Nutriton for vegans and vegetarians		39 GBP	London
Alternative Therapy
Blend your own fragrance with essential oils		49 GBP	London
City Lit tasters: Aromatherapy		39 GBP	London
Reflexology: an introduction		89 GBP	London
Reiki 2 certificate	2 weeks	179 GBP	London
Healthcare
Al-Andalus: crucible of cultures in medieval Spain		39 GBP	London
Connecting to purpose with NLP	2 weeks	139 GBP	London
NLP: the healing power of the mind	2 weeks	149 GBP	London
Self-care: an introduction to the Jungian concept of soul		69 GBP	London
Social Care / Work
Communication with older people with a hearing loss		49 GBP	London
Hobbies and Interests
Bridge for beginners		99 GBP	London
Bridge revision		49 GBP	London
Brush up your chess	4 weeks	109 GBP	London
How to solve cryptic crosswords		99 GBP	London
Craft Courses
Art walks: stained glass in the city		69 GBP	London
Carving in wood	6 weeks	369 GBP	London
Clowning: an introduction	1 week	99 GBP	London
Constructed textiles with basketry and felt	3 weeks	169 GBP	London
Contemporary collage and mixed media	5 weeks	329 GBP	London
Developing contemporary collage, mixed media and assemblage	1 week	139 GBP	London
Developing etching: techniques and ideas	2 weeks	119 GBP	London
Drawing towards sculpture and ceramics	1 week	99 GBP	London
Etching in colour an introduction	1 week	139 GBP	London
Friday night taster: collage and mixed media		29 GBP	London
Illustrative embroidery for textiles	6 weeks	229 GBP	London
Mixed media drawing and collage	4 weeks	299 GBP	London
Model puppet workshop		109 GBP	London
Picture framing and mounting	1 week	249 GBP	London
Try it out: knotting and stringing for beads and pearls		129 GBP	London
Try it out: nuno felting		69 GBP	London
Photography
Black and white darkroom workshop (all levels)		199 GBP	London
Colour management in photography workshop		59 GBP	London
Creative photography projects	6 weeks	239 GBP	London
Creative photography: nature, landscape and the environment		209 GBP	London
Critical and analytic theories in photography	6 weeks	159 GBP	London
DSLR for video: shoot and edit	1 week	199 GBP	London
Event photography		159 GBP	London
Improve your camera skills in three evenings	3 weeks	139 GBP	London
Improving your photography	3 weeks	229 GBP	London
Large format cameras: an introduction		149 GBP	London
Panorama and 360° photography	2 weeks	99 GBP	London
Photographing along the River Thames	2 weeks	129 GBP	London
Photographing interiors		149 GBP	London
Photography for beginners	3 weeks	279 GBP	London
Restaging paintings using photography		99 GBP	London
Street photography	3 weeks	239 GBP	London
Studio photography and lighting	3 weeks	249 GBP	London
Tarot, Occult & Mythology
Greek myths: ancient truths, modern mystery	3 weeks	59 GBP	London
Horticulture & Agriculture
Gardening
Design your own garden	5 weeks	149 GBP	London
Design your own garden: intensive		199 GBP	London
Hospitality & Tourism
Events Management
Events organising		69 GBP	London
Travel & Tourism
Explore Perú		39 GBP	London
Human Resources
Performance Management
Performance anxiety: learning how to "find the zone"		79 GBP	London
Humanities and Social Science
Classics evening lecture		9 GBP	London
History
Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphics: a continuation course		129 GBP	London
Art Deco London walk		19 GBP	London
Art walks: printmaking in 18th century London		29 GBP	London
British nature writing: its history and changing perspectives	5 weeks	79 GBP	London
Chaucer's London talk and walk		49 GBP	London
Constable's Hampstead		19 GBP	London
Contemporary art in London summer exhibitions	1 week	69 GBP	London
Crime and punishment in the Middle Ages		49 GBP	London
Decoding dress: clothing and culture at the V;A		49 GBP	London
Decoding dress: National Gallery and National Portrait Gallery		49 GBP	London
Demystifying art at Tate Modern		49 GBP	London
Female archetypes: past and present	3 weeks	199 GBP	London
Firenze e il rinascimento		29 GBP	London
Focus on: Hogarth		69 GBP	London
Focus on: Picasso		69 GBP	London
Friday lates: designs of India at the V;A		19 GBP	London
Friday lates: Islamic art at the V;A		19 GBP	London
Friday lates: Romans at the British Museum		19 GBP	London
Friday lates: Tate Modern		19 GBP	London
From the Grand Tour to the Great Exhibition - at the V;A		49 GBP	London
Further village London		79 GBP	London
Ghetto uprising 1943: Jewish life and death in Warsaw		49 GBP	London
Great works: Mozart's Marriage of Figaro	2 weeks	39 GBP	London
Hope and history: exploring contemporary Muslim societies		49 GBP	London
London artists and their locals: the capital’s historic pubs		29 GBP	London
Medieval to Renaissance - at the V;A		49 GBP	London
Movements in art: Cubism and Futurism		69 GBP	London
Movements in art: Impressionism		69 GBP	London
Movements in art: Pop and Minimalism		69 GBP	London
Movements in art: Post-Impressionism		69 GBP	London
Movements in art: Suprematism and Constructivism		69 GBP	London
Pioneering women at the National Portrait Gallery		39 GBP	London
Pittura italiana del Novecento	4 weeks	119 GBP	London
Summer lates: Wellcome Collection		19 GBP	London
Taster day in conservation		69 GBP	London
The Aztecs		49 GBP	London
The importance of being Albert': the life and legacy of the Prince Consort		29 GBP	London
The Maya		49 GBP	London
Think like an artist: in 17th century Britain		69 GBP	London
Think like an artist: in 18th century Britain		69 GBP	London
Think like an artist: in 19th century Britain		69 GBP	London
Think like an artist: in early Mughal India		69 GBP	London
Vocal anatomy: masterclass		29 GBP	London
Whores, saints and beauty queens: images of the Byzantine empress		49 GBP	London
Women in art 1800-1900	5 weeks	129 GBP	London
Women's lives in the ancient world		59 GBP	London
Philosophy & Religion
A taste of philosophy		19 GBP	London
The Hero's Journey	1 week	89 GBP	London
Politics
Global political Islam	6 weeks	89 GBP	London
Sociology
A taste of anthropology		49 GBP	London
IT & Computer Skills
Drawing and painting on your iPad		129 GBP	London
From email to the cloud: what is the cloud and how do you use it?		69 GBP	London
InDesign stage 2: fast track	1 week	139 GBP	London
Instagram: a short introduction		39 GBP	London
Introduction to Android tablets		79 GBP	London
Introduction to game design		99 GBP	London
Introduction to iPad devices		79 GBP	London
Introduction to Unity 3D	2 weeks	199 GBP	London
IT skills for the office: intermediate	2 weeks	69 GBP	London
Pathway to ECDL level 3	6 weeks	149 GBP	London
PC maintenance: an introduction		199 GBP	London
Pivot Tables: a deeper look		49 GBP	London
Raspberry Pi		99 GBP	London
Stay safe online		39 GBP	London
Using Apple Mac OS: intermediate (stage 2)	2 weeks	179 GBP	London
Using Apple Mac OS: short introduction		39 GBP	London
Vectorworks: project workshop	2 weeks	149 GBP	London
Access / Databases
Access 2016: advanced	5 weeks	189 GBP	London
Introduction to PHP/My SQL	2 weeks	179 GBP	London
Cyber Security
Introduction to cyber security essentials		99 GBP	London
IT Design/ Multimedia
Podcasting: advanced	2 weeks	99 GBP	London
Podcasting: introduction		99 GBP	London
Video editing: Adobe Premiere tips and tricks		149 GBP	London
Microsoft
An introduction to PowerPoint 2016		69 GBP	London
Excel 2016 essentials: intensive		139 GBP	London
Excel 2016: advanced	4 weeks	179 GBP	London
Excel: applying formulae and functions		49 GBP	London
Excel: tables and charts		49 GBP	London
Excel: tricks and tips for productivity		99 GBP	London
Making sense of Windows 10		89 GBP	London
Project management using Microsoft Project	2 weeks	159 GBP	London
Word 2016 for the workplace (advanced)	3 weeks	159 GBP	London
Programming
Creative Coding with openFrameworks	4 weeks	199 GBP	London
Data science with Python		199 GBP	London
Intermediate Python		199 GBP	London
Introduction to Java	4 weeks	179 GBP	London
Introduction to programming		99 GBP	London
Introduction to Python	2 weeks	199 GBP	London
Software & Web Development
Adobe After Effects for beginners: for video and animation		209 GBP	London
Adobe Illustrator in three sessions	3 weeks	299 GBP	London
Adobe Premiere Pro video editing: stage 2		309 GBP	London
City Lit Pro: a masterclass in Adobe Indesign for publishing	1 week	399 GBP	London
City Lit Pro: Adobe After Effects intensive	3 weeks	349 GBP	London
City Lit Pro: Adobe Creative Cloud intensive		549 GBP	London
City Lit Pro: Adobe Creative Cloud intensive II		549 GBP	London
City Lit Pro: Adobe Photoshop intensive stage 2	1 week	399 GBP	London
Design with Photoshop and Illustrator		329 GBP	London
Fine art digital printing using Photoshop	4 weeks	169 GBP	London
Photoshop for beginners: fast track		229 GBP	London
Photoshop for beginners: intensive	1 week	389 GBP	London
Photoshop for illustration: intensive	1 week	129 GBP	London
Photoshop on Sunday for beginners	5 weeks	409 GBP	London
Photoshop: stage 2		189 GBP	London
Sketchup Pro intensive for beginners	1 week	179 GBP	London
SketchUp Pro: taking your project further intensive	3 weeks	149 GBP	London
Web Design
Affinity photo editing software introduction	2 weeks	139 GBP	London
Build a website in a day with WordPress		99 GBP	London
Build a website with WordPress in two sessions	2 weeks	99 GBP	London
Create a responsive website using Bootstrap		229 GBP	London
Customising a WordPress website		219 GBP	London
HTML5 ; CSS: intermediate (stage 2)		199 GBP	London
Make a website: WordPress for musicians	2 weeks	99 GBP	London
Make your first Android mobile app		199 GBP	London
Web development: HTML5 ; CSS stage 1	1 week	179 GBP	London
Web development: HTML5 ; CSS stage 2	1 week	179 GBP	London
Web development: introduction to JavaScript		179 GBP	London
Websites made simple using templates: intensive	3 weeks	139 GBP	London
WordPress: intermediate		199 GBP	London
WordPress: introduction	3 weeks	229 GBP	London
Languages
Brush up your advanced Latin	2 weeks	49 GBP	London
Brush up your elementary Classical Greek	2 weeks	49 GBP	London
Brush up your elementary Latin		59 GBP	London
Brush up your intermediate Latin	2 weeks	49 GBP	London
Chinese (Mandarin): an introduction for complete beginners at the British Museum	4 weeks	129 GBP	London
Chinese 1 intensive: a journey for beginners in summer	1 week	159 GBP	London
Chinese 1: revision course	2 weeks	69 GBP	London
Chinese beginners fast track: module 3	5 weeks	149 GBP	London
Chinese beginners: intensive	2 weeks	129 GBP	London
Classical Greek: an introduction for absolute beginners	1 week	139 GBP	London
Cyrillic alphabet		29 GBP	London
Discover Chinese (Mandarin)		29 GBP	London
Discover Dutch		29 GBP	London
Discover Hindi		0 GBP	London
Discover Icelandic		0 GBP	London
Discover Irish Gaelic	1 week	49 GBP	London
Discover Japanese		29 GBP	London
Discover Korean		0 GBP	London
Discover Modern Greek		29 GBP	London
Discover Portuguese		29 GBP	London
Discover Swedish		29 GBP	London
Discover Turkish		29 GBP	London
Discover Welsh		29 GBP	London
Dutch holiday kit	1 week	89 GBP	London
Focus on: Irish art		69 GBP	London
French into English: translate a story		89 GBP	London
Hindi beginners: module 2/3	2 weeks	129 GBP	London
Introduction to A-level and Delf B2		99 GBP	London
Introduction to Medieval Latin	2 weeks	49 GBP	London
Introduction to the DALF certificate	4 weeks	129 GBP	London
Japanese 1 fast-track: module 2	4 weeks	169 GBP	London
Japanese 1 fast-track: module 3	3 weeks	179 GBP	London
Japanese 1 intensive: a journey for beginners in summer		129 GBP	London
Japanese Holiday Kit	1 week	89 GBP	London
Japanese language proficiency preparation	3 weeks	89 GBP	London
Japanese woodcut	2 weeks	129 GBP	London
Japanese: an introduction for beginners at the British Museum	4 weeks	129 GBP	London
Japanese: writing for beginners part 1		49 GBP	London
Japanese: writing for beginners part 2		49 GBP	London
Korean: an introduction for beginners at the British Museum		129 GBP	London
Latin: an introduction for absolute beginners	1 week	139 GBP	London
Latin: an introduction for absolute beginners at the British Museum		129 GBP	London
Modern Greek beginners: module 3	4 weeks	129 GBP	London
Modern Greek: a journey for beginners in summer		129 GBP	London
Portuguese : a journey for beginners in summer		129 GBP	London
Portuguese 1: module 1 intensive		159 GBP	London
Swedish beginners: module 3		99 GBP	London
Arabic
Arabic 1 intensive: a journey for beginners in summer		159 GBP	London
Arabic 1: revision course		129 GBP	London
Arabic beginners: module 3	2 weeks	149 GBP	London
Arabic holiday kit	1 week	89 GBP	London
Arabic: an introduction for beginners at the British Museum	4 weeks	129 GBP	London
Discover Arabic		29 GBP	London
English
English pronunciation: stage 1 (intensive)		199 GBP	London
English pronunciation: stage 2 (intensive)	1 week	199 GBP	London
Learn English - discover London, its history, culture and people, level 1 - level 2	3 weeks	69 GBP	London
Learn English - learn about London, entry 2 - entry 3	3 weeks	59 GBP	London
French
Discover French		0 GBP	London
French 2: revision course	2 weeks	129 GBP	London
French 3: revision course		129 GBP	London
French 3/4: revision course (daytime)		89 GBP	London
French 4: à lire sur la plage	1 week	89 GBP	London
French 5: revision course (daytime intensive)	1 week	159 GBP	London
French 5: revision course (evening)	4 weeks	129 GBP	London
French beginners intensive	1 week	159 GBP	London
French beginners: module 3		139 GBP	London
French holiday kit	1 week	89 GBP	London
French week end: le 14 juillet en chansons		29 GBP	London
French: a journey for beginners in summer	4 weeks	129 GBP	London
Revive your beginner's French: module 1	1 week	199 GBP	London
Revive your beginner's French: module 2	1 week	199 GBP	London
German
Discover German		0 GBP	London
German 1: a journey for beginners in summer		159 GBP	London
German 2: Deutsch aktiv	2 weeks	129 GBP	London
German 2: revive your German		39 GBP	London
German 3: Deutsch für den Beruf	2 weeks	99 GBP	London
German 4/5: advanced grammar and conversation		129 GBP	London
German beginners: module 3	4 weeks	169 GBP	London
German holiday kit	1 week	89 GBP	London
Italian
Citta’ siciliane		119 GBP	London
Discover Italian		0 GBP	London
Il Decameron di Boccaccio. Ritratto della Toscana del XIV secolo		39 GBP	London
Italian 1 intensive: a journey for beginners in summer	1 week	159 GBP	London
Italian 1: a journey for beginners in summer		129 GBP	London
Italian 1: module 1 intensive	1 week	159 GBP	London
Italian 1: module 2 intensive	1 week	159 GBP	London
Italian 1: module 3	4 weeks	199 GBP	London
Italian 1: module 3 intensive	1 week	159 GBP	London
Italian 2 upper refresher		119 GBP	London
Italian holiday kit		89 GBP	London
Italian rapidamente 1: module 3	4 weeks	129 GBP	London
Italian summer: practise and consolidate 2	4 weeks	119 GBP	London
Italian summer: practise and consolidate 4/5	4 weeks	99 GBP	London
Italian: get ready for A-level	5 weeks	129 GBP	London
Storia della lingua italiana		39 GBP	London
Un giro per l'Italia: Napoli	2 weeks	39 GBP	London
Linguistics
Facilitating aphasia communication groups		109 GBP	London
Russian
Discover Russian		29 GBP	London
Russian 1 intensive: a journey for beginners in summer	1 week	159 GBP	London
Russian beginners: module 3	5 weeks	169 GBP	London
Spanish
Discover Spanish		0 GBP	London
Introduction to Spanish olive oil		49 GBP	London
Spanish 1 fast-track: module 3	3 weeks	179 GBP	London
Spanish 1: daily life conversation	1 week	159 GBP	London
Spanish 1: module 1 intensive	1 week	159 GBP	London
Spanish 1: module 2 intensive		159 GBP	London
Spanish 1: module 3 intensive	1 week	159 GBP	London
Spanish 1: practise and consolidate	4 weeks	119 GBP	London
Spanish 2: revision course	2 weeks	79 GBP	London
Spanish 3: revision course		99 GBP	London
Spanish 4: revision course		119 GBP	London
Spanish 5:revision course	1 week	159 GBP	London
Spanish beginners: module 2	4 weeks	139 GBP	London
Spanish beginners: module 3	4 weeks	119 GBP	London
Spanish: a journey for beginners in summer		129 GBP	London
Leadership
Team Leading
Find and use your manager voice		129 GBP	London
Lifestyle, Fitness and Beauty
Gentle movement for healthy living	7 weeks	69 GBP	London
How to lose weight and stay lighter using diet, exercise and supplements		59 GBP	London
Manage your tinnitus	4 weeks	69 GBP	London
Exercise and Sport
Self defence and personal safety for all genders		79 GBP	London
Fitness
After work Yoga: beginners	7 weeks	89 GBP	London
Alexander technique: Stage 1 Introduction		109 GBP	London
Alexander technique: Stage 2 Progression	6 weeks	99 GBP	London
Alexander technique: Sunday workshop		89 GBP	London
Balance and strength exercise		69 GBP	London
Before work yoga: beginners	7 weeks	69 GBP	London
Chair yoga	7 weeks	69 GBP	London
Chi Kung five elements: moving from the centre: all levels	7 weeks	79 GBP	London
Feldenkrais: awareness through movement		69 GBP	London
Feldenkrais: optimising mobility in the chest, upper back, neck and shoulders		89 GBP	London
Gentle movement with Pilates and relaxation	7 weeks	89 GBP	London
Iyengar yoga: beginners	7 weeks	109 GBP	London
Movement for healthy living		69 GBP	London
Pilates barre workout	7 weeks	69 GBP	London
Pilates matwork conditioning: beginners	7 weeks	69 GBP	London
Pilates matwork conditioning: mixed levels	7 weeks	69 GBP	London
Pilates: Friday chill out	7 weeks	89 GBP	London
T'ai chi chuan: intermediate	7 weeks	99 GBP	London
Tibetan yoga for relaxation and healing		79 GBP	London
Yoga for a healthy back	7 weeks	69 GBP	London
Yoga for Deaf people	7 weeks	69 GBP	London
Yoga Pilates mix	7 weeks	109 GBP	London
Yoga: beginners	7 weeks	69 GBP	London
Yoga: intermediate	7 weeks	79 GBP	London
Yoga: mixed levels	7 weeks	79 GBP	London
Massage
Advanced massage techniques for common lower back complaints		89 GBP	London
Advanced massage using sports massage techniques	2 weeks	169 GBP	London
Alexander technique for performers: masterclass		69 GBP	London
City Lit tasters: Indian head massage		39 GBP	London
Deep tissue massage techniques: a CPD workshop		169 GBP	London
Essenian healing workshop		79 GBP	London
Indian head massage: an introduction		99 GBP	London
Massage: workshop	2 weeks	169 GBP	London
Native American back massage		99 GBP	London
Pregnancy massage		89 GBP	London
Shiatsu: an introduction	4 weeks	119 GBP	London
Marketing
Brand identity		89 GBP	London
Online marketing: a detailed introduction	3 weeks	229 GBP	London
Online marketing: a short introduction		99 GBP	London
Digital Marketing
City Lit Pro: start a career in digital marketing	3 weeks	539 GBP	London
Search engine optimisation (SEO)		99 GBP	London
Social Media Marketing
City Lit Pro: Social Media Data Analytics	2 weeks	279 GBP	London
Introduction to Facebook		79 GBP	London
LinkedIn: a detailed introduction		79 GBP	London
Social media advertising: a detailed introduction		89 GBP	London
Social media apps, tips and tricks		89 GBP	London
Social media content strategy		49 GBP	London
Social media marketing in a day		99 GBP	London
Social media: getting started	4 weeks	179 GBP	London
Using hashtags effectively		49 GBP	London
Mental Health
Women and mental health: perinatal mental health awareness and support	2 weeks	69 GBP	London
Counselling
A case about men: discover your anima		139 GBP	London
Living through bereavement and loss		59 GBP	London
Motivational interviewing for speech and language therapists		109 GBP	London
Psychology and counselling		69 GBP	London
Setting up a private counselling practice		99 GBP	London
Psychology
Cross-cultural psychology		119 GBP	London
Music
Chamber music: introduction		79 GBP	London
Classical music: an introduction		29 GBP	London
Composition techniques: intensive workshop	1 week	149 GBP	London
Songwriting: form and function		59 GBP	London
Music lessons
Blues guitar		59 GBP	London
Blues piano: introduction	3 weeks	59 GBP	London
Brass workshop	3 weeks	89 GBP	London
Cello taster		29 GBP	London
City Lit wind ensemble: summer season	2 weeks	49 GBP	London
Clarinet taster		29 GBP	London
Classical guitar taster		19 GBP	London
Come and sing: madrigals and frottole	1 week	69 GBP	London
Flute and clarinet choir		69 GBP	London
Flute taster		19 GBP	London
Folk and pop guitar taster		19 GBP	London
Introduction to piano harmony: level 5	3 weeks	59 GBP	London
Jazz flute	3 weeks	59 GBP	London
Jazz repertoire		69 GBP	London
Latin piano: introduction	2 weeks	59 GBP	London
Mindful singing		139 GBP	London
Musicianship 1: learn to read music	3 weeks	59 GBP	London
Musicianship 2: ear training	3 weeks	59 GBP	London
Musicianship for string players	3 weeks	69 GBP	London
Orchestra workshop		79 GBP	London
Piano masterclass	1 week	99 GBP	London
Piano taster		29 GBP	London
Piano: return to playing	3 weeks	49 GBP	London
Piano: technique levels 1-2		119 GBP	London
Piano: technique levels 3-5	2 weeks	119 GBP	London
Piano/keyboards: exploring Grade 1 pieces		99 GBP	London
Piano/keyboards: exploring Grade 2 pieces	4 weeks	99 GBP	London
Piano/keyboards: revision for foundation		79 GBP	London
Piano/keyboards: revision for level 1	3 weeks	89 GBP	London
Recorder ensemble: summer season	3 weeks	59 GBP	London
Recorder taster		29 GBP	London
Saxophone ensemble	3 weeks	59 GBP	London
Score reading: the classical period	4 weeks	79 GBP	London
Sing in harmony	3 weeks	59 GBP	London
Sing jazz		49 GBP	London
Sing soul and blues		79 GBP	London
Singing for absolute beginners		59 GBP	London
Singing: improve your pitching	3 weeks	49 GBP	London
Solo swing and jive: beginners		39 GBP	London
String summer school		129 GBP	London
Swing jazz rhythm notation	2 weeks	39 GBP	London
Technical singing class		99 GBP	London
Ukulele orchestra	3 weeks	59 GBP	London
Violin and viola taster		29 GBP	London
Violin and viola: 1-2 revision	2 weeks	39 GBP	London
Sound Engineering
Ableton Live: advanced	2 weeks	159 GBP	London
Sibelius: music notation software		59 GBP	London
Performing Arts
Acting improvers: scene work	6 weeks	99 GBP	London
Actor summer school: beginners	1 week	199 GBP	London
Actor summer school: improvers	1 week	199 GBP	London
Actor's voice: improvers	6 weeks	119 GBP	London
Auditioning and self-taping for TV and film	3 weeks	129 GBP	London
Burlesque		59 GBP	London
Classical acting		129 GBP	London
Directing theatre: beginners	3 weeks	169 GBP	London
Directing theatre: improvers		169 GBP	London
Directing theatre: intensive		169 GBP	London
Improvisation and character	2 weeks	129 GBP	London
Improvisation for classical piano teachers	3 weeks	79 GBP	London
Magic workshop: mixed levels	1 week	109 GBP	London
Meisner intensive: scenework	1 week	149 GBP	London
Movement for actors		129 GBP	London
Powerful women of the cinema: five actors who redefined screen acting	5 weeks	99 GBP	London
Screen acting: an introduction	2 weeks	149 GBP	London
Screen acting: intensive scene work		129 GBP	London
Sing music theatre workshop	4 weeks	109 GBP	London
Singing: performance techniques		119 GBP	London
Voiceovers: improvers		129 GBP	London
Working with methods of great voice practitioners: David Carey		29 GBP	London
Working with Methods of great voice practitioners: Kristin Linklater's Freeing the Natural Voice		29 GBP	London
Working with methods of great voice practitioners: Michael McCallion		29 GBP	London
Working with methods of great voice practitioners: Patsy Rodenburg		29 GBP	London
Dance Classes
Ballet intensive		79 GBP	London
Ballroom intensive	4 weeks	79 GBP	London
Charleston intensive	3 weeks	59 GBP	London
Classical ballet: introduction		39 GBP	London
Contemporary dance intensive	1 week	69 GBP	London
Dance 60+ intensive	1 week	69 GBP	London
Dances of Universal Peace		49 GBP	London
Flamenco: power and performance	1 week	79 GBP	London
Flamenco: style and grace	1 week	79 GBP	London
Tap intensive		19 GBP	London
Tap intensive (beginners)	1 week	59 GBP	London
Tap intensive (improvers and intermediate)	1 week	59 GBP	London
Singing
Britain and the swinging sixties?		59 GBP	London
Solo singing	4 weeks	99 GBP	London
Personal Development
Beginning mindfulness: discovering the way of awareness		93 GBP	London
Friday nights taster: mindfulness sketchbook walk		29 GBP	London
How to enhance your impact and presence	1 week	129 GBP	London
Kum-Nye: Tibetan relaxation and meditation workshop		69 GBP	London
Meditation and mindfulness	7 weeks	139 GBP	London
Meditation for calm, focus and insight		139 GBP	London
Personal power		99 GBP	London
Problem solving techniques		79 GBP	London
Recovering our self-esteem		49 GBP	London
Career Change
Professional practice: presenting and exhibiting your work		69 GBP	London
Stress Management
Managing internal stress: introduction to REBT		69 GBP	London
Stress and emotional resilience		69 GBP	London
Project Management
An introduction to project management		199 GBP	London
Understanding project management		89 GBP	London
Science & Research
Anatomy and physiology: an introduction	5 weeks	219 GBP	London
Anatomy and physiology: workshop	2 weeks	159 GBP	London
Exploring rocks, minerals and fossils		39 GBP	London
The geology beneath British landscapes		49 GBP	London
Physics
The physics of time		49 GBP	London
Teacher & Instructor Training
Introduction to BSL	4 weeks	169 GBP	London
Writing & Literature
A taste of creative writing		59 GBP	London
Autobiographical writing: getting started	2 weeks	119 GBP	London
Autobiography into fiction		59 GBP	London
Blogging: write your own blog using Wordpress		99 GBP	London
Children's authors: get ready for school visits and public appearances (advanced)		59 GBP	London
Design and bind it: bookbinding techniques for graphic artists II	3 weeks	149 GBP	London
Experimental screenprinting		139 GBP	London
Getting published	1 week	89 GBP	London
How to write a novel	1 week	59 GBP	London
How to write a novel synopsis		59 GBP	London
How to write a short story	1 week	119 GBP	London
Introduction to advanced academic writing (year 3 undergraduates and beyond)		59 GBP	London
Introduction to photo-litho printmaking		139 GBP	London
Masterclass lithography	4 weeks	149 GBP	London
Playwriting: an introduction		59 GBP	London
Print, design and bind: a book in a week	1 week	209 GBP	London
Publish your first book online	4 weeks	199 GBP	London
Screenprinting: developing personal projects	4 weeks	249 GBP	London
Screenwriting for feature film	1 week	119 GBP	London
Taster day in bookbinding		69 GBP	London
Travel writing workshop	1 week	119 GBP	London
Video blogging with YouTube		89 GBP	London
Ways into creative writing: an introduction	2 weeks	119 GBP	London
Ways into screenwriting: an introduction		59 GBP	London
Writing for blogs: a taster		59 GBP	London
Writing memoir: a taster		59 GBP	London
Creative Writing
Nature writing at Kew Gardens		69 GBP	London
What the poem wants: drafting and editing workshop	1 week	179 GBP	London
Writing poetry: experiments in chance and choice		59 GBP	London
Editing
Self-publishing: an introduction		59 GBP	London
Literature
A taste of poetry		59 GBP	London
A very wicked place: representations of London in Dickens' later novels	1 week	99 GBP	London
A view of the Age of Napoleon through English poetry		49 GBP	London
Acting advanced: Shakespeare	7 weeks	139 GBP	London
Aesop's fables and their relevance today	2 weeks	39 GBP	London
Ancient Greek poetry reading group (in translation)	3 weeks	59 GBP	London
Art and literature	1 week	129 GBP	London
Craft focus: character in fiction		59 GBP	London
Herodotus translation for advanced learners	2 weeks	49 GBP	London
Italian weekend: Dante, Petrarca e Boccaccio		29 GBP	London
Micropoetry: small poems, big ideas		59 GBP	London
Plot your children's novel in two days	1 week	99 GBP	London
Poetry and resistance: Akhmatova, Tsvetaeva, Mandelstam and the decades of Soviet rule	4 weeks	59 GBP	London
Poetry through the seasons: summer		59 GBP	London
Shakespeare: a dip into some key tragedies, comedies and histories		139 GBP	London
The Odyssey reading group (in translation)		59 GBP	London
The Old Father-River: the poetry of the Thames from 1500 to the present day		49 GBP	London
Ways into poetry: an introduction	1 week	89 GBP	London
World-building for fantasy and speculative fiction writers		59 GBP	London

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