Evening & Saturday Language Courses

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• Course Calendars 
• Student Card
• Transferring courses
• Withdrawing from a course
• Certificate of attendance
• Terms & conditions 

Course Calendars 

Autumn term

• Saturday courses 05/10/24 –  07/12/24, replacement Saturday 16 December 2024
• Standard & Intensive courses start week 07/10/24 - end week 13/12/24, replacement classes tbc with students in replacement class weeks commencing 16th December or 13th January. 

Winter term

• Saturday courses 18/01/25 - 24/03/25
• Standard courses start week 20/01/25 - end week 24/03/25
• Continuing Intensive starts week 13/01/25 - end week 10/02/25

Winter 2

• Winter intensive, continuing levels 2 parts 1, starts week 24/02/25 ends week 24/03/25
• Winter intensive level 1 parts 1, starts week  24/02/25 ends week 24/03/25.

Spring term

Good Friday 18/04/25, Easter Monday 21/04/25

• Standard courses start 22 April - end week 23/06/25 
• Monday courses start 28th April - end 8th July
  • Due to the Easter Monday bank holiday, and the two bank holidays in May, there will not be classes taking place on Mon 21st April, Mon 5th May and Mon 26th May. These Monday sessions will be taking place the week after each bank holiday, and Monday classes will run three weeks longer than standard classes, finishing on Monday 14th July.

• Saturday courses start 26 April – end 6th July
• Due to the bank holiday weekends, there will also be no Saturday classes taking place on Saturday 20th April, Saturday 3rd May and Saturday 24th May. These Saturday sessions will be taking place the week after each bank holiday, and Saturday classes will run two weeks longer to make up for this, finishing on Saturday 12th July.

Spring Intensive

• Intensive courses continuing parts 2 start 22/04/24 end 20/05/24
• Monday courses start  28th April end 9th June
  • Due to the Easter Bank holiday and the two bank holidays in May, there will not be classes taking place on Mon 21st April, Mon 5th May and Mon 26th May. These Monday sessions will be taking place the week after each bank holiday, and Monday classes will run two weeks longer than standard classes, finishing on Monday 3rd June. 

• Saturday courses start 20 April – end 6th July

Spring 2 Intensive term

• Intensive courses, continuing levels parts 3, starts week 02/06/25 - ends week 30/06/25
  • Monday classes start week 23/06/25 end week 21/07/25

Summer term

• June Intensive courses 5 weeks on campus/online week 02/06/24 -  04/07/24
• One week intensives on campus 07/07/25 to 11/07/25 10:00-13:00

Language Centre (LC) Student Card

If your class is taught online you will not require a student card, if your class is taught on campus you will be issued with a LC student card, details will be emailed to you before the commencement of your course on where and when to collect it.  

Access. Your LC Student Card gives you access to the campus your course is taught on, the Language Resources Centre (based at Strand Campus) and all King's libraries. The card does not grant you access to NUS discounts or discounts and benefits offered to King's degree students. 

Lost card. Should you lose your card you will need to request a replacement. There is a £10 replacement fee. Please visit the King's eStore and complete the payment. Once this is done, please email languagecentreshortcourse@kcl.ac.uk to advise us that you have completed the payment and we can organise for you to collect your new card. 

King's student status. You do not acquire full King’s College London student status by enrolling on or attending an Evening, Saturday or Summer Language Course. You will be issued with an ID card by the fourth class of your course (second class for Saturday Language Courses and 5 week Evening Language Courses). Note that no ID card will be issued for courses that are only of one weekend in duration. You will also be granted access to the virtual learning environment at King’s and you are entitled to use open access facilities at King’s. Note that this ID card is solely for use by you and will be confiscated if it is misused. However, you are not entitled to use other services provided for King’s College London students.

Transferring courses 

LC students can transfer to a different group, time, course or campus, dependent on space on the course. You are only able to transfer to a course that begins in the same week and duration as the course you are currently enrolled on. Please contact languagecentreshortcourse@kcl.ac.uk  

Transfers FAQs

Please see our terms and conditions for a detailed description of your rights to transfer and our processes: Terms and Conditions.

The level of the class is not suitable for me, can I transfer?

Transfers to alternative courses in the same language can be requested within the first 3 weeks of your course starting. Please discuss with your teacher to confirm that your course is suitable for you, so they can advise which level and part is better suited. [Sections 16.2.1, 16.2.2, and 16.2.3 in the terms and conditions.]

Can I transfer to another language?

You may request to transfer to another class of a different language to the one you are currently enrolled in during your 14-day cancellation period. This period begins from the day you made your application and payment to King’s and includes weekends. We cannot accept transfer requests to another language outside of this cancellation period. [Section 16.1]

Where you teacher has advised you to transfer and a suitable class is not available, then we may allow you to transfer to an alternative course in another language beyond the cancellation period. 

Can I defer my course to another term?

We do not facilitate transfer requests between academic terms; therefore, you cannot defer your course to a later start date. [Section 16.5.1]

How many times can I request to transfer?

We can only facilitate one transfer request per student per term. Please ensure that the class you are requesting to transfer is suitable before confirming your decision to transfer. [ Section 16.1]

Withdrawing from a course

If you would like to withdraw from an Evening or Saturday Language Course you have enrolled on, please email us at languagecentreshortcourse@kcl.ac.uk or complete this form within 14 days on enrolling on your course. 

Withdrawal FAQs

Please see our terms and conditions for a detailed description of your rights to withdraw and our processes: Terms and Conditions.

What is the cancellation period?

A refund can be issued when requested within the cancellation period. Your cancellation period begins from the day you made your application and payment to King’s to secure your place on one of our courses. The cancellation period is 14 days inclusive of weekends. [Section 14.1.1]

My schedule has changed, can I get a partial refund?

You are eligible for a pro-rata refund if you are within your 14-day cancellation period; however, if your request comes outside of your cancellation period, we are not able to offer a refund. Any refund after classes have started will be subject to a £20 administration fee. [Section 14.6]

Certificate of attendance

Students will be able to download a Certificate of Completion from KEATS. If you require a certificate accredited by the CPD Certification Service you must have achieved a minimum of 70% class attendance. You will need to submit your request in writing to languagecentreshortcourse@kcl.ac.uk  you will be notified when it is ready for collection. Please note that certificates can only be issued within a 12 month period of the course ending.    

Terms & conditions

Details on our terms & conditions for Evening and Saturday Language Courses from the King's Language Centre is available below.

Terms and Conditions