Stage and screen
Part-time courses
Explore your creativity or examine the works of others – learn the art of writing for screen and performance, or dive into the work of cinema icons such as Hitchcock, Lynch and Pressburger.
Browse through our collection of upcoming courses in film and creative writing below.
Upcoming courses
Online - live • Short courses
Work actively to understand key screenwriting concepts to build your awareness of the needs of your film idea. Develop this into a riveting outline, populate it with engaging characters, and draw your audience into your story world though genre.
- Mon 15 Sep 2025 – 24 Nov 2025
- 10 meetings
- 1:30 – 2:30pm
Online - flexible • Short courses
This course introduces the key characteristics of creative writing. You will be supported with stage-by-stage guidance as you assimilate and employ a range of critical and creative methods. The course includes tutor feedback and participant discussion.
- Mon 15 Sep 2025 – 28 Nov 2025
In-person weekly • Short courses
An introductory screenwriting course exploring key concepts and techniques and how to apply them in cinematic writing.
- Mon 29 Sep 2025 – Mon 01 Dec 2025
- 10 meetings
- 7:00 – 9:00pm
In-person weekly • Short courses
What makes a compelling character, and how do we write one? In this course we'll look at the characters we love and investigate how to breathe life into characterisation in our own work through a series of practical writing exercises and class discussion.
- Tue 30 Sep 2025 – Tue 02 Dec 2025
- 10 meetings
- 10:30am – 12:30pm
Online - flexible • Short courses
This course introduces the key characteristics of creative writing. You will be supported with stage-by-stage guidance as you assimilate and employ a range of critical and creative methods. The course includes tutor feedback and participant discussion.
- Wed 14 Jan 2026 – 27 Mar 2026
In-person weekly • Short courses
This course aims to introduce you to film studies by studying the work of the greatest directors, cinematographers and actors. We will look at the history of Hollywood, and the classical film style it established.
- Mon 19 Jan 2026 – Mon 16 Feb 2026
- 5 meetings
- 7:00 – 9:00pm
Literature, creative writing and film studies
Short, part-time and online courses in literature, creative writing and film studies at the University of Oxford.Undergraduate Diploma in Creative Writing
For aspiring writers, the Diploma offers involvement in a wide range of literary projects over two years of focused part-time study. Two study options are available including an online option with a summer school in Oxford.