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 - 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 13 Jan 2025 – 28 Mar 2025
In-person weekly • Short courses
This course will uncover new voices in cinema, exploring how various minority and under-represented groups have fought to be represented fairly and accurately on screen.
- Mon 20 Jan 2025 – Mon 24 Mar 2025
- 10 meetings
- 7:00 – 9:00pm
In-person weekly • Short courses
This practical workshop builds on your awareness of writing techniques from the earlier module or other screenwriting courses, and enables you to write a feature-length screenplay or TV series, with guidance from a film industry tutor and peers.
- Mon 20 Jan 2025 – Mon 24 Mar 2025
- 10 meetings
- 7:00 – 9:00pm
In-person weekly • Short courses
A beginners course aimed at students with an interest in cinema but with little or no experience of film analysis or critical film theory. The course will introduce a range of concepts to develop skills and knowledge for the deep analysis of film texts.
- Wed 22 Jan 2025 – Wed 26 Mar 2025
- 10 meetings
- 10:00am – 12:00pm
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.
- Wed 22 Jan 2025 – 26 Mar 2025
- 10 meetings
- 7:30 – 8:30pm
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.