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
In-person weekly • Short courses
A beginners' course introducing a range of concepts for those with an interest in cinema but with little/no experience of film analysis or critical film theory. Classes will be focused around 'Memento', 'You Were Never Really Here' and 'Mulholland Drive'.
- Tue 21 Apr 2026 – Tue 19 May 2026
- 5 meetings
- 2:00 – 4:00pm
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 22 Apr 2026 – 03 Jul 2026
In-person weekly • Short courses
Learn to tell powerful stories for screen. Combining critical film theory with practical screenwriting, this course explores how meaning is made in cinema and TV through film analysis and writing your own screenplay samples.
- Wed 22 Apr 2026 – Wed 24 Jun 2026
- 10 meetings
- 7:00 – 9:00pm
Online - flexible • Short courses
A creative and critical 10-week online course helping you develop your passion for drama into the craft of dramatic writing.
- Mon 27 Apr 2026 – 10 Jul 2026
Online - flexible • Short courses
How did three sisters living apparently secluded, eventless lives write such original, passionate and dramatic literature? This course is for anyone who has read or would like to read the work of Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë.
- Mon 11 May 2026 – 24 Jul 2026
Summer schools • Short courses
Discover how to 'read' films, not just watch them. Learn how editing, sound, lighting and framing create meaning, and explore how critics decode cinema’s hidden language in this engaging, hands-on introduction to film theory and analysis.
- Sun 05 Jul 2026 – 11 Jul 2026
- 9:00am – 12:55pm
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.