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.
- Wed 23 Apr 2025 – 04 Jul 2025
In-person weekly • Short courses
Explore writing dialogue for fiction, stage, radio and screen, and write a piece of your own in one of these formats.
- Wed 23 Apr 2025 – Wed 25 Jun 2025
- 10 meetings
- 10:30am – 12:30pm
Summer schools • Short courses
Explore how British cinema mirrors the UK’s evolving identity, from period dramas to blockbusters. Discover the business and cultural forces shaping Britain’s film industry while reflecting on Oxford as a beloved filming location for many British classics
- Sun 06 Jul 2025 – 12 Jul 2025
Summer schools • Short courses
From psychological thrills to cultural commentary, explore the fascinating world of Horror cinema. Analyse why we seek out fear, how horror reflects society’s deepest anxieties and experience the genre’s power first-hand with a ghost tour of Oxford.
- Sun 13 Jul 2025 – 19 Jul 2025
Summer schools • Short courses
A workshop-based course exploring the key skills required to create an original and compelling stage drama, with reference to current creative practice in new writing in professional theatres.
- Sun 13 Jul 2025 – 19 Jul 2025
Summer schools • Short courses
Dialogue is a key writing skill for stage and screen script writers and for prose fiction and non-fiction authors. This course will explore the challenges and opportunities of writing compelling dialogue through inclusive and creative workshops.
- Sun 20 Jul 2025 – 26 Jul 2025
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.