Discover our courses
Beginners, improvers and professionals are all welcome to attend a short course where you'll meet other adult learners who share your interests to achieve personal and professional goals.
Courses run during evenings and weekends as well as intensive, week long courses during the summer.
If you'd like to discuss which course is right for you or have additional questions we'd love to help! You can email us or give us a call on +44 (0)115 848 2813.
Are you interested in progressing your writing?
Find out about our undergraduate and postgraduate courses:
Creative Writing for Beginners (Evenings)
The aim of this course is to enable the beginner to work on developing their writing skills in a variety of different areas, including poetry, short story writing, flash fiction, playwriting and writing a full-length novel.
Creative Writing for Beginners (Daytimes)
This course is for anyone that wants to scratch their writing itch! You’ll develop your writing skills in a variety of different areas, including poetry, short story writing, flash fiction, playwriting and novel writing.
Words That Sell: Compelling Copywriting
Unleash your creativity, sharpen your writing skills, and create impactful copywriting that allows your words to become the catalyst for successful engagement with your audience.
Writing Creative Non-Fiction
Creative non-fiction is among the most exciting forms of writing around, crossing a range of genres; from biographies and memoirs to travel and documentary writing, to film and music, and even cookery, history and politics. This introduction to creative non-fiction will help you to identify your subject and tell your story in the most compelling way possible using a range of literary techniques.
Writing Lives: Mastering Memoirs, Autobiographies and Biographies
Embark on a journey to unravel the intricate strands of your life story or bring the story of your family history to light through the power of the written word. Acquire practical techniques to craft a compelling and captivating personal narrative for a manuscript.
Writing Modern Fairy Tales
Discover the magic of writing your own modern fiction story and connecting traditional fairy tale storylines with the contemporary world around you. This course is ideal for anyone interested in developing their creative writing; whether you’d like to write for children and young adults, or something that can be understood at a much deeper, more subconscious level by an adult.
Confident Writing for Business
Whether you're regularly writing emails and reports or presentations and project briefs, winning over your audience with the right words is essential. Learn how best to present specialist or technical information for a diverse range of stakeholders and audiences.