Take One Idea
The course gives you the opportunity to work with a single core idea of your own choosing and transform it into four very different pieces of writing.
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Creative Writing Courses
Fiction Essentials
Introduction to Writing Fiction This course will focus on some of the most vital elements of fictional writing: character, place, story and point of view.
Made to be Broken
Writing Experimental Fiction In this six-week course, you will explore the craft of experimental fiction.
The Literary Journalist
This course will equip you with knowledge about literary journalism (also known as creative non-fiction) and its relationship to contemporary events.
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Poetry Essentials
Introduction to Poetry Writing In this six-week course, you will explore the craft of poetry.
Telling Tales
The course gives you the opportunity to get to grips with some of the key building blocks for writing narrative fiction
Art, History, Music
Reflective Art in Practice
These courses examine the theory and practice behind a range of art movements.
The History of Nuclear Weapons
An Introduction to the History of Nuclear Weapons: From World War to Cold War
A Night at the Opera
This course offers a short introduction to opera – an art form long considered to be inaccessible.
Science and Computing
Understanding Climate Change
This course is designed to give you a better understanding of the scientific basis of climatic change as well as an understanding of why our civilisation struggles to address this problem sufficiently.
Quantum Calamities and Solutions
This course provides you with a series of lessons in quantum technology, with special emphasis on quantum computation and communication.