Creative Arts, Culture and Communication

If you're serious about developing your writing, Birkbeck gives you the chance to learn from the UK's leading writers, playwrights and screewriters.

If you are fascinated by literature, arts and how to contextualise them in a cultural and political landscape, Birkbeck offers degree programmes that will focus your interests and develop your critical thinking.

You will have the opportunity to study in this specialist environment that supports your ambitions for a career in film, media, arts management and journalism. Find out more.

With courses in French, German, Italian, Japanese and Spanish, as well as in linguistics, intercultural communication and language teaching, you have the chance to become highly proficient in languages and linguistics.

On a degree course at Birkbeck, you will learn practical skills in creative production and gain industry insight. You will graduate ready for a career in the creative and cultural sector.

Birkbeck offers you carefully designed, career-focused workshops, modules, placements, and resources that develop your career and strengthen your employability.

If you've received your offer to study with us, we will invite you to dedicated offer holder events, including bespoke webinars and taster lectures for some courses. Find out more.

Creative Writing at Birkbeck is internationally renowned for its practice-led research, impact and innovation. Find out more.

Our work bridges creative writing, cultural history, literary studies and theatre studies.

Our research combines both historical research and contemporary explorations of our rapidly-changing media landscapes. Find out more.

See how we research issues related to language teaching and learning, identity, migration, and the neurological and psychological basis of language and thought.

Our researchers investigate theatre and performance from the contemporary to Renaissance periods, and contemporary arts management practices and policies.

We are Birkbeck's home of the creative and cultural subjects. Find out more about us.

Read about how we support, grow and promote arts and culture at Birkbeck and their social, civic, and economic benefits.

This Writer in Residence Fellowship celebrates Birkbeck’s rich literary and cultural history and its associations with the Bloomsbury Group. Applications now open.

View the list of academic and support staff.

Birkbeck’s Creative Practice Lab works across disciplines with artists, the creative industries and policy makers, to ask questions and produce responses to issues affecting the cultural sectors and the wider world.

On campus you will have access to our in-house cinema, gallery and performance spaces. Find out more.

Whether you have a question about a course, how to apply or funding, get in touch and we can offer advice.

Find out about Arts Week, Birkbeck's annual week-long programme showcasing the latest creativity and research emerging from the school.

Based in Bloomsbury, our exhibitions combine artistic practice and academic research and are uniquely driven by questions about culture

Current students use Moodle, our virtual learning environment, to access module study resources and programme handbooks.

Securing funding for your studies will be a key concern and we are committed to providing the advice and support you need.

Find out how to pursue research in the school.

Book your place at our next open day to meet academics and take a campus tour.

Built on years of research by Birkbeck scholars, the new initiative aims to reshape academic publishing by offering a more sustainable and equitable open-access model for journals around the world.

28 February 2025, 12:00 to
24 April 2026, 13:00

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'Soon after I started attending my classes at Birkbeck I met lovely people who shared my common interests, and I even began to understand the British sense of humour a bit more.'