10 June 2022 Student Film wins Learning on Screen Award We are delighted to announce that an audio-visual dissertation by an MA Film and Television: Research and Production student has won a Learning on Screen Award.
11 April 2022 Work Experience at the University of Birmingham Christi, a final year BA English and Creative Writing student, shares her work experience throughout university.
06 April 2022 Birmingham 72nd in the world for Arts and Humanities The College of Arts and Law remains amongst the best performing research-intensive universities in the world, according to the 2022 QS World Rankings.
19 October 2021 How my Masters course in Creative Writing prepared me for my future career MA Creative Writing student Anisha Mansuri provides five top tips for preparing for her postgraduate Masters study at the University of Birmingham.
13 September 2021 Horror films for children: fear and pleasure in American cinema This new book from Catherine Lester asks what happens to the horror genre, and the horrific children it represents, when children are the target audience?
09 September 2021 The best things to watch, read and listen to before starting a postgraduate course in Creative Writing MA Creative Writing student Anisha Mansuri provides her recommendations for what to watch, read and listen to before starting a postgraduate degree in Creative Writing
24 August 2021 My top tips for preparing for Masters study MA Creative Writing student Anisha Mansuri provides five top tips for preparing for her postgraduate Masters study at the University of Birmingham.
06 July 2021 Film and TV Postgraduates receive BAFTA training in Sustainable Media Production We are delighted to announce our first cohort of 'Albert grads' from the MA Film and Television: Research and Production this summer, who have received certificates from BAFTA.
13 May 2021 University of Birmingham's Ruth Gilligan wins prestigious literary prize. Ruth Gilligan of the Department of Creative Writing was awarded the Royal Society of Literature's Ondaatje prize for books that "best evoke the spirit of a place".
05 May 2021 Benjamin Zephaniah, Jess Philips, Mark Billingham and other famous faces support My Birmingham Story. To celebrate National Share a Story Month, the National Literacy Trust is launching My Birmingham Story, a campaign that invites people from Birmingham to share their experiences and memories of life in the city.
05 May 2021 John Kani, on his life, growing up in apartheid South Africa and his love of Shakespeare John Kani tells all in an in-depth interview with the Shakespeare Institute's Michael Dobson.
29 April 2021 B-Film Goes Global B-Film creates a scholarly space for forceful argument and keen collaboration. Shifting this scholarly space online because of the pandemic has resulted in a surge of activities and audiences.
Sustainability and environments How we are exploring issues of climate through the arts, humanities and law.
Birmingham ranked in top 70 in the world for Arts and Humanities The College of Arts and Law is placed 67th in the Times Higher Education 2022 rankings, making it one of the best places for study and research in this field globally.