Postgraduate study We encourage creative thinking at Masters and Doctoral levels, via different modes of study.
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".
12 May 2021 Ancestors may have created 'iconic' sounds as bridge to first languages The 'missing link' that helped our ancestors to begin communicating with each other through language may have been iconic sounds, giving rise to the unique human power to coin new words describing the world around us
10 May 2021 Five skills you will develop on a postgraduate research course in the College of Arts and Law Five skills you will develop on a postgraduate research course in the College of Arts and Law
10 May 2021 Five skills you will develop on a Masters course in the College of Arts and Law Five skills you will develop on a postgraduate research course in the College of Arts and Law
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.
27 April 2021 John Kani, South Africa's leading classical actor, receives the Pragnell Prize 2021 Join Professor Michael Dobson as meets the South African actor John Kani to award him the 2021 Pragnell Prize.
22 April 2021 Sir Henry Irving: why he matters and why he came to Bournemouth Join Professor Michael Dobson online as he discusses this lastingly influential actor-manager.
22 April 2021 It's a mystery The Shakespeare Institute's very own Professor Tiffany Stern will be appearing in a mini-documentary to be released tomorrow by Shakespeare's Guildhall Trust.
22 April 2021 Shakespeare's birthday celebrations 2021 23 April 2021 marks Shakespeare's 457th Birthday, and staff from the Everything to Everybody project, the Birmingham Stories campaign, and The Shakespeare Institute have lots of exciting activity taking place.
02 April 2021 Dr Robert Stagg interviewed on BBC Radio Oxford The Shakespeare Institute's Robert Stagg was recently interviewed on BBC Radio Oxford about the astonishing cultural range of @LilNasX's new music video 'Montero'.
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.