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Get creative with free online courses from top universities and creative organisations. Explore acting, animation, filmmaking, poetry, songwriting or creative writing courses.

Develop your creative skills with these free online courses

  • Start storytelling

    Discover how to tell compelling stories in different mediums and master how to write successful fiction, poetry and songs.

  • Learn how to make a film

    Explore the process of filmmaking, from learning how to make your own visual effects and promoting a film, to going behind the scenes of feature filmmaking.

  • Make music

    Understand how and why music affects us and then learn how to write powerful music yourself.

  • Find a new creative career

    Discover a creative vocation, find a new hobby or develop a new skill - from commercial photography to performance to running a fashion business.

Develop your creativity with these FutureLearn courses

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Goldsmiths, University of London

Learn to Play Jazz Piano

Gain a thorough and fun introduction to modern jazz piano, from the basics to advanced blues sequences.

4 courses

25 weeks

Intermediate

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Learn new skills, pursue your interests or advance your career with our short online courses.

UEA (University of East Anglia)

An Introduction to Screenwriting

4.8 (669 reviews)

This online course explores the key concepts and fundamental principles involved in the process of screenwriting.

2 weeks

3 hrs per week

Included in Unlimited

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The Open University

Start Writing Fiction

4.7 (667 reviews)

Get started with your own fiction writing, focusing on the central skill of creating characters, with this hands-on course.

8 weeks

3 hrs per week

Included in Unlimited

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University of Leeds

Effective Fundraising and Leadership in Arts and Culture

4.7 (37 reviews)

Improve your chances of raising funds for arts and culture by developing your leadership and entrepreneurial skills.

2 weeks

4 hrs per week

Included in Unlimited

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Film Distributors' Association

Film Distribution: Connecting Films with Audiences

4.8 (65 reviews)

Discover how your favourite films make it to your local cinema or television screen, through the film distribution process.

4 weeks

3 hrs per week

Included in Unlimited

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University of Leeds

Physical Theatre: Exploring the Slap

4.7 (26 reviews)

Learn about Meyerhold’s form of physical theatre, biomechanics, and understand and perform ‘The Slap’.

2 weeks

2 hrs per week

Included in Unlimited

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Goldsmiths, University of London

Learn Jazz Piano: Advanced and Solo Playing

4.6 (7 reviews)

Prepare to become an experienced solo jazz piano player and go deeper into advanced jazz techniques and theories.

6 weeks

4 hrs per week

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Goldsmiths, University of London

Learn Jazz Piano: Begin with the Blues

4.6 (43 reviews)

Discover jazz improvisation on the piano, and learn to play and improvise on the blues and a jazz standard.

6 weeks

2 hrs per week

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Goldsmiths, University of London

Learn Jazz Piano: Final Topics and Two Concerts

Explore advanced blues sequences, ballads, special devices and composing to incorporate Latin and funk into your jazz piano style.

7 weeks

5 hrs per week

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