WHAT: This online course is for beginners looking to work creatively and develop their skills in field recording to produce their own soundscape composition.

WHERE: Online, join sessions from your laptop or tablet.

WHO: Run by internationally recognised sound artist and composer; Nikki Sheth

WHEN: Thursday evenings, 7-9 PM, 30th April – 4th June 2026.

COMMITMENT: 2 hours per week, plus extra work field recording and producing in your own time. (flexible to the scope of your project)

WHAT YOU GET: A theoretical and conceptual grounding in the field of soundscape, and practical lessons on how to create work from a professional, and an introduction to Reaper.

HOW MUCH: General: £255 | Student/concession: £235 | UCL Student: £200

DEADLINE TO SIGN UP: Please sign up by the 15th January.

BURSARIES: No longer accepting applications.

AGES: 18+

Aided by ethnographic examples from across the globe, explore the meaning of home and the role of anthropology in understanding identity and belonging.

This brand new course offers you sessions delivered directly from artist-filmmaker Steven Eastwood, filmmaker Chloe White and the Stims Collective team. It is aimed at film professionals or those already within the industry, to gain skills and knowledge for the creation and delivery of co-creation and collaborative projects, and insight into how to create, programme and finance inclusive film projects.

This session brings together films & discussions to examine how psychological life, healing practices, and experiences of distress are represented on screen.

We will discuss key themes including institutional structures of care, lived experiences of stigma, experimental and therapeutic film practices, global understandings of wellbeing, and the intimate ethics of filming mental health.

WHAT: This popular course returns

WHERE: Online distance learning, take part in this class from your home with a computer/tablet

WHO: Run by Media Scholar and Practice-led Researcher, Catalin Brylla

WHEN: Tuesday evenings, 7th April - 9th June 2026. 6:30 PM – 21:00.

COMMITMENT: 2.5 hours per session, with extra optional reading/watching.

WHAT YOU GET: An in-depth series of discussions and lectures, offering students a robust overview of many significant documentary theories.

HOW MUCH: £325.00 | Students/Concessions: £275.00 | UCL Students: £255.00

DEADLINE TO SIGN UP: Rolling basis.

BURSARIES: Please see our bursary page.

AGES: 16+

An online, practice-based course exploring the theories and applications of visual and public anthropology in the context of experimental multisensory storytelling.

WHAT: A 6-week online course including introductory lectures, screenings, group exercises, individual research, and group discussions.

WHERE: Online distance learning, take part in this class from your home with a computer/tablet.

WHO: Run by Alda Terracciano, visual artist, curator, director and activist.

WHEN: 6 weeks (5 taught sessions, 1 tutorial), Wednesday 15th April to Thursday 20th May 7-9pm

COMMITMENT: 2 hours per week, plus optional extra reading and watching outside of class.

WHAT YOU GET: An overview if multisensory and experimental moving image in the form of lectures, screenings, group exercises, individual research, and group discussions.

HOW MUCH: Full Price: £255 | Students/Concessions: £235| UCL Students: £200

BURSARIES: Bursaries and concession rates are available for this course. Please see our Terms & Conditions for information.

AGES: 18+

This micro-short course, part of the Open City Documentary Festival program, is an opportunity for a cohort of 15 students to come together and engage with several sessions with a professional filmmaker, to create a film on their smartphones, and engage with events at the festival.

This micro-short course, part of the Open City Documentary Festival program, explores the role of sound in challenging how we remember, archive, and exhibit micro-histories.

WHAT: An intensive course providing beginners with an introduction to shooting documentaries, with an overview of cinematography, considering how to "shoot for the edit".

WHERE: In-Person, UCL East, Stratford, London.

WHO: Run by Jessica Bishopp, filmmaker and UCL lecturer.

WHEN: 3 days across 2 weekends. Saturday 16th May (10-4 PM), Sunday 17th May (11-4 PM) & Saturday 23rd May (10-4 PM).  The week in between, you can keep the camera equipment, and you'll have the freedom to keep shooting around your own schedule (work/family/study etc).

COMMITMENT: 3 days over 2 weekends, with extra flexible filming time in between sessions.

WHAT YOU GET: Tutor-guided sessions with a cohort of other aspiring filmmakers, to teach you the camera skills needed to shoot documentary films. Plus 1 full week with the camera kit, to practice on your own time.

HOW MUCH: General £325 | Concession/Student £300 | UCL Student/Alumni: £275

DEADLINE TO SIGN UP: Accepting sign-ups on a rolling basis. This course will likely fill up.

AGES: 18+

WHAT: An intensive, in-person short course (full-time for the first 3 weeks, more flexible for the final 3 weeks) in which an international body of students will complete a documentary short film.

WHERE: In person. UCL East, Marshgate Building, 7 Sidings St, London E20 2AE & occasionally central London. 

WHO: Run by UCL tutor and professional filmmaker, Katharine Round.

WHEN: 6 weeks, Monday 8^th June – 17^th July 2026 (+ 1 week extra optional edit time)

COMMITMENT: Weeks 1-3: 10 AM – 5 PM. Weeks 4-6: flexible.

WHAT YOU GET: 3 weeks contact time with tutors, filmmakers and an edit tutor. A thorough grounding in what it takes to make a documentary, both in theory and practice, 6 weeks of full access to a camera kit, and access to edit software and edit rooms.

HOW MUCH: General: £2,190.00 | Concession/Student: £2,040.00 | UCL Student: £1,970.00

DEADLINE TO SIGN UP: Monday, 11th May 2026

Please note - we accept sign-ups on a rolling basis, and this course will likely be full by this date. Unfortunately, we cannot accept payments made in instalments. If you wish to discuss reserving a spot, please email Beth at b.privitera@ucl.ac.uk

BURSARIES: This course offers a limited number of bursaries. Please read the information on our bursaries page. The deadline to apply for a bursary is Friday, 20th March.

AGES: Strictly 18+