Postgraduate

For screenwriters television is where most of the opportunities lie. We have developed this programme in close collaboration with the television industry to maximise employment opportunities for our graduates and produce the next generation of television script writers.

Our students are taught by both academic staff and top TV scriptwriting practitioners. During the programme, students work intensively on at least two drama series, transmitting on British television now. They learn how to story conference, storyline, write scripts and edit these dramas, shadowing the real life dramas as they transmit. Uniquely the course is led by writers working in the industry who continue to write for British television. The course also benefits from direct input from Shed Productions (New Tricks, Waterloo Road, Footballers Wives), as well as the BBC, STV and other independent producers and writers.

Throughout the programme, students receive:

• Tutoring by writers presently working in British Television

• Incredible access to drama producers and drama commissioners

• The opportunity to work on dramas presently transmitting on British television

• Individual mentoring by experienced television drama executives on their original drama or comedy

• A one-year representation by a London Agent

• The opportunity to develop their original drama or comedy beyond the course with a professional script reader

• The chance to compete to see a co-written play staged in one of Glasgow’s most exciting theatres

Through this Masters, you will gain knowledge and skills essential to succeeding in contemporary television drama through close exposure to the industry, some of its most successful practitioners and their professional practice in action. However, this is more than 'skills only' training.  This programme gives you space to reflect critically upon creative processes and dynamics, and upon the realities of producing work for the television industry, to become a flexible and independently minded TV scriptwriter needed for the 21st Century. In other words, our graduates not only know 'how' but also crucially 'why'.

• It is housed within Glasgow School for Business and Society, as such, it is in an excellent position to bridge both creative development and business aware skill sets for the TV industries.
• The teaching programme has been developed in close collaboration with the television industry, ensuring that a real workplace context and direct market relevance is maintained. As well as input from Shed Productions (New Tricks, Waterloo Road, Footballers Wives), we also benefit from input from the BBC, STV and other independent producers and writers.
• It focuses solely on writing for the growing television sector which is a key element of the Scottish, UK and global economies.
• Successful students will graduate with both a masters degree and several projects or scripts ready to take to market.
• Its learning programme is underpinned by both academic research credibility and cutting edge industry interventions
• Competitive, industry-sponsored scholarships are available for this programme.

• MG Alba (must be fluent Gaelic speaker)
• BBC Scotland
• Fremantle UK
• ScreenHI
• Shed Productions