Skillset Accreditation is awarded to specific practice–based screenwriting courses in the UK. Industry practitioners assess courses to ensure that they will equip students with the the skills, knowledge and experience needed by employers in the creative media industries.  

Skillset accredits MA Screenwriting courses and welcomes applications from institutions wishing to gain industry recognition.

Click here to apply for Skillset Accreditation of your Screenwriting course.

Please note this accreditation scheme is only available for Screenwriting courses at Postgraduate level. Skillset also accredits undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in Animation and Computer Games.

There are currently ten accredited screenwriting courses:

MA/PGDip Screenwriting at Bournemouth University

MA Creative Writing (Plays and Screenplays) at City University London

MA Screenwriting at Edinburgh Napier University

MA Scriptwriting at Goldsmith, University of London

MA Screenwriting at Liverpool John Moores University

MA Screenwriting at London College of Communication

MA Screenwriting at London Film School

MA Screenwriting at the National Film and Television School

MA Feature Film Screenwriting at Royal Holloway, University of London

MA Creative Writing: Scriptwriting at the University of East Anglia