About Teaching Shakespeare

Teaching Shakespeare is a ground-breaking professional development programme brought to you by the Royal Shakespeare Company and the University of Warwick.

Wherever you are in the world, we offer you the means to teach in active ways, transforming the connections your students make with Shakespeare's plays and language.

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Discussions

Case Studies

Read our short case studies to see how active approaches to Shakespeare can improve learning outcomes for students of all ages and abilities.

Using Active Approaches to Improve the Writing of Primary School Boys » 

Using Active Approaches to Shakespeare to Motivate a Year 9 English Group »

Investigating the Effectiveness of Active Approaches in Meeting the Academic Demands of A Level English »

Online Learning

Our online professional development programme introduces you to the core principles and practice of an active approach to teaching Shakespeare. The platform can be accessed in one of two ways:

School site licence »

Postgraduate Award in Teaching Shakespeare (Online) »

Stratford Courses

These courses are held in Stratford-upon-Avon over five days and are based around a live performance at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre. This is an accredited course which leads to a Postgraduate Award.

Postgraduate Award (PGA): Teaching Shakespeare
in the Classroom » 

Postgraduate Award (PGA): Staging and Performing Shakespeare »

MA Pathway

Postgraduate Certificate in the Advanced Teaching of Shakespeare
A two-part accredited programme combining the Postgraduate Award in Teaching Shakespeare (Online) with one Stratford course.

MA in the Advanced Teaching of Shakespeare
Complete the Postgraduate Certificate in the Advanced Teaching of Shakespeare and go further by taking additional modules on the MA programme to develop the practical and theoretical base to implement active approaches to Shakespeare.