UNIVERSITY SHORT COURSES
Experience the magic of the archive and get up-close with the past with hands-on experiential courses at Wordsworth Grasmere
What are short courses?
Experience the magic of the archive and get up-close with the past with hands-on experiential courses at Wordsworth Grasmere. Our team of experts will give your students the tools to interpret the past in new and imaginative ways – and leave them with skills that will be invaluable beyond their time at university.
Poetry, people and place will come to life through detailed investigation of manuscripts, creative workshops, walks and more. William and Dorothy Wordsworth’s lives and writing are at the heart of our courses, but we also explore diverse subject matter such as their contemporaries in the Romantic era, the Georgian period and key issues of the time, as well as why these topics are still relevant today.
One-day or multiple-day, online or in-person, there is something to suit every group, budget, and schedule. Our courses can be adapted to suit students of any academic discipline, whether they are studying literature, history, science, art and more.
Standard courses
For groups seeking the essential experience, especially those working within a set budget. Choose from a selection of course elements to design the perfect experience for your students. Options include visits to Dove Cottage and the Museum, curator-led workshops, guided walks, tours, activities and talks.
Bespoke courses
For groups that would like to explore a specialist topic in depth, create a course around a specific theme or idea, or build practical career skills. We can design workshops, talks, practical skills sessions and more. Students might create a community outreach project, create an online exhibition, write exhibition labels or even work on designing a symposium.
Online courses
For groups who are unable to visit in person. Fully flexible, our team can work with your timetable to fit sessions into your class schedule. Choose from virtual tours, talks and workshops. Our curator-led workshops use two cameras so that curators can work with your class while the second camera focuses on their hands, showing the books and manuscripts they are handling in fine detail.
Testimonials
‘I have a whole new appreciation for Wordsworth, poetry in general, and a whole new mindset that I would have never gained if it wasn’t for the people I met here and the experiences that I’ve had.’
‘… you inspired us all that day, not only in how we think about Wordsworth and literary collections, but particularly in how this can inform our own work.’
‘…holding an original manuscript from hundreds of years ago in your hands and getting to read the same lines you studied is just an incredible feeling.’
‘Being in the Lake District where Wordsworth wrote brought his words to life, and it’s something I will remember in years to come. Dove Cottage is a treasure in the world of literature, and I feel so lucky to have had this experience.’
