Big Brum Project Learning Resources

MTL Drama Hub with Birmingham City University

Our co-managed master’s degree project

Big Brum has several university partners that book our work as an exemplar of Theatre in Education including the Universities of Coventry, Reading, Warwick, Winchester, Wolverhampton and the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire. Our most significant partnership is with Birmingham City University, where we run a Graduate Scheme for Applied Theatre students and - until recently - co-managed a Master’s degree in Drama Education Teaching and Learning with the School of Education, where we also work with trainee PGCE drama teachers.

The Master’s in Teaching and Learning course (MTL) sought to boost the personal and professional confidence and capabilities of the next generation of drama teachers.

We pursued this MTL project with vigour: working with both new and experienced teachers of drama. It’s vital to support drama and those who teach it to harness its power for learning and progression, especially as we find ourselves in an era where educational arts in schools is in rapid decline.